Dawcade

Dawcade

About this app

Dawcade is a complete music studio built for touch. Sketch a beat, jam with playful instruments, record, arrange and mix — everything runs on your device, no account, no subscription, no ads.

PLAY
Make music instantly with a growing collection of playful touch surfaces — Melody, Grid, Chords, Tonnetz, Strum, Circle of Fifths, Stringboard, Orbits, Sketch, Bloom, Bounce and Otomata. Every surface snaps to your chosen key and scale, so everything you play stays musical.

SOUNDS
• Analog-style and digital synthesizers with hands-on controls
• 25 drum kits: classic drum machines (808/909-style, vintage rhythm boxes), acoustic kits, hand percussion and glitch kits
• Sampler instruments and a large built-in library of ready-to-play sounds
• All content is bundled — everything works fully offline

BEATS
A fast groovebox-style step sequencer with variable step length and resolution, accents, scene chaining and per-pad sounds. Tap in a beat in seconds, then refine it in the editor.

RECORD & ARRANGE
• Session view with clip launching and scenes, plus a full arrangement timeline
• Record audio and MIDI, overdub, loop, punch in
• Piano roll editing, quantize, note probability, velocity tools
• Audio warping, time-stretch and transient quantize
• Full undo/redo across the whole project

MIX
• Per-track insert effects: EQ, compression, delay, plate reverb, distortion and more
• Master bus effects chain
• Automation lanes, macro controls, mixer with sends
• Export your mix as a WAV file

CONNECT
• USB and Bluetooth MIDI: play with your keyboard or controller, low-latency
• Dawcade Link tempo sync for jamming with other apps and devices
• Built-in metronome, count-in, swing, tap tempo

DESIGNED FOR TOUCH
A fast, focused interface that works great on phones and tablets, with special support for dual-screen handheld devices.

Dawcade saves your projects and music locally on your device. No sign-up required. Anonymous usage statistics and crash reports help us improve the app — see our privacy policy for details.