Dawnbeat inherits the best part of the classic hardware samplers and takes it further by adding features only possible on a multi-touch device.
Create more natural patterns by tapping and swiping pads.
Focus on creativity, you don't need to select a tempo before hit record to finally play a pattern until you get the right take, just play and forget about to record! Dawnbeat is always recording!
Multi-touch and draggable pads:
- Pads are multi-touch, play a single pad with two fingers at the same time!
- Pads are individually configurable, allowing re-triggering when dragging for amazing fills, tone variations .
- Mute and Solo buttons for pads available.
- Mute groups.
Memorizer:
- DawnBeat is always recording pad events, you'll never miss a beat, play and experiment and when you hear something you like, it's already recorded! simply go to Memorizer and select the desired events.
BRIIKS sampler:
- Advanced loop manipulator. Rearrange and combine your loops. Also available as standalone, AUv3 and MacOS.
Mixer:
- 4 assignable BUSSES and one MAIN BUS. Assign pads to busses, assign internal effects or AUV3 effects to busses.
- Mute and Solo buttons.
Polyphonic pads:
- Pads can be turned polyphonic, import a piano-like sample and play and sequence chords with a single pad.
MIDI IN and MIDI OUT:
- Trigger samples from a MIDI controller, play melodies from a MIDI piano.
- Sequence hardware drum machines and synths from Dawnbeat.
- Use Dawnbeat as an intermediary between a midi keyboard and a synth, save the sequences you are playing. Dawnbeat can save poliphonic sequences!
Pattern sequencer with piano editor.
- Swing, count-in, metronome.
Audio Units:
- Dawnbeat support AUv3 effects and instruments!
Built in Effects:
- Reverb, Delay, Compressor, Flutter, Gate, Tremolo, Noise, Filter, Chorus, Equalizer, Stutter and Tape slow motion.
- Effects can be rearranged.
Built-In sample browser:
- 6 drum kit sample libraries, and 1 bass sample library.
Selectable internal sample rate:
- Internal sample rate can be changed, choose between HI-FI and LO-FI sample rates.
AUTO-SLICER:
- AutoSlicer detects hit points and slices audio into individual files minimizing the need for manual editing. Chop up any audio file in a few seconds.
Recording sample rate can be selected.
Export movies with images and animated GIFs .
This app is genuinely amazing. I’m just a teenager who likes chopping up cool sounds and I’m inspired by artists like DOOM and Kanye but I’m not using this for anything commercial. I’m simply wasting my time and I’ve spent HOURS on this app and it is nearly perfect. It’s got great filters and stuff. My only issue is that it crashes sometimes when I try to zoom in on a chop. I would also like to see some more features like allowing a soundpad to stop when another one is played or something like that to stop overlap but other than that this app is great. It has nearly everything that a paid one would have
2ND Update - consistent improvements.
Nomadxoxo
Apple won’t let me update my original review but I had to write a new review to talk about how great Dawnbeat is. It started off with promise and consistent updates make this app a sampler you can’t ignore. Bit by bit it’s been enticing me to step away from the Marsupial king and do more in DB. The only thing that’s bothering me right now (and maybe I’m just missing something) is there doesn’t seem to be an easy way to copy a sequence from one page to the next. The only way I can see to do it is go in to a sequence, select all, edit copy, go to a new sequence, edit past. It would be helpful if there was a sequence manager like the pad manager. Otherwise this app is so much fun and I get interesting grooves going instantly with it.To developer: I know we can copy a sequence by dragging it. This seems to only work when copying a sequence to the same page. If I want to copy one for 16 to 32 and try to drag the sequence, it just freezes on the screen and often crashes the program.
Developer Response
HiTo copy a sequence, drag the sequence and drop over an empty one.
The BRIIK feature makes it Better than MPC!!!
YoTrakz
The best part of a mobile sample DAW is the ease of browsing your samples and easily adding them to the pads (simply tap to hear and drag to a pad). Ableton One is pretty nice. DP24 is pretty good too. The bank load feature of MPC is real dope and has one up on Dawnbeats in that way. But when its comparison of everything you need in a mobile DAW (FLS mobile notwithstanding)with easy browsing and an intuitive setup (plus the HIGHLY adaptive and flexible bluetooth MIDI control), for me Dawnbeats is the future of mobile app sample DAWs.I’ve been using this app for about a month now and it’s simply is the best I’ve ever seen for sample drumming. The BRIIK feature is what sets it apart from any other sample mobile sample DAW application. Well, there are no instructions for this feature and the help menu., I quickly figured out how to use it and where it’s strengths lie. It quite simply is the hallmark of the whole app if you ask me.
Fun Sample Excursions Abound😎
T.j.V.
This little gem is similar to Beatmaker 3, similar to Koala, similar to MPC 2, similar to BeatHawk, similar to… well… all of the sample based beat making apps out there for us to choose from. Thankfully, we have many options and we can always choose to use more than one to make our beats!What makes this one special in its own right is the playful nature of the interface and the neat tools you can explore to flush out your sample patterns and play with in a live fashion.The inclusion of Briks makes sequencing samples a lot of fun. With 6 sample lanes that can each hold any number of different samples along the timeline, you can quickly try different sequence ideas, slice and reslice samples, and rearrange your sequences at will! A ton of fun!!!Depending on what you want out your sample-based beat making experience, you may or may not enjoy this experience. I personally think it’s rather fun and allows for some playful beat making that isn’t readily available in any of the other beat making apps you probably already know and love. While other apps may have better features here or there, this one holds a place on all of my iPad and iPhone devices, next to many other beat making apps… and it stands, proudly, along with all of them!Dawnbeat is really good… and fun to play!
Bugs fixed.
Version 1.3.10
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Information
Seller
Luis Rivas
Size
221.2 MB
Category
Music
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.