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Blip Box - Drum Synth by Sketch Audio (Released)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blip-box-drum-synth/id6452880190
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 frequency 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
- 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 rare brightness mode - Multi-out mode available when running in AUv3 mode
- Master tune for keeping tonal drum sounds in tune with your song
Check out our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sketchaudio Read the manuals: https://sketchaudio.com/manuals/
Comments
curious if it passes my psykick synthesis test, which vast majority of ios drum synth failes
Damn it! I was about to say "can it do Psy Kicks". 😂🤣 Then again Dendy, just slap FAC Transient on the kick drum if it's weak sauce and turn the attack UP! 😃
Sketch Audio is Ryan Robinson's new brand (the developer behind ZOA, OODA, SDS-x and AutoPad). He's also got an interesting eight voice phase distortion synth in development.
Oh sweet! So I’m assuming these are AUV3 then?
SDS-X and Autopad get tons of use from me. ZOA and OODA a little less so but I still love ‘em.
Whew the amount of cool apps coming out so quickly behind each other for the last few months has been crazy. Definitely interested in these.
Yes, Both new releases are AUv3
What are these 16 squares numbered 35 to 50 below the screen, is that a sequencer or a keyboard?
Keyboard
Any ETA or still a ways off?
nope, basic mistake .. look at this type of kick in audio editor
gain of transient isn’t mich higher (it can be even lower) than gain of body..
main trick is on PITCH envelope, it starts pretty high (even up to 8-10khz) - unlike kick in most of other genres, and then pitch sweep is very fast during initial 10-30 ms and then it is significantly slower …
it’s much more about proper pitch envelope than transient shaping of gain.
On iOS, to my knowledge you can do this type of kick partially in FAC Drumkit and then there is bew upcoming kick synth which is not released yet..
other than that, any other existing kick synth either doesn’t have needed pitch range or doesn’t gave needed pitch envelope …
On desktop there is “Bazzism” which is plugin specially designed for psy/goa kicks
pretty curious what will be pitch shaping possibilities and max pitch range in this new synth …
Tuesday!!
I'm quite sure the 'can it be done in app...' (ie. Drambo) can get somewhat close with the Graphical Envelope with a +/-4 octave sweep range
Drambo! Of course. I need to learn to think more “dramboish” now when it finaly clicked with me.. will try it, thanks for inspiration
@Samu
You was true .. tried it .. Drambo is fantastic, got absolutely great psykick in literally no time
You can also get some pretty meaty kicks by modulating the AN Kick module in various ways or just triggering the impulse module and feeding it thru the resonator or filter etc. There's just too many 'toys' to play around with
And on payday no less 😎 thanks Nino!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blip-box-drum-synth/id6452880190
I saw this on Twitter and, like young folks here say… Instabuy!.
Super versatile and super gritty. Same category as Fractal Bits?.
This has no randomiser. I personally would probably chose this over fractal bits tho, more control
Can’t find this in the manual.
Apparently “Lift settings” copies the current kit piece, and “Drop” pastes it into another slot. Very useful to create custom kits (works across kits). I find the naming quite odd if it’s indeed a “copy & paste” thingy…
No one else had issues opening this app? I bought it , and phase monkey, and neither are opening at all. Either standalone, or as auv3 in AUM. They both crash immediately. Have messaged the dev
FAC Drumkit is way superrior drum synth to this one. It can do all what this and much more.
This one looks much simpler to use.
@dendy, so there's no bazzism substitute available?
But then again, Blip Box seems simpler to use. Mate, have you tried it? Can it make Psy kicks?
Cool! Any vid / screenshot or patchstorage file for this? Would be great. Ta!
I like this dev, and he also made this completely universal including macOS.
I’ll be picking up both of his new apps fo’ shizzle!
don’t think so.. just plain kick engine in FAC D is pretty straightforward … don’t see any reson to grab this one when i have FAC D
yes
absolutely no :-)
will upload on patch storage later, need to define good few macro/morph knobs to make it tweakabke in usable range, and naybe will upload it as package together with psy bass instrument, psy squelch and psy lead instruments
It looks cool, the layout reminds me of the volca drum synth a bit