2015
09/21
Different Drummer 4.0 Zenterface iPad
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Different-Drummer

Different Drummer 4.0 Zenterface is on the way. A new update to Different Drummer is in construction. Here is a sneak peak at the “Zenterface”.

Repeating patterns, infinite patterns, simple patterns, complex patterns, straight rhythms, poly rhythms, human feel, robot feel, arpeggios, chord progressions, fills, sequences, dynamics and much more are at your fingertips in Different Drummer.

Different-Drummer

Features:
• 8 Sampler Tracks with 6-wave Cyclophone Controls
• AudioBus 2 with State Saving, Remote Triggers and Inter-App audio (iOS7) out plus background play
• Stereo audio recording. Export via Audioshare, Drop box or iTunes or AudioCopy or General Pasteboard (to GarageBand for example)
• Progression Composer makes it easy to create guide tracks or multi-track arpeggios
• Jammer panel to play along with the music
• Control drum pitches, rests, ties, dynamics, panning and beat value using complex waves
• Instant Capture in case you hear a killer beat you want saved
• Save Wave Presets to Wave Library and share with other users in Community
• String Wave Sets together in saved Sequences and share in Community
• Export Wave Sets or Sequences as MIDI Files (via iTunes, Email or Dropbox)
• Over 190 drum and sound FX samples with more added every update
• Add your own samples via iTunes (WAV or CAF), AudioPaste or DropBox
• Over 70 musical scales to assign drums or instruments to as well as key
• Channel Volume, Filter, Distortion and Reverb Mixer
• Set Key, Tempo, Swing and Time Signature
• Automation for randomizing and morphing playback
• MIDI Sync Out and In
• Up to 8 Channels of MIDI Out
• Dedicated Wave for any Midi CC
• Core MIDI lets you play other synthesizers and drum machines on your iPad such as Animoog and NLog Pro or external hardware

2015
08/11
Best Sounding Natural Drums For iPad
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DrumPerfect
DrumPerfect – the drum machine that brings real sounding drums to your iPad. DrumPerfect features three extensive editors to easily create very human-like drum sequences:

– An extensive pattern editor in which each individual drum stroke has its own velocity, timing and probability. Each pattern has its own BPM, time signature and beat subdivision settings. Multiple strokes can be linked to a single probabilistic event. Grid view mode facilitates fast setup of new patterns. Play and record new patterns with the velocity-sensitive Live-pad.

– An extensive kit editor with room for up to 16 different drum kits with 16 instruments each. Every instrument consists of up to 16 different user-selectable audio samples. 9 multi-sampled kits included: Jazz-Funk, Acoustic, Dry, Vintage Funk, Garage, Brush, Percussion, and 2 vintage electronic kits. High-quality convolution reverb per kit.

– An extensive song editor in which a song is built of pattern/kit events. Import midi files as DrumPerfect songs.

The “Two-handed” and “Humanize” features give a human feel to the rhythm by modelling the human drummer restrictions and variations. The unique ability to merge patterns of any time signature allows to create new patterns from existing ones. Active CPU Load Control ensures smooth operation, also on iPad2/3 models.

DrumPerfect iPad Drums

DrumPerfect offers extensive options for audio-transfer with other apps:

– Live-audio source for other apps via Audiobus and Inter-App-Audio (IAA). Separate output per instrument. Audiobus State Saving supported.

– Perfect sync with IAA-hosts with linked transport control.

– Audio rendering/upload to AudioShare, AudioCopy2, SoundCloud, Dropbox and other apps via Open-in. Both mixed and separate track export.

– Import of audio samples via iTunes, AudioPaste2 and directly from other apps via Open-in.

– Extensive support for midi-in: core midi (hardware) and virtual midi (software), notes and control messages for remote control, configurable channel and control filters, live note recording and midi file import via iTunes and directly from other apps via Open-in.

– Midi file export to Dropbox and to other apps via Open-in.

– Midiclock sync input with midi song pointer, midi start and midi stop.

