RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX
Slip, stutter, loop, record
$5.99 · Designed for iPad
RollBud is a creative audio effect that lets you shape sound in fun and rhythmic ways. Whether you're going for stutters, rolls, reverse rolls, slips, or trance gate-style effects, RollBud makes it easy to explore new textures and grooves—right from your iPad or iPhone.
Expressive XY-Pad with MIDI Control & Recording
- Touch & Perform: Control beat divisions on the X-axis and envelope shaping on the Y-axis.
- MIDI Controllable: Trigger effects and highlight beats with external MIDI controllers.
- Record & Playback: Capture your XY movements and play them back like an advanced LFO.
- iCloud Integration: Save, manage, rename, or delete recordings from the settings menu.
- MIDI Assignable: Map recordings to a MIDI note and channel for instant recall in live sets.
Perfect for Any Genre
From electronic, techno, house, and hip-hop to ambient, glitch, experimental, and cinematic, RollBud adds a unique rhythmic dimension to any production.
AUv3 FX Plugin for Seamless Integration
RollBud is a fully-featured AUv3 audio effect, compatible with top AUv3 hosts like AUM, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Cubasis, and Loopy Pro.
More Features
- Flexible FX Modes – Switch between Roll and Trance Gate modes for unique playback styles.
- Customizable Envelope – Control rise/fall ratio, curve shape, and intensity for dynamic shaping.
- Latch Mode – Hold XY positions for continuous effect application.
- Quantized & Free Play – Perform with precision or experiment freely.
Transform your sound and elevate your performance with RollBud!
This version adds the new Free frequency beat mode!
- Set the beat duration freely, based on the frequency Hz.
- Toggle the beat mode button on the toolbar to change the Free Hz or the Beat mode.
- The free frequency mode adds min and max frequency faders next to the XY-Pad.
- Adds new Envelope retriggering setting to the settings menu, for retriggering the envelope on the beat length (X-Axis) changes.
The developer, Cem Olcay, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Cem Olcay
- Size
- 15.5 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2025 Cem Olcay
