Rhythm Pad Pro

I’ve been using rhythm pad since day one. I’m happay to see that the creator of this app has kept up with all the multitude of apple updates and kept it alive and even expanding its capabilities. Here’s a couple things I would like to see. The reverb and compression is a nice addition to the experience. But ide like to see the reverb assignable to individual pads. I think that others might agree that it’s nice to have a dry and tight kick drum in the same kit as a snare soaked in reverb. As it is, reverb is applied to the whole kit. The compression is also applied to the whole kit but that is the way it should be. So, half awesome. And I really miss the pad animations you used to have in the olden days. It’s like they lit up from the center like there was one LED in the center and it got a little darker towards the edges. Not a big deal of course but to me it’s much more aesthetically pleasing than the all yellow graphic that has taken its place. And I also remember the old rhythm pad had a secret function that I really liked, and it might still be there, I haven’t checked this version yet. I assume it is. But if you have the app open while using your favorite DAW you can use it to control instruments within that DAW. I would open rhythm pad while using easy beats in Logic Pro and be able to trigger the easy beats samples including velocity with it. Try it, it’s really fun and useful for creating more lifelike drum tracks. Pads even match up kick for kick, snare to snare, etc. pretty cool! Keep up the good work!

I have completely re-wrote my review! This update makes me want to apologize for my previous review! Rhythm Pad now feels like a more serious drum app than a toy now! The developer has completely re-structured this app and it is usable now. There is a built in step sequencer that you can choose to record live to or step program. There is a metronome and a count in to start recording. With this new update I was no longer confused, the UI makes sense now and I tapped out a beat in seconds (it even quantize now) which can be exported as an audio file! The sounds are awesome and good quality which is a carry over from the original app. Great work...I would definitely recommend this app now! **edit** after playing with the app a bit more it still has some debilitating issues. It will only quantize 1/8 and 1/16....why not go the extra mile and add 1/32 and 1/64th? The way it is now limits the types of beats you can do...good luck trying a good trap beat. Also, when you record a beat, stop to listen and press record again to add to the beat, it erases the beat events instead of adding to it, so too bad so sad if you didn’t save that beat. The developer has made some great improvements, but it still has a way to go. Just a side note, velocity would be a nice feature and the ability to assign what pad gets reverb or not would also be cool...and the hopes of additional sound packs and AUv3 would be great 👍🏻

This has gotta be one of the best finger drumming apps on the market. Well designed with a simple layout and includes all of the features you’de want in an app of this kind. The best thing about it for me is the fact that virtually everything is customizable. You can assign any sound in a given kit to any of the 8 pads to fit your layout preference. The kits themselves are decent for the most part (that being said, at least the acoustic ones. The electronic kits are awful. I just steer clear of those.) I also like the fact that access to your music library is integrated within the app and if you choose to drum along to your tracks that way you can adjust the playback volume to better hear your own deadly rhythm. Overall, one of my favorites and one of the most frequently used apps on my phone. Good work guys. Hopefully you get around to adding a few more kits in the near future, yeah?