--- title: "BeatCadenz - Build the Whole Song, Plug In and Record" description: "Start with a beat, build it into a full arrangement, loop it live, plug in and record. The whole song, in your pocket. Offline, with no account." url: https://www.chordmuse.app/beatcadenz --- # BeatCadenz **Coming soon** > Build the Whole Song, Plug In and Record Start with a beat, build it into a full arrangement, loop it live, plug in and record. The whole song, in your pocket. Offline, with no account. BeatCadenz is a music sketchpad for musicians. Pick a genre and Beat Maker builds a full drum arrangement; layer up to twelve tracks of bass, chords, melody, samples and recorded audio in Ensemble; sketch structure in a section grid, edit bar by bar on a timeline, or drop the timeline and jam in the looper. Plug a guitar into Amp Lab for a full rig with live monitoring—wah, pre-amp, cabinet, modulation, delay and reverb—and record your takes through your own tone. Thousands of MIDI grooves ship with the app across dozens of styles, alongside a sampler, step sequencer, vocal overdubbing and MIDI controller support. Everything works offline, with no account and no subscription. ## Download Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play. ## More apps from ChordMuse - [ChordMuse](https://www.chordmuse.app/index.md): Chord progressions, practice tracking and theory tools - [ChordMuse Flow](https://www.chordmuse.app/flow.md): AI chord progressions and songs, in the app and as an AUv3 plugin (coming soon) - [ScaleCraft](https://www.chordmuse.app/scalecraft.md): Learn scales and modes through interactive play - [Just Metronome](https://www.chordmuse.app/just-metronome.md): A precise, no-nonsense metronome for daily practice - [Tactus](https://www.chordmuse.app/tactus.md): A wireless MIDI control surface for your music software ## Powerful Features Everything you need to build, jam with and record a song ### Beat Maker Pick a genre and BeatCadenz builds a complete drum arrangement—intro, verse, chorus, fills and outro—using kits matched to the style. Reshape it, change the tempo, keep it as a project. ### Ensemble, Three Ways Layer up to twelve tracks of drums, bass, chords, melody, samples and recorded audio. Sketch structure in the section grid, edit bar by bar in the timeline, or drop the timeline entirely and jam in the looper. ### Loop It Live A scene grid built for playing, not clicking. Trigger cells and queue scenes while the music runs—everything switches on the beat. Record MIDI or audio straight into a cell with a musical count-in. ### Amp Lab A full guitar and bass rig with live monitoring through a USB audio interface: wah, pre-amp, tone stack, cabinet, modulation, delay and reverb. Save a chain as a rig and record your takes through your own tone. ### Record & Overdub Punch in on the beat with count-in and arming. Import a backing track and stack up to three vocal takes over it with effects and solo or mute per track, then bounce the mix. ### Thousands of Grooves Built In MIDI grooves and melodic loops across rock, pop, funk, jazz, blues, metal, hip-hop, house, drum and bass, techno, reggae, Latin, bossa and Afrobeat. Search, preview and favourite them, or export one as MIDI. ### Editors Built In Fix a pattern where you wrote it—a step grid for drums, a piano roll for melodic parts. Recorded audio gets its own editor for trim, normalise, gain and fades, and the original file is never overwritten. ### Sampler Record or import any sound, trim and shape it, then play it chromatically across the keyboard—and load it as a track instrument in your projects. ### Plays With Your Gear Connect a USB or Bluetooth MIDI controller and play any instrument in the app. Transport buttons map automatically, grid controllers fire looper cells, and on iPhone and iPad you can host your own AUv3 instruments and effects. ### Everything In One Player Live takes, amp recordings, vocal sessions and finished mixes all land in Compositions, with lock screen and Control Centre controls. ### Share & Export Export a mix as WAV or AAC, share a loop as MIDI, or send an entire project—media and samples included—as a single file that opens straight into the app on someone else's device. ### Works Fully Offline Every sound, groove and kit ships with the app. No account, no sign-in, no subscription, and no internet connection needed. ## BeatCadenz in Action Build a beat, layer a full arrangement, plug in your guitar and record - ![BeatCadenz home screen with Beat Maker and Ensemble](https://storage.googleapis.com/my--tone21-music-bucket/content-chord-muse/beatcadenz-images/Image1.png) - ![BeatCadenz Beat Maker arranging a song into intro, verse, chorus and bridge sections](https://storage.googleapis.com/my--tone21-music-bucket/content-chord-muse/beatcadenz-images/Image2.png) - ![BeatCadenz Amp Lab guitar rig with input, dynamics, wah, pre-amp, power and cabinet stages](https://storage.googleapis.com/my--tone21-music-bucket/content-chord-muse/beatcadenz-images/Image3.png) - ![BeatCadenz step sequencer programming a four-bar drum groove](https://storage.googleapis.com/my--tone21-music-bucket/content-chord-muse/beatcadenz-images/Image4.png) - ![BeatCadenz Grooves Hub loop catalogue with searchable MIDI grooves](https://storage.googleapis.com/my--tone21-music-bucket/content-chord-muse/beatcadenz-images/Image5.png) - ![BeatCadenz Melody Player with bass, piano and chord instruments and MIDI controller support](https://storage.googleapis.com/my--tone21-music-bucket/content-chord-muse/beatcadenz-images/Image6.png) - ![BeatCadenz drum pads for playing and recording a kit live](https://storage.googleapis.com/my--tone21-music-bucket/content-chord-muse/beatcadenz-images/Image7.png) - ![BeatCadenz backing track packs](https://storage.googleapis.com/my--tone21-music-bucket/content-chord-muse/beatcadenz-images/Image8.png) - ![BeatCadenz Karaoke overdub for layering up to three vocal tracks](https://storage.googleapis.com/my--tone21-music-bucket/content-chord-muse/beatcadenz-images/Image9.png) - ![BeatCadenz sampler for recording or importing a sound and detecting its pitch](https://storage.googleapis.com/my--tone21-music-bucket/content-chord-muse/beatcadenz-images/Image10.png) - ![BeatCadenz audio trimmer showing a recorded waveform](https://storage.googleapis.com/my--tone21-music-bucket/content-chord-muse/beatcadenz-images/Image11.png) ## From Blank Screen to Song in Minutes BeatCadenz is built for people who play—start with a beat, layer it up, plug in and record. 1. **Get the App**: BeatCadenz is coming soon to the App Store and Google Play. It will be free to download and work fully offline, with no account. 2. **Start With a Beat**: Pick a genre and Beat Maker builds a full drum arrangement for you—or open an Ensemble project and choose how you want to work: grid, timeline or looper. 3. **Layer It Up**: Fill tracks from the built-in groove library, play parts in from the on-screen keyboard or a MIDI controller, and edit any pattern in place. 4. **Plug In and Record**: Connect a guitar or mic, dial in a tone in Amp Lab, and punch in on the beat. Every take lands in Compositions, ready to export or share. ### Want More Music Tools? Try our flagship app, ChordMuse, for chord progressions, scale practice, and advanced music theory tools. Perfect for songwriters and musicians who want to level up their skills. [Download ChordMuse](https://www.chordmuse.app/index.md) ## About ChordMuse ChordMuse is a growing family of apps built for musicians who practise. Each one does a single job properly — writing, timing, learning and recording — and they all work offline, with no account needed to get started. Developer tools from ChordMuse: [ChordMuse Developers](https://developers.chordmuse.app), [IconMuse](https://icons.chordmuse.app). - [BeatCadenz Privacy Policy](https://www.chordmuse.app/beatcadenz-privacy-policy.md) - [Terms of Service](https://www.chordmuse.app/beatcadenz-terms.md) - [Copyright](https://www.chordmuse.app/copyright.md) - [Support](https://www.chordmuse.app/support.md)