Groove Rider 2 4+
Groove Box, DAW, AUv3 host
Dmitrij Pavlov
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- $34.99
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Description
What our users already say about GR-2:
"This is the workflow Akai, Logic Pro, and all the others in my opinion are missing!" - App Store review
"The sound engine is grand, the ease of use is great. At first glance it’s ticking all the boxes :)" - App Store review
"The new standard of groovebox. Easy, quick, powerful, fun" - App Store review
"Thanks for this great release! GR-16 was great. This is many magnitudes even greater!" - App Store review
"Groove Rider 2 is a monster of an app. It’s all here.. so good… so slick… so musical… so fun" - App Store review
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Groove Rider 2 takes you to the next level of mobile music production with a brand new workflow! Being perfectly balanced between a groove box and a DAW, GR-2 can boost your creative musical inspiration in a way you couldn't even imagine!
• PERFORM LIVE SETS
Use 16 x 16 clip launch grid and Ableton Link feature to synchronize GR-2 with other music apps and gear. Connect your midi controllers to control GR-2 parameters via midi. Crossfade between your patterns in a DJ style with onscreen crossfader and EQ controls!
• CREATE FULL LENGTH TRACKS
Timeline-based song mode editor allows you to arrange and edit midi clips in a professional DAW manner. Record and edit parameters automation. Copy, paste, duplicate clips as well as entire time ranges. Export & share your compositions as a master audio file or as separated stems.
• SKETCH YOUR MUSICAL IDEAS
- use layering for instruments (up to 3 layers per part)
- process with built-in realtime insert effects (3 IFX per part)
- tweak sound with 3-band EQ with visual controls
- improvise with MFX (master effects) using onscreen XY controls (3 MFX per pattern)
- add depth, using 2 Send / Return FX busses with up to 3 effect slots in each bus
- resample what you hear and edit right in place with the built-in Sample Editor
- save your own presets and drum sets with audio previews for further use in other compositions
• USE BUILT-IN INSTRUMENTS
Internal instruments include:
- Sampler with realtime beat time stretching (Warp) and Slicing options, supports stereo samples of 16, 24 or 32 bit depth, up to 5 minutes long
- 2-oscillator Synthesizer with over 280 oscillator preset programs, with Filter, ADSR and LFO modules
- Sound Font 2 (sf2) sample bank player with ability to use imported sf2 banks
- WaveTable synthesizer with ability to import user wavetables (Serum .wav format supported)
- seamless integration with the JimAudio Poison-202 and Pure Acid apps (sold separately) allows to use their integrated modules in GR-2 without actually loading them as AUv3 audio units, which saves system resources and speeds up pattern loading process!
- all internal synths allow customizing their micro scale tunings.
FEATURES:
• supports Ableton Link, AUv3 units hosting, AudioBus, Inter-App Audio, Core Midi, Virtual Midi, Bluetooth Midi
• built-in Sample Editor with record audio function
• convenient sample and preset browser with instant previewing
• timeline-based song mode editor
• can host AUv3 Audio Unit instruments, Effects and Midi FX
• includes internal library of Factory samples, presets and patterns to start from
• supports importing of patterns, created in Groove Rider GR-16
• master or stems wav export
• big variety of built-in effects include Delay, Chorus, Reverb, Shimmer, Pitch Shifter, Flangers, Phasers, Distortion & saturators, EQ, Filters, Slicers, Sidechain Compressor & Gate, Limiter, Maximizer and more!
• supports Novation Launchpad Pro MK3 midi controller with full access to the session clip grid and various modes of GR2!
