Blip Box — Drum Synth 4+
Lean, mean noise machine
Sketch Audio, LLC
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- £9.99
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Description
Blip Box is a sixteen voice drum synthesizer that may look nice but can sound mean. Blip Box takes inspiration from a variety of synths, both analog and digital. We pulled together all the things we love about drum synthesis: complex audio rate modulation, snappy envelopes, harsh effects; and put them together in a compact, touch-friendly package. The result is a truly unique digital sound engine that has taken on a life of its own.
Whatever you do, don’t have fun with it!
Features:
- Focused, fun, and characterful synth engine
- Touch-first design, almost the entire screen is part of a control
- Runs standalone or as AUv3 plug-in (in compatible host)
- Universal purchase on Apple platforms: runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
- Presets synced across your devices via iCloud
- Hook up a MIDI controller to play with a keyboard (optional)
Details:
- Pure synthesis engine, no samples
- Complex digital oscillator with two-way frequency modulation
- White noise source
- Two snappy AD envelopes with variable shape
- Unique mix control for pure oscillator sound or ring mod mayhem
- “Choose-your-own-adventure” effect: analog (ish) wavefolder or digital degradation
- State variable filter for tone shaping
- Envelopes can be routed to modulate oscillator shape, pitch, or filter cutoff
- Mix to filter cutoff modulation available for crispy filter FM
- Velocity responsive, either in traditional level (gain) mode or brightness mode
- Multi-out mode available when running in AUv3 mode
- Master tune for keeping tonal drum sounds in tune with your song
- Includes 13 inventive and usable factory kits to get you started making music
Known compatible DAWS:
- Ableton Live (11.2+)
- Logic Pro
- Reaper
Check out our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sketchaudio
Read the manuals: https://sketchaudio.com/manuals/
What’s New
Version 1.0.2
New in version 1.0.2:
- Add a document picker to the preset manager for importing presets directly from Blip Box.
- Enable opening presets from the Files app.
- Fix some manual typos.
Ratings and Reviews
The best pure drum synth for live jamming
I love this app. This is the best pure (no samples involved) drum synth for live jamming.
The manual urgently needs a section about the pads. It took me a while to discover the long-press menu offering “Focus mode” and the copy/paste functionality. Otherwise many people will sequence their Blip Box, stare helplessly at the dancing controls and probably turn their backs to this wonderful app. BTW: I would use “copy” and “paste” instead of the lift/drop.
Developer Response ,
Thanks for taking the time to leave a review! Glad you’re liking Blip Box!
Great sounds, but only 13 presets and no random option
Nice UI, really good sounds, and works well as an AU. However, it does take a while to create a new sound on each pad, and as there’s no copy and paste (or drag to copy sounds to each pad), it means starting from scratch each time. And there’s only 13 presets (though you can save your own). A randomiser is essential for this sort of app, as it produces ‘happy accidents’, and starting points for your own ideas. I would use this app much more with a randomiser feature, as it is its going to take a fair amount of time to build up my own library of presets.
Developer Response ,
Hi thanks for the review! So glad you like Blip Box. You can copy and paste settings by long pressing on a pad and then selecting “lift settings” then long pressing on another pad and selecting “drop settings.” Also we are looking into some randomization options for the next update. Hope this helps!
Great sounding drum synth
This is a lovely sounding and straightforward drum synth to use. It pairs well with any good drum sequencer (I’m using 2 instances of Playbeat 3 to control all 16 voices) and it works great in both iOS and on Mac OS, so I can enjoy on the move and in the studio.
I hope the developer continues to add more useful yet simple features to this as the product matures.
Highly recommended!
Developer Response ,
Thanks for taking the time to leave a review! So glad you're enjoying Blip Box.
App Privacy
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Information
- Provider
- Sketch Audio, LLC
- Size
- 8 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 12.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2023 Sketch Audio, LLC
- Price
- £9.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.