Groove Rider 2

Groove Rider 2

Groove Box, DAW, AUv3 host

112 ratings
20 reviews
$34.99

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  • Released
  • Updated
  • February 1, 2025
  • July 22, 2026
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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 ------- 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/Virtual Midi In/Out, Bluetooth Midi, Relative Midi knobs • Multi Core audio rendering • 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 • supports import & export of Midi files • 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 Akai APC40 mkII, Novation Launchpad X, Launchpad Pro MK3 and Launchpad Mini MK3 controllers with full access to the session clip grid and various modes of GR-2! Designed for both iPad and iPhone iOS or iPadOS 16+ is required iPad Pro 2nd generation and newer is recommended for best experience Manual guide is available for download at https://www.jimaudio.pro
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What's New in Groove Rider 2

1.4.0

July 22, 2026

- iPhone support added! Now you can compose, play and edit your tunes directly on your pocket iPhone with full functional of the iPad app! - portrait UI orientation support added (for iPad) to comply with new iPadOS 26 features; - 4x4 pad layout added. Activated when iPad is in portrait orientation; - new UI feature: now you can drag the "Collapse" button up/down to set the manual size of the bottom pads/keyboard section; - new Binaural Pan IFX added, which simulates realistic binaural panning with adjustable Azimuth from -120° Left to +120° Right; - fixed: export patterns from GR16 -> GR2 now works; - minor improvements and bug fixes.

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User reviews

NO BRAINER

This is what the sequencer part of Korg Gadget could have been. I’ve been using IOS apps for music nearly ten years now. I don’t usually feel compelled to write a review because I’m not usually that impressed. But this app is really really great. The groove box mentality is too much fun and easy to get building tracks on the fly. The features have been really well thought out and everything I would want is there - probability triggers, conditional triggers, step sequencing, automation, AU integration, resampling. Honestly it’s incredibly fun and I will be using it for years to come. I hope this app has a long life and I would be happy with it as is especially for the price - even if the dev doesn’t add any more features. Audio tracks would be nice but not a deal breaker for me. This is a groovebox afterall.
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A thing of beauty

Updated: Changed review to five stars - you can now add auv3 effects per track. This is just a beautifully designed app - a must for anyone even curious about making music on their iPad

****

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.
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Groovebox Idealized

If you make music on a high performance iOS device, this is a must-get.

Great App

Great great app, if you could please fix the one shot an other functions on the sampler

Love the app

4 stars only because I wish it would support all Auv3 apps which can be fixed over time I hope

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