Groovebox - Beat Synth Studio Negative Reviews

Groovebox - Beat Synth Studio App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

Groovebox - Beat Synth Studio app received 33 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Groovebox - Beat Synth Studio? Can you share your negative thoughts about groovebox - beat synth studio?

Groovebox - Beat Synth Studio for Negative User Reviews

✓ Ok but poor usabilityThe synths are good but there are major failings with the usability. 1. Editing a part is very badly implemented, moving notes, making them longer, changing velocities is all very frustrating 2. No ability to smartly change the length of a part I.e. keep the last 2 bars remove the rest. 3. No ability to save Midi. A huge failing. 4. No ability to undelete a track or a prompt when deleting. It is simple to delete a track by mistake when trying to rename a track, it is unrecoverable. 5. No smart way to add automation to a part. 6. Very poor usability for creating a sequence. All of that said, I still like this app but at the moment they need to spend A LOT LESS time releasing sound packs and fix some of the major misgivings of the usability. Then they would have a 5 star app..Mike GoldingVersion: 1.8.2

✓ I can’t control the padIt swipes how to fix or do.Sammytim gamingVersion: 1.15

✓ Great pattern based DAWThis is very easy to use and sounds amazing. The interface could use bigger and easier to read font. Pattern view should be turn on by default. Is there an easy way to choose a pattern directly for each sound? Or add our own default pattern?.PauPLGVersion: 1.10.4

✓ Quick makes.Need to be able to resize grid to view all notes. Instruments don't sit still while adjusting parameters. Good sounds..Baloney BarfVersion: 1.0

✓ Great potential, but drums??Seems they are purposely handicapping their drum machine so you have to buy more sounds. It’s a hugely integral part of music making obviously but they haven’t even introduced a adsr or being able to even change the pitch of individual samples they offer. So overall drums sound very generic giving you no sense that you’re making your own sound. It’s like giving you synths but no way to tweak the sound. I’ve given it 3 stars for that reason, otherwise this is a great app and fun to use, just that the drum machine is lagging way behind..WozzaaVersion: 2.4.6

✓ Mini mk3 firmwareUpgraded firmware on my Launchkey mini mk3 and I lost the session and drum mode switch. Please help.LookitsmarkoVersion: 2.4.1

✓ Unacceptable battery usageUsed the app once to play around, then noticed the next day my battery was draining way faster than normal. Checked the usage and this app was the culprit. Can't see any reason it should be responsible for 73% of my battery usage while it's sitting unused in the background. Deleted it immediately..AproposofnoVersion: 1.1

✓ No midi exportPretty good tool for making grooves but there is no option to export as midi files!!.JaggedpiscesVersion: 1.10.5

✓ Great Sounds, Needs at least midi support to be a true workhorse.I get that not everything can be AUV3. But if you guys could at least add general midi support so I could use this with some of my more full featured sequencers. If this had general midi and AUV3 though it would probably be one of my most used apps. I get the vibe of this app, but it could be a platform standard considering all the beautiful sounds it has. At least please consider re-releasing some of the modules as standard audio units. Poly 8 sounds beautiful. It’s just as an app, the workflow is clunky in the modern environment with the current plethora of tools available..DocnovaETSUVersion: 2.7.5

✓ Can’t get anything openI downloaded this app and have yet to get it to do anything but buy things in the app. I can’t make a beat or instrument appear on the screen. I can’t play them. I can’t even see them. It’s just a black screen with a ‘plus’ button to open new projects but when opened the screen remains black and nothing happens..RoccoMolitovVersion: 1.12.3

✓ Good butCan you please make a tutorial or something on how to within the sections get the next instrument to play for example in the next section not all at once other than that great loops and synths.LilflocurVersion: 1.13

✓ Old review gone without fixing anythingSo you want to charge me another $10 for a new instrument? Because you forgot to put it in in the first place? $20 for crappy cartoonish instruments? None of the bugs were fixed from last year, so it’s pretty much a scam, they don’t know what they are doing with the app or the business. Open your competition apps for once and get to a normal quality before asking for handouts. I’m not graciously reiterating the bugs here. Thanks for deleting the review, never paying you guys again.RomkasmirnoffVersion: 2.7.1

