Amen break - coming from the late 60's is one of the most famous drum loops sampled and remixed in hundreds of jungle, drum'n'bass and hiphop records. This six-second clip spawned several entire subcultures and gained massive fame among DJ's, producers and music fans.
We bring you the Amen Break Generator - a vintage-looking loop player designed for a real-time generating of infinite combinations of this famous break! You can remix the loop with your fingers, use looper and nonstop beat randomising algorithm and add various DSP effects.
FEATURES:
• Audio Unit v3 Support: Includes MIDI capabilities such as transport messages, slice triggering and loop selection using MIDI notes and running multiple instances
• 16 Manual Trigger Buttons: Tempo-synced triggering of breaks for dynamic and creative control.
• Live Remixing Effects: Instantly apply effects like Freeze, Step Randomization, Auto-Retrigger, and more to remix breaks in real-time.
• Free-Play Mode: Manually trigger beat slices even when playback is stopped.
• Built-in Looper: A powerful tool that repeats the last 16 steps of the played sequence, enabling seamless looping and overdubbing for effortless creativity.
• Vintage-Inspired Graphics: Bitmaps in steam-punk style that enhance your experience.
• 4 DSP Effects: Includes Ring Modulator, Stereo Hi-Pass Filter, Flanger, and Degrader for diverse sound manipulation.
• Live WAV Recording: Capture your performance in high-quality WAV format, accessible directly in the iPhone’s Files app.
• Custom Loop Import: Load up to 8 custom loops in WAV format.
• 7 additional classic drum loops included for even more creative fun!
This app is an incredibly hands on way to have some fun with breaks! It provides a workflow very similar to a hardware alternative like an sp404 or akai mpc, but for very cheap and available anywhere you go. The ability to import breaks it great and the recording feature is awesome! As is the app is a solid 8/10, but with a few changes I think it could be an easy 10/10. A few more effects and parameters for effects would be nice. An overdrive/distortion for example, or a reverb or an eq cut would go a long way. Maybe 10 total? Extra adjustment for them would be great as well, such as a basic knob or 2 for each. Along with the extra effects, some extra sounds like gabber kicks or 909 crashes would be great, and just a trigger for one of the 16 steps would be great for them. These combined would make this app something incredible, and I wouldn’t mind paying 10$ if added. Again incredible app and was very useful when I didn’t have hardware.
Such an awesome app. Worth every penny!
sb_pdx
I love this app because of its simple and elegant way of mapping a drum break to its buttons, which act as both sequencer and pad bank. The fact that you can switch out different breaks on the fly and make stitched-together combinations that are synced perfectly with one another is something I’ve never seen another app or device do in such a user friendly way! The added bonus of loading in your own samples is amazing as well, as long as you’re using samples you’ve already trimmed properly (which you’ll need to do in a different app) makes this a very usable and powerful tool!
Developer Response
Happy to read that! 😀
Awesome app, hoping more features come later
ekgkhall
Really glad this is back on the app store, it’s so much fun to play around with. I hope in the future it keeps getting more features! I would love to have a mode where you can lock the loop to restart after 8 bars or something like that, so that you don’t lose the beat after going too crazy. I also wish there was a mode or way to hit the snare and other percs more like a pad instead of starting the loop playing from that point. Overall worth the money!
Developer Response
Hi! Thank you for review and suggestion. The "lock loop" feature is now on my to-do list! Best regards!
Excellent app, could use more features
S_w_@_G
Portable breakcore is awesome but the app would reach perfection if it added more features to modulate the breaks in real time. For example pitch shifter, EQ, and being able to play each button in isolation rather than starting the whole loop from that point, and being able to lay another sample on top of the break, would all be so fun! I really hope this app gets updated over time bc there’s so much potential here and it’s already great.
- AUv3 extension now supports recording in a host app
- Fixed issue with opening extension in Apple Logic Pro
Version 2.11.3
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Information
Seller
Aleksandra Wienclawska
Size
38 MB
Category
Music
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
