Jam with Jordan

I just wasted 3 bucks.

I have been using this app for quite a lengthy period now, and its ability to facilitate musical creativity has been nothing short of delightful. However, there’s a persistent bug that’s been playing the off-key note in my otherwise harmonious experience. Despite being a paid app, this particular issue seems to have been left unresolved for too long which is somewhat disappointing. The bug manifests itself in a rather irksome manner—causing one of the pads, used to generate musical notes, to stick. The only workaround so far has been to completely close the app and reopen it, which, as one can imagine, significantly disrupts the creative flow. It’s quite a consistent issue, and although I don't recall the exact trigger, it happens frequently enough to be a noticeable annoyance. I’ve observed that I’m not sailing this rocky boat alone—numerous other users have reported the same issue. It baffles me that despite being a paid app, and having a community of users pointing out this flaw, the bug remains unfixed. While the app shines in many aspects, it’s essential for the developers to address such issues promptly to maintain a smooth user experience, especially given the financial investment involved. The app continues to be a vital part of my music-making journey, and I would love nothing more than to see this bug fixed in the nearest update. Until then, the discord of this persistent bug continues to mar an otherwise stellar app.

I was hesitant to buy this app, but now that I did, I’m having lots of fun with it. One recommendation, allow each pattern to cycle through to the end before beginning a new pattern. Otherwise you get awkward breaks or silences in between patterns. Also, hoping to see more patterns as presets in the near future. And MIDI support.

This app is so much fun to play with, but inevitably after playing for a few minutes I always get hit with a bug that makes me have to quit and start over. Here are a couple of recurring issues I’ve experienced every time I’ve used it: 1) No matter what I do, I’m not able to type file names or tempo numbers. If I try to select the tempo and type in a new tempo, it lets me type 1 digit and then it immediately resets itself to the tempo it already was. So I have to change the tempo slowly by hitting plus or minus over and over. Same with file names if I try to save my setup: it only allows me to type a single letter, but then automatically resets the file name to whatever it was. 2) At some point while jamming, a note will always get stuck and the only way to stop it from playing is to quit the app and restart. I hope these notes are helpful in getting these bugs fixed! Thanks for all the great apps!

Please make compatible with apps like GarageBand & Cubasis to at least record our playing of your instruments as an audio unit or 3rd party instrument. -You can make it not allow us to record your actual loops, perhaps, because of copyright concerns. Thanks in advance and will increase my rating.

The sounds in this app are pretty cool! This is a nice lil music app to use for jotting ideas, and songwriting. There is only a couple of things that it needs. 1.) The app crashes when I’m adjusting the octave. Could this be fixed, please? 2.) It would be nice if there was a record sync feature to where the app would start recording when playing the first note. This would be helpful for when exporting WAV to AudioShare, it would save time having to avoid trimming excess empty space. Hope this makes sense. 3.) Last but not least, please also add metronome 🙏🏾 Anyway, other than the suggestions I mentioned up above, I like this app and will increase the review rating if the crash is fixed, as well as possibly adding those two features.

This app can be your Muse for moving you along creatively! It has all the features that you find when you listen to Jordan Rudess, playing the piano and keyboards with dream theater! As a young person as an older person, and as any other person who is interested in music…this app shows a fantastic adaptability to creating your seed thoughts for music of today or yesterday! You can learn riffs, you can learn scales, you can learn how to put things together musically SO FAST and simply, it will amaze you! ALL THUMBS UP for this app by AudioKit Pro and The Maestro himself, Jordan Rudess!

The AudioKit team has released a great new app Jam with Jordan. It runs on iPhone and iPad and enables you to tap into grooves, samples and presets built by Jordan Rudess (and many others) to create your own unique songs. There are a ton of great built-in synth sounds for chords, lead and bass as well as drum patterns. You can play your own parts or use what others have already built. This is a fantastic app and well worth the price. Thank you Jordan and thank you AudioKit for open sourcing big chunks of Swift code.