✓ I just dont get it :/What musical merit do you get from an app that sells you basic synths and silly riffs at a high price point? Sure the synths sound ok, but its not worth the price charged. The facilities on offer are sub par to many other apps out there and the creative drive is lost on this loopy nonesense, its like a high priced toy for children. I dont know why I let novation sucker me into these doodoo prodcuts time and time again. At this point I feel like im done with their childish app development. Its like "automap" all over again🙄 Hey novation, stick to making hardware!.Suga666Version: 1.8.1

✓ Amazing app with a few short comingsEdit: This a money grab now? “Buy the pro features collection and you’ll unlock the whole app. Except for the Horizon synth, oh no you have to pay extra for that.” Cool, thanks devs. Gotta love it. You guys started doing updates the helped my complaints but then you go and do this, just why? This app is great for people who want to get musical ideas down quickly and efficiently, or even starting now ideas easily. For people like me, who are on the move all the time, it’s great. I like it so much that I’ve bought multiple sound packs and the pro features bundle BUT there are a few things that really inhibit creating music. 1) You can’t save patches on the synths. This is a big one, cos it means every time I start a new project or even add a new instrument to a project it takes forever to get the sound I want. If Amplify made it so you had a section in the sound selection menu with presets you’ve made and saved then this would be easily fixed. 2) The song sections idea would be great, if it actually worked. If you mute an instrument in one section it mutes them for all the others (which I find very annoying). Oh and also, when you’re playing one section it doesn’t then transition to the next section, it just stays looping that SAME SECTION which just defeats the entire purpose of the sections idea. 3) The controls on all the synths are really fiddily. Every time you go to change a parameter or change the value of a knob it likes to slide over to a different section of the synth, which is just an annoying small gripe I have with the user interface And finally, 4) The sequencer editor is garbage. If you try to lengthen a note it almost always, without fail, slides the screen to a different section of the sequence or moves the note in question. It takes me at least 5 tries each time I want to make a note longer, and then when you do manage to start making the note longer it stops the sequence from moving, which means you have to continue repeating this process as there is NO WAY TO ZOOM IN ON THE SEQUENCER, which is another big problem. Alongside this, the sequencer never tells you at what point of the sequence you’re in, even just adding numbers like “1.1, 1.2, 1.3...” etc. at the top of the screen like in Korg’s Gadget would easily fix that problem. So, even though I do love this app to pieces, there are TONS of problems with it that stop you from creating stuff as easy that are infuriatingly easy to fix. So, ya know, fix it please..Down RushVersion: 2.2.1

✓ Still Does Not Receive Midi Notes From 2019 LaunchPads KeyBoard FeatureI just sent you guys an email. Posting here just so you all don’t forget to fix this: First thank you for your latest update. Opening up your GrooveBox to receive midi note data from other midi controllers was really the best move and you all did it. Thank you so much for making this happen. However, in your latest update one thing got completely LEFT BEHIND; LaunchPad mini MK3 midi note controller. I am flummoxed as to how you were able to open the flood gates for other midi note controllers to control GrooveBox but somehow, BLOCKED the 2019 LaunchPads from sending midi note data. I know this has to be an accident and since many LaunchPad users have not caught up to the new custom features of the new 2019 LaunchPads, they have not reported this. Well I’m here to tell you, you missed the new LaunchPad. Please Please PLEASE get a LaunchPad Mini MK3 or X and test the GrooveBox with the LP MK3 to make sure it is receiving note data from both the LP mini MK3’s scale keyboard and from the single note keys and roll this update out ASAP. The whole point of an iOS musician owning one of the 2019 LaunchPAds is to take advantage of being able to control the LaunchPad app and GrooveBox at the same time off of the SAME CONTROLLER. It’s great portability to perform with your apps and invest more into them. You’re almost there, guys. Please finish fixing this..SMKartiatVersion: 1.17.3

