SDS-x — Simple Drum Sampler 4+
Drumming at your fingertips
Ryan Robinson
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
SDS-x is the most fun you’ll have with a drum machine on iOS!
SDS-x is a drum machine that makes it easy to play drum samples and fun to make beats. SDS-x is also extremely feature rich, with advanced controls for crafting your sound and building complex sequences. Whether this is your first iOS music app or you are an avid AUv3 enthusiast, SDS-x has something for you.
SDS-x can be played by tapping the pads or by using the sequencer to program a beat.
Highlights:
- Get started quickly with one of the 30+ factory kits.
- Program beats with a fun and unique sequencer.
- Build kits from nearly 200 factory samples.
- Drag and drop samples over pads to load sounds.
- Mix your pads and add effects with intuitive controls.
- Host SDS-x in your favorite iOS DAW as an AUv3 plug-in.
- Play with others using MIDI and Ableton Link
- Export pattern audio as WAV file to use in any DAW! (PRO)
Features:
Sequencer
- Make a beat using the intuitive, sixteen-step sequencer.
- Add variation with “per step” controls for velocity and note multiplier.
- Get the feel right with swing and quantize parameters.
- Switch things up with 16 patterns per kit.
- Make a song by chaining up to 128 patterns.
- Create complex polymeters with “per track” sequence length.
Pads
- SDS-x has nine pads, each with two sample layers.
- Custom name and color for each pad.
- Per sample controls for: pitch, pan, and level.
- Per pad controls for: trigger mode, sample mode, loop, mono/poly, mute group, velocity, MIDI receive, MIDI send.
- Trigger modes: one-shot, gate, toggle, and retrigger 8th to 64th triplet.
- Sample modes: mix, rotate, random, velocity switch, velocity mix.
- Global velocity modes: top, center, fixed, pressure.
Samples
- SDS-x comes fully loaded with nearly 200 samples, recorded and edited by Simple Drum Samples.
- Import your own sounds from the Files app to expand your sample library. (PRO)
Perform
- Control pad levels, pan, mute, solo, and effects sends with the in-app mixer.
- Five FX types: delay (send), reverb (send), high pass filter, low pass filter, and “master” effect for getting LOUD.
- Full screen pads mode for improved experience on smaller devices.
- Hard pan option for metronome to run click and samples to FOH on separate channels.
Workflow
- Use one of the 30+ factory kits.
- Save your work as a user kit. (PRO)
- Drag and drop samples from your in-app library onto a pad to load samples.
- Intuitive XY pad for controlling FX parameters.
- Double tap and long press actions for most controls to speed up workflow.
- Dual menu view on iPad.
Connect
- Comes with AUv3 plugin. Play SDS-x alongside your other music apps!
- Keep time with other devices using Ableton Link.
- Connect wirelessly using Bluetooth MIDI.
- Pads can send and receive MIDI, so you can play with external gear!
- Share user kits via AirDrop, iMessage, and more. (PRO)
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EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s New
Version 2.0.5
New in SDS-x 2.0.5:
- Fix an issue where the in-app store would display mixed-up prices in some regions.
- Add additional visual feedback to the in-app purchase flow.
Ratings and Reviews
Bought this a few minutes ago…
I’m already super impressed. This is a FANTASTIC piece of design - really - it’s beautiful and useful in so many ways (especially - simplicity leads to victory) and as of right now the only thing I’m missing is a sampler included with auto slicing via transient detection. Well ok, ADSR would be nice too and ESPECIALLY 3D Touch support for phones that have it (instead of vertical “velocity” for the pads). As a last suggestion that is ultimately not as relevant since we can create kits, is, please add more acoustic kits. I actually really like a few kits here, but I’m just not an electronic guy so most of them will probably not see much use by me.
Regardless, this is a fantastic AU and I will be using it a lot from now on. Thank you! Will definitely keep an eye on this dev! 🥸
Developer Response ,
Hi Enrique, thanks for the kind review! So glad you like the app. Thanks for the feature ideas, too. We will keep them in mind for future updates!
Just Get It
More useful than it may appear at first (I was initially put off by the colorful pads, which makes it look like a toy), but I found it quite useful for the variety of drum kits it has and the available modification options.
My big ask for the developer: Please bring this to macOS (desktop) for M1 Macs. My workflow involves developing rough ideas on iPad Pro, then finaling on desktop and there are no fast and easy replacements for this app. Being able to use this as an AU plugin would be a tremendous timesaver. Thanks!
Developer Response ,
Thanks for the review! We've talked about bringing SDS-x to macOS but there are a lot of specific touch-based interactions that wouldn't translate super well to desktop. That being said, it's not out of the question!
Beautiful sounding
Loving this bad boy great samples btw was hoping you could add adsr control or am I not seeing this ? I like that you are offering different forms of payment to use the app ie monthly sub, yearly, and outright buy. I chose the later I don’t like renting personally. I like how you make use of the full size iPads with the larger screens one feature suggestion could be different midi/sound settings around the 4 corners of each pad when in this mode think hardware kieth McMillen quneo. Definitely like the drag and drop sample support as well. Glad to see you are the hardworking type of developers thanks.
Developer Response ,
Thanks for the kind words. There is no ADSR control at the moment, but we will keep it in mind for future updates!
Pro tip: One way to get multiple sounds per pad is to load two samples into the pad and then change the sample mode to "velocity switch" (VSW). Then go to the global settings and make sure the velocity mode is set to "top." The bottom of the pad will now play one sample and the top of the pad will play the other.
App Privacy
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Data Not Collected
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Information
- Seller
- Ryan Robinson
- Size
- 56.5 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
- © 2022 Audio Symmetric
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Pro Features Monthly $0.99
- Pro Features $12.99
- Pro Features Yearly $4.99