Groovebox - Beat Synth Studio 4+
Make Music & Play Instruments
Focusrite Audio Engineering
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Horizon is the new ambient polyphonic synth for Groovebox. With lush pads, dreamy melodies and analogue organs, Horizon is the soundtrack to your dreams.
If you love making electronic music, you’ll love Groovebox. Enter an inspiring world of music production on your iPhone & iPad.
Groovebox is a free, beautifully designed music studio app packed with inspiring synths and drum machines. In minutes you’ll be making beats, melodies, and playing with world-class instruments. Expand your own collection with more sounds and instruments available in the store. From the creators of Launchpad, Groovebox helps you produce music on iPhone & iPad.
• A BEATS & SYNTH MUSIC STUDIO
Play with touchable instruments to quickly create your own beats and melodies, or draw in notes. Need inspiration? Groovebox has hundreds of patterns and sounds to get you started. Four powerful synthesisers, designed in partnership with Novation, deliver deep retro basslines and analogue harmonic melodies. The modern drum machine, with expanding drumkit library, will turn Groovebox into your go-to beat production studio.
• SYNTHS DESIGNED WITH NOVATION
Designed in partnership with Novation, legendary synth pioneers, Groovebox packs a world-class sound. Each instrument uses a new powerful synth engine capable of recreating classic warm analogue sounds and rich modern harmonics.
• EASY TO START, DEEP ENOUGH TO MASTER
Groovebox is designed to kick-start ideas, but it has serious features for artists and producers too. The advanced synth parameters* let you sculpt your own sounds. Automate the parameters over time to create a vibrant dynamics. Control your sound with the multi-channel mixer (iPad only), note sequencer, key and scale modes. Build your arrangements into songs with sections. Export your sounds easily to a laptop for further production. Sync to other apps or a laptop with Ableton Link. Connect using Audiobus, Inter-App Audio and even Export to Ableton Live seamlessly.
FEATURES
• Discover and build ideas - Quickly explore sounds with hundreds of melody and rhythm patterns
• Play touchable instruments - Create your own melodies and beats
• Five powerful instruments - Drumbox, Horizon, MiniMon, RetroBass and Poly-8
• Build beats - Play drum pads or keys, sequence notes or use patterns
• Arrange your tracks - Simple song-building using sections
• Create dynamic changes - Record synth parameters as automation
• Sound innovation - Instruments developed in partnership with synth pioneers Novation
• Expand your sounds - Regular, fresh-content drumpacks, presets and patterns*
• Production-ready sounds - Crafted by world-class sound designers and artists
• Extendable Instruments - Expose more tweakable synth controls
• Sequence your music - Draw notes and build patterns instead of playing them
• Stay in time and key - Choose from any tempo, key or musical scale
• Share your music - Easily create a mix of your music to share with others
*Requires In-App Purchase
ADVANCED FEATURES
• Jam with others - Audiobus, Inter-App Audio, Ableton Link and Ableton Export
• Swing - Instantly add swing to your session.
• Ableton Export - Easily send your project to Ableton Live
• Full scale support - All keys and major, minor and modes supported
• Project management - Rename, duplicate and delete
• iPad Pro support - Optimised to use the entire iPad Pro screen
• Send your ideas to a laptop - Batch export your pads as a .zip file, or use Ableton Export
• Bluetooth speaker supported
What’s New
Version 2.10.5
This version contains bug fixes & technical improvements.
If you enjoy using Groovebox, we'd really appreciate a review on the App Store. If you find bugs or have any comments, drop us a line at support@ampifymusic.com.
Ratings and Reviews
Nice groovebox
Realy nice sounding groovebox with nice synth and samples.
Miss there proper midi clock sync! And midi out. That could realy bring this app to other level. Possibility to play with your hadware synth would be very nice!
Developer Response ,
Hi Elkesar! Thanks for the review. Sorry there's no MIDI clock right now. As a work-around, you could download a 'Ableton Link to MIDI clock' app from the App Store, which would allow you to sync Groovebox to your hardware using Ableton Link. I hope that helps! //James
Too similar to other groovy loopers and no killer feature
There is no midi learn for assigning knobs and pads and also no ability to trigger patterns from midi keyboard - huge disadvantage for live play. Can’t be controlled from AUM as AU3 or IAA. Pads have too small height for playing on iPad mini, there is no always on screen tempo slider, pitch should be slider as well and while sequencer midi editor itself is fine, chaining and layering these patterns is not. It’s not clearly enough if other pattern will be continuation, layer or alternate version. For live use user experience must be simple and smooth because it’s real time task. In our case all has to be controlled from midi keyboard and/or from screen with large easy to hit controls. App comes with 3 basic synths but it would be better to send midi notes to other app - preferably au3 or midi out buses to use better existing synth sounds. Also because sequencer is already here why not use it as basic arpg with shifting pattern notes based on trigger key or even advanced ones with chord scan like KORG PA styles has. Another use for already finished sequencer should be song mode where you chain and layer patterns and send program/ bank change midi messages on pattern boundaries to switch voices during live play. There is lot of music apps but very few are good and it’s not because author lacks skills to make one but because he doesn’t understand target audience. Today app for live playing must be 1. all in one kitchen sink with good UI or 2. set of audio plugins to run from AUM with simple stand alone integration app. In that case split app to synth plugins and multi effect plugin (not important there are already better ones), sample based drum machine and sequencer. Even if app is all in one it still has to be at least AU3 capable player for DAW/AUM integration. I understand that author wants to make money by selling drum kits and loops. Instead of selling drum kit for 2 USD it would be more attractive for users to make partnerships with already existing subscription services for loops.
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Information
- Provider
- Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd.
- Size
- 46.2 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited 2024
- Price
- Free
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