SHAPES
A STUDIO IN YOUR POCKET
Drums, chords, bass, melody, a sampler, vocals, tape and effects: eight tracks that become a finished song, right on your phone.
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- IN PROGRESS SCOPES VISUALIZER
DOMO DANKO AUDIO · FOR IPHONE AND IPAD
Music as
movement.
Music apps you play like instruments. Push sticks, tap pads, shake, steer and twist your phone.
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Two apps, one family
Same look, same feel, same themes. One makes the whole song on your phone; the other plays your computer.
SHAPES CTRL
YOUR PHONE PLAYS YOUR DAW
Chord sticks, pads, a mixer, live effects and motion for Ableton Live and other music software, over a cable, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
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- PLANNED ABLETON LINK
Five ways to play
No mouse, no tiny menus. Every sound starts with a move: a push, a tap, a shake.
- CLIPSTICKS: screen recordingmedia/videos/sticks.mp4
STICKS
Push a stick for a chord or a note. Further = louder.
- CLIPPADS: screen recordingmedia/videos/pads.mp4
PADS
Tap pads and steps. Where you hit sets how hard.
- CLIPSHAKE: screen recordingmedia/videos/shake.mp4
SHAKE
Shake the phone like a shaker, right on the beat.
- CLIPSTEER: screen recordingmedia/videos/steer.mp4
STEER
Steer like a wheel to sweep a filter.
- CLIPTWIST: screen recordingmedia/videos/twist.mp4
TWIST
Twist it like a knob, flat or held up.
The shape family
Every part of SHAPES, and how far along it is.
- DOTSDRUMS
A step sequencer of round steps: swing, rolls, nudge, an accent machine.
BUILT - RINGSCHORDS
Two sticks play chords: left picks the chord, right its flavour.
BUILT - LINESBASS
Bass lines that follow your chords, with glide, drive and wobble.
BUILT - STARSMELODY
Melodies on a night sky. Play with sticks or draw with a finger.
BUILT - SLICESSAMPLER
Chop any sound onto 64 pads and play it like an MPC.
BUILT - TAPESAUDIO
Bounce to tape: cassette, reel or VHS, with tape-stop tricks.
BUILT - VOICEVOCALS
Record takes, tune them, double them, add harmonies.
BUILT - FXEFFECTS
About thirty effects and an 8-band EQ on every track.
BUILT - THEMESLOOKS
37 looks, from vintage beige to deep space.
BUILT - SONGARRANGE
Turn loops into a song, with automation and undo.
BUILT - MASTERFINISH
One-tap mastering styles and MAGIC MIX, which listens and balances.
BUILT - SCOPESVISUALS
A square visualizer that dances to your track, for video posts.
IN PROGRESS - FORMSSOUND DESIGN
Build your own sounds from shapes.
PLANNED
Change the whole look with a tap
SHAPES comes with 37 themes. Here are eight: tap one and this website changes too.
Made in SHAPES
Beats made start to finish on a phone.
BEATBeat 1media/beats/beat-1.mp3
BEATBeat 2media/beats/beat-2.mp3
BEATBeat 3media/beats/beat-3.mp3
From the workbench
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Two music apps you play like instruments are on their way: SHAPES and SHAPES CTRL.
For artists
Your sounds, kits, grooves and colours as a pack inside SHAPES. Let's build one together.
ARTIST PACKSPress and creators
Logos, screenshots and short descriptions, ready to download.
PRESS KITBe first to play
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