iPadOS 16+ is required
iPad Pro 2nd generation and newer is recommended for best experience
Full manual guide is already available for download at
https://www.jimaudio.pro
What’s New
Version 1.1.0
Introducing integration with the Novation Launchpad Pro mk3 midi controller, which includes:
- Access to the Session clip 16x16 grid from the controller. Launch and stop clips and scenes by pressing the corresponding pad or button. Toggle between Grid mode and Performance mode by pressing Session button;
- Hold Clear or Duplicate button on LP Pro and press/swipe pads to instantly delete or duplicate whole groups of clips in the Session Grid from the controller;
- Press Shift + Duplicate + Clip pad to instantly double clip's loop size (Duplicate Loop function);
- Hold Quantize button + press Clip pad to perform a quantize on clip's notes;
- Part Mute and Solo modes with visualized level meters on LP Pro device;
- Adjust part Levels, Pan and Send FX Amounts with fader banks, displayed on the LP Pro device;
- In Performance mode, four different pad modes (8x2 pads each) can be seen simultaneously, reflecting current GR2 state (Mute, Erase, Trigger, Step, Notes, Chords/Slices/Drums or Jump). Pad mode is selected with red track buttons in the bottom. Shift the layout up or down by pressing Shift + Up or Down arrow button;
- Octave selector (red Up/Down arrows), Bar selector for step mode (blue track buttons), Part select buttons (white Left/Right arrows);
- Shift + Undo/Redo, Shift + Tap Tempo, Shift + Metronome Click functions;
- New extended Step Editor mode (in addition to the standard one), which allows to display up to 32 steps simultaneously on the LP Pro device! Use bar select buttons to browse thru 16 bars of the clip. Add/remove drums or notes from steps, adjust step/note velocities and step probabilities right from the LP Pro device. Press a step to immediately select it in the GR2 Note Editor;
- Hold Clear button and tap/swipe the steps to clear them;
- Hold Duplicate button, tap a step (Copy) and then tap another step (or series) to distribute (Paste) the source step.
Other features and bug fixes in this update:
- trigger conditions updated to allow easier assignment of the probability to the group of simultaneously played notes. You just set the condition function to the one "control" note in a group, and then set the "Prev" function to all the other notes. No need to shift the "control" note a bit earlier anymore, because now it has a higher priority over the other notes;
- now you can draw velocities of selected notes with the second touch, while holding the velocity dragger with the first touch;
- Step mode, step selector: now you can tap on the piano roll (or drum list) in the Note Editor to select the note/drum lane you want to edit steps for. No need to drag up/down the 1st step selector pad;
- Step mode: now it works not only on the Note Editor page, but also when the other pages are shown;
- Step mode: every new step you add immediately gets selected in the Note Editor;
- when using pattern "Save As" dialog, you can now enter a blank name to generate another random pattern name;
- Clip text labels added on the Song timeline view. Select clip(s) and go to the hamburger menu -> Rename Clips;
- fixed: Midi AU FX can now output various midi data, including midi CC's, Program Change, Aftertouch / Pressure and Pitch Bend events (previously only note events were allowed);
- fixed: Erase pad mode was not working properly in the Song Mode;
- fixed: incorrect bar numbering for looped clips with non zero loopStart marker was displayed;
- fixed a number of issues when the non standard Measure was selected for the Pattern.
Ratings and Reviews
Ayooooo! What kinda sorcery Is this?
Ok, I stayed up until I couldn’t anymore last night for the pre order. My old head self went to sleep before it dropped. I wake up and here it is. After about an hour of noodling around I have a few takeaways. First off, Bravo Dmitrij! Your beats are also always pretty ill and your coding skills are a paragon of iOS development. We are quite lucky to have you.
Secondly, this isn’t a buy and check it out and it collects dust.. this is replacement for a lot of stuff. The sound engine is grand, the ease of use is great. The feeling of “I could just use this and be fine” is there.
This is capable for a wide range of music, but for us EDM producers…oh man..holy grail status.
At first glance it’s ticking all the boxes :)
A thing of beauty
Another brilliant app from this developer, one that pushes the original groovebox concept into full DAW territory. I absolutely love the ability to record a few clips, launch them in different combinations, and save that performance onto a song timeline for further tweaking. A very satisfying workflow and a pleasure to interact with/look at too.
Just one thing keeps it from being the full Cubasis replacement I’m looking for: the ability to use AUV3 plugins as IFX per part in addition to the two sends and master FX channels. (Hopefully one day.) Otherwise, worth the wait and a joy to work with!
The best
This is a 10 star app,takes everything out there and puts in a complete package with a super easy to use interface with all the bells and whistles anyone could ever want. I made more music in 2 weeks since I began using apps in 2010. Can’t say enough about this except thanks a million for developing this
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Information
- Seller
- Dmitrij Pavlov
- Size
- 90.2 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2025 Dmytro Pavlov
- Price
- $34.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.