Blip Box Drum Synth (+ Kit Sharing)

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Hi all

This is a great iOS / iPad OS / Mac OS app that’s worth a look at. It’s a bit MD-ish and is a synth only app, so no sequencer. I use it with Playbeat 3 and it’s proving to be a lot of fun. I posted originally on the iPad Music Apps thread, but another 'naut suggested a kit sharing and discussion thread.

Here’s the first share from @williohm : https://www.elektronauts.com/uploads/short-url/oIuyI5LRdmqenGCaT2PG9DCp5gy.blbxpreset

Here’s the original post if you’re interested :

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Nice! I’ll probably be posting kits here periodically, hope to see others, too…

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I grabbed this, it looks super fun! Haven’t dived in yet though.

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i’m curious why this is being described as “MD-ish” when Machinedrum is called Machinedrum because there are dozens of front end machines (sound generators, the actual synthesis engines) to choose from covering an extremely wide survey of known percussion synthesis methods, tightly integrated with a sequencer (this point is not trivial for the experience of what a Machinedrum is).
unless i’m missing something really obvious this app has one subtractive + fm synthesis engine to use over 16 voices and has no sequencer. it looks like a very capable, deep and fun percussion synthesizer but it feels like a weird mis-categorization to lump this the Machinedrum

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I’ve owned a machine drum and this app very much reminded me of the type of sounds I used to create in the MD. That’s it.
Have you tried it?

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I really like Blip Box, the various settings give you a lot of potential for making drums and percussion

I used Blip Box for all the drums in the jam below. I plan to use it a lot more going forward

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nice sounds, thanks for sharing :slight_smile:

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Thanks for the preset! These are amazing sounds!
I just got the app and it’s quite great.

If anyone wants to share more presets please do… kicks and hats would be super