A drum machine in the round.

Sketch rhythms on a living mandala. Up to twelve lanes, four kits plus your own samples, and generators that surprise you — all on iPhone and iPad.

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Made to be played, not programmed.

Everything you need to chase a groove in a few taps.

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Circular sequencer

Six concentric lanes you play like a mandala — and the circle grows to twelve on a second page of rings.

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Four drum kits

Classic, Acoustic, Glitch, and 8-bit — one tap reskins every voice, pattern intact.

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Your own samples

Build a custom kit: drop any audio clip into a lane, keep the synth voices you like, and play them side by side.

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Generators

Euclidean rhythms and probability bring patterns to life — then tap the ring to edit.

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Polymeter

Give each lane its own length and let the phases drift in and out of sync.

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Swing, velocity & pan

Push the feel off the grid, draw velocity per step, and place each lane across the stereo field.

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Ableton Link

Jam in time with every Link app and device on your network — tempo and the bar line are shared. Free for everyone.

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MIDI in & out

Play the lanes from any controller, follow an external MIDI clock, or sequence your other instruments — each lane on the note and channel you choose.

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Export & plug-in

Bounce loops to WAV, or run Orbeat as an AUv3 instrument inside GarageBand, AUM, Logic, and friends.

Playing with hardware or other apps? The MIDI & sync guide covers the note map, Ableton Link, and clock sync.

The Orbeat app on iPhone: a twelve-lane circular sequencer with colored step lanes, the tempo and kit controls, a lane strip, and the velocity editor

The whole studio, in one circle.

  • Tap the rings to write beats; the playhead sweeps the mandala as it loops.
  • Lock, mute, and solo lanes to build the groove layer by layer.
  • Roll the dice for an instant pattern — a whole kit or a single lane — or clear and start fresh.
  • Grow past six lanes and the circle opens a second page you flip with the corner chevrons.
  • The little face on the play button dresses for your kit and pops its mouth on every kick.
  • Tuned for iPhone and iPad — portrait on phone, expansive on tablet, and the same circle inside your AUv3 host.

Orbeat Pro — a one-time unlock

Play and jam free, forever: every kit, the six-lane circle, Euclidean generators, swing, velocity, pan, MIDI, and Ableton Link. Unlock Pro once to grow the circle and keep your work — no subscription, ever.

Up to 12 lanes Probability Polymeter WAV export Unlimited saved beats More custom kits