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!

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

For game developers, PocketBM can be used to make BGM for their game projects. The file that PocketBM created is just a plain JSON file and is very easy to load and play. Open source player code is available on github.

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
  • 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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