Etherpad vs Skadis Click

Etherpad is an expressive touch-based music synthesis instrument for iPhone, iPad and your Mac. Sweep your fingers across the screen to create evolving soundscapes, ambient drones, and generative textures. (AUv3 Beta support) Powered by the legendary Csound audio engine, Etherpad turns your device into a portable synthesizer that responds to every touch with rich, organic sound. No music theory required — just touch, listen, and explore. KEY FEATURES • Multi-touch synthesis — Each finger controls pitch and timbre independently • Distinct Soundscapes — Switch between evolving pad sounds and textures • Reactive Visuals — ripples, trails, rings, and column glow respond to every touch • 14 evolving sounds — from lush pads to Glass Choir, PWM Pad, and Morphwave • Advanced Scales & Tuning — Break out of standard keys and explore the Bohlen-Pierce scale, overtone series, pentatonics, and more • Jam Sessions — Load your own audio tracks directly into the app and play along with your creative flow • MIDI 2.0 — per-note expression and full MIDI support for connected controllers (Beta) • AUv3 plug-in — play Etherpad inside Logic Pro, GarageBand, AUM, and other hosts (Beta) • Ultra Low-latency audio — Built on Csound, the industry-standard audio engine PERFECT FOR • Ambient and drone musicians • Meditation and relaxation • Beginners exploring sound synthesis • Live performers and improvisers • Sound designers and experimental composers • Anyone curious about generative music Website: https://etherpad.app Touch the surface. Hear the universe.

Skadis Click is a metronome for people whose music does not sit in plain 4/4. Beats are counted in samples inside the audio render callback rather than by a timer, so the pulse cannot drift under load - and a tempo change lands instantly, without a phase glitch. In our own timing test the worst deviation across every meter, subdivision and swing setting is a single sample: 0.02 ms at 48 kHz. METER AND ACCENTS - Any meter from 1/2 to 32/16 - 17 ready-made plus a custom one - Four levels per beat: accent, normal, quiet, rest - set by tapping the beat strip - Grouping for odd meters: 7/8 as 3+2+2 or 2+2+3, with accents placed for you - The tempo unit is set apart from the meter, so 6/8 counts BPM by the dotted quarter RHYTHM - Subdivisions from eighths to septuplets, a different one per beat if you want - Swing from 0 to 100% - 66% is the classic triplet shuffle - A second layer: polyrhythm (3 against 4) or polymeter (an independent cycle that drifts against the bar), with its own timbre, level and pan SOUND - 16 timbres synthesised procedurally - no samples in the bundle, no bloat - Separate timbres for the accent, the beat and the subdivision - Level and pan per layer, so the main pulse and the polyrhythm can sit in opposite channels - Plays over your music without ducking it, and keeps running with the screen off PRACTICE TOOLS - Tempo ramp: +N BPM every M bars up to a target, with a there-and-back mode and a graph - Silence drill: the click drops out for N bars, or randomly mutes individual beats - Count-in before the start READING IT AT A GLANCE The dial shows the bar as concentric cycles: the outer ring is the beats, with dot size carrying the accent; the ticks between them are the subdivision; a separate ring is the second layer. Two progress arcs run on their own periods - in a polyrhythm they close together, in a polymeter the inner one visibly runs ahead. The beat strip along the bottom is for editing accents by touch; the rings are for reading from a music stand. ALSO - Tap tempo with a rolling average that discards obvious misses - Presets and a song mode: a chain of sections with their own tempo and meter, switching exactly on the barline - Haptics scaled by accent level, a screen flash, and a silent mode No account, no network, no ads, no tracking. Your presets and songs are stored on your device and stay there.