Strum Machine - Backing Tracks 4+
For bluegrass, fiddling, etc.
Luke Abbott LLC
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Elevate your music practice with customizable backing tracks generated with audio from real instruments (guitar, mandolin, and standup bass).
Strum Machine can play any chord progression, in any key, at any speed. It's the only backing-track app built specifically for players of bluegrass, old-time, fiddle tunes, and other such genres. (Although it works pretty good for some jazz/swing now, too!)
Why musicians of all levels love Strum Machine:
• Realistic Sound: Backing tracks are assembled in real time from studio-quality instrument recordings.
• Quick Adjustments: Instantly adjust the speed/tempo, change the key, loop part of a song, etc.
• Auto-Speedup: Gradually increase the BPM at the end of every repetition for training purposes.
• Chord Reference: Clean, beautiful chord charts, which can be displayed in letters or numbers (i.e. "1-4-5").
• Extensive Library: Over 1,400 songs (mostly from bluegrass and old-time) ready to go, with thousands more posted on the community forum.
• Simple Song Editor: Add your own songs (or edit existing ones) in minutes. Almost every chord you can play on a guitar is available for use.
• Customize the Band: Choose from a variety of built-in band styles, then optionally customize each instrument individually – adjust the strumming pattern, add automatic bass runs, and more.
• Organize & Share: Create song lists for practicing or even performing, and share them with your friends or on the community forum.
• Cross-Platform: Sync your custom songs, lists, and preferences with any device you use Strum Machine on: phone, tablet, or computer. (It works offline, too!)
• Responsive Support: If you run into any problems or have questions, write us an email or post a message on the forum and someone will get back to you within a few days!
Strum Machine is under active development and we're always working on ways to make the app even more useful to our users... while keeping it uncluttered and intuitive first and foremost.
Discover how Strum Machine can improve your music practice today, for free!
Download Strum Machine and play a handful of demo songs instantly, without signing up. For the full experience, including access to all built-in songs and the ability to create your own, start a free trial.
Terms of Use: https://strummachine.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://strummachine.com/privacy
Audio powered by the FMOD Engine, © Firelight Technologies Pty Ltd.
What’s New
Version 1.398.0
Minor improvements, plus an experimental (opt-in) metronome feature. Learn more by going to the top-left menu, then tapping About / Version History.
Ratings and Reviews
An excellent app
A very useful and easy to use app.
An excellent practice tool that provides very realistic backing tracks.
It is also well supported by the developer.
Solo Learners - do yourself a favour
I have now started learning the banjo in an almost banjo-free environment (not counting YouTube), and find that using this great little app speeds up the learning process a lot. Well worth the sub.
Great app… but..
This is a great app, it’s really well designed and does what it says.. but it’s subscription based why?
Remember when you could just pay for software once and then use it?
Subscriptions are just greedy.
I’d happily pay a once off price that gives most full song writing features and then pay for songs I want.. then I’d give this as many stars as possible..
but as is I just can’t give it a good review.
It’s just not worth $9 a month.
Developer Response ,
For what it's worth: Strum Machine has taken thousands upon thousands of hours of work to get to where it is today, and I plan to keep improving it for years to come. At the same time, it is "niche" software with a relatively small number of users. Without the subscription model, I simply would not be able to afford to spend the amount of time on building and improving the product as I can now. It's not greed; I built this app for the music community that I love, not to get rich. Having an ongoing subscription means I get to focus almost all of my energy on supporting my users and improving the product, versus continually trying to find new users so that I can put food on the table. 🙂
App Privacy
The developer, Luke Abbott LLC, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Luke Abbott, LLC
- Size
- 49.7 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.4 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.4 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.4 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 12.3 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2024 Luke Abbott LLC
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Monthly Subscription $7.99