SessionBand Piano 12.8 - App Store

Create professional Piano backing tracks for any song in minutes with the award-winning SessionBand app - the world's only chord-based loop app.

With over 7,000 precision-cut, chord-based Piano loops (included in the download) recorded exclusively by highly-acclaimed British pianist Tom Cawley (Peter Gabriel, Andrea Bocelli, Charlie Watts, Jack DeJohnette, Stacey Kent, Ronnie Scott's All Stars...), SessionBand Piano instantly converts the chords you select into great sounding audio - wherever you are and whatever your ability.

And with a host of pro features like auto-transpose, one-touch live recording and Audiobus compatibility - allowing you to seamlessly export our unique content into other top music apps like GarageBand - it has never been easier or quicker to create your own studio-quality music - even if you can't play a note!

SessionBand Piano is a unique app for songwriters, singers, producers and anyone who wants to quickly create studio-quality Piano tracks.

Create beautiful sounding real Piano tracks on the move with SessionBand Piano - a Top 10 paid music app in 67 countries since launch including USA, UK, Germany, Canada, Japan, France, Spain and Italy.

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The world's only chord-based loop app is the fastest way to create studio-quality music...

. Simply pick one of 22 Piano styles
. Choose your chords
. Stretch or shorten loops in seconds
. Build up a full song in minutes
. Instantly hear your track across different playing styles and tempos
. Auto-transpose your entire track instantly (not electronic pitch shift!)
. Record direct to audio
. Copy straight to other leading music apps (if you want to)
. Share with the world!
Anyone can create professional quality Piano tracks with SessionBand and release them royalty-free...

. No musical experience required
. Simple, intuitive interface allows easy chord selection and loop manipulation
. Audition loops as you go
. 'Track Builder' allows simple creation of a full track
. Highly educational
. Help tutorials on every main screen
. Simple and intuitive mixing and recording functions
Create beautiful sounding real Piano tracks on the move...

. All loops reside within the downloaded app
. No internet access required once the app is downloaded
. Create studio-quality music absolutely anywhere!
Detailed Product Information

. Over 7,000 chord-based Piano loops
. 22 pop Piano styles
. Performed on Yamaha S6 acoustic grand piano (18 styles) and Fender Rhodes Mark II Suitcase 73 (4 styles)
. Tempos from 60bpm to 180bpm
. 10 chord variations for every root note in all 22 styles: maj; maj7; sus2; sus4; 7sus4; 7; min; m7; m9; dim
. The exclusive musical content in this app is not duplicated in any other SessionBand app
. All loops are offered royalty-free and can be used freely in your own works
Here's what people say about the SessionBand app range...

“Extraordinarily useful“ Jamie Cullum

“This app has numerous features to make your track sound professional and stunning“ appPicker

“Supremely versatile“ Jazzwise

“Remarkably polished“ Forbes

“Perfect for songwriters, producers, singers and music newbies“ 148 Apps

“If you're trying to cover an existing song, SessionBand makes it easy“ Tidbits.com

Version History Fixes crashing experienced with older iOS versions (12-14) 2.8 03/15/2023 Dramatic improvement in tempo shift/BPM adjust function. 2.7 03/01/2023 Full-screen mode for iPhone fixes drum selector wheel issue. 2.6 01/05/2023 Various bug fixes for iOS 16. Fixes recording and export audio issues. 2.5 12/09/2022 Fix for audio issues with older iOS versions 2.4.3 04/21/2020 Major update

• New 'Track Builder' feature for rapid creation of full tracks
• Audition feature allows instant loop preview within edit screen
• New 2-bar count-in option
• Comprehensive online help accessible from all screens
• Number of stability issues now fixed 2.4.2 04/09/2020 iOS 13 bug fixes (stops freezing-up issues) and also improved export features and file sharing. 2.4.1 10/25/2019 - SessionBand now supports Audiobus 3
- Updated binary to use the latest compiler
- Minor bug fixes 2.4 06/14/2019 • Improved export/backup of SessionBand track files
• Metronome count-in can be recorded
• Fix for A-Z track listing bug 2.3 05/24/2018 iOS 11 improvements and bug fixes 2.2 11/22/2017 Bug fix for audio issue affecting some iPads 2.1.1 07/28/2017 • Updated AudioCopy and Audiobus libraries
• Improved Copy/Paste/Cut
• Save loop marker positions
• Option to delete saved tracks and recordings
• Fix audio/video sync issue on later iPhones
• Improved opening of SessionBand tracks from email attachments
• Fix iPad Pro display scaling issue
• Other bug fixes 2.1 06/21/2017 Introducing SessionBand Piano - Volume 1 completely re-built using the latest iOS8 Audio Engine, bringing you even better performance and a number of significant new features including:

* Audiobus iOS8 compatibility (iPhone users please note: due to compatibility issues with Audiobus 2.1.9, we strongly recommend the use of headphones while connecting to Audiobus for best experience).

* All new tempo-shift allowing seamless, real-time tempo change to +/- 50%!

* New transposition feature caters for Bb and Eb instrumentalists looking for the ultimate play along.

* Improved touch responsiveness and faster chord block manipulation means song creation just got even quicker!

* AudioCopy 2.0 compatibility. 2.0 02/18/2015 Various bug fixes and iOS 7 compatibility tweaks.

Introduction of DIRAC3 real-time tempo shift function.

Improved touch responsiveness when inserting chord blocks. 1.1 10/08/2013 1.0 06/13/2013