GrooveMaker D’n’B ($9.99)
Version – 1.0.1
REVIEW – “Create your own unique groove!”
Have you always wanted to create music even though you’re not really a musician? Or maybe you are a musician and you just want to quickly create a new groove to listen too. Well IK Multimedia may have just the tool for you! GrooveMaker comes in several different versions. There is a free addition with just enough music to get you interested, and then there are several others. The version that I reviewed is called “GrooveMaker D’n’B” and features “D’n’B” style grooves.
When you first open this app up you will be asked to register, which is a fairly quick and painless process. By registering with the developer’s website you actually receive an extra set of grooves as well so it is definitely worth it! Once you have
registered all you have to do is select a song to get started. If it is the first time you have opened that song it will take a few seconds to unpack all of the samples, but after that first time it just takes a few seconds to get started.
Once you’ve selected a song to work with you are taken to the main editing screen. In the center of the screen you will see the currently selected “samples” that you have selected. This 
can be anywhere from 1 to 8 different samples at the same time. At the bottom of the screen are three light gray buttons that you use to edit which “samples” are selected and being played.
Once you have set up all the samples that you want to have playing you can set it as one of your “groove’s” by pushing the “Groove Snap” button. Once you have several of these “groove’s” you can set them up to play in any order you want to make a complete song! There are several buttons on the right side of the screen that will generate random mixes. 
These buttons are labeled “Mix A” through “Mix D” and they will generate different types of grooves. You can even set how many tracks that these special mixes will have assigned within them by touching the “Prefs” button on the left side of the screen.
Tempo is easily controlled in this app by tapping the “Tempo” button in the bottom right corner in the rhythm that you want the tempo to be set at. You can also bring up a scroll 
wheel and “+” and “-“ buttons for more accuracy by holding down the tempo button until they show up just above it. You can set a wide variety of tempos everywhere from 16 bpm to 320 bpm.
The quality of the samples in this app are pretty good, and it was extremely easy to play around and create different sounds with very little effort on my part. One of the things that this app does the best is make itself easy to get started with, but without sacrificing to many of the “nitpicky” features that make apps like this fun for musicians. If you are a casual musician, or even if you just like playing with computer generated music, this app will offer you hours of endless entertainment. So what are you waiting for? Check out the “GrooveMaster” titles for iPhone and iPod Touch, and begin by downloading GrooveMaster D’n’B today!
- David H.
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Developer – IK Multimedia
URL: http://www.groovemaker.com/home/
DEVELOPERS NOTES
Groove Out Loud! Millions of grooves at your fingertips. And YOU are the DJ.
Over 300 loops included!
GrooveMaker® is THE app for creating non-stop electronic, dance and hip-hop tracks in real-time, by anyone, anywhere, like a professional DJ.
GrooveMaker gives you a completely new way of making music. Thanks to our patented “groove generator” technology, you can automatically remix the hundreds of loops included (grouped into “songs”), on the 8 available tracks, in virtually limitless ways, all with one touch. With GrooveMaker, ANYONE can be a DJ. It’s like working with a full music production studio!
With GrooveMaker, you can create professional full-length tracks and grooves for your music compositions, ambient soundtracks, movie scores and even dance parties or workouts — wherever you need to groove. And it’s so easy to learn, you’ll be creating the grooves of your friends’ envy in minutes.
Everything in GrooveMaker is done in real-time, without ever having to stop the music. You can add, remove, and replace single or multiple loops as you listen, so there’s no stop to your creative flow. Remixing is a breeze and a totally new experience. Full track sequencing is as easy as drag and drop, and puts you in control of the groove. It’s your mix, and it all happens in real-time.
Pick a drum groove. Layer on a bass riff. Add a bass drum beat. Spice it up with melodic and rhythmic lines, leads, pads or effect loops. Browse millions of grooves with one click and pick the ones you like. Change tempo on the fly without stopping the music. Then save it all as a new remix and export it to your Mac/PC* for your own compositions, compilations, video soundtracks and to share with your friends.
There are 7 additional GrooveMaker style packs available for every genre of dance music — club, house, hip-hop, techno, trance, electro, and a FREE version to start making grooves right away!
Get more info, watch GrooveMaker videos, and check audio demo of all GrooveMaker packs on:
www.groovemaker.com
GrooveMaker D’n’B features:
- Instantaneous control over 8 stereo loop tracks
- Play, Mix and Randomize loops on the fly
- Combine studio-quality loops to produce a million possible grooves
- Manipulate loops in real time (pan, volume, mute, solo, group, tempo)
- Arrange grooves easily with drag and drop to create full-length tracks
- Save, preview and recall you mixed tracks
- Upload your tracks as hi-quality WAV file to your Mac/PC (*Wi-Fi network required)
- Interactive Help allows quick learning simply following the indicated steps
Included sound Features:
- Massive loops library of drums, bass, bass-drums, lines, pads, percussion, effects
- D’n’B style
- 4 included songs + 1 FREE song when you register
- 315 loops
- 150-160-170-180 BPM
- 127 MB of samples
*** IMPORTANT NOTICE: THE FIRST TIME A SONG IS LAUNCHED GROOVEMAKER WILL UNPACK ITS SAMPLES. THIS MIGHT TAKE UP TO 2 MINUTES. DO NOT INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS!***
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