PocketBM

PocketBM

Made by Khors Media

PocketBM is a 16-track beat maker for Playdate. Now this little cute yellow device is all you need to make cool beats on the move! It can also be used for making BGM for your game projects. Open source player code is available in both C and Lua.

Features:

  • 16 tracks
  • Custom samples for sample tracks
  • Dynamic editing: edit notes while the beat is playing
  • Basic sound design tools: ADSR, filters, delay and bit crusher
  • Track names + colours (or dithering patterns to be precise)
  • Soloing/Muting track
  • Panning and volume control
  • Song arrangement labels
  • Loop markers
  • Copy/move/clear with loop markers
  • 18 scales/modes
  • One chord track (track#8, chord will be played instead of a single note, not for the chromatic scale)
  • Autosave for recovery
  • Import MIDI files
  • Piano Roll

Credits:

  • Design/Code/Graphics/Music: JunX
  • Button Icons: Kenney Game Assets
  • Picos-Mono.fnt: Josh Estelle
  • Audio Samples: freewavesamples.com

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  • 3.1 MB.
  • First published 01/14/2025, last updated 03/07/2025.
  • This app is appropriate for everyone.
  • This app uses the A and B buttons, D-pad and the crank. Holding A or B button together with the D-pad will invoke specific functions. Refer to the in-game manual for more details.
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