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✓ Easy, educational, electric soundsThe variety of sounds that you have access to you can make endless amounts of captivating tracks of music..Version: 2.10.3
✓ INCREDIBLE APP!!Honestly this is one of the most creative and forward thinking apps on the market! The sounds and performance is brilliant! Can’t wait to see where it goes next! Some possible feature requests: -Export All to Midi -More song/ scene integration tools (ie able to fully compose a song in here would be a game changer... (and to be able to have changing tempos and time signature would solve world hunger I’m sure) -When changing the key the option not to transpose what you have already recorded (I.e if you record midi from a controller you might not be in a specific key but then want change the global key so loops match up e.t.c) -Automation would bring world peace too. -Inter swap Drum samples between kits and make custom kits + Custom synth patches too. Apart from that it is fantastic! You guys have true luck made something amazing and it’s hard to balance between pro features and ease of use so you could always have the option to hide these features so it’s not scary to a new user too!.Version: 1.10.1
✓ Love the game butThis song doesn’t have export in it all it has was an empty box after I clicked on share music help me please I am stuck!.Version: 2.7.5
✓ The Groovebox that grows on you.Loving the new Horizon synth and Automation hope the team keep adding features this this well thought out musical box of tricks. Thanks Amplify..Version: 2.1
✓ Not a toy, despite the fun looksYes, there are a few things that DAW people aren’t happy with yet, but as an intuitive synth interface, Groovebox can’t be beat. Writing sequences is straightforward and the recorded audio can be exported to use in whatever full DAW anyone wants. My workflow is to write short sequences in Groovebox then export them to Ampify Blocswave for further manipulation and inspiration. When and if the project starts taking form, I bring it into a DAW at home and finalize the details. Groovebox is a great tool in the iOS toolbox to be sure..Version: 2.7.5
✓ Great but needs sequencing / song recording.Great App. Works as advertised and way cheaper than an analog synth. Very versatile thus far, and I’m only using what comes free. It would be really cool if there were a sequencer or some way you could do a live dj sorta thing. And also track naming. Some of my loops have a dozen tracks I like to switch between, so it’d be great if i could have a way to know which is which. Definitely recommended, iPhone equivalent of a real synth, and you can get pretty far on the free stuff..Version: 1.5
✓ A Must Have For Songwriters!Loving this app, like Blocs Wave & Launchpad, another brilliant song writing tool from Novation! Thank You 👍🎶.Version: 1.2
✓ Revised review ..Developers done wellThey have improved on all I requested for …this is a sleeping giant of an app. In terms of drum sound please don’t forget the LInn Drum and the 808 drum machine.Version: 2.7.3
✓ BURDENED WITH GLORIOUS PURPOSESome can disagree and others may not but this subscriber - this audio parishioner per se - has found sweet solace in this application under many a blue moon. The format this application works to has informed, inspired, influenced, and entertained nearly every facet of their development and still now sweet slices of papyri are gleaned like pixelated scraps of jazz max in their head. A five star review every time but this one with a bittersweet add-on (that will not negate a star), perhaps as a consequence of a post-Covid landscape, the makers of this app no longer upload new sample packs which is, frankly, saddening. Not abandoned but neglected. Temporarily? How long is a piece of string? Still, life loves a challenge and so does the body electric! #sisunovationsisu.Version: 2.10.3
✓ Very great start!UPDATE: Sections is a great step forward but kinda pointless since it just keeps looping one section instead of playing through each section. I'm seriously enjoying this app and have already spent a considerable amount of time on building up ideas and exporting into Ableton Live. To fully unlock the app, it's pretty steep and I most likely will not unlock the full potential until I see what the updates bring. NEEDED: Automation! You know, the ability to record knob movements over time. Song Mode! Probably the most essential element that's missing from here. Piano Roll Improvements! It would be really nice to scale the piano roll to be able to see what is going on. It drives me nuts trying to figure out what is doing what when you can only see so little at a time. Record Improvements!! This is also a biggie! When enabling Record it seems to start wherever it feels like it. Having it start at a designated position would be clutch! Also, a Record Count-In would make things even better. I noticed that the app crashes when I tried to export some of my projects to Ableton Live. Like I said, a really great start, I'm really hoping this app gets expanded; has potential to be a go to app for building musical sketches..Version: 1.6
✓ Fantastic groove makerVery well designed and easy to use. Lovely layout and very useful lates added section, inspiring...thank you for you work..Version: 1.6
✓ Lots of fun howeverWhen I create a song and then break it down into bars and then take the bars away to try and make a new set up or version it won’t play anything and seems I lost all the work out into something probably can’t recreate why does this happen??.Version: 1.11
✓ Love it but please add a few featuresGreat writing tool but could do with a song mode, maybe a sampler plugin Would be also great if you could could develop the plugins to work standalone inside able-ton so I can export the data and tweak in ableton Being able to name phrases would be great Better editing All the above would be great but all that aside I would advise anyone needing a sketch pad to build fantastic musical ideas to finish in the studio, do not hesitate just buy Groovebox is a fabulous product..Version: 2.8.1
✓ Great for creating loops for any styleAmazing and so easy to experiment with. Can perform via Inter-App audio and multitouch mute/unmute which is nice. Can also "open-in" Multitrack Daw or GarageBand on export of patterns. Powerful for the expert yet stimulating for the beginner. It would be nice to activate an expert mode that has off-the-bat adds a blank pattern when I add an instrument. The ability to stack different drum patterns with different kits, each with different loop lengths is fun and stimulating. Worth it alone if this was just a drums app. Effortless melodic entry up and down the octaves. I like the slider feature on the keyboard that limits scale notes or expands to full chromatic. However- the key (in expert mode?) may be best binded to the selected pattern not to the all patterns for more "colour". The mechanism of the loop length control for the range of 0.125 to 16 bars is different but innovative. I'll get used to it over time. A fly out matrix of options on tap might be faster to operate depending on the application..Version: 1.5.1
✓ Love it, but it’s missing one thingEven though I really feel like developers don’t really read these or care much about what their customers want I’ll still leave my two cents….. Groovebox is one of my favorite IPad apps hands down , partly because of its ability to export projects to Ableton and partly or mostly because of its sounds. I love all the synths and definitely recommend unlocking them. The available iap presets are great and very affordable. The mixer is barebones, no panning or eq, compression or anything but it’s ok because I really don’t mix in Groovebox. I love the sounds but one things missing. Bread and butter sounds, like pianos, organs, acoustic guitars, strings, etc. I think it would be amazing if there were a couple more instruments available, a pcm instrument with Gm sounds and a sampler, a good sampler with slicing capabilities. Not limiting it to 8 tracks would be nice too. 16 tracks would be more than enough for me. I hope the developers read this but if not, it’s all good, this is still a great app..Version: 2.10
✓ SectionsHello! I have some difficulty with the sections. Maybe you could tap the instrument you want to put in the section? Idk but right now its kinda hard to put the sections its fine tho 👌.Version: 2.4.6
✓ Yeah !No that we can record automations its a whole new ball game welcomed update and now I will start to use more often thanks novation . ✊🏼🏴🇪🇺🎨.Version: 2.0
✓ MIDI channels please…Awesome app, easy to use and sounds great. Would like to be able to assign each synth/drum machine to its own MIDI channel though..Version: 2.8.1
