BeatHawk
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | $9.99 | UVI | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
» Packed with high-quality UVI sounds, instruments and effects
» Use included UVI sounds, your own samples, or high-quality expansion packs
» Use with other Apps that support Ableton Link. Audiobus, AudioCopy and AudioUnits
» Export your mixes, stems, MIDI tracks or as Ableton Live project files
» Share with your friends on YouTube or SoundCloud
» Get your ideas out quickly, efficiently and sounding great no matter where you are!
STUDIO GRADE
» Designed to put professional quality UVI software into a lightweight and fun performance-oriented package
» Delivers extreme sonic fidelity rivaling desktop products
» Power, speed and flexibility make for ultimate ease-of-use
» Ensures fast, intuitive and professional quality music production
SOUNDS
» Including 2 factory sound packs with 2,000+ samples, 290 presets and dozens of loops
» Import your own sounds (support for MP3, WAV, AIF, FLAC, and M4A)
» Record using built-in mic, line-in or external devices
» Edit and tweak sounds with high-quality effects and ADSR envelopes
» Integrated sound expansion store (Acoustic Grand, Atlanta Urban, Funk, Brass Riffs, Asia, World Percussions, Vintage Blues Guitar, Electric Organs, Electro Pop, and much more…)
CONNECTIVITY
» Ableton Link, Inter-App Audio, Audio Unit v3 Plugin, Audiobus and AudioCopy support
» Transfer files via. iCloud, Google Drive, DropBox or OneDrive
» Paste audio directly to pads with AudioCopy
» External keyboard and MIDI-over-LAN support via CoreMIDI
» Jam with multiple devices using WIST Sync over Bluetooth
» Export stereo mix, stems, MIDI tracks or Ableton Live project file (file format: 44.1kHz 24-bit WAV)
» Share your music on SoundCloud and YouTube
FEATURES
» 16 track sequencer with up to 16 patterns per part
» Pad, keyboard and pattern performance modes
» High-quality pitch and time stretching
» Numerous scales playable in Pitch mode
» Step Editor mode with Note and CC
» Record using built-in mic, line-in or external devices
» Edit and tweak sounds with high-quality effects and ADSR envelopes
» Choke groups and One-Shot sample modes
» Bind parameters to MIDI CC with MIDI Learn
» Perform and record arrangements in realtime
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
» iOS 9+
» iPad 4 or newer
» iPhone 5 or newer (iPhone 6 or newer recommended)
» 950MB of disk space
www.beathawk.com
Reviews
BeatHawk is a pretty decent way to make beats, but not much of a full production app.
JRSIV1975
It can’t be denied UVI’s sound libraries are exceptional, with the sounds found in BeatHawk being the same as those found in their desktop sample collections. But you will pay for those sounds, as the IAP price for just a few instrument collections quickly adds up to the mid double digits and beyond. My problem with BeatHawk is that the interface is just plain unwieldy. Going from the pads/instr. keyboard to the sample browser is just not fluid and editing samples and trying to balance a groove is just very clunky. You can create well produced music of multiple ELECTRONIC music genres, including hip hop etc. with BH. I say that because recording acoustic instruments or vocals outside of sampling a few seconds is not possible. Many of BeatHawk’s competitors like iMPC Pro & BeatMaker 3 have evolved their apps from basic groove boxes to full fledged DAW’s, capable of recording rock, jazz, whatever. Unless UVI tightens up the functionality of BeatHawk to make it THE most seamless way to create beats, making it attractive to those intimidated by tons of DAW features, they will have a rough time convincing iOS music producers to reach for BeatHawk when they have iMPC Pro, BeatMaker 3 or better yet Cubasis or Auria Pro that can do simple beat production and so much more. That being said, if you’re a rapper or hip hop beat producer looking for a quick way to make beats, with some great sounds & the ability to use your own, BeatHawk is a good choice.
Unusable with iPhone X
marktheshrink
It is a good app which does a lot of what Beatmaker 3 does and is generally easier to learn and is iPhone compatible but it is unusable on iPhone X. Please update!
Needs a major update for IPhone X
KingdomHitz TV
The screen is not full screen at all rendering the app useless pls fix so I can give this a better review ty.
did the support ticket and got no answer
Kevin Michael Miami 1
At this point I have NO ACCESS to any of my sessions/projects thru ITUNES. Put in a support ticket and have heard nothing. Very concerned that I’m about to lose all my projects. Someone from tech support please answer.
Professional Grade Studio Quality
RUST(i)K
Very fortunate to have this on iOS platform. This is an for grown ups. Stunning quality sounds and dazzling GUI. This app led the way in the most important aspects of Groove box evolution on iOS. Don’t skip the IAPs, worth it for real!
Fun for beat-based music
Elvenmimstrel
Filled with great sounds, and there’s an option to buy additional sound sets. Makes it easy to generate the elements for a track, and to mix and match them in a modular structure. Stable and responsive.
Very Flexible
Squirrel man09
One of the cool things about the old classic analog drum machines from Roland and Kong was that they allowed you to select multiple rhythms and create new complex beats. Selecting multiple beats on separate pads and playing them tempo locked together gives cool results. Well done UVI!
Great sounds, but AU needs serious work
Wildog!
The samples are really good. I mainly use BeatHawk as SampleTank, but when hosted in BeatMaker 3 the AU glitches and makes noises. I have to disable the AU as an MIDI input device every time. Also there are serious issues with CPU usage when hosted in other DAWs.
