Troublemaker 4+
Acid Bassline Synth
Bram Bos
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- £8.99
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Description
Featured in the US Appstore! Here's what the reviews say:
"Perfect for on the move acid sessions, the Trouble Maker app faithfully recreates the sound of the original TB-303" - DJ Mag
"Troublemaker is absolutely no trouble at all to heartily recommend" - SoundOnSound
"If you want to make the bassline from Josh Wink’s ‘Higher State of Consciousness’ on the bus, this is the app for the job" - Factmag.com
"Top-notch stuff from a developer that just keeps getting better" - Musicappblog.com
"This app has been consuming all of my time this week! Love it!" - Discchord.com
Introducing Troublemaker: this is not a 303
The legendary TB-303 has magical properties; it is filled to the brim with analog shimmer. Its output jack is a gateway to a parallel universe and when you twiddle the filter knobs an army of highly trained pixies chisel the square waves from freshly harvested unicorn souls. So if you want a TB-303, you should buy a TB-303. But if you're after *that sound* Troublemaker will give you everything you need in spades.
Troublemaker sports a carefully crafted diode filter emulation and among the available oscillators are the typical raspy, nasal sawtooth and rubbery square wave with its oddball shape and shifting pulse width.
It also has the wow.
Troublemaker is fully Audio Unit (AUv3) compatible, so you can go wild running multiple instances in your favorite DAWs.
It also has:
- MIDI CC controllers for all knobs (predefined),
- Core Midi, Virtual Midi, Bluetooth Midi input,
- MIDI Clock Sync, MIDI Start / Stop support
- Realtime Mutation Probability Engine
- Standalone sequencer supports 1-64 steps
- Audiobus 3 support (audio + MIDI)
- Exports MID and WAV files from the standalone sequencer
- User manual and MIDI charts on ruismaker.com
- Comes with an extra AUv3 plugin version of a modded Troublemaker unit
And unlike the TB-303, it can actually sound like a bass guitar ;-)
What’s New
Version 1.8.5
Minor fixes and optimizations
Ratings and Reviews
I love this but…
I absolutely LOVE this app.
It’s utterly brilliant.
But I cannot figure out how to use it as an auv3 in GarageBand or logic pro. It just doesn’t seem to to have the same functionality, and is a stripped down version with a piano keyboard rather than the grid based system in the standalone version.
So I have to export midi files from the standalone and import them from my files app into my DAW.
And then place them into a Troublemaker instrument opened in the DAW.
Maybe that was the dev’s intention. Either that or I’m missing something obvious.
Still, it works that way, and has been an amazing bass tool, but the extra steps seem a little tiresome some days.
But…. as I said, I do love the app.
Almost perfect
Just needs undo function, freeze some steps from randomisation, and 4-8 parts you can seeemlessly move between with copy paste and then it’s perfect. Great app. I still give it 5 stars now because it’s really great fun to use
Great app to generate acid samples
This is an updated review. The app is great at doing what it says. Acid bass line samples. I just figured out how to record straight into Logic Pro. The only suggestion I have is the developer should add a red banner at the top of the screen when switching away from the app like google maps does so that the user knows it’s still running and using the battery
Developer Response ,
Like many other music apps, this app runs in the background when used standalone (otherwise it would be impossible to combine it with other music apps). After use, simply double-tap the home button and quit the app. Or use it as an AU plugin. No uninstallation needed, obviously.
App Privacy
The developer, Bram Bos, 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.
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Bram Bos
- Size
- 4 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2017-2023 Bram Bos
- Price
- £8.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.