Drum Beats+ Rhythm Machine
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | $6.99 | Ninebuzz Software LLC | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
But that’s not all. It can also help you write songs, jam with friends, or even perform live. It's a learning, jamming and performing tool that keeps getting better, just like you.
“No more annoying metronome ticks or digital click tempos!” AnthonyVilla, March 3, 2015
“Awesome sounding and authentically grooving drum loops…but also a great practice tool for timing.” Ets5017, March 10, 2015**
"Sorry drummers...but I use this on live gigs.” RBJ555, Aug. 29, 2015
“A proper replacement for your deadbeat drummer.” Rolling Stone Magazine, Dec. 14, 2011
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FEATURES
Cheaper than a metronome, simpler than a drum machine.
• The simple design means you’ll spend more time playing, less time learning the app
• Comes with over 100 great sounding drum beats in rock, blues and other styles
• Play any beat at any tempo without changing the pitch
• Includes tempos ranging from 60 to 190 beats per minute in simple 5 bpm intervals
• "Favorite" the beats you like best so you can access them quicker
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As you advance as a player, you’ll grow into the app’s advanced features.
• Improve your timing with Bar Break beats that rest for entire bars or more
• Refine your ear with beats that alternate between swing and straight feels, loud and soft volumes and beats per bar
• Export your favorite beats to other audio apps for recording, sequencing, or live performance
• Jam loud by using AirPlay to play beats through your stereo or Apple TV
• Hit the randomizer button to challenge yourself with beats you might not choose
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So many drummers, so little time. Drum Beats+ includes five beat packs of different styles—100+ beats in all.
• Starter Pack. 17 essential rock, jazz, blues and electronic beats
• Hit Songs 1 Pack. 16 beats based on popular songs every guitarist should know
• Break Beats Pack. 16 bumping beats of classic funk and soul breaks
• Pop Rock 1 Pack. 12 beats spanning funk, straight ahead rock, shuffles and more
• Rhythm & Timing 1 Pack. 41 beats that alternate grooves, volumes, beats per bar and rests
• Every beat features different sounds—booming rock bass drums, snappy soul snares and more. All digitally mastered to make practicing a pleasure
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No need to replace the app with a complicated drum machine, or even a drummer. Just add more drum beat packs. They start at 99 cents each—just pennies per beat! Preview them all inside the app.
• Blues 1 Pack. A mix of 14 traditional blues beats. Including straight and shuffle, sticks and brushes
• Blues 2 Pack. 15 thumping beats that dive deep into the blues
• Country 1 Pack. 14 ballads, trains, shuffles and more. Perfect for country and beyond
• Heavy Metal 1 Pack. 11 thunderous and shredtastic double-bass beats
• Jazz 1 Pack. 20 essential jazz beats masterfully played with sticks and brushes
• R&B Essentials Pack. 12 drum machine-inspired R&B beats
• Latin Jazz Pack. 20 crisp and percussive Afro-Cuban, Brazilian beats and more
• World Beats Pack. 20 world-famous beats including salsa, rumba and bossa nova
• Tambourines Pack. 10 sizzling tambourine loops in various rhythms
• Artificial 1 Pack. 16 excellent modern and vintage-sounding electronic beats
Reviews
Simple and Serves Its Purpose Well
AC11367
As a bass player, this is exactly what I’m looking for in terms of practice and writing new bass lines. The variety of beats that comes with the purchase is pretty satisfying as well. If you want even more variety, there’s an option to purchase at a reasonable price.
Dynamic teaching too
percussionest
I've been teaching drums for over 40 years and have been playing for over 60 years. I have seen and used many creative ways of training drummers. Books, sheet music, hands on teaching and metronomes were all we had back in early years of my training. All of the modern technology, computers apps of this nature are wonderful tools, To help make the modern drummer the best that he can be. This app does what drum machines and metronomes always do, "Hold the drummer accountable for keeping the beat and staying in the pocket. One of the best drum machine apps out there.
Overpricing just killed a decent app.
MilesTag16
They just took a decent-sounding, simple to use drum backing app (that I already paid for) and made it unusable unless I now pay an additional $100.00 to unlock the new “VIP” features. That’s twice to cost of a full featured, top-of-the-line DAW app for a glorified metronome! How in the world are they justifying that price? Sorry guys, you just priced yourself out of business in my opinion. There are TONs of far superior drum apps out there for a fraction of the price. This WAS a cool app at less than $10.00, but there is no valid reason for it to be the most expensive music production app on the market. UPDATE - as the developer has kindly responded. I will push up to a 3 star. I might have been a little harsh. I still just do not like the idea of subscription models for apps or software. I understand the necessity in some cases, but I would be much happier to see in app content purchases. Especially in music apps. Then we could pay once for blocks of content. I purchase loops and patches and pro feature upgrades regularly in other apps. I probably don’t want to know how much I have spent on them, but I like that they are mine once purchased. I would likely pay for upgraded features and content in this app as well. But I only want to pay once to unlock each feature or set of loops. It’s fair for developers to be paid for their ongoing efforts, but IMO subscriptions are not the way to do it.
Great App and Very Responsive Developer
ryanguitar123
This is one of my favorite apps that I use daily. There way a change in the app to offer some cool in app purchases and one of the free beats was accidentally switched to paid. I emailed the developer and they were quick to reply back telling me that it was a mistake. Great customer service!!! Highly recommend!!!
Battery killer
rastabot
It’s killing my battery on my iPhone 8. Battery usage says 79% of my total usage used in the last 24 hours due to background activity. I don’t know what’s going on and couldn’t fix it so I had to delete the app
5 stars again
crazydrumcrazy
Alright, Im back with my beats! After having my library erased, ninebuzz promptly replied and now it solved my problem. Thank you!
Too many upsells
WOW Composer
For a paid app, there are too many basic features missing for serious musicians without having to purchasing extra features: the ability to select a tempo in increments smaller than +/-5, and the inability to filter out unpurchased add-on grooves leads to absurd "VIP" content clutter in the UI. To their credit, the developer did respond quickly, acknowledging that these were annoying issues, but that eliminating them will require subscriptions. I will be looking into Drum Genius to use instead of this app.
record option
Bigbadbobbyt
Would love to be able to click record, And open my iphone mike. Easy Peasy.
Baitware
Riposter26
So you spend a few bucks to scroll through 85% of the “VIP” beats that can only be used by monthly subscription (LOLOL) or by paying an additional $40 (LOLOLOLOL). Because you can’t sort your plebeian beats from the VIP Richie rich beats, it’s too annoying to use... ::scrolls and scrolls:: “oh look. I see 2 simple beats on the wrong side of the train tracks, let’s use those...”
