Android music applications

Drum Pad Beats - Promotional Video

8/24/2018

It is very tight as is, but hopefully he will implement some realtime synthesis as well!
It comes with many drum sets which is good and there is expansions to get or create your own also have integrated flow with Caustic 3.
So if looking for a new beat/loop groove box and /or a Caustic user...
This is a good addition!

Google Play:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teotigraphix.drumpadbeats

FEATURES

+ Adjustable U/I scaling (Settings)
+ Portrait or Tablet layouts
+ In App Help UI with documentation tips
+ 16 Drum pads, 12 Synth pads
+ Dual pad layout for Drum and Synth pads on one screen (remixing/recording live)
+ 63 Scene containers for programed Pad loops w/ 1 2 4 8 measures
+ Song sequencer with 16 playable/exportable sections.
+ Sampler and Chord Arpeggiator, diatonic chord interval arpeggios
+ Keyboard layouts for synth or sampler, 64, 36, 16 pad variations
+ Custom Scale and Key globally or per Scene
+ Record real-time remixes from pad looping and Scene changes as wav, ogg, midi
+ Record overdub for note entry (touch latency varies per device)
+ Metronome timing
+ Full Mixer and Effect for all Drum/Synth pads
+ Drum pad choke groups (4 groups per 8 pads)
+ Audition Browser to load/hot-swap new Drum/Synth kit sounds
+ Expandable Sound Library with Sound expansion packs available on Google Play.
+ Factory Sound Kits (808, 909, Metatronics, various others)

NEW/LOAD/SAVE/EXPORT

+ Create New Project
+ Load Recent/Project
+ Save Project As...
+ Export .pcmsynth preset with MIDI for the Caustic App
+ Export (each Scene/Section as a separate) .wav, .ogg, .mid to your favorite DAW or midi editor
+ Export Song MIDI as one file containing individual channels for each pad
+ Export Scenes as wav loops zip archived

STEP SEQUENCER

+ Custom Scene color/name
+ Pad loop trigger for remixing live.
+ 63 unique pattern scenes with 1, 2, 4 and 8 measures
+ Pattern 1/16 & 1/8 Swing

PATTERN EDITING

+ Drag n Drop Pad or Scene to Move or Duplicate note data.
+ Clear all Scene data, per pad bank note data or per pad note data
+ Duplicate note data when expanding measure length
+ Arpeggiator note generation with Samplers and Synths (allows for happy accidents)

Plus a lot more... Check out the videos and help documentation

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Drum Pad Beats - Deep Caustic Engine Based Groove Pads

7/27/2018

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This is made by a developer that have made some other apps that is based on using the Caustic engine. He is also the web director of the Cautic website, singlecellsoftware.com.

This app seems to me to be the most advanced one yet and if not paying attention it may seem simplistic but seeing the videos it shows to have a lot of possibilities that are not obvious and still being an easy app to use. (Having not used it though, it is still not clear to me how the synthesizer parts work).
Can imagine that this would be a very good app for some people.
Also as it is based on the Caustic engine it will be very stable and probably work very good on lower spec devices. Always surprised how good Caustic works on my five year old devices that was not that good to begin with!

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teotigraphix.drumpadbeats

Drum Pad Beats is a fun beat/composer - scene/remixer to capture those ideas when that flash of inspiration hits while away from the studio.

Drum Pad Beats is aimed at users that want to create rhythms and melodies using pads and step sequencers. With the added ability to export their creations to wav, ogg or midi loops (zip, pcmsynth for Caustic), user ideas can be taken farther in mobile or desktop Digital Audio Workstations.

Great for sharing beats/tracks as dpb files and remixing another artist's track, the track could then be remixed again adding even more flavor. Drum Pad Beat's project file contains everything another user needs to take that idea even farther.

Drum Pad Beats Discord - https://discordapp.com/invite/DS9J3cy (Drop in and say Hi)

New to Drum Pad Beats? Check out the friendly, In App Help UI and Quick Start Guide: https://www.teotigraphix.com/help/drum-pad-beats/index.html

HELP VIDEOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnyZaJjWFOw&list=PLfafVvhM8YrfbSWV_w8I8S4Vi17JeL2h8&index=1

FEATURES

+ Adjustable U/I scaling (Settings)
+ Portrait or Tablet layouts
+ In App Help UI with documentation tips
+ 16 Drum pads, 12 Synth pads
+ Dual pad layout for Drum and Synth pads on one screen (remixing/recording live)
+ 63 Scene containers for programed Pad loops w/ 1 2 4 8 measures
+ Song sequencer with 16 playable/exportable sections.
+ Sampler and Chord Arpeggiator, diatonic chord interval arpeggios
+ Keyboard layouts for synth or sampler, 64, 36, 16 pad variations
+ Custom Scale and Key globally or per Scene
+ Record real-time remixes from pad looping and Scene changes as wav, ogg, midi
+ Record overdub for note entry (touch latency varies per device)
+ Metronome timing
+ Full Mixer and Effect for all Drum/Synth pads
+ Drum pad choke groups (4 groups per 8 pads)
+ Audition Browser to load/hot-swap new Drum/Synth kit sounds
+ Expandable Sound Library with Sound expansion packs available on Google Play.
+ Factory Sound Kits (808, 909, Metatronics, various others)

