RD4 - Groovebox
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a musical instrument! RD4 - Groovebox is a music making app with virtual analog synthesizers, drum machines and effects.
Compose and arrange your music in real-time. Choose instruments individually for the 4 channels. Record live or set notes with the dedicated sequencer or piano roll of each instrument.
"This is no desktop app crammed onto a touchscreen. It seems the interface has been designed around your fingertips." Peter Kirn from CDM (createdigitalmusic.com)
Via in-app purchase: Upgrade to premium and unlock the following features:
Save Song, Export Loop, Audio Session Recording, Share Sounds, All 10 Drum Kits, All 5 Effects, Mixer Instrument Configuration, Effect Bus Configuration, MIDI Input and MIDI Clock Sync in/out.
This multi-touch enabled app makes it simple to invent unique loops and musical phrases. Manipulate the sound of the synthesizers by tweaking the oscillators, resonant filters and audio envelopes. Add audio effects like reverb, distortion, phaser, filter and delay to your sounds.
Appropriate both for experienced musicians and beginners.
Feature Overview
Mixer
- 4 channel rack mixer
- Instrument selection for each channel
- Volume control with level meter per channel
- Direct audio effect channel assignment
- Tempo control with tap tempo
- Channel mute and solo
Sequencer
- 2 banks with up two 8 bars per instrument
- Adjustable play modes from 1 to 8 bars and random modes
- Song Mode with a length of up to 99 bars
Choose between two virtual analog synthesizers and the drum machine for each channel:
Analog
- Modeled after legendary monophonic synths of the '70s
- For fat sounding bass and powerful lead sounds
- 3 oscillators with 6 different waveforms
- Each oscillator can be tuned precisely and has a warmth control for the typical analog sound
- Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release envelope generator
- Pitch wheel
- Low-pass filter (24dB/oct, 4-pole) with knobs for cutoff, resonance and an Attack/Decay/Sustain envelope generator
- Recording of played notes in real-time
- Piano Roll for editing recorded notes comfortably
- Or compose by drawing notes directly with the piano roll in 1/16 or 1/32 resolution
- Piano roll editing features: Transpose Pattern, Shift Sequence and Quantize Pattern
Bassline
- Reminiscent of the legendary 303 synthesizer
- Create bubbling basslines and screaming lead sounds
- Successor of the famous synthesizer Rubberduck from d-lusion
- High-quality low-pass filter with resonance, cut-off, and envelope controls
- Oscillator with 4 types of waveforms
- Real-time step sequencer with accent and slide
Beats
- Program beats with 10 classic drum kits: 808, 909, 606, CR-78, Linn, KR55, RX11, RZ1, DMX, DPM48
- Booming kick drums, snappy snares and throbbing percussions
- 8 channels per drum kit
- Punch control for volume and envelope adjustments
- Accent programmable for each drum channel
- Free assignable effects for each drum sound
- Channel mute, Closed Hi Hat mutes the Open Hi Hat
- Real-time pattern based step sequencer
Audio effects:
- 5 effects: Reverb, distortion, filter, phaser and delay
- Real-time controllable
- X/Y control field for each effect
- 4 effect sends
- Chaining of 2 effects
Technical features:
- Audiobus support
- Core MIDI support
- Connects to all available MIDI input sources automatically
- MIDI Clock Sync support, in/out
- Automatic MIDI input focus when switching Instruments
- Multi-touch control
- Live session recording
- Audio loop export feature
- Session save capability
- Cut/copy/paste pattern
What’s New
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
- broken in-app purchase fixed
Version 2.3.8
Version History
App Privacy
The developer, Nils Krüger und Toine Diepstraten, has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy
No Details Provided
The developer will be required to provide privacy details when they submit their next app update.
Ratings and Reviews
Ratings and reviews are verified
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no real time, 03.11.2022CrapDoesn’t work. The “Analog” is the only part that plays. The rest is nothing.
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Sparky The Railfanner, 28.04.2021It’s Fantastic! Also needs upgrades!The app is really worth playing and making music with! The 808, 909, 303, reverb, distortion, delay, and filter really works! Add on UPDATE: can you add crashes to the Show more
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anickt, 02.05.2019Nice!UPDATE - still worth 5 stars to me. Great for acidic loops. Easy export to AudioShare. Still like it! I'm giving it 5 stars right away because I found it so Show more
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NoUserErrorHere!, 27.04.2018Ignore The HateRD4 is magnificent: one of the best workflows I've ever encountered for iOS music making and just the right balance of choice x limitation. The IAP is a bargain and Show more
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whocaresatthispoint, 13.03.2018Longest "Bait and Switch" Scheme Ever Run In App StoreRun from this app. The slim version is no longer worth the few seconds it takes to download. I've loved this app and have been using it regularly for a very Show more
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Klrxs, 04.12.2016Link crashes appTapping Link crashes the app. In-app keys respond slow. Sequence fidgets while actively controlling things. 303 sounds aight I guess. Nice that they give a little bit fix.
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KBarBRanch, 24.06.2016FeedbackSorry, wish it was better not so great interface, samples sound old 8bit cheesy. Waste of time!
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Mikes jello, 08.01.2015Great!Fantastic mobile Acid House studio!
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Robear parry, 27.02.2014Wasted my moneyI bought this thinking it would work with my novation launchkey 25. Nothing maps to my board. In all fairness the description says it will map to the launchkey mini, Show more
Information
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Category
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Age Rating4+
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PriceFree
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Size23.81 MB
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Providermikrosonic
Languages
English
Copyright
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2004-2024 Nils Krüger und Toine Diepstraten. All rights reserved.