tape synth

Make loops and play them together. Four tracks (drums, bass, keys and a sampler), each with a column of loops you can start and stop on the beat. Play drums and samples on pads, and synths on a grid of notes in a key so nothing sounds wrong, or on a piano.

1. Press play (or space). The first row starts: a beat and a bass line. Tap any loop to start it on the next bar; tap it again to stop it. ▶ on a row starts the whole row; M mutes a track.
2. Pick an empty slot, press record (or enter), and play after the count-in. What you play loops and keeps layering until you press record again. Undo take removes the last recording.
3. Or draw: the pattern panel shows the selected loop as a grid. Tap or drag to add notes, again to remove them.
4. Pick a sound for a track above the pads or keys, or browse them under sound: basses, keys, leads, pads, plucks, and five drum kits. Turn the knobs from there to make it your own.
5. Play from the pads, the scale grid or the piano on screen, from your computer keyboard (the letters are on the keys), or from a MIDI controller. Pick the key and scale above the notes.
6. On the sampler track, open sound, then load audio, drop a file, or record from your microphone. It's chopped into slices on the pads automatically; drag the markers to adjust.
7. Record jam saves everything you play as a WAV file. Your loops, sounds and samples stay in this browser for next time.