✓ Please let us add our own samples too!You need to open this up to allow the user to add their own content. Otherwise it looks like iAP greed. GR-16 allows you to add content and they also sell samples, why not this app too..ConzzaVersion: 2.4.5

✓ Carbon copy of Reason Studio iOS???Garbage. It seems to be almost an EXACT replica of Reason Studio for iOS. Luckily, I learned with that app, it is barely worth $5, and there is not a chance I am going to pay 3x that amount for a clone! Not to mention, just about every other synth maker in the iOS world has their plugins and suites on killer 25-75% off sales for the holiday season. Not Groovebox, Blocs Wave, or Launchpad, and I’m REALLY unhappy with Novation for jumping on the software rental bandwagon that Adobe seems to have pioneered. That’s fine, they can do that if they like, but the idea that I would rent a virtual implementation of a hardware imitation is laughable, at best. I love my Summit, Circuit Rhythm, and LaunchKey mk3, but that is it for me; I’m done with Novation..Stevo3985Version: 2.10.2

✓ Pro tipFree stuff makes lazy people happy. High quality software at reasonable prices makes musicians happy. Whose side you on?.ProfessH8terVersion: 1.11

✓ Good but come on.I understand it’s all about money but there is obviously consequences. You can’t add your own samples - while this is the case, it just doesn’t make the cut..MrGoozyVersion: 2.10.3

✓ Desperately needs an actual song/live modeI can’t, for the life of me, figure out what problem ‘Sections’ solves. Sections can only be duplicates of other sections. Whereas they should exist and operate independently of one another, meaning each section can have its own set of tracks/instruments/sounds, that’s not the case here. If you delete an instrument in one section, it’s deleted from all sections. If you change the instrument in one section, it changes for every section. If you change the tempo or key in one section, it changes them for all sections. If you mute a track in one section, it’s muted in all sections. Again—what problem does this feature solve? If we can essentially only duplicate sections, why have the feature at all? We could simply just loop one section endlessly… It’s extremely frustrating that this basic functionality is missing from the app. I don’t understand how any musician could develop this app and not realize this. Took me less than five minutes to need the feature only to realize it doesn’t exist… Numerous users have mentioned needing this feature in their reviews, yet after many years, still nothing. That’s just a slap in the face to your users and keeps this from ever being an actual, serious tool..Mr. T-WrecksVersion: 2.10.3

✓ Huge potential but not quite there yetThe sequencer is terrible and incredibly frustrating to use. Can’t zoom out the view. Want to move a group of notes around? Impossible. Want to shift notes an octave? Impossible. The gestures are unresponsive and half the time don’t do a thing. There needs to be a better sequencer interface made. I’ve purchased additional sound packs and I’m still disappointed that I can’t find some sounds I’m looking for. There needs to be more hip hop sounds. You’re very limited when you try sculpting your own sounds. You also can’t save the customizations you make into new sound banks. You can’t turn off filters or oscillators. It also would be nice to be able to play all selected sections consecutively to hear the transitions without having to manually trigger the next section..Klightx15Version: 1.11

✓ Still pretty basicAutomation is likely to never show up. Also the ipad UI is crippled by iphone support. On larger iPads you need to needlessly scroll across very few synth parameters on what should be easily accessible on just one screen. Its been a year since my last review and the only thing in that whole time that was added was preset saving. The most basic feature imaginable in any other app that has been begged for by the users since day one and it took this long..RicheroniVersion: 1.13

✓ StrangeIt looks like it’s the same personé who writes the comments, no?.Béât aVersion: 1.12.3

✓ Almost a top drawer appVery good sounding synths and it’s therefore extremely frustrating not be able to save your own patches. Not everyone likes to be force fed presets. Also, be aware that if you change or tweak a sound in a given track that will affect all tracks somewhat limiting the usefulness and creative potential of the arrangement window. Finally, I’d like to be able to MIDI map the synths’ parameters to the physical knobs of my master keyboard. Arturia, Yonac and other big and small developers have offered the facility for years and it’s such an indispensable feature, especially in live situations. In any case, I’m looking forward to future updates..Franz SonikVersion: 1.9

