I decided to give PixiTracker for iPad a try since it's free right now and I left impressed and inspired by the features it has on hand. First forget any idea that this is a PC music tracker. This is a drum machine with a few surprises. Not only does Alexander Zolotov give us a great drum/synth step sequencer, you'll notice at the top of the display, there is a keyboard with octave and velocity controls which is used to change the pitch of each seperate note of each track. With this simple feature you can make any melody you want and with the song mode you can chain patterns to make even longer melodies. The sounds are very 8 bit and can sound extra crunchy pitched down. Another cool feature bottom left of the display is a waveform viewer that lets you scrub the selected sound and change the sample start and end points. This app may not be a one stop shop but you can make full compositions with it or just focus on pattern creation and export as WAV files or use audio copy paste to send your loops to Looptastic or GlitchBreaks or Auria ect. The app's settings page was recently updated with connections for AudioBus and Jack Audio so try routing it to Sugar Bytes new iPad effects app Turnado. The ability to save and load songs, a dedicated main volume control, 12 track sequencer, 16 cool pitchable sounds, sample start/stop adjustments and a very cool video mode makes this app worth much more than the asking price of free!!! (limited time) So leave a good review as a way of saying thanks. Works great on iPad 1 too.
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