Sept ‘25

9/1

First Round of Plastic Test Shots

Oct ‘25

10/1

Plastic Injection Mold Analysis and Refinement

10/20

Internal Testing: Device Handoff to Local Alpha Testers

10/31

Software Release Alpha 0: OS Reset and Software Installers

Nov ‘25

11/17

Second Round of Plastic Test Shots

11/19

Internal Testing: Device Shipment to International Alpha Team 1

Dec ‘25

12/15

Pre-Sale Payments Due for Deposit-Holders

12/18

PCB Production Run for Alpha Devices

12/23

Software Release Alpha 1: Library System (File Import, RB Library Import, Cue Point Editing, Beat Grid Editing)

12/30

Surface Graphics Printing

12/30

Final Plastic Shots

Jan ‘26

1/10

Acceptance Testing of Custom OLED Screens

1/24

Zero at Buchla & Friends

Mar ‘26

3/5

Software Release Alpha 2: DJ Playback System

3/15

Zero at Chicago Synth Flea Market

3/16

Begin PCB Production Run for Pre-Sale Devices

Apr ‘26

4/11

Zero at Chicago Electronic Music Conference

4/17

Zero at SynthFest France

May ‘26

5/2

Zero at Dawn of Digital Music & Innovation Expo

5/6

Zero at Superbooth

Jun ‘26

6/1

Software Release Beta 1: Pre-Launch Bug Fixes and Refinement

6/10

Beta Device Shipments Begin

Jul ‘26

7/20

Software Release Beta 2: Pre-Launch Bug Fixes and Refinement

Aug ‘26

8/20

Release Candidate: Final Pre-Launch Release

Sept ‘26

9/15

Pre-Sale Device Shipment For Deposit-Holders Begins

Oct ‘26

10/15

Remaining Pre-Sale Device Shipments Begin

Delivery Timeline

A little more about our planned release date…

This is a snapshot of Zero’s release roadmap. We are using Agile to plan and track the remaining release tasks, so the dates may move a bit as we approach shipment. We will however, keep this page updated with the current state of things as we move through the milestones.

We also encourage you to follow along on Instagram, and join our Discord for regular updates and discussions.

Feature Release Roadmap

Beta 0

  • DJ Playback

    • 2-deck Mixing

    • EQ, Trim, Loop, Sync, Filter pages

    • File Formats

      • WAV

      • AIFF

      • MP3

      • FLAC

  • Library Management

    • Metadata Edit

      • Catalog data (artist, title, etc.)

      • Cuepoints

      • Beatgrid

  • Recording Bus

    • Input Routing

  • Routing Mixer

    • Signal Mixing Controls

    • Full I/O Routing

Beta 1/Release Candidate

  • Bugfixes

    • TBD (Pending Beta 0 Release)

Feature Release 1

  • Rekordbox XML Import

  • MIDI I/O Support

    • Mapping Control Panel

    • Clock/Transport Messages

    • TBD - Request Additional Features in Discord

Accessibility Release 1

  • Screen Reader Implementation

Library Support Release 1

  • Engine DJ Phase 0