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EP-133: Export To DAW

This tool allows you to export your EP-133/EP-1320/EP-40 project into a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation).

Try it out on https://ep133-to-daw.cc/

Check the project blog here: https://ko-fi.com/phones24

Features

• Requires only browser with WebMIDI support
• Export projects directly from EP-133/EP-1320/EP-40 to:
  • Ableton Live 10 or 11+ (project with samples)
  • DAWproject (project + archived samples)
  • REAPER (project with samples)
  • MIDI (MIDI file + archived samples)
• Ableton Live:
  • Native Live 10 and Live 11+ project schemas
  • Supports sampler trimming points, stretching and playback modes
  • Export as arrangements or session clips
  • Static fader parameters and recorded fader automation, except TIM, ATK and REL
  • FX send/return
  • Track grouping: 4 groups, same as on the device
  • Automatically builds one Drum Rack per group for single-pitch pads while preserving chromatic and expressive pads as individual MIDI tracks
  • Preserves rack-pad pitch, AMP and native choke-group behavior
• DAWproject (universal DAW format created by Bitwig):
  • Export as arrangements with clips
  • Includes archived samples
  • Track grouping: 4 groups, same as on the device
• REAPER
  • Export arrangements
  • Basic sampler instrument has added to each track
  • Includes samples
  • Support track grouping
• MIDI:
  • Includes archived samples
  • Any group can be exported as a Drum Rack track
• Offline mode: Drop a .pak or .ppak backup file to browse and export projects without connecting your device
• Works offline (Progressive Web App)

Latest news

• [14/07/2026] Added intelligent hybrid Drum Rack/MIDI track export for Ableton
• [13/07/2026] Added Ableton Live 10 export and decoded recorded fader automation
• [18/05/2026] Fixed custom scenes name handling + pak/ppak loading
• [20/03/2026] Custom project name + "Export all samples" option
• [05/01/2026] Export individual scenes
• [27/12/2025] Load projects from backup
• [13/11/2025] EP-40 Riddim is partailly supported + themes
• [27/10/2025] ABLETON: support fader params (but without automation for now)
• [16/10/2025] Added REAPER's sampler (just envs, root note, volume)
• [13/10/2025] Added time signature support
• [10/10/2025] REAPER support
• [08/10/2025] Rewrote TE sysex library
• [26/09/2025] Group A merging added for DAWProject and MIDI transformers
• [23/09/2025] ABLETON: FX support! The return track will be added with attached effect and each track(or group) will be sending to this return track
• [19/09/2025] Added feedback functionality with ability to attach your project for research
• [17/09/2025] ABLETON: Export tracks from group A into Drum Rack (with choke group!)
• [16/09/2025] ABLETON: Added play modes support: KEY and ONE
• [16/09/2025] ABLETON: Added sample stretching (both BPM and BAR modes are supported)
• [12/09/2025] ABLETON: Added the ability to group tracks (4 groups, same as EP) + bugfixes
• [09/09/2025] ABLETON: Minumum supported version is now 11.3.35
• [09/09/2025] App is now working offline (PWA mode)
• [08/09/2025] Added Ableton 12 support + more note duration bugs are fixed
• [03/09/2025] Fixed several bugs, including issues with velocities and note durations
• [29/08/2025] Added MIDI export

Motivation

If you’ve been producing with the EP-133 (or EP-1320), you already know the frustration: there’s no clear way to export your projects directly into a DAW. The official EP Sample Tool only lets you manage samples and backups. That’s it.

Sure, you could record MIDI notes or capture audio track by track, but it’s slow, tedious, and not fun.

While exploring the backup files generated by EP Sample Tool, I discovered that the device exposes a structured internal filesystem. Projects, notes, settings, and other device data are stored in files, while the backup process simply packages this filesystem into an archive.

This opened the possibility of accessing and interpreting the device data directly. Since Teenage Engineering does not publish the implementation details or source code behind Sample Tool, I began reverse-engineering the file structures and studying the application behavior. A significant amount of work went into analyzing file formats and reconstructing the underlying logic (AI-assisted analysis proved particularly useful here).

Once these pieces were in place, the web application itself became relatively straightforward to build.

Donation

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