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I love this app. It sounds so realistic; like an actual orchestra is playing my music. I have no complaints, just one suggestion; I would like it if there was a realistic choir sample, for pieces featuring choral parts. :) Show more

As a drummer, I don’t play other instruments. ThumbJam allows me to lay down a drum track then add ThumbJam tracks on top, creating unending possibilities for a lone musician with no real melodic skills. The variety if instruments and controls allow the creation of bazillions of unique tones, while playing them on my phone actually allows me to give them all a real instrument feel. I really can’t say enough good things about this app! Buy it. Donate! These developer folk deserve it. Show more

As a simple way to play interesting instruments, this is a great app. As a looper, it is terrible. The greatest sin a looper can have is a delay between when you press “finish” and when the recording stops. This has somewhere between a quarter to a full-second delay that makes the looper nearly useless. It’s sad too. I had to drop my rating from 5 to 2. Show more

Improvement

The new update to add Audiobus 3 MIDI support includes the ability to use ThumbJam as a scale filter so it will take input MIDI notes and use the closest note in your scale in ThumJam to output a note. Since ThumbJam supports importing scala files you can have all sorts of microtonal scales in addition to the wide range of scales already available in the app. The developer is one of the best at continuing to update and support his apps. Thumbjam is even more useful now that it can be played in landscape orientation on the iPad. A rock solid app you can't go wrong with. It's a great midi controller too. Show more

Sounds are so realistic; so much functionality; deserves many more accolades. Even for non-musicians like me, this is still a must-have app!

I can feel like Jimi Hendrix from the comfort of my couch.

Firstly, this is a great app even if it doesn't progress further. I believe though there are things that could be better... Chord mode... Midi sequencer with note edit I'd gladly pay for iaa or thumbjam2...hint>.laughing out loud All in all this app is inspiring, and very creative...I love it! Show more

...for the incredibly realistic-sounding instruments (cello is one excellent example). The app has so many features I haven't even used...I mostly use this with Audiobus input to DAWs such as Garageband. One star docked, however, due to the layout as one other reviewer mentioned. Otherwise, this is a great, classic IOS app I keep coming back to. Show more

Years later and this is still my go to app on the iPad for writing music. It just works, it's fast, and it plays nice with everything else.