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Create audiovisual performances and interactive installations by composing music and designing geometric visuals. Experiment with sound and visual objects, control instruments via multitouch, and use motion gestures for dynamic expression. Supports multiple display outputs for immersive experiences.
This app is a grid-based music sequencer that allows users to create compositions using AUv3 plugins and external MIDI devices. It offers extensive tools for arranging clips, editing notes, automating parameters, and routing MIDI.
What We Love
👍 Great UI and features
💡 Potential for music creation
🚀 Fast and creative workflow
👍 Easy to use, no instructions needed
💡 Most usable studio on small screen
👍 Simple yet feature-filled
👍 Excellent developer understanding of workflow
👍 Great on phone
👍 Brilliant concept
👍 Dope and simple
👍 Solid experimental clip launch
👍 Minimalist UI
👍 Good value
👍 Smooth workflow
👍 Great start
👍 Easy to use
👍 Clean and easy to use
👍 Flexible and easy to use as groove box
👍 Good for beginners
👍 Fast beat creation
👍 Good for iOS music making
👍 Accessible developer
👍 Fun to use
👍 Brilliant app
👍 Great for AUV3s
👍 Deep yet simple interface
👍 Refreshingly simple
👍 Powerful and simple
👍 Good for composing
👍 Great on small screens
👍 Well-organized main interface
👍 Mappable features
Room to Improve
🐛 Record function always starts
🐛 Sand not opening in overview
🐛 Integration with other apps seems off
🐛 Record does not pick up data
🐛 Cannot save ideas from one app to another
🐛 Auv3 interfaces don't scale well
🐛 Not clearly explained it's a paid app
🐛 Not intuitive to use yet
🐛 Note editing, snapping/quantization awkward and buggy
🐛 Sand won't run within AUM anymore
🐛 Sand not recognized within AUM
🐛 Sand wouldn't recognize other apps as host
🐛 Rendering issues
🐛 Editing notes in pitch grid flies up
🐛 Entering note values difficult
🐛 Changing note length has issues
🐛 Bugs not worked out, more brought in
🐛 Clips out of sync when manually triggered
🐛 Needs more detailed instructions
🐛 Unpredictability for creating new notes
🐛 Selecting notes for editing difficult
🐛 Synchronizing between tracks problematic
🐛 Not enough features for usefulness
🐛 Paid for a half-finished app
🐛 Too cluttered to use on iPhone
🐛 Basic functionality
🐛 Cannot change sequence size (meter)
🐛 Cannot set velocity and modulation parameters
🐛 No CC automation recording
🐛 Few slots for patterns
🐛 Does not work with most other iPad instrument apps
🐛 Misleading advertising claims
🐛 Audio integration needed
🐛 Notes editing/selection/moving process is a pain
This app generates musical notes based on user-defined probabilities for various musical parameters. It includes a looper for capturing and repeating sequences, with detailed editing capabilities for individual notes within the loop. It's a powerful tool for creating complex and evolving musical patterns.
