Flip Sampler - Mobile Music Studio App
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- receive data from Internet
- view network connections
- full network access
- change your audio settings
- reorder running apps
- prevent device from sleeping
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App summary
Flip is a sample-based mobile music studio that was designed for a fast and intuitive work flow. Import your own sounds, or record sounds directly with your device's microphone. As soon as you record a sound it’s available to be played on drum pads as well as being mapped across a keyboard. Sounds can be subtly shaped or entirely transformed using the built-in effects and easy-to-use editing tools.
You can record a quantized or unquantized performance on the pads or keyboard. There is also a full piano roll where you can enter and edit notes and velocities.
Record knob movements or draw automation by hand to bring even more life to your sounds. Every automation lane can also have its own independent length, for polymetric and generative music possibilities.
Create up to 16 different sections for your song and drag and drop them into any order to create your arrangement.
Mixing and mastering tools allow you to finish a full track without ever leaving your phone. You can export your full track, or hit the tape icon and record the live output of the app while you tweak anything on the fly. Both options allow you to capture individual track stems as well!
A performance page lets you trigger your patterns live while controlling a global filter, assignable pitch bends and reverb sends, and a random fill generator.
Flip can play up to 144 samples at a time, so it's a very CPU-intensive app. We recommend new devices and Android 10 or higher to really have fun with the app.
Features:
- 9 track sampler
- 4 effects per track: Delay, Filter, Chorus, Bitcrush
- Graphic EQ per track
- Monophonic or up to 16-note polyphonic playback per sample
- Adjustable pitch, volume, playback direction, sample start and stop points
- 19 automatable parameters per track
- Independent lengths for each automation lane
- Automation can be recorded via knob movements or drawn by hand
- Drum pad and keyboard input
- Full piano roll with 10 octaves, note velocity, editing tools
- Randomization over sample selection for quick inspiration
- Randomization over note position to create surprising variations
- Drag-and-drop song arrangement page
- Global reverb with individual track sends
- Mixing and mastering tools
- Powerful performance features for creating instant fills, pitch shifts, reverb sends, and global low or high pass filtering
- Export full track and stems
- Live recording of performances
- Metronome with tap tempo and swing/shuffle
- Undo and redo
UPDATE 1.4.0
- New Sample Looper with forward & both (ping pong) direction
- Ableton Link sync support
User reviews
- Great potential for music production and beat making.
- Intuitive user experience and interface.
- Offers unique features like sampling and effects.
- Helpful tutorials are available.
- Streamlined process for sampling and effects.
- Frequent crashes and bugs, particularly on certain devices.
- Recording often results in static instead of actual audio.
- Piano roll is difficult to use and doesn't respond well to touch.
- Limitations with sample importing and exporting.
- Audio engine issues, especially with Bluetooth devices.
- App frequently crashes or exhibits bugs.
- Static recording issues.
- User interface challenges, particularly with the piano roll.
- Feedback about unstable performance on different devices.
- Desire for more features and improvements in stability.
User reviews
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