In this music production app, you can create and manipulate patterns using multi-touch pads with real-time recording and configuration features. Includes audio effects, sample browser, MIDI support, and loop manipulation tools.
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AppRecs rating 4.5. Trustworthiness 77 out of 100. Review manipulation risk 20 out of 100. Based on a review sample analyzed.
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74% of sampled ratings are 4+ stars (4.2★ average)
About Dawnbeat
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 .
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Reviews for Dawnbeat
Blind Henry McClean
I think this will be better than Koala….someday.
This will be great someday. I think the developer is really onto something special with this sampler. While it’s currently missing some features and has a few bugs to iron out, I already feel that the design of this sampler makes it more fun to use than others I’ve tried. I look forward to the day it’s feature complete and runs with some more stability. The are some bugs currently: - The app immediately crashes anytime I try to import a sample using Audioshare. It also has crashed while loading vst instruments. I hope it continues to get updates to iron out the bugs. I can also confirm what another review said about the app losing sound after the screen locks. - In VST mode, when I record an audio file I’m only able to preview it once (if at all) then it never plays again when I press the play button. I can still load it to a pad and it plays fine. But, I can’t preview it after the first time. - Where is the ‘Gallery?’ When I record an audio file and choose to save it to the ‘Gallery,’ where does it go? - While running in AUM, after a while anything recorded into Dawnbeat via a mix bus sound like it’s been slowed/pitched down. Then after I close and open it again it sounds normal. - While running standalone, I often will switch between Files and Dawnbeat. When I return to Dawnbeat no audio will play (background audio is set to always) Features I’d like to see added: - Choke groups! - A master stop button added to stop all one shots, loops and sequence at once - The ability to share audio files from other apps within i(pad)OS to Dawnbeat - 24 and 32 bit audio recording - Auto save and auto-resume upon open options Otherwise, I’m having fun with it!
e-rice1031
Sidechain Fix?
Electronic music is my wheelhouse and my house is many years in the making… I love this app. Something about it has me hooked. That said I’m having an issue with the effects routing, specifically I cannot get the side-chain channel to work at all. It’s there but nothing happens when I tap it. I understand what a sidechain is and how to use it btw. Please fix this! Thank you!
