8 Instruments, One Groove
Eight channels, each drawn as a ring of steps on the disk. The groove you hear is the pattern you see.
Kick, snare, closed and open hats, tom, percussion, bass and synth. Every voice is synthesized live by its own engine; there are no samples anywhere in the machine.
Steps sit on the disk where your fingers already are. Tap to place them, then shape velocity, ratchets and ties without leaving the ring.
From Patterns to a Full Set
Each channel holds eight pattern variations, A to H, plus two fills, FL and DR. Trigger them live to build the groove, or chain them into sections and the arrangement plays itself.
Sections run from 2 to 32 bars and advance on their own, so the structure of the set holds while your hands work the mix. Tempo automates per section, anywhere from 40 to 240 BPM.
Built for Transitions
Five effect pads ride the disk: FILTER, HOLD, GATER, RISER and THROW, and every channel rolls on a hold. Design your transitions live and rehearse your moves.
Every move is bar-quantized. Grab a pad early or release it late; the machine commits on the bar, so a transition never lands ragged.
Dual auto-fills and an assignable performance knob on every channel finish the toolkit.
The Master Console
Eight bands of EQ, a global LFO you can aim at any knob, groove and accent for the feel, plus shared delay, reverb and chorus. One console, the whole mix.
Groove is swing, contrast and humanize across the drums, set once and felt everywhere. The LFO reaches any knob on any channel, and the master EQ shapes the sum. One screen, no menu diving.
The Stage & The Studio
Perform in ACT. Flip to EDIT and every channel opens into its own detail: 55 sound presets to start from, every knob yours to shape.
The bass is monophonic, two morphing oscillators into a resonant ladder filter with glide and drive. The synth plays three voices with a full arpeggiator. Twelve keys, seventeen scales, and note entry locks to your key, so nothing lands off-key.
15 Factory Templates
Pick one, hit Go Deck, and perform. Make it your project, release it to the community, and discover what other artists share.
Fifteen genres, Deep House to UK Drill, each tuned as a complete set. Copy one, make it yours, and send it to a friend as a .cue8 file. The community is built in: browse, follow, and import grooves from other artists.
MIDI Export
Eight channels, written as a standard Type 1 MIDI file. Everything you write in Cue8 opens in any DAW.
Sketch on the road and rehearse your transitions, then move to the studio and pick up where you left off. Every channel lands on its own track, notes and velocities in place.
Specifications
For a control by control tour of the machine, read the features guide.
| Channels | Eight fixed channels: kick, snare, closed hat, open hat, tom, percussion, bass, synth |
| Drum engines | Six synthesized drum voices, each with its own engine, no samples |
| Bass synth | Monophonic, two oscillators with morphing waveshapes, a resonant ladder filter, glide, and drive |
| Poly synth | Three voices with a full arpeggiator, sharing the same oscillators, filter, and drive |
| Drum sequencer | 16-step patterns, with triplet grids available on snare, hats, tom, and percussion |
| Melodic sequencer | Bass and synth run up to 64 steps, each with its own step count and resolution, from 1/16 to four bars |
| Per step | Velocity, ratchets and rolls, and ties for notes that hold across bars |
| Key and scale | 12 keys and 17 scales, with note entry locked to your key so nothing lands off-key |
| Song mode | Section arranger with per-section bar counts from 2 to 32; sections advance on their own and loop |
| Performance | Five bar-quantized controls, filter, gater, throw, hold, and riser, plus dual auto-fills |
| Per-channel control | One assignable performance knob on every channel |
| Groove | Global swing, velocity contrast, and humanize across the drums |
| Modulation | One global LFO assignable across channels; ADSR envelopes on both synths |
| Tempo | 40 to 240 BPM, with tempo automation per section |
| Effects | Delay, reverb, and chorus sends, with an eight-band master EQ |
| Export | Eight-channel MIDI, written as a standard Type 1 MIDI file |
| Sharing | Send templates as .cue8 files, or publish grooves to the in-app community |
| Community | Browse, follow, and import grooves from other players, with a monogram profile |
| Factory content | 55 sound presets and 15 templates across 15 genres |
| Sync | iCloud keeps your work across devices, and everything plays offline |
| Platform | iPhone, iOS 18 or later |