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title: "FunkBox Drum Machine - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "Funkbox contains all your favorite vintage drum machine sounds in one funky quirky little app! FunkBox is a full featured drum machine that you can use to compose, record and play your songs live. It "
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# FunkBox Drum Machine — United States

![FunkBox Drum Machine App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple127/v4/ca/3a/96/ca3a960b-3d91-9fc5-f4cb-8a7c26c57cbc/mzl.bfmtbxkx.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Synthetic Bits](https://apptail.io/developer/synthetic-bits-bBZ)
**Category:** Music
**Rating:** 4.2/5 (68 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.syntheticbits.funkbox
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 4.0.1 (released 2017-05-12)
**Original Release:** 2010-01-19
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id350437349)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/united-states)

## FunkBox Drum Machine Description
Funkbox contains all your favorite vintage drum machine sounds in one funky quirky little app! FunkBox is a full featured drum machine that you can use to compose, record and play your songs live. It has been used in the studio by electronic artists such as Gorillaz (on their album “The Fall”) Tom Middleton (Global Communications, Jedi Knights) and Steve Cobby (Fila Brazillia), and also by alternative/indie musicians such as tUnE-yArDs, Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, QOTSA), Anton Newcombe (Brian Jonestown Massacre), and Reggie Pace (Bon Iver, No BS Brass). It's also been used on stage by rock/pop musicians such as Joan Osborne and Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze) live in concert. Its quirky vintage sounds, ease of use and advanced features have made it popular with many musicians worldwide who use it to make all sorts of different styles of music.

FunkBox was featured in Computer Music Magazine's "Amazing Music Apps" special issue and Electronic Musician magazine's "Attack of the Killer Apps" best music tools for the iPad.



FunkBox 4.0 features:
The look, feel, sound and quirks of a classic vintage drum machine.
iOS 10 compatible, iPhone 5 retina graphics compatible, iPad retina graphics compatible.

Universal app that works great on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Buy it once and you can use it on all your iOS devices.
Fourteen classic boxes to choose from, including favorites like the 808, 909, CR-78, LM-2, MRK-2, DX, TOM, and more.

Create your own custom boxes by mix and matching preset samples, or even import and use your own custom samples.
Includes 36 preset rhythm patterns, plus several more bonus banks. Easily edit the included patterns to create your own beats.

Export your drum loops as audio or midi via email, audio pasteboard, or the iTunes folder.
Easily share your custom boxes and patterns via email with your friends, or between your devices.
Use Audiobus 3 and Inter-App Audio to exchange live audio with other apps.

Use Ableton Link or CoreMIDI to sync up with “real” music equipment or other music apps, multi-tasking in the background or on other nearby iOS devices.

Use the bonus MIDI bass sequencer to play a bassline along with your beat using another iOS app or a “real” hardware synth!


…and lots more. Need some old school beats? Grab yourself some funk in a box.

## FunkBox Drum Machine Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple111/v4/d1/10/b9/d110b9cd-d8f4-3dce-a64f-0dadbd307e6a/mzl.xtlcnqdu.png/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple111/v4/ae/46/51/ae4651b0-4c17-8905-c45c-3eeb840086e7/mzl.ctmuxfcn.png/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple122/v4/5d/d9/87/5dd9877a-8072-f2c4-d2f1-60daf436cc1d/mzl.tsvqwgqz.png/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple122/v4/a1/90/16/a190161a-ca09-1a0f-9adc-5fa28685f6c1/mzl.pybfcmdz.png/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple122/v4/a6/5b/3e/a65b3ef2-15d0-934a-904c-33a608fd7ea4/mzl.xyjqloxq.png/960x640.png)

## FunkBox Drum Machine Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 48 (71%)
- 4 stars: 7 (10%)
- 3 stars: 3 (4%)
- 2 stars: 1 (1%)
- 1 stars: 9 (13%)

## FunkBox Drum Machine Reviews in United States

### ****- "Can’t access settings"
Cannot access the settings. It puts me back to the Home Screen. Otherwise great app!
-- Mr. Green 12999, 2024-11-10

### ***** "Incredible"
The usability and interface are superb (even moreso on an iPad). Samples sound good too. Fun, fast and simple keep inspiration at the forefront.

