Musical Sketch Pad

mccalla

Musical Sketch Pad is a Music Sequencer designed to help you quickly get your musical ideas out! Features such as the Piano-Roll, Drum-Kit Step Sequencer and Line-in/Mic Record gives you the gateway to create fantastic music on your Windows Tablet or Laptop Over 100 categorized samples have been included in the App to get you going, these can be combined with your own imported samples to help further personalize your musical sketches and inspire your creativity. Musical Sketch Pad bridges the gap between your inspiration to realization with a no-setup mentality. Start with Musical Sketch Pad Mobile and continue your sketch on this version... Now Mobile compatible!

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Musical Sketch Pad

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What's new in this version

Fixed Drum Kit saving Fixed "In App Purchases" Improved Performance and Stability Improved Effects Presentation Added new Mobile File Support

Features

Unlimited Tracks and Sequences, limited only by the power of your computer
Over 100 samples to use as virtual instruments: pianos, drums, basses, horms, flutes, organs, synthesizer, percussions etc
Import your own samples and sounds as virtual instruments
Record live vocals or real instruments (from external inputs mic/line) as a track with full sound editing features such as fade, normalization, clipping, etc...
Piano Roll editor with controls for individual note duration and velocity
Drum-Kit Step Sequencer for the easiest & fastest way to create beats and rhythms
Multi-track Mp3/WMA Mix-Down Recorder
Import Sketches from Mobile
Track Q/Band Filter FX
Track Echo Insert FX
Track 4 Band Equalizer Insert FX
Track Reverb Insert FX
Track Overdrive/Distortion Insert FX
Track Envelope-Attack Insert FX (Event driven)

Additional information

Published by

mccalla

Copyright

Musical Sketch Pad by McCalla

Developed by

mccalla

Release date

5/9/2013

Approximate size

132.77 MB

Age rating

For ages 12 and up

This app can

Use your microphone
Access your Internet connection
Use your music library

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Installation

Get this app while signed in to your Microsoft account and install on up to ten Windows 10 devices.

Language supported

English (United States)

Publisher Info

Musical Sketch Pad website
Musical Sketch Pad support

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Musical Sketch Pad privacy policy
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System Requirements

Minimum
Your device must meet all minimum requirements to open this product
OS	Windows 8.1
Architecture	x86, x64, ARM, ARM64
Notes	Not specified

Recommended
Your device should meet these requirements for the best experience
OS	Windows 8.1
Architecture	x86, x64, ARM, ARM64
Notes	Any cpu - timing accuracy, number of tracks and insert effects are limited by your CPU

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Most helpful favorable review

Unknown

6/5/2014

Lots of fun

I was looking for a simple app to put together jam tracks to play along with on guitar, and this one has everything I need in a relatively simple package. Two snags: First, a more detailed instruction manual would be nice (I know, not many people read those, but I do!). Second, I'm having an issue raising the BPM of my tracks above 100. I see in your notes that this is a problem that's been addressed; is a fix coming in the next version?

Most helpful critical review

Quenton

2/25/2016

just all ... messed up

If you have a device that can properly run it then its a ok app but on windows 10 laptop its flat out sucks. so many bugs. it will just stop looping, tempo is way off, laggy. I just don't feel they care anymore or it would have been fixed. could be truly great but its bad

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Reviewed ByKate

1/27/2015

Review title of KateFew Bugs

At first, it was alright. But, it keeps freezing on me and closing itself down. There is no save button either. Therefore, all of my work is lost. Please fix these bugs.

19 out of 19 people found this helpful.

Reviewed ByUnknown

6/5/2014

Review title of UnknownLots of fun

12 out of 12 people found this helpful.

Reviewed ByQuenton

2/25/2016

Review title of Quentonjust all ... messed up

26 out of 30 people found this helpful.

Reviewed ByAlfaroh

3/22/2016

Review title of AlfarohPretty Good!

From what I've seen, out of all the free music production apps in the store, this one is the best. There's a lot you can do here. However, it is still limited. Higher notes are significantly lower than shorter ones, no matter the instrument, which is not good. There's no way to make triplets, but you can get pretty close with instruments. The step sequencer, however, doesn't have access to it, which is unfortunate. It's a little buggy, too. I've had more than a few crashes (the tutorial feature crashes every time on my Surface RT). But if you want something to hold you over until you can get something serious, this is it.

6 out of 6 people found this helpful.

Reviewed ByKyle

9/14/2014

Review title of KyleSo close

The interface is one of the best I've seen, but the bugs are tough to get over. So far I've found the drum editor does not open and ultimately hangs the program. Also the tempo will not go above around 108 BPM even if turned to the max 250. The usability is very nice otherwise. I would only like to be able to change the meter from a 4 beat to 3. I can fake it but it would be nice to highlight the beginning of a new 3-beat measure.

8 out of 9 people found this helpful.

Reviewed Byjason

6/7/2016

Review title of jasonIntriguing but too buggy

Track headers on left keep disappearing then you can't do anything. Otherwise I like the UI

4 out of 4 people found this helpful.

Reviewed ByDavid

10/6/2015

Review title of DavidThe app does not even get passed the tutorial

The app shuts down during the tutorial. It is a sad attempt to be an app.

3 out of 3 people found this helpful.

Reviewed Byraph

3/10/2016

Review title of raphSharing

If you don't mind, I would like a way to share my music over the media PLEASE PLEASE PRETTY PLEEEEEEASE :O THANKS :)

6 out of 9 people found this helpful.

Reviewed ByRandy

10/27/2013

Review title of Randy3stars

keeps shutting down and I cant open saved tracks please fix I love the app besides this and want to buy more in app stuff

3 out of 4 people found this helpful.

Reviewed ByKyle

10/23/2013

Review title of KyleFeature request

Would love to be able to record new samples with a midi keyboard. Is that feature planned?

3 out of 6 people found this helpful.

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