✓ Fun song writing toolI enjoy messing with GrooveBox as a starting point for song writing. It’s a little clunky to do detailed writing (working on the piano roll on a phone is unpleasant especially since I can’t switch the phone to landscape mode in the app). I also have struggled to interconnect GarageBand with GrooveBox, which is disappointing. But for what it is—a very quick idea generator, with pre-made sounds—it’s a lot of fun, and inspires my serious song writing. I just wish I could use it as part of my serious song writing process. (That may be on me—I’ve looked for help for interconnecting to GarageBand, but didn’t find anything at the time)..Version: 2.10.3
✓ Seamless beat makingWhat I enjoy about this tool is it’s ease of jumping into and creating a new project, not only within the app, but for the case of breaking writer’s block for the next production piece. Often times, the hardest part is establishing a solid, undisturbed working environment that’s free from distractions. If there’s challenges creating this space, than there’s an opportunity to lose creative flow. Directly or indirectly, creative problem solving is wasted at this phase, which is critical in creating something from nothing. So, the clean space is here, with a slight learn curve to figure things out (was easy for me coming from Blocs Waves) and I’m off to a great start. Just plus up (the “+” in the app) to add new elements and styles, access the tempo to zone in the project’s soul and be dope. That’s it. But it’s just the beginning, the same. Export, chop, EQ and so on to make this your own! -LeeoniousM aka BC.Version: 1.16
✓ Awesome APPSHi, I love your intuitive apps! Can’t wait to get more instrument though 😜 That would be very satisfying to get more access to tweaking knobs of each instrument , more than the 3 or 4 first one, or that we could map knobs to get control on 8 like on the launchkey Novation or other midi control knobs.. What do you think about that? I think that others would enjoy it too!😊 Keep up your very good work!.Version: 2.10.2
✓ Wish original tracks can be playedThis is a great app but my only wish is that the app has a feature that enables you to play back the original track that was featured on any pack that you buy. I noticed that once you buy a pack, you no longer have the ability to play the featured track for the pack. The other music apps created by this developer all have that feature, so I believe it should be an easy fix. Please, please, please add this feature. I am still giving it a 5 star in spite of the slight omission..Version: 1.15
✓ Unbelievably greatI normally don’t make reviews on apps, but this is way better than I expected it to be, there was zero learning curve, there are plenty of instruments, and it’s really easy to get a grasp of how to write a song well if you already have experience. The only thing I would like changed is that the rest of the song doesn’t play when choosing a new instrument because the quiet ones are hard to hear, other than that, i have no complaints!.Version: 2.4
✓ BrilliantIt is amazing how many really useable features are in this app. Great integration with the Launchkey too..Version: 2.7.2
✓ I love this InstrumentSo fun and easy to use.Version: 2.5
✓ Can’t fault itGreat for getting ideas down on the go..Version: 1.12
✓ Midi pleaseI love this app and the synths are so awesome. It would be just amazing to be able to play them as midi instruments..Version: 2.10.4
✓ Like like likeThx for developing such a gem . Great to get the party started all the basics for bigger things beautiful sounds easy to use..Version: 2.10.2
✓ So closeIt’s great but...... you can’t save your own presets ? 🤷🏽♂️ I guess they think this will encourage sound pack sales but I think actually it just encourages people to keep searching for the perfect app. It’s frustrating when limitations are implemented on purpose, like Korg gadget that split all the features you want in a sampler over 5 different pointless units. Groovebox blocswave and launchpad could be amazing. Groovebox - add user presets and export to launchpad Blocswave - add transient level edits to the sample editor Having said all that, I like Groovebox, and you might not care about user presets..Version: 1.12.3
✓ Almost perfectWonderful sound quality, good looking graphics and easy to use. I find the sequencer window a bit unintuitive and I wish there was a way to make complete songs. Hopefully there will be improvements and updates in the pipeline.Version: 1.11
✓ Great appHello, this is a very fun app to make music with, but I was wondering if it is compatible with a launchpad, or launchkey. Because I recently got one and I’m just looking for apps that work with it! Plz respond!.Version: 1.17.2
✓ Amazing!!Wow. This app has taken my breath away. It makes it super easy to make your own beats, and customize them how you want. The free version has amazing variety, the store has so much to offer, this app is definitely worth 5 stars.Version: 1.17.3
✓ Awesome and simpleI made an awesome song in thirty seconds!.Version: 1.5
✓ Good ChoiceI am particularly new to writing and creating songs on my own. Although it is more complex than other of amplify’s music making applications, it gives a even wider range of experience, creativity, and complexity. Plus, no ads, no videos, no nothing. If you want more tracks for the instruments, all you have to do is buy them. That simple. Yes, it does take a LOT more time and effort to make said song, but makes your music much more original. 10/10.Version: 2.2
✓ ReviewThe app is great for music production and I believe it is one of the best on iPhones and iPads. My only problem is that in about 6 days I will be upgrading my phone and there is no way to import files, meaning everything I've made will be lost. If the developers are reading this, please include this in the next update or make it so you have an account where all your beats are..Version: 1.5
✓ Incredible appFlexible easy to use simplified daw. New version with deeper features would be very welcome - but lots of flexibility and power hiding underneath its intuitive and brilliantly designed UI. Top marks. Wish more apps like this existed - new content very much desired ! Credit card at the ready for all music apps from this Dev..Version: 2.10.4
✓ AmazingReally great app.Version: 1.0
✓ Still 5 star but c’mon folks… still love it going in to 2024 but…Still no sharing between devices… The only thing missing for my use case is the ability to share between devices. Having the option to save projects to iCloud would fix that. I’d use it on my phone for sketching things out and creating base tracks then export into Launchpad or other apps on my iPad to add additional material. Sounds great and easy to get something going. It’s very inspiring!.Version: 2.10.4
✓ AwesomeBuy all the kits it’s awesome.Version: 1.7
✓ Export whole song into ONE single fileGreat app, good synthesis tools, would have got 5 stars if you could simply export your tunes as a single audio file such as wav. Or mp3. and save it on the iPhone/iPad in files. Please I hope it gets an update to allow for this..Version: 2.8.1
✓ Great creative toolI love the sounds in this app, and use it to quickly put ideas down, and then export the files into my DAW..Version: 1.11
✓ Instant favorite (revised review)Great music making app, this has just jockeyed ahead of Gadget as my go to music making app. Super quick to slap something together. My biggest wish list item (unless I am missing it) is a count in to record and if there was an option to transition from one set to another automatically that would be awesome. Edit - Having said that, I just started to import into launchpad and my transisition issue is resolve..Version: 2.0.1
✓ Brilliant Music CreatorI love this app!!! Functionality and tools keep getting better. Personalised add ons are excellent.Version: 1.17.3
✓ Best SynthsThis app contains the best synths I've seen so far on iOS. I feel it allows my creativity to flow really well, and I'm looking forward for more! As someone who constantly uses this app though, I would really appreciate if our songs could sync across multiple devices. Also, when exporting audio, It'd be nice if the audio file didn't cut off the sound as soon as the measure/audio ends. I'd be editing and using these clips if it had sort of a delay option. Anyways, great app!.Version: 2.6.2
✓ FantasticFast, intuitive, fun. What’s more to say... deceptively powerful music maker. A whole stack of enjoyment on offer. Automation makes this near perfect! My only wishes would be- importable samples and cross-device sharing of projects...please? 🙏*****.Version: 2.0.1
✓ Lovely New SynthGreat new Synth to play with! This Groovebox APP just keeps keeps on getting better & better. I love this APP. Love all the new updates. GB makes gorgeous sounds. A ton of fun & Highly recommended!.Version: 2.2
