SessionBand Blues 1
by UK Music Apps
Chord-based blues loop app that builds full backing tracks
Nov 8, 202166 minWatch on YouTube ↗
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- 20:45The style list, from slow shuffle to Texas shuffle and bluegrass
- 21:18Apply Style drops the same chord progression into a different feel
- 28:19Per-block automation, muting the guitars for the first four bars
- 34:59Recording a pass while changing the mix on the fly
- 44:09Building a progression chord by chord in the edit screen
- 51:07Naming a section, then copying and pasting it to build out the song
What it does
A chord-based loop app for blues. You enter a progression, pick a style, and the app assembles it from audio recorded by session players, with drum variations, fills and endings per block. Everything is royalty free, and tracks export as WAV either whole or as isolated parts. The mixer adds solo, mute, panning and per-block automation. This is the Blues edition, one of a long line of separate SessionBand titles sold individually.
In the demo
Jade opens with a progression she wrote in minutes, then flips it through style after style to show the same chords rebuilt each time. She records a pass while muting guitars live, builds a song from scratch chord by chord, names and copies sections, and exports audio into AudioShare.
Worth knowing
Editing is the part that trips people up, and the app leans on its built-in help pages. Anyone wanting MIDI parts rather than audio will not find them here.
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