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I love it
I can dig it.
I like how there are so many instruments that I can choose from. And you don’t have to pay for a lot of them. I do however think there should be some acoustic drums for free. I’m a drummer and I like the acoustic sound that a traditional kit produces. I also there should be a variety of pianos to choose from as a starter pack. I like piano as it was the first instrument I learned. But over all I like Groovebox as it is. Five stars.
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So underrated
So been using this for quite a while and can confirm that it is pretty amazing to have this level of sound quality on my phone . The Novation synths are great. I use the random preset feature for inspiration and then erase and write my own parts but occasionally they be just right. I wish there was a song mode or longer patterns. And a way change the track sequence length on the same screen. Needs more synths and a sampler but I’ve come up with stuff on this little app that blows my mind !
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Great werk
Loved this app since I was six. Most fun and innovative DAW ive worked with yet.
Effin’ Rockiing thank you!
Hello! I have been using iPad for music lately - as I just try to use the tools that are accessible. Been making music for 30 years or more i am old lol… but - I love novation synths, I have had a number of hardware ones in the past and still have my trusty x-station - except I ruined the track pad - poo… but - I thought no novation on iPad, and then I found this, and thought! YES!!! The app sounds great. It is intuitive and fun. It’s quick and easy. I’ve been making a lot of iPad music for the last few years and never knew about this… but - am really glad I found it. In some ways it is a little outdated - only exports in 16bit 44k, but I route it through AUM and work in 24 bit 48k… there is no MPE - but - I like to retune synths - and you can do it in mono - but you can only do it to one synth at once in AUM… limitation as it is an old IAA app - not AUv3. You could do really well if you released these synths as AUv3’s Novation! And if you are cool and inject some MPE into it that would be awesome - I looooove MPE… midi 2 would be good too - but no one is doing that… I’ve made about 8 tracks since I got it with it - and I really like 3 of them. The autogenerators could do better - if you want some generative algorhythms - look me up and i’ll hook you up… they do things like lots of consecutive fifths and parallels - which sometimes is nice - but is a bit limiting all the time… Basically - download this app and see if you like it. It’s pretty affordable, and great value - I got all the synths - not the preset packs - but they are well priced enough I may consider them… Thanks Focusriste! Novation! You rock hard. 🤘😊
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Developer please take note and add Quantizing features would be amazing
Using the Quantize button on the Novation launch key to quantize sounds to grid will be cool in 2026
ADD MORE SAMPLES!!!
VOLUME KEEPS GOING UP & DOWN! PLEASE FIX!!!
Payant (non free)
Vous ne ferez rien sans payer… Chaque instrument est payant et il vous faudra payer avant de les tester…. Payer payer payer…
Another One
This App Fire 🔥 🔥🔥
Simple to use but lacking a feature
Add an option to switch to a vertical piano roll and I’ll probably buy the full version
Falling into a state of disrepair but still good
I have been a user of Groovebox for a long time now. The apps has inspired so many amazing projects that I have created. However, there are some serious bugs affecting the general enjoyment of the app. First off, The synthesizer windows bug out, showing black if you scroll to much in any direction. 2 things fix this and it is restarting the app or tilt your phone so your phone or IPad screen will project it right. Another issue is audio cut out. When multiple voices or melodies are played within a single channel, it will mute melodies based on start. This also happens to the drums. When you played the tracks, if the kick is at the very beginning of the grid or track, the first kick never sounds but it sounds normally after that. Another issue is bugs with volume automation. Within the editing grid, there tends to be a bug where when you try to change the volume automation, the notes don’t change color value, like going dark or lighter and the notes don’t lower and raise in volume. A fix is to restart the app or even delete and recreate a track. All of these issues are serious issues to me as a serious music developer and it ruins the quality of your music and makes it annoying to listen to or deal with. I will be filling a bug report status to Focusright in regard to this. If you don’t experience this, disregard my statement, however, if you do, report the bugs to the developers or look for another app. Thanks
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I love this app
I’ve been using this app for a while, probably a year. I just wish there were more free music choices for us to enjoy.
A great app but.
I’ve been using this app over the last few years. I have explored some projects out to be over the time. However, I’ve gone back into the app now and quite a large majority of the projects that I’ve saved in there have disappeared. The titles of the project is still there, but the contents has all disappeared. I’m not sure how this is happening as I would like to export the projects out now to my DAW for further work.
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My favorite music app
I think this app is underrated. Sure, it's not a full DAW, and if it could integrate with launchpad and blocswave that would be awesome. However for being free unless you choose to purchase packs and upgrades, I think it's an amazing app. I've been using it for years and I'm not a music professional by any means but this app has greatly helped me improve creatively. I love it so much and I hope it stays around forever. I think if they ever stopped supporting this app I would genuinely cry. 100/10.
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Long time user
I’m a musician who chose the reggae tip probably forty years ago. Today I use Groovebox to create the best reggae music I’ve ever heard. Being that I’m not the smartest person . I have about three hundred songs that I can’t figure out how to sequence or dump. Every time someone or something happens to my phone it’s all gone. So I have lost about four hundred next level music tracks over the years. Now I have two iPhones and both are quickly getting filled up with Groovebox data. So Groovebox is my therapy but I’m too stupid to know what to do or how to develop the material I have . There’s a lesson here…….
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Successful beat synchronization
Gave me a huge opportunity to put beats together to create my own music. Very easy to use gives you thousands of different options to piece your music together.
CAN YOU PLEASE ADD MORE SAMPLES
Love the app!!!
Professional
If you want professional sounds, I mean it’s really really good. Very good job guys. Thank you for doing this.
Developer notes
Having a way to record full tracks would be nice and having a or just creating launchpad interface integration would be sweet. Also library for samples instead of shuffling through random. Native to this app would be preferable and transfer sound packs from launchpad and just create this as a full DAW. Effects and live recording.
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Is this app still being worked on?
This app hasn’t seen a meaningful update since 2020, when automation and the Horizon synth were introduced. Not even a new sound pack since around 2022. What happened to this app, Focusrite? You had a good thing going on, and you could’ve made it integrate nicely with your hardware.