✓ AwesomeI love this app, simple to use, great sound texture, the many options to tweak sounds are inspiring. I hope you could also add a possibility to import external samples and that would be the pinnacle for Groovebox. Keep up with the great work!.Version: 2.4.4
✓ Deceptively PowerfulOk, I have to admit I didn't expect this app to be more than a bit of fun. But honestly? It's amazing. Inspiring and intuitive for generating new ideas, and with the optional in-app purchase, it opens up a lot of control. And it exports each project directly as an Ableton Live set? Sign me up!.Version: 1.17.2
✓ One of three essential apps you needIf you’re new to the whole music creation hobby, and want to find something that just works seamlessly, you can’t go wrong with launchpad, blocs wave and groovebox. The apps work so well together and with the hardware, it makes even the newest of noobs sound good. Kudos to the team!.Version: 1.12
✓ Piano roll could be the saving graceGreat app but the piano roll is impossible to use, it’ll be great if you could use the app in landscape mode even if it was just the piano roll and not being able to drag the selector towards the right of the screen when trying to copy is the biggest mistake in the app regardless of its shortcoming its still the most user friendly app for music creation on the app store. If the piano roll got fixed maybe a couple more people would purchase the pro version otherwise people just save the riffs and continue later on a pc..Version: 1.10.1
✓ Solid app!!I downloaded Groovebox years ago, along with several other music creation apps. However, up until recently I didn’t use many of them, but now Groovebox is solidly in my top 3 music creation apps, the workflow is simple & easy to use, and the factory sounds are decent, but the app gives you the flexibility to tinker with different settings in order truly make your music sound unique to you. I wish I took the time to use Groovebox sooner!.Version: 2.8
✓ ReviewIt’s a great app for either just messing around or creating amazing pieces my only recommendation is once you’ve used all the free sounds it gets boring if there where some more free tracks the app would be great.Version: 1.12.3
✓ Absolutely incredible and astonishing bit of kitHave had this app all of ten mins. I never ever EVER leave reviews on apps but this has inspired me. Absolutely fantastic tool. I have been a do for 30 years. Kind of board of it now. I have been wanting to get in to production for time. Downloaded FL and able but couldn’t get my head around it. This just makes it all simple and clean. Thank you for sharing this with us. If you like making music ppl. This is the one TRUST. 20 out of ten star.Version: 1.12.3
✓ Lotsa funPretty much a basstation, kstation, and drumstation, in one! And let’s throw in the minimon too. Great for iPhone as well. Portrait mode makes for easy beats!.Version: 2.0
✓ Great sounds. Intuitive. Needs Launchpad integrationFantastic app. The sound out of the, um, box, are amazing and reminiscent of apps that cost money. Unlocking the other bits of the app is fine, but the real value is in the sound packs. I play live with Launchpad for iOS and a hardware Launchpad S. I use Blocswave to sculpt my sounds, usually created in Gadget. But getting those sounds into Launchpad is a real pain (much easier if you use Live, which I don’t). Best part of Blocs is the ease of exporting to Launchpad. Groovebox would be a bigger part of my set up if it played well with the other Novation apps. Seems like a pretty big oversight. This ability coming soon?.Version: 1.10
✓ Super smart app.Innovation and creativity aside, the sound is very high quality if you're into electronic music and want to either create your own electronic music or even just use the prexisting patches/beats to generate ideas to build upon. Highly recommend. Great app. 5/5..Version: 1.1.1
✓ AwesomeSo much fun . Well done all involved!.Version: 1.1.1
✓ Great scratchpadOnce you figure out how this works it very quickly becomes a very handy scratchpad. Export to Ableton is the killer feature. Just needs a "clear all" feature for wiping a pattern and starting fresh..Version: 1.1.1
✓ Love this app!Helped me in so many ways to create my own music and I really love how easy it is to use!.Version: 2.8
✓ My #1 favorite music appGroovebox is my favorite music app out of the many that I use because the range of sounds and compositions you can create with it with ease is huge. The seamless integration with the Novation Launchkey is just wonderful. The many expansions whether they’re sound packs or actual instrument control expansions are not over-priced and I would recommend getting the expansions for all instruments’ controls because they provide very in depth tweaking of everything. I love this app to the moon and back, my only wish for something to be added to it would be the ability to change the time signatures, especially for the drumbox. Even so, 5/5 stars!.Version: 1.17
✓ Almost perfectI love Groovebox, it is so easy to use and great for generating new ideas, and sounds amazing. Even more fun with my Novation controllers and other Ampify apps. I have only one request: having the pro upgrade as I do, WHY OH WHY do we not yet have control over MIDI input channels? I use it for live jamming and have a work around so sounds are not triggered by other controllers - I create a dummy instrument channel and mute it when I don’t want to trigger Groovebox - but it’s not ideal. Cheers, Gavin.Version: 2.7.5
✓ A very musical GrooveboxI love the playability and sound of this app. The packs are good quality and the instrument controls fun to play with to tweak your sound. The keys and pads are also easy to use. If you want to only sketch musical ideas and send to a project in Ableton or stems to be loaded into your favorite DAW this is all you need. However if you want to do any further work polishing, extending with parameter automation, arranging and finishing a track you will be unsatisfied. I’m not saying I want Cubasis but I am saying that Auxy and Gadget gets you a lot further along the production workflow. I would like to see: Midi learn on all instrument knobs or perhaps main controls. Automation of the instrument knobs or perhaps main controls. Configurable Quantize when playing sections. Right now it seems to be quantized to lowest piano roll quantization. Be able to switch between legato section transitions as it is now and a full configurable quantum as above. Some kind of song mode or at least a performance capture. Yes there are many fine ways to capture performances such as AUM, or your iOS DAW of choice. I’d love to see Groovebox expose it’s separate channels to AudioBus or AUM so we can mix further at the instrument level where there are better solutions for midi learn..Version: 1.9
✓ Potentially perfect, but...A few minor tweaks until I officially call it my fav pro sketch app. Firstly, well done. Very intuitive and user friendly. And that is what matters. I wanna compose, play, not study physics. So I that sense, it is easy and musical. This song mode is dope. It, however, needs some help. I’d like to know which ROW I am in. Where is my mid section, is it row 16 or 18. How can I count on the fly? I can’t. So, make a letter or a number pop up or something. Also, where in the loop I am? I can’t see that in song mode. And I need it. Also, the ability to solo a section? Is that avail? Can’t see it. More 0.99 sounds, tape emulations, (see samples from mars). That kinda thing. Love the fact it is about quality not quantity. So, again, well done for this phase..Version: 1.6.1
✓ Worth getting.Well worth getting if you like making electronic music. Easy to use, sounds good, not expensive and the random feature is very handy. Good for beginners or experienced users. Has been getting decent updates.. and parameter automation is on the way. Has got Ableton Link so it will keep time with loads of other similar apps..Version: 1.17.3
✓ Amazing app overall.Fantastic app! I have had extensive experience writing and arranging music in digital audio workstations for a long time plus playing music with real instruments in rock and jazz bands as well. This app is amazing for presenting sequence and sound options that will trigger your imagination and creativity and really help the songwriting process. Its very creative much like Avenger on the PC and other such programs that cost a lot more. However it does appear to miss someone very important features like a CC style side view of note velocities in the sequencer and the ability to change them with a pen or finger so you can create smooth velocity rises and so on, and also it appears that it doesn’t have the ability to link the sequence sections together so they play in a song like sequence, chorus, break, intro...that type of thing. It also appears that you can’t drum load your own samples Into the drum box or record control changes in the Synths (opening filters and envelopes and recording them and so on). I could be wrong about this as I have only been using it for about a week, but if it had some of these features it would be an absolute killer app on the iPad with no competition. But all that said it’s still an incredibly creative and powerful app with great sounds!!.Version: 1.15