DrumPerfect is available for $14.99

2015
08/02
Gumdrops Drum App for iPad
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Gumdrops by Hanson is an interactive drum app for iPad with the power of a 64 track / 32 step sequencer with a unique and powerful user interface.

One feature that truly stands out is the ability to trigger entire patterns on and off by tapping one of the circles. You can set the trigger to retrigger or to latch and loop. Gumdrops also lets you customize all 32 steps on each of the 64 pads. Set the velocity for each step by simply swiping your finger across the steps in the pad editor. Load your own samples by using Open-In from another app or directly from AudioShare or AudioPaste. You can also record directly to a pad and trim or reverse your sample for unlimited creative control.

Another unique feature has to do with the user interface and layout. There are eight groups of eight pads on the board. By default, the 8 pads in a group are all assigned to the same sound. The two pads at the bottom of a group are half notes, then moving up to quarters, then eighths, then sixteenths. The left column of pads is filled with the patterns that would be played by your right hand if you were on a drum kit, and the right column is filled with patterns that would be played by your left hand. Playing the left and right pad in the same row combines into a pattern twice as fast. You could think of the left column as down beats and the right as up beats. So playing a pad in the right column will sound funky and off beat. Playing a pad in the left column will sound solid and on beat.

What’s New in Version 1.5

+ Audiobus 2.2 w/ remote triggers for playback, A/B/C/D quick patterns and first 3 groups of pads
+ AudioShare
+ Auto sets beat mark upon loading sample (Applying sample to all pads in group also applies the same beat mark)
+ Now supports “Open In” so you can easily import audio from your favorite apps directly to a pad in Gumdrops
+ Now supports the standard Document Picker so you can easily import audio from your iCloud Drive and 3rd party storage providers like Dropbox and Google Drive.
+ Long press in MIDI learn to un-learn a mapping
+ Fix IAP (In-App Purchase) download progress
+ Fix bugs in MIDI Learn
+ EZAudio updated

[ Legacy Features ]

* Live performance oriented drum machine
* 64 tracks * 32 steps * 4 patterns per “Beat”
* 24 step pad setting to play any pad in “triplet” timing
* Record directly to a pad or import from other apps
* Share “Beats” with other Gumdrops users
* MIDI note send
* MIDI clock send/receive
* MIDI controller support lets you adjust master volume and level for each group using a hardware mixer as well as control playback and switch patterns.
* Audiobus
* Audiobus Remote for Playback, A/B/C/D quick patterns and first 3 groups of 8 pads
* AudioShare
* AudioCopy/Paste
* Inter-App Audio
* WIST

[ Background ]

CJ Hanson is a drummer and the idea for Gumdrops came to him during a discussion about making beats using devices like the Roland TR-808 and the Native Instruments Maschine. Tapping out beats on pads can be tiresome and manually programming steps on a sequencer then playing it back to hear how it sounds is painstaking.

On a drum kit playing quarter, eighth or sixteenth notes is easy with either the left or right hand (or feet). If you have your right hand holding steady eighths on the hi-hat, introducing your left hand in between produces sixteenths. Then removing your right hand leaves eighths but on a syncopated pattern. Gumdrops is revolutionary because it makes playing these sort of natural patterns easy.

Synchronize with other apps and hardware using MIDI clock sync. Connect your MIDI mixer to control the overall mix, group levels, and pan.

Record and apply effects using Inter-App Audio and Audiobus.

Gumdrops is available for $1.99 (60% off for a limited time)

2015
05/15
Diode-108 Drum Machine Adds Midi Sync
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DIODE-108 is a drum machine packed with built-in vintage, classic, and acoustic kits and it now has MIDI sync. You can easily mix and match the samples provided to make your own custom kits. Import wav files for even more variety.

FEATURES

* Drag and drop effects let you put effects on individual beats!

* Drum kits licensed from respected partners. Dubsounds, Samples From Mars, Orange Tree Samples, and 99Sounds.

