Audioprom: An intuitive audio sequencer for your iPad

In the world of electronic music, sequencers have been around for a while. They're used to create sequences of notes from various instruments, and then those sequences are chained together to make longer compositions of music. Apple's own GarageBand, Logic Express and Logic Pro are good examples of Mac-based sequencers.

For some reason, a lot of software sequencers for iOS devices cling to the user interfaces of their hardware ancestors, which means that they're a mish-mash of dials, switches and push-buttons. Audioprom (US$9.99), a new iPad app from cw&t, is different in that it has a very simple and intuitive user interface.

cw&t says that their project started with the idea of placing sausage slices on an iPad to mark where to make sounds. Unfortunately, the sounds only played when a human hand was touching the sausage, so the idea of this food-based sequencer was dropped. While this tale sounds a bit apocryphal, the idea of placing markers on the iPad screen was a good one that evolved into Audioprom.

The app has a huge library of over 800 built-in samples to use. Each marker that is dropped on the soundboard is assigned a sample, and the pitch can be adjusted either by tapping on a keyboard or by using a special slider for each marker. Individual loops can be saved into a session for longer pieces of music.

This is the first edition of Audioprom, and the company is already working on updates that will allow users to record or load their own samples, export and share creations and make longer session loops. There's a video of Audioprom in action below, and I may write a full review in the near future.