✓ Close enough, but.....This app is amazing, but it needs a few new features in which a daw has. (E.g. Automation for tracks).Version: 1.10
✓ Basic Improvements RequiredThis could be the complete package, but is still let down badly in three areas: 1. The lack of ability to save our own presets and to use our own drum samples. UPDATE: We can now do save our own presets. Thanks - I’ve added one star to my rating. 2. The track arranger is nonsensical in that it only progresses through the scenes manually. Also, when a new pattern is selected, the new pattern starts immediately instead of at the beginning of the next bar, so you have to time it perfectly. From a practical point of view, this makes no sense; to the point that it makes the entire pattern/song feature completely useless. 3. This app needs cloud support to enable users to sync and access their projects across all of their devices. Update: Thanks to the devs for adding automation! If they add/improve the above features, then I will give a 5 star rating to reflect this..Version: 2.0.1
✓ No wizI’m no wiz at at making up music but have a small bit of knowledge of music software , a lot of the sound packs are great but the app tools needs more improvement sorry to say. Where you show at the very bottom time bar a simple + sign to add your next bar could take the frustration out of trying to make longer. It be great if you could add as long as you like to be honest. But I understand it’s a Groovebox and meant to keep short but the app kind of of asking you to groove on more then what made for...don’t you think? But all said and done it’s a great app and glad to have it to my collection of music apps.Version: 2.5
✓ Perfect has never been so close on iOSThis family of apps was introduced to me by a friend, he showed me the launchpad app and wanted to know about how to make loops,After doing a little bit of digging I realized that the Groovebox app existed. This app could be perfect if you could pull up each synth as a auv3 standalone. And in that mode, it’d be cool to see a more feature rich device For example the drum machine while I Groovebox, would work as we currently know he. But in standalone you’d be able to add effects, used samples, etc The wave table module would have waveform modifiers, user tables and more modulation as all the synths could absolutely use a few more editing options :) This platform while expensive, is so brilliantly crafted. On one hand I love how easy it is to start making a song. But I find myself wanting more wavetable selections I suggest to look at Drambo and their wavetable synth. That’s about as on point as it gets with user tables and adding modifiers and filters as you go Hope to see more table packs added, but if not. I’ll keep jamming I’m so happy with this purchase.Version: 2.6.1
✓ Amazing sounds and easy to use.Looking forward to trying the Ableton link and Bluetooth features!.Version: 1.6
✓ Pretty epicCan we have a heavy metal set tho-.Version: 2.2.1
✓ Fantastic app with a few faultsFirst off, this app is very well made - beautiful design, easy to pick up, makes creating a breeze (especially with a bluetooth midi keyboard). Here are a few things keeping it from being really fantastic. To build out a full song I think sections should have their own separate mute per block, instead of globally, and it would be great to be able to change instrument blocks individually per section rather than being stuck with a global set for all sections. My biggest gripe is that a project can’t be sent to launchpad directly from groovebox. It’s baffling that it isn’t a feature, especially when it can be done in Blocs, and these seem to be built on the same architecture. Other than that, this is a great creative tool. Edit: Dev response is a good workaround but still more complicated than it should be for apps that should be a seamless experience and all work together as one. I mean really the dream is having all 3 apps in one, with separate tabs for each section, like DaVinci Resolve is for video editing..Version: 2.7.3
✓ Hardcore?Love the app! I see all these cool pre sets and stuff but where is the hardcore? Big leads a distorted bass? That’s and some psychedelic sounds would be amazing for Psy trance. Just some thoughts.Version: 1.10.1
✓ Oh my dear lord! 😃I’m currently travelling and I have my iPad 4 mini with me. I tell you this because I’ve been meaning to rekindle my old studio efforts and oh boy this app is SUPERB! The drum machine, along with some purchased packs covers most needs and those synths, once opened up are just magical! The power this app brings to the user is amazing! I already have two solid tracks I’ll be looking to take into production upon my return home. Get this app! It’s simple and if you need some pro synths, look at the packs! 👍🏼 Message to Dev: please can you integrate iCloud Sync! I’m travelling for another 3 months and I can only hope my iPad stays ok, otherwise I lose my creations. Sync would also allow me to use across multiple devices too which would be even better!.Version: 1.17.3
✓ AWESOME mobile music making appUpdate 2: Am I missing something? There are 2/3 times more drum packs than synth or bass options which is unusual and starting to seem limiting. I’d much rather have more options with melody than an over abundance of slightly different drum sounds. Update: I think we are good on the drum combos, where are the new bass and synths? Downloaded this on a whim and have been really impressed and engrossed ever since. Simple layout, great controls and the add-ons are worth the buys but most of all - amazing sounds and songwriting capability. When I'm jamming on an app I want to spend more time playing and developing quickly vs the more precise process on my desktop DAWs and Groovebox lets me do that. Highly recommend. Only gripes are - transferring the clips to work on in Ableton causes a slight pop sound during the start of each clip. Also this would be PERFECT if - - I was able to create a simple timeline of when different tracks come on to capture my layering process. - The automation and effect tweaks could be recorded or transferred to desktop. Buy this now, you'll have a blast right away!.Version: 1.6.2
✓ Best Music Making app EVER!Hands down one of the best apps available. The free version is everything you could ask for. Well worth the money to upgrade for more tools to craft amazing music. The various sound packs available to buy as well are all awesome. The potential to make great beats and music is endless. And it’s ability to be used in conjunction with the apps launch pad and blocs wave is really something else. Hands down one of the best apps on the market for making music..Version: 2.0.2
✓ Groovebox synthI like this because you can make dance music very quickly,with no musical theory and you can make quite complicated grooves and melodies intuitively.Version: 2.1
✓ Awesome app!Great app but can you Please please put it on iMac for easier use with abelton live. Thanks!.Version: 1.15
✓ Million and one Uses / Beats Sound Killer alone.This is truly a multifaceted ( I want to say Machine ) ,…most apps are only good for one thing ,…But I’ve made complete songs by simply just Making a Beat, Bass, and A synth or 2 ,….and then recording live performances using Garage band or my running out to my physical 16 trk . You could do the same on stage. Also each synth unit is unique in its killer design and sound. Has to be one of the best sounding Drum Machines also,… at least in the top tier. The developers on Ampify are pro’s since all their apps ( Groovebox - Bloc waves - and Launchpad ), are designed to work together in sync / recording or live /.Version: 2.10.2
✓ OMG!!!!I’ve been creating cross-genre music for thirty years. This app is a revolution. Could not have imagined this twenty years ago. Intuitive and powerful software and unbelievably the basic version is (currently) free. Those upgrades... seriously contemplating throwing out my old-school hardware groovebox based studio in favour of this. Amazing..Version: 1.12.2
✓ The most intuitive interface for making musicGroovebox is seriously one of the most intuitive interfaces I’ve ever used. It unlocks so much creativity. I love the automatic/random patterns so you’re never working from a blank page (unless you clear it). Switching between play, sequence, and scene modes is quick and seamless. And the pro-packs unlock enough features to make the sounds your own. I hope they add: - scene quantization, so triggering another scene starts on the next bar - “fat finger” toggle for playing keys, so the keys are wider when the scale is set to contain more notes. (3-sized width with a 7-sized scale) - sample replacement for the drum kit. I’d like to touch the sample and change it to a different one so I can mix and match kits. Even better if I can load my own samples - an audio-in/sampler instrument so I can record patterns from live instruments or voice directly in Groovebox.Version: 2.8.1
