You can create your own custom scale by hitting the New button. It will be added to the favorites list which isĪccessible by selecting Favorites from the choice box at the top. To save a particular scale to a list of favorites, select a scale and hit theĪdd as Favorite button. This is made easy because there is always a PlayĪrea to the right where you can always play your current instrument with Here it pays to experiment by trying out many different scales, to Several of the common western scales are in theįirst section called Common, and other familiar ones may be found in the ModalĬategory. Organized into categories which you can scroll through by sliding your finger This brings up a panel with a list with the hundreds ToĬhange to a different scale, just hit the Sound button, then theĬhange Scale item. One of the first things you might want to change are the scale and key. The second separately preserves the current key/scale currently in use instead of using the one in the preset. The former will preserve all of the existing performance settings (from the Edit pages, not including sample-specific ones) instead of using the preset’s stored settings. There are two toggle switches at the bottom of the preset chooser, Keep Performance Controls, and Keep Current Scale/Key. Things and then save a new preset so you can get back to it quickly later. The scale, the key, the note range, effects, etc. As a shortcut you can press and hold the Soundīutton, then drag your finger over to the menu and release it… this works onĮvery instrument preset has a certain properties it was saved with, such as Presets that you create when you create or modify an existing instrument, but
Presets which you can scroll through and select. This brings up a list of the built-in instrument The Sound button in the upper left corner, then hit the first itemĬhange Instrument.
The first thing to know is how to switch to different instruments. Thumbs (11 on iPads) simultaneously to really make a lot of noise. Small text indicators on the screen tell you whatĬontrols are active for that instrument. Sometimes it might bend the pitch of the note. Sometimes tilting the device back and forth will control volume, Each instrument may have otherĬontrols such a volume or pan (moving the audio between left and right), or Your fingers or thumbs to tap or drag around in the play area, the notes goįrom low at the bottom to high at the top. ThumbJam, but you can ignore most of them in the beginning. The first thing to do is just play around! There are a lot of features in
ThumbJam User Guide (v2.6) Contents Getting Started Changing Instruments Changing Scales Changing Key Sidebar Looping Controls Metronome Loop Loading/Saving Loop Mixing Loop Loading/Saving Session Record Customizing Presets Sample Settings Controls Effects Volume/iPod Creating Instruments Download Samples Preferences Options WiFi Transfer Import / Export MIDI Control / OSC Bluetooth Collaboration MIDI Input Bindings Getting Started