Pad Mutant vs PadLab

Discover a realm where sound flows endlessly with Pad Mutant, your personal gateway to crafting ambient drone music effortlessly. With a simple touch, select a pad sound and mold it into a mesmerizing drone that resonates as long as your creativity desires. The drone, with its harmonic persistence, provides a lush background, whether you're performing live, recording, or seeking a melodic canvas to practice your instrument. Ease of Use: The straightforward, intuitive interface of Pad Mutant invites musicians of all levels to dive into a sea of continuous harmony. With a minimal learning curve, you'll find yourself lost in a sonic exploration, discovering new horizons of musical expression. Endless Sonic Exploration: At the heart of Pad Mutant lies the ability to sustain a chosen pad sound indefinitely, creating an atmosphere ripe for musical exploration. The drone morphs into a living entity, evoking emotions and enriching your musical endeavors. Interactive Sound Sculpting: Though simplicity is a hallmark, the depth of sound sculpting is unbounded. Your touch is the brush, the drone is your canvas. Shape the sound and discover aural textures that provide a unique signature to your musical narrative. For Live Performances and Recordings: Pad Mutant shines in a variety of musical settings. The ambient drone adds a rich layer to live performances and recordings, offering a seamless blend with other musical elements, enriching the overall sonic experience. Instrument Practice Companion: Practicing your instrument against a harmonically rich drone helps in refining your tone, pitch, and expression. Pad Mutant becomes an invaluable companion, offering a harmonic foundation over which you can hone your musical skills. Feedback-Driven Development: This initial version of Pad Mutant is just the beginning of a sonic exploration journey. Your insights and suggestions are invaluable and will shape the evolution of Pad Mutant. Feedback from the community will be the catalyst for introducing new features and refinements in the upcoming months, making this app a continually blossoming musical garden. Technical Support: Rest assured that support is always available to ensure a smooth, enjoyable experience with Pad Mutant. Your musical journey is important, and assistance is always at hand to support every step of the way. Immerse yourself in the boundless sonic universe that is Pad Mutant. Your journey into endless harmonic exploration awaits!

PadLab brings ambient pads, drums and instruments together for rehearsals, music creation and live performance. Play on your iPhone or iPad screen, or connect a compatible MIDI controller. • Continuous pads in different keys, with transitions and level controls. • Drum Pads with kits, individual sound selection and batch sample import. • Live Loops, available as a standalone one-time purchase or included in PadLab Full App, for creating patterns and recording quantized drum hits in one-loop or overdub mode. Arrange scenes, build your own kits and explore Gospel/worship presets. • A Live Loops mixer with volume, pan, mute, solo and convolution reverb with individual sends for each drum part. • A metronome with adjustable tempo, time signature, sound and volume. • MIDI Learn for pads, drum parts, transport, volume and set selection. • Complete performance sets that bring together pads, drums, Live Loops and StageLab instruments and settings when used. Arrange them in Set List for quick access. • Import and export performance sets and Live Loops sets with the personal files they use. Performance packages can include your samples and SF2 files. • On-screen guides to help you learn the controls and revisit them whenever needed. StageLab is an optional expansion unlocked through an in-app purchase. Combine up to eight sounds, use library instruments or import SoundFont SF2 files. Adjust levels, keyboard ranges, MIDI channels, envelopes, EQ, compression and reverb. Per-sound effects include chorus, tremolo, auto pan, drive and Leslie. Master controls provide volume, separate gain up to +9 dB and MIDI Learn. Inside StageLab, the WAVE 3 synthesizer offers oscillator, filter, envelope and effects editing, plus an integrated arpeggiator and sequencer. Explore a bank of 24 ARP/SEQ presets, create your own sounds and save your presets. In the standalone app, WAVE 3 and Live Loops follow the shared metronome. The AUv3 extension lets you use instruments in compatible hosts; Live Loops playback is available only in the standalone app. In AUv3, WAVE 3 retains Local/Host clock options. PadLab Full App includes Live Loops and StageLab, including for existing Full purchasers. WAVE 3 arpeggiator and sequencer are included in StageLab at no additional charge. Previous standalone ARP/SEQ purchasers retain access to their legacy tools. Buying Live Loops alone does not unlock StageLab or all premium drum kits. Other optional sounds, kits and features are offered through in-app purchases. Factory content referenced by a set depends on the library and purchases available on the destination device.