✓ One of the Best music production appsI’ve bought so many pro music production apps on the App Store incl AUM, BeatMaker, tons of AU synths, etc. and this is the one I keep coming back to. Just amazing. So simple but powerful and just boosts creativity, and was totally made with a touch interface in mind more like an instrument than an app. Please add more features and synths!! Especially a sampler! It would be limited without other apps like AUM and BeatMaker together in tandem, but sometimes the limitations breed creativity without endless features to fiddle with..Version: 2.6.1
✓ Love this app!I love all of this company's apps! I perform live with Launchpad and Groovebox on a regular basis, and have recommended them all to several fellow musicians. Thank you so much for adding Chromatic Mode to Groovebox! Speaking of Groovebox, I also have one suggestion and one request: First, when muting/unmuting tracks, could there be a way to either set a fade in/out time, or have the delay be post-signal, so that the tracks can come in and out smoothly instead of an abrupt cut off? Second, I would personally really get a lot of use out of the ability to have non-4/4 sequence lengths. In addition to the occasional song in 3, 5, 7, etc. I often like to create a dance groove with maybe a synth arpeggio and/or a percussion track that continuously move across the bar line. I know it's not the most common user need but there are some of us who like to break out of the box, and I love using your platforms so it would mean a lot! Thanks again for all you guys do..Version: 1.4
✓ Great app for electronic musicI really love this app and have done many music projects with it. I like the option to buy certain instruments or packs. It’s really great for both beat making and synth stuff. The only feedback I have for the developers would be to implement some kind of playhead, as far as I know you always have to start each loop from the very beginning and this can be time consuming when you have a long loop and want to edit towards the end of it. I also would love to see more drum packs and the ability to create your own instruments/sampler. But overall I love this app and use it very often in my music projects, thank you!.Version: 2.10.3
✓ The sounds these synths make!😍I love this app! The fact that you can export as an abelton pack is awesome! You can move the audio and MIDI into any daw! My only wish is to have song mode! Let us link the sequence rows so we can play through a song! please! I’m guessing they want us to move the loops over to their other app which is an awesome app too but moving audio with delay on it doesn’t always loop and this apps delay is a huge part of the sound this app makes. Which that said, this app is so amazing I’ll take what I can get 😂 love it! Again! The sounds the synths make are so squishy! The filters sound like nothing else out there! Buy it!.Version: 2.10.2
✓ Bug.When i switch to a different app and when groove box is open, groove box crashes. For example, when i transfer files from groove box to launchpad, groove box crashes. Can you please fix this. Other than that, great app..Version: 1.6
✓ Nearly PerfectFirst off, I’ve made some amazing beats on this app and I’ve even purchased a few of the sound packs but I have several complaints that are keeping this app from being nearly perfect. Everything that has to do with the instruments is great and making unique sounds is easy but the thing that irritates me the most is the inability to produce different music and have them flow into each other. The section option allows someone to create several different sounds on the same project but I can’t actually have them flow together meaning that I can’t create a beat drop, so I have to manually produce it by tapping on the section at the right time and I hate that. If I could combine sections together into one whole project, then export them and save them as a whole legit beat, this app would be my all-time favorite beat production app. Being able to export music is one of my favorite options but it’s the same 2-4 bars that loop repeatedly and I want some variation and diversity. If the developers ever do create combined sections, this app would be 10x better! Overall, download this app, get the drum packs and such. Everything is fantastic and although there are a lot of in-app purchases, TONS of beats can be made with what is given to you for free..Version: 1.10.4
✓ Pretty good.. prettay prettay good!If I have to complain about things I would say is that the editing of individual notes could use an update.. it’s so hard to deal with. Dragging a note length is almost impossible to perform.. constantly deleting the note instead.. completely frustrating in that editor. My second complaint would be about the exportation system is way too simplistic. It could use more options like the ability to render tail ends as well as having the perfect loop points.. this has to be a choice because sometimes I need the perfect loop, but most times I also need the ability to have that tail end for transitions and endings so it doesn’t just end abruptly. My third and final complaint is the lack of AUV3.. in this time this should be a standard. Outside of these things I think this app is brilliant.. please update this so It can be perfect..Version: 2.0.1
✓ Love it but....A great app but the current update has an issue with the restore purchase function, iOS 11 on iPad Pro 9.7. I’m sure it will be fixed quickly! I have purchased quite a few add ons so plse sort soon!.Version: 1.5.1
✓ Very good app!Its easy to use.Version: 1.11
✓ Amazing !!!This up is one of my favourite.. so many sounds you can make stuff up in the fly! I can spend hours creating, has some of the best sound I’ve ever heard, Good job guys and thank you!.Version: 1.14
✓ Best iOS audio app yetNo kids toy, this is how I make my beatz.Version: 1.0
✓ AwesomeThis app is awesome!! I’ll admit it’s not a fully fledged DAW or anything like that but as a groove box it’s fantastic. All the synths and drums sound amazing. It’s so easy to start composing on and creating new ideas. It has a similar workflow and look to Reason Compact but in many respects it’s better as you are not restricted to just 3 instruments like in compact. I have been using it with other groove box type apps, syncing it using Ableton link and it works seamlessly. Even though the extra sound packs are relatively cheap, I have come up with loads of new beats just by using the sounds that came free. This is a must for any EDM producers..Version: 2.0.1
✓ Great app for beginnersGroovebox is a great app for anyone looking to get into beat making without wanting to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on equipment; especially if you find out you aren’t so good at it ;-) Groovebox has great sound packs for all different types of genres, and the fine control over each sound is definitely a must have. Would give 5 stars if I could import external audio files to sample or import sound recorded from a microphone. But again, this is more of a starting setup than “I want to make beats full time” thing.Version: 1.17.1
✓ One of the best apps I have ever usedThis is seriously amazing, a high quality and free app that is great for anybody who is interested in creating music, very easy to use and accessible. I do wish there was more free packs available but there are an infinite amount of sounds to be made with the free packs already. 5 stars.Version: 2.7.5
✓ Great app I love it to death!Creating simple beats with this app helps a lot with more of my creative process with music production. I love its functionality with midi devices like the Launch Key. The option of synths, basses, and drums are very nice especially when first starting out with the app. Something I wish the app had was a record function for recording your song entirely, kind of like Ableton Live or Garage Band; and adding more than 8 tracks. I would be fine if they added this as a in-app purchase..Version: 1.12
✓ I LOVE IT... butI really like this app, it makes me happy, and i really enjoy doing some sick beats with it, but if you could add a little more settings to the poly-8’s, like panning your sounds or a more sophisticated pitch modifier like in the drums, it would be fun.Version: 1.11
✓ Great!Brilliant app! However, it would be nice if I could export to launchpad, then I’ll change my rating to 5..Version: 1.10.2
