polybeat
polybeat is an advanced and highly flexible drum and percussion sequencer for iOS, iPadOS and Mac (Catalyst) capable of generating complex and intricate polyrhythmic and polymetric drum patterns.
More videos:
- POLYBEAT - Polyrhythmic Drum Sequencer - UPDATED - Tutorial for the iPad
- Polybeat - Polyrhythmic Drum Sequencer - Tutorial for the iPad
- Polybeat - A polyrhythmic drum sequencer for iOS
- PolyBeat step length - 1 minute demonstration
- Mangling breakbeats in AUM with Koala, Polybeat and Mozaic Eucalyptus
Reviews
"A pleasure to use"
★★★★★
"(...) this is already a very capable app thats really nice to use and before you know it you'll be making loads of fun and interesting patterns so do yourself a favour and download it" — App Store Review
"(...) this is already a very capable app thats really nice to use and before you know it you'll be making loads of fun and interesting patterns so do yourself a favour and download it" — App Store Review
"The best drum sequencer"
★★★★★ — App Store Review
"Brings drums to life"
★★★★★
"You can take the most boring of drum loops and bring them to life with this tool" — App Store Review
"You can take the most boring of drum loops and bring them to life with this tool" — App Store Review
"Wonderful app"
★★★★★
"Thanks for this great app with so many possibilities" — App store review
"Thanks for this great app with so many possibilities" — App store review
"Intuitive, useful and fun!"
★★★★★
"Where Polybeat stands out from other AU3 controller apps is that everything is easily accessible and intuitive. It's both fun to use and usefully functional. (...)" — App Store Review
"Where Polybeat stands out from other AU3 controller apps is that everything is easily accessible and intuitive. It's both fun to use and usefully functional. (...)" — App Store Review
Features
- 4.8-star average rating on the App Store ★★★★★
- independently configurable sequence length per drum voice (1-32 steps)
- independently configurable step length per drum voice (double whole note - 64th notes, including tuplets and dotted notes)
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every sequencer step can be modulated by the following
attributes:
- accent on/off
- velocity
- ratchet (note repeats)
- skip (...note every n loops)
- chance
- timing offset
- MIDI CC
- sample-accurate sequencing engine
- slick and responsive native UI
- indidividual drum voices can be muted or solo'ed
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sequences can be instantly transformed by the following
actions:
- shift left/right
- rotate
- randomize
- mirror
- reverse
- double
- bisect
- full AUv3 preset- and state-saving
- ability to copy/paste patterns between instances of the plugin
- mapping presets for common AUv3 drum apps and hardware drum machines
- includes musical scale presets for polybeat to be used as a melodic sequencer
- responds to MIDI input for switching and selecting patterns, as well as performing pattern transformations
- works offline
- no push notifications
- no ads
- no third-party behavioural tracking tools
- ongoing development and support, many new features on the roadmap