# Pulse16 — Step sequencer & bass synth

> Step sequencer & bass synth (iPhone/iPad app by Navid Anzalichi.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pulse16/id6819354504 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Navid Anzalichi](https://appshunter.io/developer/6819354506)
- Category: Music
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 23 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-15
- Data updated: 2026-10-29

## What is Pulse16?

Pulse16 is a beat maker and step sequencer for making beats anywhere: a drum machine with 16 pads, a deep 808 bass, a punchy synth and acid lines with 303-style slides.

READY TO PLAY
• Six built-in grooves – Acid Drive, Peak Time, Neon Nights, Midnight Run, Kit Jam, French Filter: drums, bass line and tempo in one tap
• Built-in techno and synthwave drum sounds (kick, clap, gated snare, hats, rim, tom)

BUILD A BEAT IN SECONDS
• Tap the 4x4 drum pads to switch steps on and off — the playing step lights up as the beat runs
• Three drum tracks for samples, a kit, the 808 or a mono synth, plus one synth track
• Velocity per step from 5 to 100 % for groove and dynamics
• Set each track's length from 1 to 16 steps for polyrhythms
• Tempo from 20 to 300 BPM, with tap tempo
• Eight patterns A–H: switch live, right on the next bar; copy, paste and clear patterns, copy and shift single tracks
• Duplicate a track: its steps repeat and the length doubles – build one beat, then vary it

KIT MODE: 16 SOUNDS ON THE PADS
• Turn any drum track into a kit: 16 sounds on the pads, like a groovebox
• Play the pads live and record them into the pattern with Rec – in time, with erase and undo
• Volume, pan, tune, distortion and choke groups per pad
• The pads of your MIDI controller play and record the kit too, with their velocity

808 KICK AND BASS
• Turn any drum track into an 808: a booming kick or a tuned bass line with a note per step
• Shape it with decay, punch, click and drive
• Slide per step: the 808 glides into the next note, like a classic acid bass line; the glide knob sets the slide time
• Four 808 presets, from Classic Kick and Long 808 to Trap Slide and Distorted

MONO SYNTH ON ANY TRACK
• Turn any drum track into a second synth: the full synth with all its sounds, one note at a time
• Slide per step: notes glide into each other like a TB-303; the glide knob sets the time

AUTOMATION
• Draw curves right over the pads of the synth track: cutoff, resonance, drive, distortion and reverb change from step to step
• Every pattern keeps its own curves

YOUR OWN SOUNDS
• Load WAV, AIFF, MP3 or FLAC files
• Record your own samples with the microphone
• Trim each sample right on its waveform and preview it instantly
• Tune every sample up or down by two octaves, with fine tuning
• Distortion (soft, hard, fuzz, overdrive) and a low-pass or high-pass filter on every sample track and kit pad

A BASS SYNTH WITH CHARACTER
• Sine, square, saw and triangle waveforms
• Low-pass and high-pass filter with resonance and envelope
• Attack, decay, sustain and release
• Distortion, drive, sub oscillator, unison and reverb
• Four LFOs, free or synced to the tempo, one of them can sweep the filter
• Nine factory sounds, from Berlin Minimal and Acid 303 to the synthwave Outrun Bass
• Arpeggiator: every note becomes an arpeggio – major, minor, sus4, 7th, power or octave chord, up, down, up-down or random, 1/8 to 1/32 triplets, over 1–3 octaves

PLAY IT WITH HARDWARE
• Connect a USB MIDI controller and assign its knobs, faders and pads with MIDI learn: synth, mixer, tempo, play/stop, tracks, patterns and steps
• MIDI clock over USB: follow a drum machine or DAW, or send the clock and start your gear in time

SAVE YOUR WORK (ONE-TIME PURCHASE)
• Save and load whole projects: patterns, samples, sounds and mixer
• Save your own synth and 808 presets
• One purchase, no subscription; everything else is free

MIX LIKE A PRODUCER
• Volume and pan for every track, plus master volume
• Sidechain pump on every track: the beat breathes with the kick, like French house
• Boost: multiband compression on the master for a louder, denser mix, with low, mid and high
• Reverb send for drums, samples and vocals; the synth has its own stereo reverb

MADE FOR PHONE AND TABLET
• On tablets, sound, mixer and presets stay open next to the pads
• Low-latency audio engine

No account, no ads, no tracking. Works offline.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Unlock saving | $0.29 | one-time |


## Is Pulse16 safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Pulse16.

## Is Pulse16 legit?

Pulse16 has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Pulse16 is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.8.0 — 2026-10-27

New in 1.8: Sidechain pump on every track – the beat breathes with the kick. Boost: multiband compression on the master with low, mid and high. A low-pass or high-pass filter on every sample track and kit pad. Reverb send for drums, samples and vocals; the synth reverb is now stereo, stronger and keeps the dry sound. New groove French Filter: house at 124 BPM in two patterns.

### 1.7.0 — 2026-10-25

New: velocity per step on every track and every kit pad – long-press a step and set it from 5 to 100 %. Duplicate repeats a track's steps and doubles its length: build one beat, then vary it. Arpeggiator on the synth track: chord, direction, rate up to 1/32 triplets, octaves and gate. A held synth note now stops once its step is deleted.

### 1.6.0 — 2026-10-22

New: kit mode – each of the tracks A–C can play a kit with 16 sounds on the pads, like a groovebox. Play the pads live and record them into the pattern with Rec, or set the steps of each sound. Volume, pan, tune, distortion and choke groups per pad; the pads of a MIDI controller play and record too. Try the new groove Kit Jam.

### 1.5.0 — 2026-10-19

New: a mono synth on tracks A–C – the full synth with 303-style slides, next to the synth on D. Tune samples up to two octaves and give them distortion. MIDI clock over USB: follow a drum machine or DAW, or send the clock to your gear.

### 1.3.0 — 2026-10-19

New: an 808 kick and bass for the drum tracks, with a note and slide per step. Also: USB MIDI controllers with MIDI learn, grooves show key and tempo, sounds keep your notes, and – as a one-time purchase – saving projects (patterns, samples, sounds, mixer) and your own synth and 808 presets.

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