✓ Useful music sketch padThis is a very promising product! Please add parameter automation; that would take this to a whole new level. Also, if it is possible to string together different sections I haven't figured it out. These two features combined would mean I could come up with an entire song just on my phone..Version: 1.6
✓ Almost thereI like it. I really like it. Ampify has done some amazing UX work to make this app not only usable, but even enjoyable on the iPhone screen. There’s just enough skeuomorphism to help, without being cheesy. Two improvements, and I would give it 5 stars. 1. The ability to chain sections to make a song. Currently this can’t be automated. (You’ve heard this before, Ampify.) 2. The ability to save projects to and load projects from a cloud drive (iCloud, DropBox, etc.) in a native Groovebox format. This would let me offload projects to recover storage space, share projects between my iOS devices, and share projects with other users..Version: 1.11
✓ Exporting stems / reverbI love this app to bits. My only gripe is that I can’t effectively export my sections / stems and take them further in my desktop DAW. This is almost exclusively because when you export your project files, the audio only lasts up until the end of your last note, meaning that if you have any reverb or delay on your instrument, it’s going to get cut off. An option to put empty space at the end of the audio files or indeed to only cut them off when their signal hits 0 would be a HUGE game changer..Version: 2.7.5
✓ Great but not perfect. Yet.The base is solid but there’s a lot of missing features. For example, there’s no easy way to shift all the notes around. Right now, you have to select a bar, move them left, make a mess of overlapping notes, they automatically unselect so you have to select all again just to move em one more bar and rage quit in the end. Hopefully we got Ableton Live MIDI Export in the last update but then you can’t your project as a single mixed WAV file. Every export option just provides you with looped stems..Version: 1.17.2
✓ Missing VOCAL! Great app but lots of bug to fixGreat app for create good music and lost your mind to find the right sample, the right present, the right tune for your tracks. Lots of sample and packs, great drumrack but also LOTS OF BUG. Every time I try to remove a preset the app kick me off and I need to open and restart again..Version: 1.11
✓ Great App! A Few RequestsGroovebox is a terrific app. Sounds great, intuitive interface, and fun to use. Groovebox Pro Features allow so much more flexibility in sound customization and the recent automation update is a great addition. Groovebox is even better when using the Novation Mini Mk3. I do have some feature requests. It would be great if midi learn functionality could be added so that, at a minimum, Launchkey Mini knobs that have not been assigned by default can be used. Functionality would also improve if the Launchkey Mini knobs could control track volumes when on the mixer (volume) screen or through a shift function. Finally, Groovebox would benefit immensely by incorporating an export function that allows for Groovebox creations to be automatically sent and assigned within the Launchpad app (similar the the functionality of the Blocs app). Other than that, great job! Keep up the amazing work! Don.Version: 2.0
✓ Good Beat Production App but.....I like the innovation in the development of this app. I just wish it wasn’t so expensive to unlock its full potential. I’m not even lamenting the sound pack prices as much as I’m taken back by the hefty fee it takes to unlock all the production tools. I feel like those should have been available from the beginning. I love the new update though. The app looks cleaner and more inviting. The sounds are reminiscent of modular synths that you may hear on a Kanye project or Daft Punk record. This app will take you out of your comfort zone when it comes to sound. All I ask is that the developers take fiscal matters into consideration. I’m a low income college student. I can’t afford to buy everything this app has to offer. Sorry. As good as it is, it’s not worth the immense amount of cash that they are asking. Please change that!!!!.Version: 1.8.1
✓ Great !!!!!It’s just great !!!!! I would like to be able to transfer projects from one iOS device to another also auV3 support would be great I hope the devs can do something Great Work People Thank You !!!!!!!.Version: 2.6.1
✓ Missing Something?Great app, and love the ecosystem, but.. If there was a way to get my ideas into a timeline/DAW, then this + blocswave + launchpad would be literally perfect. I don’t know if I’m ignorant, behind the times, or what, but having the option to record and/or export (seamlessly) into a timeline (like garage band, fruityloops, whatever) all on one ios device seems like the full package, and an essential part of a music suite. Why isn’t this a thing? Right now, all I have is pieces of songs, and no way to mix them into full ideas... I tried leaping from this, to blocs wave, to garage band, but its a pain, and difficult to get right. Anyway, if this does exist, could a dev point me in the right direction? Either way, thanks for a great tool and slick interface..Version: 1.13
✓ Mmmmmmad appThis is everything that iOS music making should be. Super fun, intuitive easy to control , awesome sounding synths. Export to Ableton to finish it off. Love it.Version: 2.10
✓ Just One Last StepOver 10 months ago you added sections which is brilliant, as it is a step closer to sequencing a fully structured song, yet you still haven’t added a way to automate this yet, forcing users to manually jump between sections when recording, which isn’t always accurate. Can’t you just add a loop button like Auxy that allows you to play a sequence of stacked sections when disabled or a single section when enabled? Why does this take almost a year to add something so seemingly obvious? I’m basically stuck in limbo between Groovebox and Auxy because Groovebox allows for recording while using the keyboard, which Auxy doesn’t have, but Auxy allows you to fully structure, sequence, and play a song which Groovebox doesn’t have (or only implements halfway)..Version: 1.10.5
✓ Source of LifeFor me this begins.Version: 2.7.3
✓ This app is awesome!I’ve been using this app for the past few months to sketch out the music I’m making, but I feel like it could use one thing: the ability to automatically cycle through sections. I’ve been yearning for the ability to have the app automatically go to the next section while I’m playing the song, so I can hear what the song sounds like. It’s hard to constantly be tapping the next section when I want it to switch, so this would be a great addition. I know some people might not want that, so it would be toggleable. Otherwise, this app is great and I’ll continue using it until I stop making music..Version: 1.17.2
✓ Great stuff but please, please some MIDI cc’s.Surely I’m not the only one asking for this. I know it responds to a couple of knobs on the Novation controller but I really don’t need another keyboard. Is there a legitimate reason why there is no response to cc’s? This feature would take it from great to awesome. I would happily pay for it as an IAP as I am sure would many other users. Will it ever happen?.Version: 1.12
✓ Update with Audiobus.Update crashes when using Audiobus..Version: 2.2.1
✓ Best app I’ve usedSo I’m a bass player that’s wanting to experiment with the theory of other instruments. This app has everything you need to get started with electronic music, it helped me learn the basics of a beat. The automated scales are nice for the lazy minded, so you can hit whatever key you want and not mess up. It’s a tad bit expensive to unlock advanced features, but it’s way more expensive to buy the instruments. Overall a good app for the musically minded, but I recommend you learn how to play on a chromatic scale before using this instead of having everything laid it in major or minor for you..Version: 2.2.1
✓ What I think of Grove BoxWhen I grow up I want to be a DJ so Grove Box & Drop Mix are really hall ping me get there .Thank-you.🥺😎🤩😀😃😄😁😆😯🐵🙈🙉🙊..Version: 2.0.1
✓ 5th will come with own sample importI know, I kno, I no... Ampi make £€$¥ with selling us kits and is fine, some of em are actually very usable once tweaked a tad to the mix one needs, yet... sometimes, actually a lot, one just hears the kick, the snare, the tom or roll or whatever you hear, which would fit nicely into the song, and ups... you can’t import your own samples!! I get it. It goes against the business plan, BUT could we get an in-app purchase/ upgrade?for, dunno, call it PRO or Whatever? Charge whatever your accountants advise and let me please, pretty please, import me own samples?!?! You’ll get a 5 star from me and sure quite a few others too? To be clear, ai mean the drumbox, yea? Let the drumbox have an option to import own samples. Ok. Otherwise, the app rules, combine with loopy + AUM/ audiobus and you get yourself a live looping mega set up that fits in a pocket, unless you’re a £€$¥ who use + :p.Version: 1.17.1
