Amen Break Generator (Revived)

This app is an incredibly hands on way to have some fun with breaks! It provides a workflow very similar to a hardware alternative like an sp404 or akai mpc, but for very cheap and available anywhere you go. The ability to import breaks it great and the recording feature is awesome! As is the app is a solid 8/10, but with a few changes I think it could be an easy 10/10. A few more effects and parameters for effects would be nice. An overdrive/distortion for example, or a reverb or an eq cut would go a long way. Maybe 10 total? Extra adjustment for them would be great as well, such as a basic knob or 2 for each. Along with the extra effects, some extra sounds like gabber kicks or 909 crashes would be great, and just a trigger for one of the 16 steps would be great for them. These combined would make this app something incredible, and I wouldn’t mind paying 10$ if added. Again incredible app and was very useful when I didn’t have hardware.

I love this app because of its simple and elegant way of mapping a drum break to its buttons, which act as both sequencer and pad bank. The fact that you can switch out different breaks on the fly and make stitched-together combinations that are synced perfectly with one another is something I’ve never seen another app or device do in such a user friendly way! The added bonus of loading in your own samples is amazing as well, as long as you’re using samples you’ve already trimmed properly (which you’ll need to do in a different app) makes this a very usable and powerful tool!

Really glad this is back on the app store, it’s so much fun to play around with. I hope in the future it keeps getting more features! I would love to have a mode where you can lock the loop to restart after 8 bars or something like that, so that you don’t lose the beat after going too crazy. I also wish there was a mode or way to hit the snare and other percs more like a pad instead of starting the loop playing from that point. Overall worth the money!