Thanks you all!!
-- WhatsUpILikeYourHair, 2024-05-01

### *---- "Crashes on settings"
I do like very much the layout, use, and sounds. However, crashes whenever I try to open settings. No response from tech support.
-- GJC 5, 2024-01-04

### *---- "Took over my phone!"
Sounded promising, but the app won’t close. 
I have to reboot every time I use it.
-- PegLegacy, 2023-12-07

### ***** "Rippin"
Love this app, recommend it often, and use all the time for writing and for break beats in tunes!
-- Buenos Diaz, 2023-12-06

### ***** "The Best Drum Machine"
This is an amazing Drum machine for 5.00. The only thing is I wish it had a randomizer for drum patterns.
-- Chris Ringo, 2022-08-18

### ***** "Love this APP, you get out what you put In"
Used this on a few of my tracks or just to get ideas.  Make a loop and then bounce it to audio. 

Once in audio you can either leave “as-is” or convert that audio to midi in ableton and then fill in w samples from the same drum machine.  It will keep the same groove or swing from the box but you can then compress, buss or effect each individual sound. 

Use it as a starter to get you somewhere else.
-- R.Crosson, 2022-08-12

### *---- "Abandoned ware?"
This was a nifty app. Seems it’s become abandoned.
-- ShockADD, 2021-12-01

### ***** "Favorite App of All Time"
This app has literally stayed on my home screen for 4 consecutive iPhones. No exaggeration, it is to me the greatest app ever made.
-- johnthebassist1807, 2021-07-16

### ***** "Great"
I've used this a lot, even live at shows!  Awesome!  Only wish it had fills.
-- james the brute, 2021-01-21

### ***** "Great drum machine"
Being an “old guy” that once had to shell out hundreds if not thousands of dollars for analog gear, I have to laugh when I see a complaint like the idiot Oonion’s that the app didn’t have a paste feature. Oh , sob sob, I have to enter all 2 bars of a pattern by hand. Talk about spoiled little brats.
This app is wonderful for all that it does. I highly recommend it for use in all sorts of situations. Price is fine. $5, big deal. I spent $6 just the other day on a fruit torte, this app lasts much longer.
Yeah, it won’t make your lunch and clean the house but you’ll have hours of enjoyable beat making. Yeah it has limitations but that’s the beauty of a specific piece of gear, you work within those parameters. 
Just get it, and make some music.
-- Gloomy Bear, 2020-08-11

### ****- "Could use an update"
As much as I love this app, the sounds can't be customized beyond simple volume and panning. Sound design would be a great inclusion to drum machines like the 909 and the 606, which originally allowed the user to tweak the synthesized sounds they created. If I were able to adjust the tone of a kick drum, or the decay of a snare drum, etc. , I would love the app even more.

Thanks for you time!
-- Cadesworth, 2020-06-08

### *---- "Doesn’t work with AUM"
The Midi is a pain, it always ask about Bluetooth. It does not stay set to the way I set the midi.
-- richardj6, 2019-12-19

### **--- "2 stars"
This is missing really basic functions. For one, you can’t copy/paste sequences. So I can’t copy steps 1-8 and paste to 9-16, for example. Worse, you have to program all 64 steps so if you want to set up a quick 8 or 16 steps, forget it.

I emailed the developer to ask about copy/paste thinking I might be missing how to do it, and didn’t get a response, so there’s that. 

The mixer section is really buggy. 

I bought this app to quickly get some beats going to play instruments along with, but tbh it’s quicker for me to just use ableton. 

This is a good example of why I rarely pay over .99 for an app.
-- Ooonion, 2019-09-15

### ***-- "Fun toy"
Needs auv3 to still be relevant.
-- Zjenji, 2019-04-18

### ***** "Love it! But..."
Would give 5 stars to have Ableton .als file export with separated stems for each instrument. Please update Dev! Solid app and well worth the money. Requested features would make this a game changer app!
-- _AGNDA_, 2019-03-20

