StepLoom

About

StepLoom is a fast, touch-first electronic music sketchpad for making beats, loops, basslines, and melody ideas on iPhone and iPad. It gives you the focus of a compact groovebox without the weight of a full DAW, so you can start a rhythm, shape a synth line, try an AUv3 instrument, arrange patterns, and keep moving while the idea is fresh. Create drum patterns with a step sequencer, write melodic parts with piano-roll style editing, stack chords, add legato, adjust BPM, mix tracks, and switch sounds. Turn loops into songs with three complementary arrangement views: shape clips on the Timeline, launch quantized Patterns and Scenes in Session, or build visual paths and probability rules in Flow. When you want to go beyond the built-in sounds, add AUv3 instrument or effect plugins, choose exposed plugin presets, and activate Plugin Sound directly from the sound picker. StepLoom is built for quick electronic music drafts: open the app, tap a grid, hear the result, and turn a loop into a structured idea. Main features: - Touch-friendly beat and melody workflow - Drum tracks for Kick, Snare, Hi-Hat, Clap, plus Synth - Step sequencer with playback highlight and loop control - Piano-roll style melody editing with chords and legato - Timeline editing with drag, resize, layers, sections, loop ranges, and multi-selection - Quantized Pattern and Scene launching with Session performance recording - Blueprint-style Flow rules with Next, Jump, Random, Stop, and probability - AUv3 instrument and effect plugin slots - Plugin preset reading for AUv3s that expose factory presets - Plugin Sound option for playing tracks through AUv3 instruments - Mixer controls for volume, pan, EQ, filter, drive, and balance - MIDI input and external clock sync options - Export full songs or the current pattern as audio, stems, or MIDI - Adaptive iPhone and iPad layouts StepLoom is for producers, beatmakers, songwriters, and electronic music learners who want a focused place to capture musical ideas before moving into a larger DAW.