✓ Great applicationReally nice application. Simple to use. Looks and sounds nice. Great job!.Version: 2.0.1
✓ GrooveboxI’ve been a music producer for 28 years and tried and have written countless tracks on everything from iMaschine to UBeats and back, but Nothing Beats Groovebox, And it’s seemingly infinite sound options just like using the real hardware versions of these sound and tone generators.Plus the Very affordable and amazing expansions packs (ive bought them all) plus just the free packs Alone are enough to make high quality user control over the awesome quality sound and depth it has to offer!! and fun !!! .......to make music the way You Want it to Sound!!.Version: 1.10.5
✓ One of the best mobile DAWs, however…Okay, let me just say how much I love this app. It’s helped me learn and experiment so much, and I have had no qualms pumping about $20 into this for better sounds and more control. That said, Groovebox needs to allow more than 8 tracks for a beat (12 or 16 would be a huge game changer), and more sound packs as the electronic music genres are continuing to evolve (future rave and bigroom house come to mind). However, if you love music, this app is a must have! Thanks, Ampify..Version: 2.10.3
✓ Fresh and awesome appIncredibly easy to use, doesn't use wifi, definitely worth paying for the extra loops and FX..Version: 1.5.1
✓ So Good A+So many sounds and capabilities. The sound quality is perfect..Version: 1.0
✓ A very capable rhythm composer with excellent soundsI really dig Groovebox, and I usually write verbose, novelette reviews but I’m trying to be concise. It’s great for starters ideas or creating finished grooves. The ONE issue that keeps me from giving it 5 stars and using it more often is that still, after various updates, the first note of measure 1 in a Drumbox sequence doesn’t sound. It’s frustrating to play a groove and the “one” is just silence. As the groove repeats the 1 of the first measure WILL play, so it’s just a bug with the beginning of a the beat. If that was repaired I would absolutely give Groovebox a 5 Star rating..Version: 1.10.4
✓ Best music making app hands downOnly missing a few key features: -Cloud files support -background section navigation while playing/recording -blank presets/patterns when adding a new instrument.Version: 1.17.2
✓ Awesome app with one big requestI am one of those people who has way too many music apps on my iPad. I have purchased dozens of the most popular DAW, synth, drum machine and fx apps and Groovebox one I constantly come back too. Its simply one of the most enjoyable music apps. The immediacy of building great loops is amazing. The addition of automation on synths took it to another level and the implementation of automation is very intuitive and lets you add great movement to the sounds. The one big request that would put this over the top is to add AUv3 multi-out so you can route each channel to a separate mixer track in AUM to add Individual eq and effects..Version: 2.0.1
✓ Love it!This music/beat creator is soo simple to pick up and start making beats in 5/5!.Version: 1.10.3
✓ It Could Be Unbelievably Good...Five changes/additions will make this app absolutely essential to anyone who is currently already enjoying this app. 1. You MUST include the option to change patterns and key changes when the current bar has finished and not always instantaneously. If my timing is out it sounds terrible, so why kill my buzz and not have this option? 2. We need the ability to pick and choose each instrument’s pattern wherever it is in the grid, and not just play every pattern on that same line. So if I want the drum pattern from line 1 and and a bass pattern from line 4 and a synth from 2 etc I should be able to do this. 3. I think we need just a few more instruments. The current ones are amazing, don’t get me wrong, but a sample player with the ability to slice is needed. I know there’s a separate app for this but I want it all in Groovebox. 4. I want to use non-Bluetooth midi controllers in Groovebox, not just the ones you allow. I want to go knob-twiddling with my USB Novation thingy that has lots of knobs, so that I can zone out to the fantastic sounds this app enables you to make ridiculously easily and you’re not letting me. Why? Don’t force me into buying another midi controller, please. 5. AU3 support would be nice. If you even just did the first four id give this app a 11 out of 10. I already love the app, but it could be so much better..Version: 2.0.2
✓ Super capableIncredibly deep when you want it to be, still easy enough to pick up and play that my kids can fool around with it and make cool noises..Version: 1.17.3
✓ PurposeThis gives me it.Version: 2.6.1
✓ Amazing but I’m HeartbrokenThis app is amazing. Fun, intuitive, and high quality. It’s easy to get rolling on things. I switched phones and didn’t realize that the tracks weren’t backed up. I had been creating works penned around highly emotional moments for me (I wrote a really pretty song about my deceased dog as she was dying of cancer, for example). That’s all gone. So I’m in mourning here wishing that I’d been smart enough to have exported everything instead of assuming it was somehow backed up. Please take this as a warning and avoid what I’m feeling now. Again, this app is great and is extremely versatile. It sounds fantastic. I just wish there was some cloud backup feature, but that’s life I suppose..Version: 2.7.3
✓ ScaryI've made 15 tracks since November 17 (about 30 now 😎mostly D&B )when I had a few sounds similar I've turned off preloaded sounds or gone into editing patterns I've made Breakbeat Grime Hip Hop and eventually made a reasonable sounding Drum &Bass track bought about 3 packs,can't figure out recording havnt got the equipment just using my phone. Luckily I have a friend who has a full studio he's suggesting plug my phone in and transfer beats spent years staring at Cuebase and such and not really learning anything now Subconsciously the things I've witnessed and heard is immensely helpful .Ive Djed since 1987 so blending patterns was a piece of #iss 🤣😂 Feel like I'm cheating and find it SCARY how easy it is . It's 2017 if we didn't evolve we,d be all making today's music with a Full Orchestra .... Genuinely the first App since the IPhone 📱 4 that has made me do a review 10 out of 10 👍🏽.Version: 1.10.2
✓ Tanks i realy like ittYeahh I'm so happy.Version: 1.10.3
✓ Lots of funEasy to use, lots of variety, great sounds, surprising effects However, it seems in the most recent update, when you are placing notes down you don’t hear the notes until you play back the entire song. In a prior version you could hear the note before you placed it. This is kind of broken and needs fixing..Version: 2.0.1
✓ Killer appThe perfect blend of simplicity and deep features. Ideal for kids just starting out or seasoned producers..Version: 2.2.1
✓ The Trinity - Groovebox- Blocs Wave & Launchpad.Equal in power - Design in Groove - import to Blocs to fine tune - export to Launch for live play and jamming. Best thing since sliced bread. Put the 3 Together - with the inexpensive add ons - and you have a highly responsive music makin’ machine..Version: 2.1
✓ WonderfulThis app is fantastic, and currently my go to iOS sketchpad. Amazingly well featured. Few things to improve though: I’d love to see some improvements in note editing, at least just some time markers on the grid, more (in)quantisation options. Envelope on the drums maybe. An option to load sounds without a pattern. And (out there) some basic FM would be cool some day..Version: 1.9.1
✓ ReviewThere needs to be a trap metal / rap pack for all packs with hard gritty bass and gritty melodies and drums for those who like to make that style of music and it would bring more people to the app..Version: 2.3
✓ Great appFantastic samples, great way to come up with new ideas. I had a gig Infront of 10,000 people using only this app. Would be great to have a 1 week free trial option. So many of my friends want to see the full potential of the app but it's not acessable..Version: 1.10.5
✓ Groove box : review- (March 2018)Groovebox is a must have extension and compliments Launchpad andblocks wave Although I'm new at it I've found it to be really good. Kent (Antrasix).Version: 1.8.2
✓ Very CoolFun cool times. But circular adjust dials a little difficult to fiddle. Needs simple way to delete project..Version: 1.8.1
✓ Easy to useVery intuitive with a nice selection of default sounds to start you off. Can prove to be expensive if expanded fully, but very useful and flexible. This apps Ace in the hole is its export abilities. You can export your creations into Ableton Live and from there on in, the skies the limit..Version: 1.10.1
