Fugue Machine Rubato

🇺🇸 United States
Alexander Randon  | 
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App Age
6m 23d
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Last Update
Jun 29, 2025

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Number of Ratings (Voted)
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Fugue Machine Rubato
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Time-bending MIDI sequencer
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Bend time. Automate notes. A single grid as a multi-dimensional musical canvas — for iPad, iPhone, and Mac. Fugue Machine Rubato dives deeper into the multi-playhead piano roll concept of Fugue Machine Classic by adding time-bending playheads, parameter automation, and much more. At the heart of the sequencer is a nonlinear time engine that lets playheads move with a natural — or surreal — feel. Unlike conventional sequencers, where time advances at a constant rate, time in this engine can expressively accelerate, decelerate, freeze, and change direction. Playheads are now free to swing, strum, bounce, move elastically, and more. Built upon the time engine is a robust parameter automation system with time-bending automation playheads and envelopes sculpted with points, curves, and shapes. Nearly everything can be automated — even the notes. Eight years in the making, Fugue Machine Rubato is rock-solid and absolutely packed with features. HIGHLIGHTS • Bend time with curves, rates, and offsets • Automate notes and nearly everything else • Sculpt envelopes with curves and shapes • Position playheads anywhere on the grid • Play up to eight playheads at once • Apply note echoes per-playhead • Arpeggiate notes from multiple playheads • Blend notes from multiple playheads • Offset, stack, spread, and invert pitches • Clamp, compress, and expand velocities • Program drums via per-note Drum Trigs • Route notes to up to eight MIDI outputs • Organize patterns in nestable folders • Launch patterns quantized to the beat • Revert state via auto-saved Snapshots • Learn contextually via popovers • Explore ~150 built-in patterns • Control via touch, keyboard, and cursor • Resize Mac window at native resolution COMPATIBILITY Fugue Machine Rubato supports iPad, iPhone, Mac (Intel & Apple Silicon), Ableton Link, MIDI, and AUv3* MIDI. With the included AUv3 MIDI plugin, you can run multiple instances of Fugue Machine Rubato within AUv3 host apps — like AUM, Logic Pro for iPad, Loopy Pro, and Cubasis. UNIVERSAL APP — ONE-TIME PURCHASE Pay once and use on iPad, iPhone, and Mac. LEARN MORE — TRY A FREE DEMO To learn more or try a free demo via TestFlight, visit fuguemachinerubato.com.}
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Rating
4.6
86 voters

Some Latest Reviews

thisaccountdoesnotexist
29 Nov, 2025
4
There’s a glitch that can cause either crackling sound from any instrument output(sounds like spikes in velocity but idk) or cause a major crash (prob due to overload) causing maximum noise (so be cautious while wearing headphones). Closing and reopening solves it and problem may disappear for quite a while. So it’s not a deal breaker but definitely should be addressed.
SimpleSongWriter
27 Nov, 2025
5
Long have I waited till the price came down for the first time. This is a universal app that runs on Intel Macs too, hence the steep price. Had fun with the Classic Fugue Machine, but this is a completely different beast. It’s a mighty compositional tool. Like an instrument it will take time to learn. I‘m already awestruck by listening to the presets alone, and this is only with the simplistic built in synth.
mainplaner
01 Oct, 2025
5
I was a big fan of the original fugue machine, but I hesitated on buying rubato due to cost and a lack of need. I’m glad I revisited that decision however as this app is incredible!! It’s so deep and such a cool way to approach sequencing. You could easily write a whole piece using just a single instance of this app! Also the fact that this was also released as a universal app makes it worth the added cost imo. I just hope at some point they release an auv2 wrapper so I can also use this in Reaper.
Kensington Slagger
26 Sep, 2025
3
I’m pretty satisfied with this unique sequencer. It’s one of a kind and will be one of the only sequencers I’ll use out of the 10 I already have. It’s feature packed and the layout is well designed. Alex added lots of his own presets to get things moving but for the price I REALLY wish this app had the ability to import midi files, as I literally have thousands of them. Also, I agree with the other reviewer who is asking for a randomization feature. I’ll give this app 5 stars if these two requests are implemented.
Kyler C
22 Sep, 2025
5
Updated Review: I applaud developers like this with the skills to make such fun and original apps for creating music. Keep up the fantastic work you’re doing! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Stopmakingsense73
20 Sep, 2025
5
I bought an iPad just to get this app. No regrets.
Who ?Knows?
12 Sep, 2025
5
Rhythmic displacement, Isorhythm, talea are new words for me. Had to ask AI what was making such a few numbers of notes create such cool polyrhythmic musical magic that may not repeat for hours. Eating patterns with patterns, using note echos to get cool rhythmic displacement between future notes. This is so much fun and there is still more to learn. Thanks, impressive.
Kyler C
08 Sep, 2025
1
I realized within about 30 minutes or so after purchasing the new Fugue Machine Rubato that it wasn’t an app that I would use to make music. It might be a good app, but it’s not for me. I requested a refund within an hour of having bought this app, and my request was rejected twice. Man, was I naïve in thinking I’d be respected more than this. The reason I even bought the app in the first place was because for several years I’ve enjoyed the original Fugue Machine. But at this point, after having this extremely poor customer service experience, I don’t even enjoy using the original Fugue Machine anymore either.
Rakkit123
07 Sep, 2025
4
As elegant and powerful as Fugue Machine Rubato is, the sparse manual makes the learning curve too steep for me, since I only have bits of time here and there to learn. A fuller guide is needed to unlock its true potential for people like me.

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Rating:
4.6
Voted: 86
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Categories: Music, Utilities
Size: 17MB
App Age: 6 months 23 days
Release Date: May 20, 2025
Last Update: Jun 29, 2025
Version: 1.1.0
Version history
1.1.0
Jun 29, 2025
- AUv3 support for Mac. - added AUv3 settings to customize behavior when the host is cycling around a loop.
1.0.2
Jun 04, 2025
- fixed an issue on Mac where, after presenting the Ableton Link popover, the application may have stopped accepting clicks until the window was removed from focus.
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