Shoot Chop Drop vs GRAB EM Field Synth

Shoot it. Chop it. Drop it. A 9-pad video sampler: load what you filmed, tap the pads, and play it. Stack any of 13 effects — they hit the audio as hard as they hit the video. Cattle-mutilation video sampler — Shoot Chop Drop, or SCD. A street corner, your kitchen, an instrument, a friend's laugh — everything in sight becomes an instrument. ▸ Features ・3×3 multi-touch pad grid ・Three playback modes per pad: GATE / ONE / LOOP ・13 A/V effects — every one hits the audio and the video together ・TAPE slows everything down while you hold it ・HYPER CHOP / AUTO CHOP — slice one clip into 9, with the slice points lined up to the hits automatically ・BPM SNAP keeps loops in sync ・Speed (varispeed) and gain per pad ・Save 9 pads as a SET — recall the whole kit anytime ・Record your performance — clean footage with no UI in the frame ▸ Use it for ・Capture → trim → perform, all in one app ・Turn room noise, street sounds, voices — anything — into instruments ・A companion for live performance and impromptu sessions ・Jamming with friends, rhythm play with kids ▸ Privacy ・All recording, editing, and playback happen on-device ・Clips are never uploaded ・No account, no email, no analytics ・No ads, no subscription, no in-app purchase — completely free

GRAB uses the magnetometer in your iPhone as an antenna. It receives the electromagnetic noise around you and turns it into sound in real time. Power adapters, motors, displays, Wi-Fi routers — the invisible field they radiate becomes the source material, and you play it the way you would play a field recording. Move to a different room and the instrument sounds different. SOUND ENGINE • Five ETHER-inspired layers: mains hum / PWM buzz / static hiss / high squeal / pulse train • Three sensor-driven synth voices: saw / square / noise • With the camera on, light falling on the lens drives a tremolo across level and timbre EFFECTS • CRUSH — bit crusher with sample-rate reduction • COMB — comb filter with feedback • REVERB — multi-tap reverb with shimmer • STUTTER — BPM-synced gate • MUTE — momentary kill switch; tap it repeatedly to articulate a tremolo by hand • HOLD latch on every effect pad, from the button or a second finger ABLETON LINK • Automatic tempo sync with Live, Logic and other iOS music apps • STUTTER locks to the Link tempo at 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 and 1/32 • Uses Ableton's official Link settings panel • Plays alongside other audio apps rather than interrupting them VISUALS • 3D point-cloud frequency spectrum • Spectrum bar mode • With the camera on, a grayscale image sits behind the field in depth WAYS TO PLAY • A field-sound tool: walk it past appliances and hear the timbre shift • An atmospheric noise source to drop into a live set • A platform for experimenting with electromagnetic noise music PRIVACY All audio is processed on the device. Nothing is recorded and nothing is sent anywhere. Ableton Link communicates only within your local Wi-Fi network.