What’s new.
Every Drum Pad update, newest first.
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We fixed some bugs.
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Play gives back your take exactly as you played it, gently tightened to the beat.
New
- Hold the hi-hat for a roll of 16ths, with the accents a drummer plays
- Takes tighten to the beat by themselves when you stop. Turn it off with Quantize takes in the menu bar menu
- Drag the speaker key up or down to set the volume; the square shows the level
Better
- × or Esc drops a take at once, and ⌘Z brings it back until you record again
- The metronome stays quiet while you listen back to a take
Fixed
- Play keeps your take’s timing exactly, loop after loop
- A first hit played just before the beat is kept in the take
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Three new looks, calmer animations, and a quicker way to set up your pads.
New
- Three new looks for the square: Fighters, Drummer and Aquarium
- Right-click a pad, then press a key or hit a pad on your MIDI controller: it plays that pad now. The small ↺ puts it back
- The Runner plays your beat: the kick stomps, the snare jumps, the hats light the sun
Better
- Ripples, Fireworks and Stars are calmer: every hit fades before the next beat
- The menu bar menu lists the tall and wide layouts first
Fixed
- Saved videos show the square’s grid just as the app does
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A small update with fixes.
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The first release: a drum pad in your Mac menu bar. Play it on your keyboard or a pad controller, drop in your own sounds, and save what you play as audio, MIDI or video.