Echo Pad - Delay FX Processor app for iPhone and iPad

4.8 ( 8768 ratings )

Music Entertainment
Developer: Holderness Media

4.99 USD

Current version: 1.8.9.6, last update: 3 months ago
First release : 09 Nov 2012
App size: 10.04 Mb

A highly playable and extremely flexible "echo centric" multi effects processor. Echo Pad is capable of an endless range of sounds including authentic dub echo, crystal echoes and multi-tap delay, to chaotic self-oscillating analog delays and bit crushed mayhem.

Compatible with Audiobus 3 including full state saving, Inter-App Audio, and USB audio interfaces. Control Echo Pads parameters via MIDI and sync to external MIDI clock or IAA clock for beat synced delays. Guitarists will appreciate features like delay ducking and gated feedback.

Effects include: Tape Echo, Shimmer Delay, Oil Can Delay, Multi-Tap (up to 6 taps), Stereo Delay, Decimator, Flanger, Distortion,Smooth Filter, Loopers and more.

>SmiteMatterMusic: "Echo Pad is so innovative all around. I never knew just how much I needed this until I had it in my hands. I recommend giving it a try." (www.smitematter.com)

>Jordan Rudess/Wizdom Music: "This is a super fantastic - extremely trippy effects app, which harnesses the power of an iOS device to offer you control that is only possible on a multitouch device. "

Process live audio from nearly any input source, including Audiobus and Inter-App Audio compatible hosts such as Auria and Cubasis, use the built in mic, professional audio interfaces such as the Apogee Jam, Apogee MIC, iRig HD, and more. Guitarists can use our effects live by connecting the output of their audio interface to an amp.

Visit our YouTube channel for demonstration videos and tutorials on Echo Pad. https://youtube.com/holdernessmedia

More info: www.holdernessmedia.com

Check out our entire FX series including Caramel, Crystalline, Stereo Designer and Swoopster!

COMPATIBILITY:
• requires iOS 12.4 or later
• iPad Mini/iPad 2 or newer recommended (performance may suffer on older devices)
• iPhone 4s/iPod 5 or newer recommended (performance may suffer on older devices)
• Audiobus 3 compatible (Effect, state saving )
• Inter-App audio compatible (effect node)
• Compatible with DAW apps such as Auria, Cubasis, and Garageband
• Export recordings and loops to AudioShare
• Core MIDI compatible

Features:

• Supports Audiobus 3.0 state saving, Effect slot
• Inter-App Audio compatible (effect node)
• Stereo input and effects processing
• Control Echo Pad via MIDI
• Sync to external MIDI clock for beat synced delays
• Realtime analog style delay/looper
• Delay ducking and gated feedback
• 18 Effects
• 60 factory presets + save custom presets
• Multi-touch XY control of effect parameters + stereo panning for expressive control
• Automate effects parameters using the Motion Looper.
• Sound on sound looper with feedback control for creating layered loops on the fly
• Dual mini scratch loopers - record a loop, then scratch like a turntable
• Universal app
• Select presets via MIDI program change

• Works with headphones as well as most iOS and professional USB audio interfaces including:
• Apogee Jam
• Apogee Mic
• iConnectMidi 2+
• iConnectMidi 4+
• iRig
• iRig iMic
• Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (*requires USB hub)
• Apogee ONE (*requires external power thru USB hub)
• Apogee GIO (*requires external power thru USB hub)
• many more

Sharing/Exporting:
• Audiobus 3.0 (Effect, State Saving)
• Inter-App Audio compatible (effect node)
• supports "Export to AudioShare" functionality.
Loops and recordings created with Echo Pad can be exported directly to the AudioShare app for easy audio file management.
• recordings & loops are also exported to iTunes File Sharing for access on your Mac/PC

Pros and cons of Echo Pad - Delay FX Processor app for iPhone and iPad

Echo Pad - Delay FX Processor app good for

All Holderness apps are fantastic. I use the Echo Pad primarily for guitar. Great presets for plug n play. Plenty of tweakability options also regular updates. Five stars all round

Great update. Seems smooth as silk now. Catapult towards the top of the FX apps. Nice job, appreciated. Havin some fun now!

There is no app that gets as many feature packed updates as Echo Pad. This one is worth way more than the asking price. Regular updates with new features, effects, and improvements are the hallmark of this app. If you create or play music of any kind, develop or utilize sound effects, or just like to experiment with sound, you should have Echo Pad in your tool set. Versatility, stability, and high quality make it a must have. As a bonus, few developers are more tuned-in to the needs and desires of their customers — very refreshing.

This is one of the original great iPad effects apps and still working very well for real-time audio manipulation.

Great Audiobus compatible FX app for iPad & iPhone. Becoming better & better almost every week!

Thanks A LOT for this type of genial update - WOW ! this is such a delicious and pro sounding work Toi . i am Happy! Its Smart and a pure flexible Joy toi ! Hoping for lots of cool future updates keeping this qualy! Thanks !

Some bad moments

DO NOT BUY THIS!! Absolutely awful with no useful instructions, only links to stupid time-wasting video tutorials. Really stupid waste of money.

It is a good idea to tweak around echo with live input or recorded sound but : - when recording loop, the loop button is "mixed" with the echo ones and touching the loop one affects the echo - would be great to have trannsport interface for either the loop and pasted audio - have more than 1 second of echo - be able to add echo itself to the loop - split the screen in two areas, one for delay time and feedback, one for filter Thanx

Echo Pad was one of my first audio filters. I was very enthusiastic about it but it has never meet my expectations. I am not using it any more. It is buggy and glitchy. Never works as advertised. I do not recommend this app. Much better audio filter apps are being made by Sugar Bytes and elephatcandy.

Nice fx robust, continuously improving unit in Audiobus chain. I think there are nicer UI designs out there- i.e. Samplr, which is why 4 stars, not 5. Recommend for iOS musicians.

All of my experience with this app has been incredibly hassle free, and it definitely delivers on all of its features. Only thing that could definitely improve would be the color scheme, the blue on black is a bit claustrophobic and makes the app look way more toyish than it is.

I was a bit confused when I first tried this out, and still dont fully understand all aspects of this app. With my limited understanding of Echopad, it really does enhance the effect or instrument you choose. But, still. The interface is a bit complicated, and I think a clean up of the UI and a simplification of it and the features would greatly improve app usage. Overall its a great start.

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