SDS-x — Simple Drum Sampler

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App Age
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Last Update
Jul 27, 2022
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$0.99 - 12.99

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SDS-x — Simple Drum Sampler
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Drumming at your fingertips
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SDS-x is the most fun you’ll have with a drum machine on iOS! SDS-x is a drum machine that makes it easy to play drum samples and fun to make beats. SDS-x is also extremely feature rich, with advanced controls for crafting your sound and building complex sequences. Whether this is your first iOS music app or you are an avid AUv3 enthusiast, SDS-x has something for you. SDS-x can be played by tapping the pads or by using the sequencer to program a beat. Highlights: - Get started quickly with one of the 30+ factory kits. - Program beats with a fun and unique sequencer. - Build kits from nearly 200 factory samples. - Drag and drop samples over pads to load sounds. - Mix your pads and add effects with intuitive controls. - Host SDS-x in your favorite iOS DAW as an AUv3 plug-in. - Play with others using MIDI and Ableton Link - Export pattern audio as WAV file to use in any DAW! (PRO) Features: Sequencer - Make a beat using the intuitive, sixteen-step sequencer. - Add variation with “per step” controls for velocity and note multiplier. - Get the feel right with swing and quantize parameters. - Switch things up with 16 patterns per kit. - Make a song by chaining up to 128 patterns. - Create complex polymeters with “per track” sequence length. Pads - SDS-x has nine pads, each with two sample layers. - Custom name and color for each pad. - Per sample controls for: pitch, pan, and level. - Per pad controls for: trigger mode, sample mode, loop, mono/poly, mute group, velocity, MIDI receive, MIDI send. - Trigger modes: one-shot, gate, toggle, and retrigger 8th to 64th triplet. - Sample modes: mix, rotate, random, velocity switch, velocity mix. - Global velocity modes: top, center, fixed, pressure. Samples - SDS-x comes fully loaded with nearly 200 samples, recorded and edited by Simple Drum Samples. - Import your own sounds from the Files app to expand your sample library. (PRO) Perform - Control pad levels, pan, mute, solo, and effects sends with the in-app mixer. - Five FX types: delay (send), reverb (send), high pass filter, low pass filter, and “master” effect for getting LOUD. - Full screen pads mode for improved experience on smaller devices. - Hard pan option for metronome to run click and samples to FOH on separate channels. Workflow - Use one of the 30+ factory kits. - Save your work as a user kit. (PRO) - Drag and drop samples from your in-app library onto a pad to load samples. - Intuitive XY pad for controlling FX parameters. - Double tap and long press actions for most controls to speed up workflow. - Dual menu view on iPad. Connect - Comes with AUv3 plugin. Play SDS-x alongside your other music apps! - Keep time with other devices using Ableton Link. - Connect wirelessly using Bluetooth MIDI. - Pads can send and receive MIDI, so you can play with external gear! - Share user kits via AirDrop, iMessage, and more. (PRO) Privacy Policy: https://www.audiosymmetric.com/privacy-policy.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/}
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4.5
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Some Latest Reviews

Ruybatera
09 Apr, 2025
1
Não consigo salvar meu kit programado. Quando clico para salvar o aplicativo fecha na hora . Só consegui salvar duas apresentações e paguei pela versão completa.
Codowlsky Polopumus
04 Apr, 2025
5
I bought this when it came out a couple of years ago and loved it immediately. Since then, it kind of fell off my radar in the sea of apps for iOS and Mac. Just rediscovered it and man - it’s just epic. The sounds are great and the sequencing functions are so well thought out. A real gem 5 stars all day long. Hope to see more from this dev!
Hurdli
10 Jul, 2024
1
This my favorite audio tool has suddenly begun to throw away hours of work: whole kits just vanish from my user bank. I have been saving a kit to my files at the end of each session for a while now, but lately, if I don't pay attention to the app a while, working on different parts of the whole, e.g., it shuts down and when I open it again, it's returned to default and the kit I was working on is gone. Vanished. I still absolutely love it and all it's endless possibilities, but this is nerve-wrecking. I'm near tears for the intricate piece of hi hat prancing soundroom I just lost...
Krime Kasahare
17 Apr, 2024
5
This plugin has been my go to drum machine if I am producing a beat.It has a lot of great sounds.
Hurdli
03 Nov, 2023
4
Tutorial on Youtube would be nice, but finding my way through is also really fun, though less efficient. What a wonderful App for a small price. Update: Just now when I wanted to save the final version a beautiful kit I had been working on for about 20 hours (!) it set itself back to about 2 hours ago, before I had done some major re-arranging and, of course, before all the best little sparkles had been added, to round the set. Grrrrr, made me swallow one of those stars.
Hey_Andre
01 Nov, 2023
5
I think this is often overlooked and underrated drum machine. I love the sounds out of the box and the ability to control them. Everything is at your finger tips. There is quality, versatility, control over the sound, compatibility (auv3) and stability.
Renato Petra
31 Oct, 2023
5
Grafica minimale e organizzazione abbastanza intuitiva. Anche solo nella versione gratuita offre una notevole libreria di suoni e quindi svariate possibilità creative
Hurdli
12 Oct, 2023
5
Tutorial on Youtube would be nice, but finding my way through is also really fun, though less efficient. What a wonderful App for a small price.
Fran-6s
07 Jul, 2023
5
Boîte à Rythme et sampler complet. Tout est dans la description J’ai téléchargé et payé SDS-x sans hésiter, il convient parfaitement à mes attentes (pour du live). Une option avec 12 ou 16 Pads serais le bienvenue please 😊🙏🏽 est ce possible ? Merci

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Additional Information
Rating:
4.54
Voted: 139
App Store Link:
Price: 3.99 $
Website:
Email: -
Privacy Policy:
Categories: Music
Size: 53MB
iAP: 0.99 - 12.99 $
App Age: 6 years
Release Date: Dec 09, 2019
Last Update: Jul 27, 2022
Version: 2.0.5
Version history
2.0.5
Jul 27, 2022
New in SDS-x 2.0.5: - Fix an issue where the in-app store would display mixed-up prices in some regions. - Add additional visual feedback to the in-app purchase flow.
2.0.4
Mar 18, 2022
New in SDS-x 2.0.4: - Fix a UI bug that caused the sample manager to move offscreen when using the standalone app on iPad. - Fix a UI bug that caused the sample import folder picker to display the wrong selection when the user has more than three folders. - Fix a UI bug that would let the velocity range slider "invert" its minimum and maximum values. - SDS-x now remembers previously activated MIDI outputs between launches. - Update MIDI related dependencies and fix some minor MIDI bugs.
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