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HumBacker

Your pocket band.

Coming soon on Android, iOS and iPadOS.

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Hear the band.

Six grooves the dice rolled, played by the app’s own sound engine. The lights are the steps the band is playing.

Stopped

Trap · F minor

BPM
148
Bar
1/8
Chord
Fm
Songs
348
Jam tracks
134
Chord drills
52
Drum kits
18
Bass sounds
18
Keys sounds
144

Four tabs, one band.

Four tabs at the bottom of the screen, always the same, all playing the same band. Anything you make in MAKE you can play along with in PLAY. See all 348 songs

  • Songs

    Pick a song and it plays right there.

    The Songs tab: 348 songs by kind, Christmas, Playground, Folk, Classical, Jazz and more, with tabs for jam tracks, practice and your own songs.
  • Play

    Play your guitar or ukulele along with it: the chords, the scale, the tuner.

    Playing along with Auld Lang Syne in ska: the chord now (C) and next (G) with guitar chord boxes, a G major pentatonic box and the 16-bar chord chart.
  • Make

    Build your own grooves: drums, bass, keys and the lead.

    Make, drums: the Reggae kit's pads (kick, snare, hats, rim, slap and toms) under the kick's 16 steps, with patterns A to D.
  • Live

    Perform with the band: scenes, parts, fills, your loops, effects.

    Live: scenes A to D, mute keys for drums, bass, keys and lead, fill, run, push and break, four loop pads, and the effects, solo and glide keys.

  • New song

    Tap a beat, hum a tune, play it in, pick chords or roll a style.

    New song: tap a beat, hum a tune, play it in, pick chords or roll a style.

  • Atmos

    Rain, vinyl crackle, a café or the sea under the band, and a drone that follows the chords.

    Atmos: ten background beds with vinyl crackle and rain switched on, each with a level and tone, and a tanpura drone that follows the song's key.

  • Glide

    A two-handed instrument: one hand on keys that bend, the other on an XY pad.

    Glide: the theremin preset, a keypad of the G major pentatonic scale and an XY pad for colour and level, with hold and freeze.

Choose a look.

From the clean Pocket theme to the character of Hardware ’84, Riso and Squishy. Same band, same controls. Tap a key in time: each one is a tap tempo.

  • BPM

    Pocket

    Aluminium, flat key faces, signal orange. The default.

  • HB-84

    Hardware ’84

    A dark case, cream machine keys with lamps, a red LED display.

  • Riso

    A two-ink zine: blue on cream paper, the pink pass printed a little off.

  • Squishy

    Soft rubber toy keys that squash, wobble and spring back.

Works offline.

No account, ads or analytics. Your songs and recordings stay on your device unless you choose to export or share them. Microphone permission is optional and used for tuning and recording.

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Account
None
Ads
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Analytics
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Internet
Not needed