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Best mobile song sketchbook app?

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  • HotStrangeHotStrange

    Typical answer but it’s gotta be Koala. It’s the first thing I go to. Unless I want something synth based, then it’s Ampify Groovebox. If I just want to mangle a sample I use Sampletoy, and if I just wanna have fun it’s Launchpad.

  • cokomairenacokomairena

    @wim said:

    @cokomairena said:

    I made a lot of ideas with GR-16 but I replaced it with Drambo 2, it gives me the perfect mix of inmediacy, full control and simplicity.

    I agree that Drambo is a great groovebox when used as one. My problem is keeping from getting distracted by all the other things it can do. There's less potential for that with GR-16.

    I feel you! That's how I arrived at an iPad, but I think I've learned a lot from working with limited resources that I can mimic it with drambo, some day I might go back to desktop with all the things I've learned about workflow

  • jwmmakerofmusicjwmmakerofmusic

    @zah said:
    AudioShare and iMaschine.
    Yeah, go ahead and laugh, but I can whip out either app in a flash and start recording when an idea pops into my head, lyrically or musically.

    Actually I've hummed and spoken lyrics into AudioShare in the past too and still do. It's a great virtual dictaphone (which is what I used in the 90s/early 2000s before I used a microcassette recorder, then a digital voice recorder that used a large SD card before micro SD cards were a thing, and then my first iPod in 2011).

  • anicktanickt

    Groovebox and Note

  • auxmuxauxmux

    Drambo, Note, Amplify Groovebox, Koala - each has their merits. I prefer Drambo most of the time.

  • jwmmakerofmusicjwmmakerofmusic

    I take back what I previously said about Auxy, lol. I hadn't opened it in months, did so this morning while having breakfast at a restaurant, and jotted down a new musical idea (chords, bass, melody) in under 5 minutes. 🤣 Sure I don't care for paying the subscription, but that's been factored into my monthly budget since it first went subscription in January 2018.

  • seonnthaproducerseonnthaproducer

    TONALY has been my favorite sketch pad. I’ve used it to produce songs for JUNO award nominees and Tamil rappers.

    I tried to like Scaler 2, but it’s too needlessly complex for something so simple.

  • rs2000rs2000
    edited November 2022

    Gadget.
    Fast & easy enough to start quickly and deep enough to go all the way through to a finished song.
    I have spent considerable time with Flip, BlocsWave, Koala, Groovebox, the classic Auxy and a few others in the past but even after so long, spontaneously recording ideas means opening Gadget to me.
    Sounds are very important to me so I have prepared a collection of my own favorite (simple) instruments in Gadget.

  • noodldoodlnoodldoodl

    There is only one.

    SAMPLR

  • rs2000rs2000

    @noodldoodl said:
    There is only one.

    SAMPLR

    On iPhone?

  • R_2R_2
    edited November 2022

    @rs2000 said:
    Gadget.
    Fast & easy enough to start quickly and deep enough to go all the way through to a finished song.
    I have spent considerable time with Flip, BlocsWave, Koala, Groovebox, the classic Auxy and a few others in the past but even after so long, spontaneously recording ideas means opening Gadget to me.
    Sounds are very important to me so I have prepared a collection of my own favorite (simple) instruments in Gadget.

    Agree.
    One could set up a favorite combination of instruments, fx, etc, and save it as a ‘start-up’ project. Gets you going real quick.

    I also need ‘sounds’ to inspire me and browsing the vast collection available in Gadget helps me start something new. The seamless syncing between iPhone and iPad is a big plus.

  • Telstar5Telstar5

    @Tarekith said:
    Groovebox and Note are pretty much all I use lately.

    I like Groovebox but in the end , there just doesn’t seem to be much meatiness to the sounds .

  • jollyDodgerjollyDodger
    edited November 2022

    For me it has to have limited options, retrospective record and lots of presets/samples so the only one that fit this for me is endless.

    Please add our choices to the poll, to make this a top post.

  • rs2000rs2000

    @Telstar5 said:

    @Tarekith said:
    Groovebox and Note are pretty much all I use lately.

    I like Groovebox but in the end , there just doesn’t seem to be much meatiness to the sounds .

    Indeed! Other than its limited sounds, much of it would be the perfect song sketchpad.

  • db909db909

    @rs2000 said:

    @Telstar5 said:

    @Tarekith said:
    Groovebox and Note are pretty much all I use lately.

    I like Groovebox but in the end , there just doesn’t seem to be much meatiness to the sounds .

    Indeed! Other than its limited sounds, much of it would be the perfect song sketchpad.

    Yea groovebox has a weird sound to it. I find it much more difficult to get the mix right than in other apps. I’ve tried turning off the saturation they put on most presets (warmth) and it’s still weird. But it is a very nice interface and quite a bit of fun for the occasional jam.

  • rs2000rs2000
    edited November 2022

    @db909 said:

    @rs2000 said:

    @Telstar5 said:

    @Tarekith said:
    Groovebox and Note are pretty much all I use lately.

