Instruments and effects
Tools
Instruments and effects that play over the song, in its tempo and key. All 17 are free and need no account.
Studio
A whole music workstation over the song.
Pads
One finger on a pad and the whole mix moves.
Rhythm
Effects that keep time with the track.
Beat RollHold a pad and the last beat, half, quarter or 32nd repeats in time; let go and the track is back where it would have been. With a reverse and a filter roll
ScratchA record over the mix: grab it to scratch the last few seconds, let go and the track is where it would have been. With a cut, a brake and a backspin
Step GatePaint a 16-step rhythm and it chops the whole mix in time with the track: on, half or off per step, with swing and depth. Patterns to start from
LooperRecord a few bars of what you play (or of the whole mix) and it loops in time while you layer more on top. Overdub, undo, and solo the loop over silence
Instruments
Play along with the song, in its tempo and key.
Drum PadsEight drum pads to play over any track, kick to air horn, quantised to its beat so your hits land in time. Three kits, all synthesised
ThereminA one-finger lead over the track, always in key: slide for the melody, lift your finger higher for tone and vibrato. Listen finds the key of the song by ear
ChopGrab the last two bars of the track and play them back from eight pads like an MPC, in any order, in time. Mute the track and only your chops are left
ChordsThe seven chords of the song’s key on seven pads, with the bass under them: Listen finds the key by ear. Play them as pads, plucks, strums or an arpeggio in time
Dub SirenThe sound-system siren: hold it for a wail, an alarm, a laser or a rise that swings with the track, and let the tempo-locked echo carry it away
Mic FXYour voice over the track: shift it up or down, make it a robot or a radio, or a vocoder that turns what you say into chords in the song’s key. Headphones on
FX
The big moves: builds, pumps, freezes and vocal cuts.
RiserThe build before the drop: push the fader and the track thins, noise sweeps up and a snare roll speeds up in time. Let go at the top and it drops on an impact
PumpThe sidechain pump of dance music: on every beat the whole mix ducks and swells back, so any track breathes in time. Depth, shape, quarters to eighths
Sound FreezeHold it and the music stops in mid-air: the moment keeps sounding as a cloud of grains, an octave up or down if you like, while the picture stands still with it
Vocal CutTake the singer out of the song for a karaoke or an instrumental, or keep only the voice for an a cappella moment. Works on any studio mix, live
Lo-fi MachinePut the whole mix on a stretched cassette, a dusty record or a pocket radio: wow, flutter, warm drive, a narrowing band and the hiss and crackle under it