Breakdown Composer - mobile app for metalcore musician

If a metal has the main thing - it's a guitar solo, then a metalcore (and its derivatives) is a breakdown. Like any element of a musical composition, it's very important. But sometimes it's hard to compose. Nevertheless, a program has already been invented that can generate random breakdown. Title is Breakdown Composer.

Interface is minimal. No bells, no whistles, only the most necessary elements.

Advantages

• Compactness. Application size is 22 megabytes.
• Generating a random breakdown. It helps a lot when there are absolutely no ideas.
• You can change measure size, tempo.
• A good choice between elements of drum set. Here are a few snares, two bass drums, two rides, Chinese, crash, hi-hat (open, closed). For a small application, this is a good variety.

Disadvantages

• Guitar has only three notes that can't be used simultaneously in one track.
• A similar situation with drum set. Only three tracks can be used. The first - plates, the second - a shot, the third - a bass drum.
• Defective editing. You can't change note length.
• There are no harmonics and hammer-on/pull-off. These are coolest sounds in breakdown, but here it's absent.
• Only Wav and Png files can be exported. Midi can't be exported.

This is suitable for rough drafts, not for full-fledged work.

Walk Band - Mobile app for musicians

Main screen

Thirty years ago, an ordinary telephone talk in any convenient place was something supernatural. But in our time, mobile phones have become not just a communication tool. Now in our pocket a universal tool that will measure the distance and record best moments of your life on video. But now you can not only play piano, but you can also have a full-fledged studio in your pocket. One such software is called Walk Band.

There are basic instruments - guitar, bass, drums and synthesizer. Synthesizer can emulate a variety instruments: piano, grand piano, Hammond's organ, music box, violin, koto, ect. Interface is similar to a real sequencer. Instrumental parts is edited exactly the same. You can also import midi files and audio files. You can connect MIDI keyboard.

Advantages:

• Compactness.

Disadvantages:

• Quality of the library is low. Application size is 35 megabytes. Good libraries for one instrument have a size of 4 gigabytes.
• No alternative plugins.
• Guitar and bass have only a standard tuning without opportunity to change it. When trying to write parts with a wider range, the application uses an transposition.
• Forget about fine settings when forming a timbre.
• Editing the parts takes longer than in a regular sequencer.

Conclusion: this is an ordinary children's toy, which is suitable for beginners. For professional tasks it's better to use a sequencer on computer with VST plugins

Android phone as a guitar amp

I really enjoy playing guitar and looking forward to free time to practice. But carrying all your staff is very difficult - pedalboard and amplifier are very heavy. Heavy, like my favorite music.

Nevertheless, I often want to play guitar. I tried to look for such software for phones. Found only for iOS, but due to low incomes I can't afford to buy an iPhone. So I tried to find something similar for android. I have not found. And today I came across this video.


I don't know this language, but it's easy to guess the purpose of these actions. First, andrig is installed on android device. Next, through the usb adapter to the device android connects an external sound card. This sound card can be bought for 1-2 bucks on Alibaba. A guitar is connected to the input. On the output there is a loudspeaker. Any loudspeaker is suitable.

This is a very good idea, because it allows you to carry your entire staff in a small bag.