Groove Rider GR-16 for iOS

Our users will tell better than us:

"A really good groove box, so easy to get beats and hooks going in moments and the sound is just stunning!" - App Store review

"Well this is something special I can tell you, so much has gone into this and many people are going to just love this" - thesoundtestroom

"Lots of preinstalled sounds, effects and the usability is there. It allows you to be as creative as you like with no need for the numerous sub-menus you find on other software" - App Store review

"This is a very well thought out and inspirational app. It goes much further than just electronic dance music... Highly recommended!" - App Store review

"Where has this been my whole life!... Gorgeous, user friendly, simple and sonically vibrant" - App Store review

Groove Rider GR-16 is a professional step-sequenced groove box, inspired by professional hardware drum machines and rhythm boxes. It has a powerful Poison-202 based two oscillator synthesizer engine, plus a big variety of included PCM drum samples, insert/send/master effects, arpeggiator, automation recording, modulator, ADSR and filter block, and more! Built-in factory pattern library includes patterns in different music styles, which will inspire you (the list will be appended with the regular updates). Check out the patterns demo video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rnGM_rL2cY

One remarkable feature of GR-16 is that all the controls are arranged on one screen, just like on a real groove box device! It lets you access almost all useful parameters from the one screen. Forget about numerous sub-windows and dialogs, which ruined your inspiration in another musical apps! Groove Rider is the fastest path from your imagination to reality!

You can use GR-16 as a ready-to-go realtime musical instrument (groove box) in your jam sessions together with Ableton Link feature to synchronize it with your other music gear. Groove Rider is also very handy for quickly sketching your musical ideas, allowing you to instantly record them directly by using the Record function. Making music becomes easy and fun, in contrast with boring note drawing process and dealing with tons of files and expensive plugins in the DAW's! Don't loose your inspiration, boost it up with Groove Rider!

Features:

supports Ableton Link, AudioBus, AudioShare, Inter-App Audio, Core Midi, Virtual Midi In/Out, Bluetooth Midi, Midi Clock sync

synth engine is Poison-202 based: 2 oscillators, 5 waveforms (Saw, Pulse, Sine, Triangle and Super-Saw)

synth oscillator modulation types: Ring, Sync, PW and XFM

83 available oscillator configurations

WaveTable synthesis with ability to import user wavetables (Serum .wav format supported)

Filter module with LP, BP, HP, Notch type filters, 12 and 24 dB/octave

ADSR envelope, assignable to Amp and Filter

Modulator module with 9 LFO shapes x 6 destinations (Pitch, Filter, Level, Pan, Osc Edit, IFX Edit)

portamento

polyphony up to 32 voices

16 sounding parts per pattern

16 steps x 8 bars per each part

each step consist of up to 4 voices (notes)

each step can be time shifted forward/backward a fractional value

strokes for each step (to play several notes at one step)

step trigger conditions for each note

12 send effect types, one send effect per pattern

22 master effect types, one master effect per pattern

34 insert effect types, one insert effect per each part

master Limiter

Arpeggiator with 6 modes and 50 rhythm patterns

Scale play mode with 36 different scales to select from

Chords and Notes play mode

30+ different midi groove templates

116 microtonal scales

Song mode

store up to 256 user patterns

import & export user patterns and banks via share sheet

pattern audio export in 16, 24 and 32 bit wav format

Ableton Live Set export

29 interface skins

Guide:

https://www.jimaudio.pro/grooverider/grooverider_manual.pdf

Website:

https://www.jimaudio.pro