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RD3 - Groovebox

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ANDROID VERSION
2.1 and up
INSTALLATIONS
10,000 - 50,000
PRICE
USD 2.61

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Description

Recreate the sound of early electronic dance music with an app that recalls an analog synthesizer and drum machine!

*** If you have a high-end phone or tablet please check out the RD3 HD version with more features ***

Developed in Berlin, RD3 - Groovebox is a pioneering audio app for Android that lets you program your own grooves. This multi-touch enabled app makes it simple to invent unique loops and manipulate them with a resonant filter on the go.

Appropriate both for experienced musicians and novices.

Loops you've created with the Groovebox can also be automatically integrated into mikrosonic's audio mixer app SPC - Music Sketchpad.

Musical Features:
- Virtual analog synthesizer
- 3 types of waveforms
- Reminiscent of the legendary 303 synthesizer
- High-quality or regular filter modes
- Drum machine with 8 drum kits: 808, 909, 606, CR-78, Linn, KR55, RZ1, DMX
- Real-time step sequencer
- 4 bars with 16 steps per instrument
- 3 play modes: Solo, loop or random

Technical Features:
- Multi-touch control
- Audio loop export feature
- Session save capability
- Cut/copy/paste pattern
- App2SD

System Requirements:
- Android 2.1 or higher
- Screen resolution 480×320 (HVGA) or higher
- 550 MHz CPU or faster supporting ARMv7

More details at: http://www.mikrosonic.com/rd3

Terms of Use: http://www.mikrosonic.com/terms
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RD3 - Groovebox
RD3 - Groovebox
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RD3 - Groovebox
RD3 - Groovebox
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Latest Community Comments

Mar 29, 2011 7:52:01 PM

Very well done app.
The sound is quite excellent, if a bit simple; but it would be simple - it's emulating a single-oscillator monophonic synthesizer and an early 80s beatbox.

The interface is well designed and responsive, and coming up with good melodies should have been this easy on a real tb-303, or mc-202.

Ability to save a session, and export a sound file is a must, and it's here and works well.

A couple wishes:
- it would be nice to have more patterns, and the ability to define pattern order / reps;
- flam on the drum machine would be very cool;
- having to go back to the mixer to switch patterns is just slightly awkward - having up and down buttons for browsing patterns on the actual instrument screens would be nice.

One slight hitch - and this might be a hardware issue, or a patent issue:
- Multitouch is a little clumsy; one control can't be smoothly decreased while another is smoothly increased. They want to go the same direction. But if that's what you want, it works very well.

Conclusion: Excellent sound, lots of fun! Well worth the tiny price.