"Hook is exactly what the doctor ordered. Many apps came close but you nailed it." —DJ puzzle "Hook is definitely the most fun I've had making music on iOS. The sampling options are vast and the editing is intuitive. It's connectivity and versatility makes it a powerful performance tool and production sketchbook." — Starkey 5 STARS "Most impressive DJ mashup & sampler / editor I've seen on iOS so far! It's like the best of all other apps combined in one and all of the latest developments integrated like recording or importing ur own music and inter-app audio." — App Store Review Hook is a new music performance, mashup, and DJ app for iPhone and iPad. Arrange and trigger loops on a grid and create dynamic, expressive transitions with the Flux Fader — a multitouch "smart crossfader" that allows you to expressively make transitions between any combination of tracks/cells on the fly. The Flux Fader includes a two-axis control with 9 riser synths, glitch and gate effects, tempo-synced filter sweeps, an EQ, beat drop, tape stop, and filter drop. Combining all these to make transitions is the heart of playing live with Hook. Hook includes a full editor complete with auto transient slicing and waveform editing. Tight integration with AudioCopy makes it easy to drop in your own loops and sounds from other apps. Real creative power can be found in the integrated sampler — record from mic/line, other apps via inter-app audio, and grab hooks from iTunes and Spotify. Change tempo in real time, and keep all your hooks in sync. Hook is a killer mashup tool with a full mixer, tons of tracks, integrated FX bus, per-cell fx, transpose, time stretching, tuning, timing and trigger settings, and more. Imagine the clip launching capabilities of Ableton Live in a futuristic multitouch environment. ==== Extend Hook with Wej! Wej is an iOS music hub that combines a non-skid performance base with integrated lightshow and wireless MIDI for up to two controllers — all while keeping your iOS device charged. More info at http://retronyms.com ====
High Quality Application
Update- Had a chance to rediscover Hook recently and it remains one of the best performance/Dj remix tools on iOS! Using the mixer to incorporate internal and IAA effects on specific loops and one shots makes Hook unique and a stand out as compared to other similar apps. Being able to tune and apply individual effects on each sample (in real time) while tracks are playing allows spontaneous creativity that is also quite special. I hope this app continues to be supported and the developers incorporate AUv3!- Hook is a high quality app right out of the gate. It is a terrific beat mashing machine ideal for creating original remixes. Sound quality of the app is first rate. In the right hands, Hook could easily help to generate some income. With the app running on two separate devices synchronized with Ableton Link you could have a formidable DJ rig going. Wish list- ability to sample live and load samples while music continues to play. This would make it a true all in one DJ application in my opinion. Hook works really well within the growing Retronym ecosystem! Combined with Tabletop or iMPC Pro, Hook becomes a serious creative reservoir of fresh new musical ideas. Spotify is a nice feature for the remix crowd. Inter app audio makes Hook useful for all genres of music. Kudos to the development team as it is evident a lot of thought went into this fun and useful app.
United StatesApp hasn't worked for over a year now
This was a truly fun app when it first came out. Played with it all the time. Spent ton of money on the additional sound packs. At an average price of $5-$8 per pack I now own close to 40 of them. However, the app has not been updated since July 2016! That would be fine if it still worked but it will not import ANY of those purchased packs anymore. App freezes upon import process then comes to a crashing halt. Only way to deal with the crash is to power down and restart the entire iPad. I have contacted tech support more than once. Sent them the various crash logs. Now they seem to think it's better just to ghost me without any further emails or tech support what-so-ever. Been a loyal customer to this company for many years and have bought LOTS of their products - software and hardware. Have spent hundreds of dollars with them. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS APP. YOU WILL REGRET IT AND WISH YOU HADN'T IN THE END!
United StatesApp crashes
I’ve tried to add music from iTunes and the app crashes. I’ve tried both versions for the iPhone and the iPad only version with the same result. How can I get my money back. DO NOT BUY OR USE THIS APP. Highly disappointing.
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I wish that the loops that come with it would've been like you did with iMPC Pro 2 that we can download the content from AudioCopy So that we can pick and choose what we want to import into the app I hate taking up space on my device with loops I don't plan on using I understand it's probably too late to implement that now but you can still give us the option of deleting the content that it comes with Please!
United StatesVariation of Novation Launchpad
Awesome app, I had written a review stating I was unable to connect to AudioCopy in the past but after messing around with app, I was finally able to establish a link, the key was to do audio past from library and not sounds section, which periodically I was able to do successfully. Very happy now....
United StatesDoesn’t work
02-10-2018 4:16am Thank you for your response. I will email for further support to see if we can correct the issue I am having. Everything is working except for being able to import my AudioPaste items. Cannot import samples. AudioCopy import for all of my Hook enhanced music samples fails to connect. Eagerly awaiting an update to this app.
United StatesSpotify import needs work
Spotify import is the key feature that differentiates this app from Novation Launchpad. Yet it is disappointingly unusable. No waveform zoom and no beat grid make it impossible to grab loops with any precision. Sure you can sit there all day nudging blindly by ear, but why? Even a manual beat grid+pinch zoom would be a huge improvement... I will update this review if the import situation improves.
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