    I like Groovebox but in the end , there just doesn’t seem to be much meatiness to the sounds .

    Indeed! Other than its limited sounds, much of it would be the perfect song sketchpad.

    Yea groovebox has a weird sound to it. I find it much more difficult to get the mix right than in other apps. I’ve tried turning off the saturation they put on most presets (warmth) and it’s still weird. But it is a very nice interface and quite a bit of fun for the occasional jam.

    Sure. And it has Ableton project export as well.

  • taeotaeo
    edited November 2022

    Pure Acid for footwork/juke drums.
    Different Drummer, Patterning, New Path, or Xynthesizr if I want to start off with creative sequencing.
    Koala/Hammerhead multi out in Drambo for creative sampling.
    GR-16 for quick ideas. I’ve only used Groovebox for its drums, some nice alternative hip hop, left field, and abstract stuff in there

    I always thought I’d I spent the time to import all my own loops, Blocs Wave could prove v powerful, but with the emergence of LoopMix, I’ve been overlooking it.

  • JRSIVJRSIV

    BlocsWave is my favorite if I’m playing any real instruments, like guitar or bass. That way any keepers can be exported to Cubasis, etc. For straight keyboard arranger style MIDI experimenting it’s Gadget all day long.

  • SabicasSabicas

    I use Tune Maker by Dmitry Klochkov but I think I’m the only one. I don’t care how it sounds as I’ll actually record the parts in Cubasis or Auria. I just want to see the chord, progression, arpeggio, and scales on a piano roll and be able to quickly move sections around.

    It looks like Auxy and Medly are similar but subscription based.

    Anything else like Tune Maker that I should know about?

  • cokomairenacokomairena

    @Sabicas said:
    I use Tune Maker by Dmitry Klochkov but I think I’m the only one. I don’t care how it sounds as I’ll actually record the parts in Cubasis or Auria. I just want to see the chord, progression, arpeggio, and scales on a piano roll and be able to quickly move sections around.

    It looks like Auxy and Medly are similar but subscription based.

    Anything else like Tune Maker that I should know about?

    maybe klimper?

  • cokomairenacokomairena

    @Sabicas said:
    I use Tune Maker by Dmitry Klochkov but I think I’m the only one. I don’t care how it sounds as I’ll actually record the parts in Cubasis or Auria. I just want to see the chord, progression, arpeggio, and scales on a piano roll and be able to quickly move sections around.

    It looks like Auxy and Medly are similar but subscription based.

    Anything else like Tune Maker that I should know about?

    That actually looks quite intereseting! can you use it in split screen and does it have midi out?

  • GovernorSilverGovernorSilver
    edited November 2022

    Those of you who use Groovebox, are you talking about Ampify or Bleass?

    The Ampify one appears to be the one that can export a project to Ableton Live. With that feature, it won't matter if the sounds aren't great - just replace with Ableton plugins or whatever.

    OTOH, the Bleass seems to have more rhythmic flexibility - like separate groove settings per track.

  • anicktanickt

    @GovernorSilver said:
    Those of you who use Groovebox, are you talking about Ampify or Bleass?

    The Ampify one appears to be the one that can export a project to Ableton Live. With that feature, it won't matter if the sounds aren't great - just replace with Ableton plugins or whatever.

    OTOH, the Bleass seems to have more rhythmic flexibility - like separate groove settings per track.

    I use Ampify. I’ve used Bleass but I find Ampify more direct. Not sure why people are saying it doesn’t sound good. All ears are different I guess. 😎👍🏼

  • AileromAilerom

    Ideas in my head its Tune Maker or Nanostudio. If it's a single track guitar idea it's a simple audio notebook, usually the default Apple one. Multiple audio tracks are Cubasis. Lyrics I use a notebook and apps like Word Hippo.

  • TarekithTarekith

    @GovernorSilver said:
    Those of you who use Groovebox, are you talking about Ampify or Bleass?

    Ampify.

  • GovernorSilverGovernorSilver

    Gracias @Tarekith and @anickt

  • rollinrollin

    SunVox

  • OptahealthOptahealth

    Blocs wave, Groovebox, launchpad.
    Most recent new favorite, Scaler 2

  • senhorlampadasenhorlampada

    Since we have a really hard time choosing just one, I'll drop some that aren't mentioned here (although before that I'll give +1 to Tune Maker @Sabicas lol)

    TriqTraq, Nanoloop, Pixitracker, Flip Sampler, Beatonal, Oscilab (not sure if its universal/iphone ready), Yellofier, iDS-10, Dot Melody, Bleass Groovebox, Caustic and Jam Maestro

    Zenbeats I would love to be an option, but I feel its cramped on a small screen.
    Beatmaker 2 was the shit back in the day (sometimes I still fire it up back again)
    Werkbench and Rhythm was other fun ones back then

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    Koala, though now I’ve upgraded Ableton I’ll be checking out Note.

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