* 16 drum voices with unlimited patterns that you can arrange into your own songs

* Each pattern can have its own swing and tempo multiplier

* Turn NOTE MODE on for any voice and control the musical note (up or down an octave from the original pitch). Great for basslines or pitched percussion

* Wav sample import

* Mix and Match kits (easily substitute any sample in any kit). Want an 808 kick in a 909 kit? No problem.

* Kit Load and Save. Share kits with your friends!


* Dropbox, AudioShare, AudioCopy, IAA, & Audiobus support

* MIDI sync

* MIDI Note In


* Microphone sampling
* Song In/Out markers. Work on any section!
* Choke Groups

Diode-108 iPad Drum Machine

SEQUENCER
Build your beat on a 16×16 pattern grid. 16 voices is almost twice the number of voices of some of our competitors, and it means that you can have an 808 kit with all the instruments you’re looking for (not just some of them). Set tempo and swing. Several time signatures are supported (and each pattern can have its own).

PADS
Tap your beat on our 4 by 4 array of drum pads. Record into the active pattern, or just play along.

DRUM MACHINE
Unprecedented control over your drum kit. Dial in the settings you want, mix and match samples from different kits, and save out your modified custom kits for use in any song. How much control do you have? An amazing 7 dials for each of the 16 drum voices!

FX
Diode-108’s crown jewel is its drag-and-drop beat FX. Want a reverse cowbell? Want a bitcrushed tom? Want a cymbal that performs a pitch dive across several beats? Just drag and drop the effect tokens onto beats, and drag them left and right to cover any beats you like. Turn a long-lasting cymbal into a rhythmic backbone. You have to hear it to believe it! Head over to http://www.vibrantdigitalengineering.com for SoundCloud examples.

SONG
Build up a collection of named patterns from scratch, or import selected patterns from existing songs. Then drag and drop the patterns to build up a song. Each pattern can have its own swing setting and tempo multiplier if you like!

Export your songs as wav files to SoundCloud, DropBox, or iTunes, or send them through Audiobus to other apps on your iPad.

Diode-108

2015
04/25
sBASSdrum Drum and Groove Machine
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sBASSdrum

sBASSdrum drum machine and synthesizer an easy to use drum machine and synth. Instantly add DJ-style filter/resonance effects, loop your performance, and keep it looping in the background to play another app’s audio over it.

Designed for novices with super-simple operation: play both drums and music with just two thumbs! Or team up with a friend and each person can play a different side of the screen. Perfect for kids or kids at heart.

What’s New in Version 1.1.1
Two huge improvements! Audiobus 2 is now supported. And … MIDI! Plug in a device and get some basic drum mapping for the bass drum, snare, hi hats, and crash. Trigger the synth side with the C4 octave. See the all-new Info menu for Help.

This version also includes numerous other fixes: more stability, remembering your loops and settings on suspend/quit, and audio engine improvements.

IT’S A DRUM MACHINE
– 6 special drums pads can play more than one sound
– Optimized workflow for 1-finger operation
– No lag switching between kits

IT’S A SYNTHESIZER
– Instantly make harmony without knowing piano or music!
– Hand-crafted patches great for dance, pop, and jazz styles
– Super easy interface splits bass, melody, and accent keys
– Based on a rich sample library

IT’S A LOOPER
– Punch Record to create a loop, Play to begin immediate looping
– Add any amount of overdubs you want!
– Leave it running while switching to another app to have a background beat!

IT’S GOT EFFECTS
– A single X/Y control pad gives you quick access to built in low-pass and high-pass filter effects
– Do DJ-style filter sweeps and resonance overdriving
– Built-in reverb

AND IT’S A SPACESHIP
– Seriously: it’s a spaceship.
– That’s a music instrument.
– And compatible with Audiobus.

You’ll never need to know that under the cute exterior beats the heart of a custom-built event-based multitimbral sampler engine capable of playing hundreds of samples at once on an optimized floating-point audio pipeline. As avid musicians, coders, and designers, we would want no less than a pro-spec system ourselves.

Get sBASSdrum Drum and Groove Machine

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