### ****- "Love it, problem with DAW"
Won’t play/record in DAW... the play button diss appears! 😔
-- SDWater, 2019-02-28

### *---- "Lost interest in five minutes"
What, was this app developed in 1992?
-- Prescott Henderson101, 2018-09-14

### ***** "SoEZ to use !! Painless rendering!"
I use it every day.  It's the Swiss Army knife of beats.  Not only that, it sounds amazing. I find it has a place in so many tracks I never expected.  A crucial "layer" to have for anyone recording on an iPad or PC.  Rendering to wav and getting it to a universal location is the easiest I've seen. U can email yourself the wav and get it from anywhere. With all the Dropbox drive iCloud crud they make you use.  This one at least puts that back in your hands.  And it sounds awesome as is very easy to use.  Sly stone. Phil Collins. How about the Em-u or HR16B?  It's a fabulous app. The best things in life are simple and appreciated.  This app is that.
-- theOtherWB, 2018-05-10

### ***** "Mad Real"
I have dozens of iOS drum machines. This is my favorite. I use it to make dub and slow, simmering tech House. Probably the only drum machine that can hold the titles of fun and functional simultaneously. Get some.
-- Cooldaddysuprememasterkilla, 2018-03-28

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## FunkBox Drum Machine Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Paid | Argentina | Music | #53 |
| Top Paid | Japan | Music | #60 |
| Top Paid | Russia | Music | #66 |
| Top Paid | Norway | Music | #79 |
| Top Paid | New Zealand | Music | #79 |
| Top Paid | Israel | Music | #79 |
| Top Paid | Ecuador | Music | #79 |
| Top Paid | Chile | Music | #80 |
| Top Paid | Azerbaijan | Music | #100 |
| Top Paid | Brazil | Music | #102 |
| Top Paid | Lebanon | Music | #103 |
| Top Paid | Switzerland | Music | #105 |
| Top Paid | Mexico | Music | #105 |
| Top Paid | South Africa | Music | #112 |
| Top Paid | Australia | Music | #116 |
| Top Paid | Kazakhstan | Music | #141 |
| Top Paid | Thailand | Music | #148 |
| Top Paid | Indonesia | Music | #151 |
| Top Paid | Peru | Music | #154 |
| Top Paid | Türkiye | Music | #164 |
| Top Paid | Canada | Music | #167 |
| Top Paid | Hong Kong SAR China | Music | #175 |
| Top Paid | Singapore | Music | #175 |
| Top Paid | Taiwan | Music | #178 |
| Top Paid | South Korea | Music | #179 |
| Top Paid | Ukraine | Music | #196 |
| Top Paid | United Kingdom | Music | #204 |
| Top Paid | Philippines | Music | #207 |
| Top Paid | Belarus | Music | #214 |
| Top Paid | Malaysia | Music | #224 |
| Top Paid | United Arab Emirates | Music | #252 |
| Top Paid | United States | Music | #337 |
| Top Paid | Dominican Republic | Music | #342 |
| Top Paid | India | Music | #348 |
| Top Paid | Pakistan | Music | #372 |
| Top Paid | China | Music | #400 |
| Top Paid | Vietnam | Music | #406 |
| Top Paid | Saudi Arabia | Music | #486 |
| Top Paid | Argentina | Overall | #487 |

## FunkBox Drum Machine Discovered Keywords
- beats
- synthetic
- funkbox drum machine


## FunkBox Drum Machine Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/united-states)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/united-kingdom)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/japan)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/canada)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/australia)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/russia)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/switzerland)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/singapore)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/south-africa)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/argentina)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/brazil)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/chile)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/china)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/ecuador)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/israel)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/south-korea)
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- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/malaysia)
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- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/turkey)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/india)
- [Iceland](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/iceland)
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- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/lebanon)
- [North Macedonia](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/north-macedonia)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/taiwan)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/ukraine)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/nigeria)
- [Armenia](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/armenia)
- [Nepal](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/nepal)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/new-zealand)
- [Uzbekistan](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/uzbekistan)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/philippines)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/pakistan)
- [Bahrain](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/bahrain)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/saudi-arabia)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/azerbaijan)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/colombia)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/dominican-republic)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/algeria)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/vietnam)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/egypt)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/belarus)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/hong-kong)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/indonesia)
- [Tunisia](https://apptail.io/app/funkbox-drum-machine-Jlve/tunisia)

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