✓ Great integration with LaunchpadLove the way Groovebox and Blocs Wave integrate so well with Launchpad. Great apps for exploring and creating new ideas for composition. If Launchpad could be controlled via MIDI this would be a truly excellent trifecta. If MIDI isn’t your concern, these 3 apps are great and are well worth buying along with the in-app purchases..InoveltyVersion: 2.7.3

✓ Pro Pack not included access to all instrumentsIf you buy Pro Pack do not expect to have access to all instruments . Horizon doesn’t have a minimal pack included where you can have access to all knobs to make your own presets. You realise after you pay that you need pay again for basic control and i think this is a disingenuous practice..Jonnnn frankkkVersion: 2.10.3

✓ Add song modeI really like the app, there’s a lot of instruments you can fiddle with. Except one huge thing: no song mode. Maybe you can add song mode so that i can give it 5 stars, cuz i dont want a short-limited music where it can take like only 15-20 seconds.Jaden...bruhVersion: 2.9.1

✓ Awesome idea need helpThis really is an awesome app, but you'll see that it's missing three major things to make it truly an app that stands out from all other apps and actually allows you to produce a full song. This app in its current form will only enable you to make up parts. So what's it missing? 1 - Import your own samples - unfortunately the samples as with most of their other apps all sound very similar and tend to be a bit drab. There are no uplifting or mainstream types of samples. 2 - beat loop 1/4 1/2... etc or 32 64 bar sample length so that you can program in those drop in drum rolls 3 - Midi so that you can play live with any of novations keyboards and pads.DjMikcVersion: 1.10.1

✓ Down to three stars...Good app but I am agreeing with Leom187...this needs work to bring it up to speed as a serious tool. I had to reinstall it after the latest update was hanging in limbo not able to complete (don’t know why). The only saving option(s) are, presumably, to either wave or aac files in any of the three save routes...so only in an audio file format? What good is that? Not exactly the most flexible thing unless loops are as far as an attention span goes or requires. What if I want to transfer a session to Groovebox on another device to work on? Sorry, I just expect more from Novation because I love their stuff. Is the Amplify division of the company tasked with a focus on making simple little “beat boxes” and an ever increasing streamlined conduit to IAP pre-made loop packs for the masses of ‘djs’?.Angelo groverVersion: 1.6.2

✓ Great App But Very LimitedI downloaded this app cause I wanted to see what it did. It was actually very good! It was a combination of Loop Drum Pads 24, beats, Garageband and your other apps! I could create psytrance, synth-pop, trap, and retro waves, some of my favorite genres that I couldn't do on any other platform before. But, like your other apps, this is very limited... I am very disappointed due to the fact that you have to pay $2 to get a different pack of drums or bass or synths or leads... I know you want money but most people don’t have that kind of money. I suggest, to keep both you and other people happy, use the Drum Pads 24 system. You could charge people ”coins” to buy them... In order to get coins, you could buy them for a certain amount depending on how much you want, or you could watch an advertisement to get coins. Ads give people tons of money, so you'll have even more money than what you're doing right now! People won’t have to pay money to get a new pack and you'll be happy with the ads! But that’a just a suggestion... But I wanna do more on this. I don’t have money so it's very irritating... Hope you understand... Keep it up! :).ZabieryVersion: 1.10.4

✓ Automation....With the new update I can’t disable automation recorder when I play in live mode.... now it’s a ruined app....Ciccio2468Version: 2.0

✓ I have a idea!!!!!!!! Not sure why this came up in my head but here it goes.... if at all possible make Blocs Wave your next module (in Groovebox) and give Groovebox a edit window and GAMEOVER now you’d have a sampler to pair with your drum Machine and synth modules and you can put you compositions in song mode!!!.BeatzByBizVersion: 1.14.1

✓ Fisher Price?This is definitely not a tool for professionals. There is absolutely no room for any type of real artistic expression..Propaganda187Version: 2.6.1

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