Polaris - Pocket Music Maker

Meteaure Studios

About this app

Unleash your inner musician with Polaris, the powerful and intuitive music production app for Android.

· Craft your sound anywhere, anytime: Polaris is meticulously designed for phone and tablet use, offering a seamless workflow that keeps you focused on your creativity.

· Dive into sonic exploration: Experiment with six versatile tracks powered by a step sequencer reminiscent of modern drum machines and grooveboxes. Each track features its own sample and synth engines, along with a multimode filter and extensive sound design capabilities.

· Join the next generation of music makers: Download Polaris and embark on your musical journey today!

Features details:

sequencer with:
· 16 steps on a 4x4 grid
· parameter step modulation
· per track step length control
· trig conditions

6 tracks each featuring:
· a sample engine with 60+ factory samples and user sample import
· a dual-oscillator synth engine
· a multimode filter with its modulation envelope
· a distortion unit
· reverb and delay sends

Ratings and reviews

If you want to crank out beat patterns, then this is your app. Has basic filtering and envelopes. There is even modulation but at the very core it is a sequencer. It has a synth engine but it is very limited. You can change the pitch of a note and even modulate is so i guess you can make melodies but it is not easy work like midi for example. I gave it 3 stars because I expected it to be a music workstation but it isnt a fully fledged DAW. I would call this a beat machine. And it does that well.

It's incredibly easy to dive in, but able to create surprisingly complex rhythms once you get the hang of step triggers and modulations. It's certainly not an all-in-one music creation package, nor is it trying to be, but it is a great way to let your creativity flow and generate loops without getting distracted by a hundred different options. What it's sorely missing is a way to export said loops.

Super easy to lay down ideas. Works great, no drops of any kind. The sound engine in particular is amazing. Use with headphones for best results. Import of files is fantastic. ( If on android go to the dcim file and you'll find your imports. ). Would love more tracks as well as recording to individual steps for more variation. Otherwise this is fantastic.

What’s new

- Added a new real-time audio recorder to export audio as files
- Added a global swing control
- Tracks can now be triggered manually by clicking on the selected track number
- Multiple bug fixes and usability improvements