DrumJam 1.4.5 - App Store

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About DrumJam

DrumJam is a whole new world of percussion and drums for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Designed by award winning international percussionist Pete Lockett and Sonosaurus LLC, the developer of ThumbJam, this app is a...

DrumJam is a whole new world of percussion and drums for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Designed by award winning international percussionist Pete Lockett and Sonosaurus LLC, the developer of ThumbJam, this app is a real first for percussion. It's an exciting and powerful tool, opening up the world of rhythm in a completely hands-on and inspiring way. Whether you are a novice just looking for a bit of rhythmic fun, a songwriter or producer looking for a fresh rhythmic idea, a percussion student writing arrangements for a project, a music teacher looking for rhythm ideas to teach, or a drum circle facilitator seeking to expand their repertoire, this app has something for you. Pete Lockett has been top of his game for decades and has performed with the stars, from Peter Gabriel and Bjork to Robert Plant, Dido, Jeff Beck and many more. He has also worked extensively in the film industry, arranging and recording all the ethnic percussion for five Bond 007 films. The app is a direct and personal route to his rhythm factory with all the individual percussion parts recorded by Pete. These are not ineffective sequenced patterns but actual recorded audio waiting to groove with rhythm at multiple tempos through your very own mobile device. Through his decades of studio experience Pete has become a master of layering various percussion instruments into mesmerising rhythm fabrics and flowing grooves. Shakers and congas interwoven with Indian ghatam, pop drum set and Arabic req or else a Carnatic kanjira with some Cuban bongos, Latin cowbells, rock drum kit, seed shakes and surdu. There are dozens of different looped instruments to choose from, each with up to 20 different patterns. You can change the levels, alter the pan, mute, solo, and tweak a low-pass filter giving you a great degree of flexibility over each individual part. Or simply press the random button to randomise all (or some) the parts and get some really funky and unexpected changes. It can even automatically randomise periodically for hands-free unpredictability. The excellent time stretch system and multiple-tempo loop recordings mean that you can get great natural sounding audio across a wide tempo range. Change the number of beats to use in the loops to alter time signature. Pick from a wide range of solo instruments where you can jam away over the top of the grooves you create. These include all sorts of ethnic percussion instruments from Kanjira and Ghatam, to Djembe, Bongos, Dube and Cajon, and more. There are also custom drum kits from great drummers such as Johnny Rabb, Russ Miller, KJ Sawka, Dave Langguth, Steve Sidelnyk and Scott Pellegrom. With a detailed and complete range of quantize options performed by simply dragging your fingers around, it is possible for even the absolute novice to get some funky grooves immediately. Additional loops and pad instruments are available for in-app purchase, but rest assured that the base app is loaded with kits and loops! There are also incredible filter, pitch bend, delay, reverb, lofi, and distortion effects available for the solo instruments, which really adds a whole new dimension of live performance possibilities. With multiple save and export options, it is possible to record loops or a whole performance to later import into your DAW or other audio app as 44.1kHz 16-bit WAV files. This is great for studio use and can form the basis of a new song idea very easily. DrumJam supports export via iTunes file sharing, open directly in another app, email, AudioCopy, and export to SoundCloud. There is support for background audio, Audiobus, Inter-app-audio, and a MIDI implementation that supports clock sync in/out, and playing the solo kits externally triggered via MIDI input, or outputting your live pad performance via MIDI output! Also has Ableton Link support! Whatever you do in music, we are certain there is a use for DrumJam in your world. Give it a try and join forces with an ancient percussive energy.