✓ Very much a newby but enjoying the sounds.Must admit I am struggling to create a complete track but love the soundscapes it can produce.Version: 2.6.1
✓ Great app but..Great app for creative on the go beat making and the in-apps for the 3 main sections are a must! Still, devs please make it “rec ready” when you press rec, and make it so when you hit a key/note/pad, it will then start to record and play. Thanks.Version: 1.6
✓ ImportI use this app pretty much everyday in combination with Launchpad. I love most everything about this app. Though sometimes it crashes when I use it for an extended period I still appreciate the fact that I can make my own sounds and then import the patterns into the other app. I would absolutely love the idea of importing a sound and then being able to distort and use this interface to manipulate my actual sounds instead of buying packs ALL the time. Hopefully this will be something to look into..Version: 1.11
✓ So smart, yet so dumb.Nifty music app however it's very frustrating to use deeply. Won't leave talented musicians feeling fulfilled of having made the music coming out of. You cannot save your own instrument patches. This limits fine tuning of variegated patches to save or recall. It seems to be decision to Maximize IAP. Instead you'll always have the opportunity to buy one of the "genre" packs shoved through notifications. The sequence note editing is very clunky with glaring issues on smaller devices. It's a moodkiller when you want to go deeper, maybe should have the elemental grace that the Auxy UI has. There is a No extensibility in MIDI or control from outside apps. It's one thing to have a nifty sketching tool, it's another to hamstring exploration and "thinking outside the box" creativity..Version: 1.11
✓ Great sketchbookFor bashing out ideas this is very cool, automation would be nice without making it too complex. Looking forward to the next few machines to be added. Tighter integration with launchpad and blocs app would be nice also..Version: 1.10.2
✓ TopFantastic app love it one of my first go to app to jam around be great to have a couple more styles of synths and bass machines old skool rave would be awesome.Version: 1.4
✓ Fantastic appIf you like dance music, use this app plugged into your hifi to create your very own tunes. Adding effects and instruments is easy and cheap ! Link it up with Ableton and the sky is your limit. Very very addictive indeed Can’t get enough of the new packs, everyone brings more depth to your work 👍.Version: 1.12.3
✓ AmazingThis is certainly the best production app for mobile I have used, and I bought fl studio mobile! It’s actually insane how easy it is to use, I’ve already made multiple beats on the app and this will be my go to for making music. The app is simple to use, but learning through the app will definitely help with creating, the UI is just amazing though. 5/5, no complaints!.Version: 2.6.1
✓ Very inspirational music tool.Efficient UI design and great DLC content combine to make this a very nice music creation tool. I am starting to use this and the other ampify music apps in my creative process..Version: 2.9
✓ How to see layering?Im nkt sure if im just being a noob, but is there a feature where i can see the layering of all the inwtruments? I wanna edit the track so it becomes a beat i can rap over. Thanks.Version: 1.11
✓ Thanks for the Fun App!!Thanks for adding the new synth ! Since the beginning GB had allot of yet unrealized potential, serving more as a fun and engaging introduction for users to the play around with the basics of EDM. Now (thankfully) the developers seem to have decided what direction they would take GB in, moving toward making it a “real”instrument (not a toy, they have begun releasing new synths and offering more varied content! IMO, GB is now showing signs of what it could be: A very easy to use, yet powerful instrument for IOS. With continued developer support and refinement, and an ear for user feedback, Gb could realize its potential, achieving enough real depth and versatility to be fully integrated into any producers workflow! Really great way to get an idea down when on the go! Works well with Novations other apps Launchpad and Bloc Waves - you can really do allot with this thing! Hours of fun with a simple interface - Potentially GB could be a serious music maker in it's own right for the iOS -Keep up the good stuff, steady new content and excellent support!.Version: 1.8.1
✓ Dope appDope app, really fun to use and a great tool for inspiration. I do wish the developers would add the feature to import your own samples and to be able to send midi, this would take this app to the next level and would be integrated into to my workflow as my go to..Version: 2.3
✓ Best!Best music production app I've tried. And I haven't even purchased the pro version! Just making loops then bounce them to Logic Pro.Version: 1.10.5
✓ Superb, beautiful appThis is a truly easy to use app but above all is compact and really inspiring. With the now added Midi In capability , for the selected track is great to input notes via hardware to rehearse, record and/or jam along...if just the Mute function could be sync'ed to the pattern it would be a complete dream, thought the volume mixer can smooth the transition by now. A real joy to use overall indeed! Been using only this since I got it for most of serious projects and I'm really satisfied. Many thanks..Version: 1.4
✓ Totally Amazing Music App!!I’ve been using this for a long while now, and it is fantastic! The new addition of the Horizon Synth brings the App up to what I would call a ‘Full’ Studio. The sounds from the Horizon Synth are as beautiful as they are complex - just the sort of thing you’d expect of companies such as Novation & Ampify Studio! I have enjoyed a long association with Novation, and in my opinion, they have never released a bad product. If you already have this App, but haven’t yet updated, NOW is the time to do so. You won’t regret it, I promise you. Five-Stars, all the way! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.Version: 2.2
✓ HorizonA must have synth love love love it groove box still kicks I can’t say anymore ,though a shout out to the developers would love to see a new drum/sampler may be one day👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 one last thing that would be really cool for us producers on the mobile fly is force example you create a song on your phone and then bounce to your iPad rather than just the import wav / sample as I like to work with just groove box synth and produce live rather than daw type set up I know this can be done just think about garage band that does it hope this colour be future option thanx again groove box team done well man!!!!.Version: 2.2.1
✓ One of the best apps I’ve ever usedI’ve been using this since about March 2019 now and it’s one of the most useful apps for music makers ever. Many people believe that this is just another place to play with samples — it isn’t. This app is a “mini DAW,” meaning it has REAL VSTs you can play around with. The app could do with some improvements, such as being able to record live playback which saves people exporting to Ableton and/or connect to a PC via aux..Version: 2.2
✓ One of my ALL TIME FAVORITE APPS in 2024I love everything about Groovebox. Sometimes you just want a simple foundation or you’re just playing around and you can EASILY create something memorable and unique! I have so many sounds and continue to get packs because they’re all just fantastic NOW ONE THING I would LOVE is an easier way to export the MIDI than opening an Ableton project to then create the MIDI file. That’s probably the only request I have. I’ve been doing a lot more iPad production til I can get a new laptop so I’d LOVE to have MIDI readily available if possible 🙃🙃🙃🙃 Otherwise, I’ll still continue using this incredible app! I wiiiiiish that there was an easier way for midi since Im using my iPad.Version: 2.10.4
✓ Great AppBeen using Groovebox for a bit now, it's a great app. Positives, very quick and easy to create your own, beats, bass, synth. Once I discovered you could build a track, mute all but one section, then export using airdrop and import into blocs, I was very impressed, shame you can't export all created loops in one go directly into blocs, but only a slight negative point. Ok now the bad, the app feels like a front for a store, yes we get you make your money from selling loops, but users who make there own music, it feels very much like, buy, buy, buy! Ignoring the constant alerts, trying to get you to buy loops, it's a great powerful tool for creation, it works great with blocs and launchpad, combine the three together and you have all you need to produce great tracks..Version: 1.5
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