MixMeister Fusion and Studio reached end of life: no more updates, no support for new operating systems. RideComposer takes over where they stopped — and it is the only software that imports your .mmp project files, so you don't rebuild years of classes from scratch.
This isn't a rumour passed around between instructors. The publisher announced it on its own website.
“With a sad heart, we announce that MixMeister software products are now at the end of their life. You can continue to use any MixMeister software you've purchased; however, it will no longer receive updates or support for new operating systems.”
Real screenshots, nothing staged. On one side MixMeister Fusion, on the other RideComposer — the same job, rebuilt around the effort profile instead of the mix.
Both screens are a list of tracks. One was designed to chain them; the other to build an effort.
This is the difference that changes how you build a climb.
Both list your tracks. Only one tells you what each track is for.
What you are left with once the work is done — and whether you can still touch it next season.
The forty-five minutes that matter. This is what each program puts in front of you while you are teaching.
MixMeister did ship a video edition — the build in these screenshots is literally
Fusion + Video. RideComposer drives a second screen too, and it can put two different things on it.
Here is what that looks like in a real room.
The external display and Video Mode are Pro+ features.
Your mixes live in .mmp project files. Those aren't your music — they're your decisions: the running order, the cue points, the transitions, the tempo you nudged by hand three years ago because the climb landed wrong. An MP3 export saves none of that.
RideComposer reads those project files. It is the only software that does — the button is right there in the library:
MixMeister Import is included in the Pro and Pro+ plans, from €19.99/month.
This is also why waiting doesn't help you. While MixMeister still launches on your machine, your files are reachable. Once it stops launching after a system update, getting anything out becomes considerably harder.
| MixMeister (Fusion / Studio) | RideComposer | |
|---|---|---|
| Development | Discontinued — end of life | Active, regular updates |
| Built for | DJ mixing | Indoor cycling instructors |
| Tempo | Tempo matching between tracks | Progressive tempo curve, ±50 %, pitch preserved |
| Cadence (RPM) | Not shown | Shown for every track, next to the BPM |
| Effort | No concept of it | Power rating 1–20 and energy zones |
| During the class | You stay at the screen | Coach Mode: the ride plays itself |
| Second screen | Video only (Fusion + Video) | Video, or a coach display the whole room can read (Pro+) |
| Teaching methods | No concept of them | Spinning®, Schwinn Cycling®, Globe Cycling®, BICA |
| Your .mmp files | — | Imported natively (Pro and Pro+) |
| Track list for the room | — | PDF export, on every plan |
| Windows 11 | Often works, no guarantee, no fixes | Supported and maintained |
| Mac | Problematic on Apple Silicon | On the roadmap |
Let's be straight about it, because it's the most common question: RideComposer runs on Windows today. A macOS version is on the roadmap, with no announced date.
If you're on a Mac and MixMeister no longer runs, the immediate answer is a Windows PC — which is what the vast majority of studios use anyway. We'd rather tell you here than let you find out after downloading.
While MixMeister still opens, put your .mmp files and the matching audio somewhere safe — a USB stick will do.
Ten openings of the software, used whenever you like within 30 days. No card.
It's the best test: you'll see immediately whether the result matches what you had in mind.
Run it as if you were in the studio, and decide with your ears rather than with a feature list.
Often yes — the late 64-bit release helps — but with no guarantee and no fixes coming. It works right up until it doesn't.
It is no longer offered by most retailers. Treat a lost licence or a lost installer as unrecoverable.
Fusion was the full version, Studio the lighter one. Both belong to the inMusic group today, and both are discontinued. The last significant release is 7.7, with documentation going up to 7.8.
That's a common mix-up between MixMeister and RideComposer. The DJ mixing software is MixMeister; the indoor cycling software described on this page is RideComposer.
There are free DJ tools, but none of them handle an effort profile, a teaching method, or a way to run the class itself. You trade money for preparation time.
Yes — that is exactly what RideComposer's MixMeister Import does. Your running order, your cues and your tempo settings come across, so you pick up where you left off instead of starting from a blank page.
Yes, and on every plan — RideComposer exports your class track list as a PDF, which is the classic end-of-session request.
The long read is on our blog: MixMeister Alternative for Indoor Cycling — the complete guide.
RideComposer is free to try: 10 openings of the software, used whenever you like within 30 days. These aren't ten calendar days ticking away while you're busy — a trial is only used up when you actually open the software. After that, from €9.90/month.
Interface available in nine languages · the full user manual is readable online, with nothing to hand over in exchange.