The latest update to Note, the iOS app from Ableton for forming musical ideas, is here. Note’s new MIDI Editor lets you build or rework a track by sequencing notes and beats directly onto the grid view of your chosen track. Program melodies, drums and chords with just a few taps, listen to the results as the track loops, and try out different patterns and variations in real time.
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Note allows you to use a 16-pad grid to build drum beats, and quantise it all if you need to. Sift through synth and piano sounds with a 25-pad grid or piano roll, while also having the ability to sample your surroundings with your phone’s microphone before cutting, filtering and re-pitching the sound. Captured something you like? Quickly loop it and keep building! From here you can duplicate separate loops, double them, add layers to different sections of the arrangement, allowing you to build a complete song if you see fit, or use Note as a way to sketch ideas on the go using either your own sounds or Note’s library. Onboard effects allow you to shape them to your preferences.
Ableton was founded in 1999 and released the first version of Live in 2001. Their products are used by a community of dedicated musicians, sound designers, and artists from across the world. Note follows a long line of innovation, technology and creativity— all attributes that have made Ableton Live an industry standard DAW, now available in a streamlined, compact and iOS friendly version.
Note is an iOS app for iPhone and iPad, available on devices supporting iOS 15 and above. For more information on Note 1.3, check out the full release notes.
