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This app would probably get 4 or 5 stars if it weren’t for the built in keyboard/playing surface. The pitches are arranged in stacked rows where each row increases in pitch left to right, until you reach the end of the row where you must go back to the beginning of the next row to get the next highest pitch. This requires two axis of movement just play the pitches, ON TOP of additional movement to vary the sounds. This is absolutely not ideal on a touch screen at all where fingers tend to want to slide in one direction. This makes for a tedious jamming experience as you must always watch your fingers carefully. Now you could use the Seaboard layout, but that layout lacks scale lock ability, another important aspect for jamming on a touchscreen. Please developers, i implore you, either add scale lock ability to the Seaboard layout, or change the square grid to a simple left to right, linear pitch arrangement with adjustable key width and range. Where x is pitch and y changes the sounds. There is simply too many axis of movement to keep track of on the square grid to truly lose yourself in the jamming process. I’m really not keen on paying for any of the GREAT sounds you’ve crafted if I’m not able to play them with ease. See iKaosillator or Animoog for examples.

There are things I like about the Roli Noise app, Lightpad Blocks & Control Blocks I will say the “Bluetooth aspects of them have proved to be completely unreliable and for the most part unusable. I am returning the loop, touch & live blocks as getting them to connect is rare and the few time I was able to connect on an older iPad that isn’t the iPad I need to use because of limited space...the devices aren’t really useful as you will still need to go to the iPad interface to adjust many of the functions anyway...making these devices sort of pointless. The Lightpad Block is cool but joy “DO” have to exert a bit of force to make a sound even the quietest sound. I guess I got too used to playing on the iPads surface which is more responsive but grossly lacks the touch nuances you get from the Lightblock. I’ll keep the Lightpad and return the the other little devices. Overall I’m very disappointed with this gear.

The controller is awesome unfortunately the app attempt is not. I try to come back and use this program but is like a bad relationship. No librarian function. STILL. The real question arises when these same issues have been shown since this app was introduced and no fixes. Meanwhile they are creating more sound packs to sell which further exacerbates the librarian inadequacies. Exporting files are for ableton live or raw loops which are ok but if they are implementing noise in garage band why not load loops created in noise into gb in the loop screen? When considering the purchase of the sound packs please realize that : As an app the quantization is basic - no choices there Noise will not work in the background on iPad. Noise will not work connected to a desktop via usb. The purchased sounds will ONLY work within noise. (See above) My biggest problem is that the performance of the keyboard is vastly different between the desktop and Idevice. There is no direct method to control the functions when using Bluetooth except by using this app, it is not the best implementation. My biggest issue is no piano mode within this app. Can you say frustrating?