Version History - Fixed layout issues in the preferences on recent iPhones 1.4.5 07/24/2022 - Updated with new instrument information and credits to go along with the new JS Hang and World Pack 1.4.3 10/20/2021 - Fixed Ableton Link support on latest iOS version - Added new option "Stops Wait Until Loop End", when enabled pressing stop (or hit stop) will wait until the end of the current loop before stopping. 1.4.2 06/13/2021 - Layout fixes - Updated documentation for new in-app purchase instruments - Other bugfixes 1.4.1 10/20/2020 - Compatibility fixes for iOS 14 - Layout now optimized for all devices - Updated Audiobus SDK - Fixed Inter-App Audio related issues Please let us know via email at [email protected] if you discover any issues with this update, thanks... Stay tuned for more downloadable loops and instruments coming soon! 1.4 09/25/2020 - Added Ableton Link integration. Ableton Link is a new technology that synchronizes beat, phase and tempo of Link-enabled iOS apps and Ableton Live over a wireless network. - Added Audiobus Remote triggers, updated to latest SDK - Added Bluetooth LE MIDI support - Added 3D touch support for iPhone 6S/6S+, usable for velocity or repeat rate control on pads - Fixed various Inter-app audio lifecycle issues, avoids being a zombie - Fixed stuck auto-repeat via midi input - Fixed issue where loop vol/pan didn't change when set via CC during pending change - Stop hits are not played if loop is muted and now respect pan/vol of loop - Other bug fixes Don't forget to update your reviews and ratings for the new version, it really helps! Also, please send feedback to [email protected] for any questions or concerns, as developers cannot respond to user reviews in the App Store. 1.3.3 03/14/2016 - Added option to ignore IAA sync - Optimized for iPhone 6 and 6+ - Improved round-robin velocity behavior - Added option to set position of Audiobus control panel - Added Quantize Tap option, which quantizes all pad instrument taps to next selected rhythmic boundary. Quantized tap can also be applied to incoming midi notes (optionally ignored in prefs), and stop hits. - Added Choke Decay control, which affects % of sample duration - Fixed Audiobus “port unavailable” connection issue, and updated to latest SDK - Fixed possible crash when starting up with midi device attached - Fixed missing note off messages when sending MIDI using pads There are also several new in-app purchase packs available now, be sure to check them out in the Drum Store under the settings section of the app: BRAZIL AND WOOD PACK Pandeiro, modified Berimbau, Earth Udu, and Repinique Loops. Granite block pad instrument. ASIAN METAL AND BAMBOO PACK Thai Rumwong, Vietnamese Hmong brass harp, Thai gong, and Chinese gong loops. Anklung pad instrument. AFRICAN PACK Brekete, Kaganu, Kpanlogo, and Talking Drum Loops, along with Talking Drum pad instrument MIXED WORLD PACK Pineapple lid req, Bulgarian Tupan loops. Paulo Mattioli Djembe, Remo cluster, Garrapatta bells pad instruments. LATIN SET Timbales Loops. Timbales, Conga, Tumba, Quinto, and Congas Set pad instruments MULTI BONGO SET Indian Bongos, Piccolo Bongos Loops. Indian Bongos, Piccolo Bongos, Remo Crown Bongos pad instruments. Don't forget to update your reviews and ratings for the new version, it really helps! Also, please send feedback to [email protected] for any questions or concerns, as developers cannot respond to user reviews in the App Store. 1.3.2 07/27/2015 - Updated to latest Audiobus SDK - Compatibility updates for iOS8 - Added VoiceOver support for blind and visually impaired users Don't forget to update your reviews and ratings for the new version, it really helps! Also, please send feedback to [email protected] for any questions or concerns, as developers cannot respond to user reviews in the App Store. 1.3.1 09/17/2014 - Audiobus2 support, with state save/restore - Added direct AudioShare export - Added solo pad auto-repeat Swing control - Now listens to MIDI program change messages to switch loaded kits, and user/factory session presets (see Users Guide for details regarding bank select). - Responds to a fixed set of MIDI CCs for most parameters (see Users Guide for specification). - Double-tap for defaults on individual effects sliders - Now supports MIDI voice-per-channel for Pad instruments - Added option to only record pad instrument output only - Drum kits now have separate open/closed hat notes for MIDI use (GM bindings) - Fixed attack consistency issue with large buffer sizes - Fix instruments with broken MIDI maps 1.3 05/21/2014 v1.2.1: - fixed save issue on iPhone/iPod - added audio previews in Drum Store v1.2: * Additional loops and instruments now available for In-App Purchase. * BEDLAM chaotic pad instrument effects: randomized pitch, pan, glitch, and reverse as you play the pads. * Inter-App-Audio support (IAA), for smooth integration into midi and audio DAW workflows. * Added control for the loop beat count to alter the effective time signature (2 through 8 beats per loop). * Added Drop Chance control that causes the auto-repeat to randomly drop hits when dragging on the pads. * Additional user preset export options * Master limiter effect added * MIDI clock sync improvements * Loop pitch is now adjustable (all loops together) * Streamlined settings * AudioCopy v2 support * iOS7 optimizations If you can, please update your reviews and ratings for this version, and as always give us feedback via email at [email protected] or via the forums at drumjamapp.com. Developers can't reply to App Store reviews even though we'd like to! 1.2.1 02/08/2014 * Additional loops and instruments now available for In-App Purchase. * BEDLAM chaotic pad instrument effects: randomized pitch, pan, glitch, and reverse as you play the pads. * Inter-App-Audio support (IAA), for smooth integration into midi and audio DAW workflows. * Added control for the loop beat count to alter the effective time signature (2 through 8 beats per loop). * Added Drop Chance control that causes the auto-repeat to randomly drop hits when dragging on the pads. * Additional user preset export options * Master limiter effect added * MIDI clock sync improvements * Loop pitch is now adjustable (all loops together) * Streamlined settings * AudioCopy v2 support * iOS7 optimizations If you can, please update your reviews and ratings for this version, and as always give us feedback via email at [email protected] or via the forums at drumjamapp.com. Developers can't reply to App Store reviews even though we'd like to! 1.2 01/29/2014 v1.1.1 - fixes for Audiobus initial connection, and fixed loss of audio after interruption by phone call or alarm. From v1.1: Introducing Audiobus support: Now you can stream live audio from DrumJam directly to other Audiobus-compatible apps! See http://audiob.us for more information. Other improvements: - Optimized for iPhone 5 and new iPod touch - Korg WIST (wireless sync-start) support - Fixed MIDI sync drift issues 1.1.1 12/15/2012 Introducing Audiobus support: Now you can stream live audio from DrumJam directly to other Audiobus-compatible apps! See http://audiob.us for more information. Other improvements: - Optimized for iPhone 5 and new iPod touch - Korg WIST (wireless sync-start) support - Fixed MIDI sync drift issues 1.1 12/11/2012 Bugfix-only release: - Fixed preset crashing issue on iOS6 - Fixed MIDI channel input selection (now respects selected midi input channel, and added Omni mode) - Fixed issue where settings menu covered AudioCopy popup 1.0.1 10/16/2012 1.0 09/03/2012

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Previous Versions

Here you can find the changelog of DrumJam since it was posted on our website on 2016-09-29 13:24:00. The latest version is 1.4.5 and it was updated on 2026-06-24 11:56:27. See below the changes in each version.

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