NEW/LOAD/SAVE/EXPORT

+ Create New Project
+ Load Recent/Project
+ Save Project As...
+ Export .pcmsynth preset with MIDI for the Caustic App
+ Export (each Scene/Section as a separate) .wav, .ogg, .mid to your favorite DAW or midi editor
+ Export Song MIDI as one file containing individual channels for each pad
+ Export Scenes as wav loops zip archived

STEP SEQUENCER

+ Custom Scene color/name
+ Pad loop trigger for remixing live.
+ 63 unique pattern scenes with 1, 2, 4 and 8 measures
+ Pattern 1/16 & 1/8 Swing

PATTERN EDITING

+ Drag n Drop Pad or Scene to Move or Duplicate note data.
+ Clear all Scene data, per pad bank note data or per pad note data
+ Duplicate note data when expanding measure length
+ Arpeggiator note generation with Samplers and Synths (allows for happy accidents)

Plus a lot more... Check out the videos and help documentation

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Acid - Free 303 emulation with TR808/TR909 drum machines

12/17/2017

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It is for free with no publicity and that is always good, specially if looking for some acid sounds that is bundled together with some drum machines.

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acid

Realtime emulation of a Roland TB303 synthesizer, TR808 and TR909 drum machines.
Draw in notes, adjust the sound parameters with knobs, auto create random patterns.
High end device required or it will sound like clicks and pops!

Play on your computer as a downloadable Java jar:
http://bit.ly/2A73L0z

Contribute to the development:
http://github.com/raver1975/Acid

Please go ahead and share your creations with me, because I love acid grooves.

A couple hints:
There are three stacks, the Sequencer stack, the Drum stack, and the Knob stack. Use the little buttons to push to or restore from the stack, or click directly on pattern to discard the top layer.

When the "Free" button is activated, the knobs won't change or record, and the pattern doesn't advance to the next one in the song. You can kind of freestyle it.

Watch out for earburns.

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Audioid groovebox | live performance | The clone

5/23/2017

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Damian have been doing a lot of compositions using the RD4 lately which is nice as it is maybe not the best sounding app but on a tablet the most user friendly groovebox specially when using a tablet. Very easy to reach and manipulate most of the parameters.
But I would say that the best sounding 303 style groovebox is Audiod. It has a sharpness to its sound that cuts through in a good way that is missing from other Android 303's.
When it first came out it was pretty useless as it had some problems but with some updates it is a hidden secret. It has some deep sound shaping functions in one of the sound engines then the 303 plus two drum machines. It also sports one sequencer that works in its own special way etc.
I have written about it before but seeing this video felt the need to mention it again.
It works better on tablet as the it can become a little bit fiddly on a smaller screen. (With fiddly interfaces and small screens I suggest getting a pen...)
Anyway enjoy the video.

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Beatonal - Looks Like An Interesting Groovebox

11/12/2016

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A little bit late reporting going here... and have not had time to try it out either... and it is even possible that I mentioned this before and forgot...
But if you missed this it does looks like a lot of fun and I am looking forward to go deep on this one soon!

Google Play info:
Beatonal

Beatonal is a virtual groovebox, enabling you to easily create and share your musical ideas using the built-in synthesizers and drummachine.
Create drumloops using the eight customizable rhythmic drumpads, and effortlessly sketch chord progressions and melodies with the pattern-based rhythmic keyboards.This app is free to try, but requires an in-app purchase to unlock all advanced features.
other features include:
- 4 audio channels: drum machine, base, chords and lead
- Input is automatically fixed to a user selectable scale
- Minimal audio latency
- Contains demo tracks to get you started
- Analog synth with two oscillators, FM, AM and pitch modulation, lowpass filter, and various effects
- Contains 40+ built-in synth presets, or create and store your own presets
- Store tracks on your device
- Export track as MIDI so you can continue your work inside other apps or a DAW
- Export track as wav
- User friendly track sharing via track-url's
- Small app size, runs on virtually all android devices (2.3 and higher)

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Drum Pad Beats - Promotional Video

Drum Pad Beats - Deep Caustic Engine Based Groove Pads

Acid - Free 303 emulation with TR808/TR909 drum machines

Audioid groovebox | live performance | The clone

Beatonal - Looks Like An Interesting Groovebox

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