chipPad for iPad

live glitchy multi-touch loop performance goodness
now with contiguous & discontiguous sub-looping!

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Version 1.4 is iOS 6 compatible and is available now!

Version 1.3 added "Scenes!" Watch Video
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8 stereo tracks · AIF/WAV support · up to 128 steps per track · contiguous and discontiguous sub-loops via bit mode · saves sessions and loads them quickly · quarter/half/double speed · 4 mute groups · scenes · loop mode · reverse · per track volume faders · per track mute & solo · microfades · optional track display · master volume fader · multi-touch · portrait or landscape · practically zero latency · built-in help and sample sessions · made for musicians who create their own music · supports audio files of practically any length (up to available memory) · manage audio files using file sharing via iTunes · load audio, create some sessions, take it with you and jam on the commute · amazing performance feel

Read the complete chipPad help file online
(it's also built into chipPad on the iPad)


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QUOTES
Wow! It's a good thing I got the next four days off. Love doing vocal harmonies with this. - 5 stars!
Phantastic - 5 stars!
Let's cut to the chase...this app is awesome...best bang for buck...
If you've used mlr with a Monome or Launchpad with Nonome, you'll really appreciate this app - 5-stars!
You just made my day. I love chipPad. Nuff said.
[chipPad is] Dope
I have to say that not only do I love chipPad, but it was the only reason for purchasing my iPad!
Scenes & bits take it to 5 star.
...stretches as far as your imagination.
...immediately sucked me into making music and wouldn't let me stop.
chipPad Rocks! I'd consider it one of the best available on iPad.
Wowzers! This is a great app, and one of the first I put on my shiny new iPad.
The new version of chipPad for iPad is glitch heaven! Love those bits.
For those that love minimal beats and glitchy grooves, this will ripple right up your alley
...a game-changer for using loops. I'm importing old tracks and using them in entirely new ways now.
...lends itself to live performance possibilities.
...elegant in it's design...very promising.
Hands down, the best iPad music creation app out there.
...indeed one of the most musical iPad apps to date.
For this only...I bought an iPad yesterday.
Another *real* music tool. Not a toy, it's more like an audio weapon.
This video for chipPad blew my mind...
if you [want] to work with loops and create interesting sonics, you will want this!
...the only [thing] the iPad is useful for.
When I saw it on Matrixsynth today I bought it immediately.
...really attacks the idea of what this form factor could do as a digital performance tool.
This looks so futuristic!!!
...a fascinating variation on the grid concept.


chipPad Mix


PRESS & VIDEOS
EM'S Guide to the Best Music Tools for the Apple iPad 1-DEC-2010
DocPop uses chipPad to play his Riot Suit song 29-JUL-2010
VJFranzK performs live with chipPad on the Mantaray iPad Guitar 19-JUL-2010
VJFranzK plays chipPad on his Mantaray iPadGuitar/DJFrame 16-JUL-2010
Cameo at BoingBoing picnic by Doctor Popular 14-JUL-2010
Guest Appearance in Sonic Labs Korg Monotron Video Demo 11-JUN-2010
Promusic Apps 28-APR-2010
Jordan Rudess demos chipPad for Keyboard Magazine
SP-FORUMS 13-APR-2010
Keenan Gaynor Blog 13-APR-2010
Create Digital Music 11-APR-2010
djdysu.net - Future music 10-APR-2010
Matrixsynth 08-APR-2010
Create Digital Music 06-APR-2010


chipPad Bits


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chipPad uses icons courtesy of glyphish.com and was inspired by the greatness at monome.org