The drum machine that punches above its weight

A playful iOS drum machine and sequencer with powerful features. Create beats, record your changes, and automate effects.

Unlock more fun with Audio Unit plugins for integrated drum patterns or manipulate live audio with a sequenced gate and punch-in effects.

For iPhone and iPad.

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Everything you need to create beats

From simple patterns to complex automation, Punchline gives you advanced tools in an intuitive interface.

16-Step Sequencer

Intuitive 4×4 step grid with pattern chaining, retrigs, and live recording modes. Parameter-lock individual steps, set per-sound pattern lengths for polyrhythms, and adjust step probability for generative patterns.

16 Drum Sounds

Classic drum samples including bass drum, snare, hi-hats, toms, and percussion with pitch, filter, and level controls. Import your own WAV files and create custom sample kits. Save and share kits as .punchlinekit bundles. Browse sample kits.

Live Recording & Automation

Record drums live, capture knob movements, and layer in effects automation in real-time. Mute/unmute sounds and FX for performance control.

16 Punch-in Effects

Curated effects including reverb, delay, distortion, filters, and modulation. Drag on an FX pad to adjust it for expressive sound design.

Pattern Chaining & Sharing

Chain patterns together to make musical loops and songs. Export your patterns as .punchline files or render to WAV and share beats via AirDrop, messages, or email.

AudioUnit Integration

Use in your favorite DAW as an AUv3 plugin for adding beats, or as a sequenced gate insert effect with the same punch-in FX.

Punch‑in Effects

Sixteen creative effects you can trigger live or automate for movement and transitions.

  • Bit Crush — Lo‑fi digital texture
  • Distortion — Analog overdrive
  • Reverb — Lush spatial reverb
  • Delay — Tempo‑synced echoes
  • Warble — Pitch modulation
  • Phaser — Sweeping phase shifts
  • Tape Stop — Vintage tape slowdown
  • Note Shuffle — Timing humanization
  • Lowpass Filter — Warm filtering
  • Lowpass Sweep — Automatic filter movement
  • Hipass Filter — Clean high‑pass
  • Hipass Sweep — Rising filter effects
  • 1/4 Gate — Quarter‑note chops
  • 1/8 Gate — Eighth‑note rhythms
  • 1/8 Repeat — Stutter repeats
  • 1/16 Repeat — Rapid‑fire repeats

AudioUnit Integration

Use Punchline in your DAW with full-featured AudioUnit v3 plugins for seamless workflow integration.

Punchline Player

Full-featured drum machine and sequencer plugin. Create patterns, automate parameters, and trigger sounds via MIDI in your favorite DAW.

Key Features:

  • All the same sequencing and effects as the main Punchline app
  • Full MIDI implementation with pad and effects triggering, plus parameter CC
  • Tempo sync with host DAW

Punchline FX

Use the same Punchline sequencer to program a step-based rhythmic gate effect on live audio. Add punch-in effects and shape the sound with automatable gate length, level, and a classic Moog-style filter.

Key Features:

  • All the same sequencing and effects as the main Punchline app
  • Automate global gate length, level, and a juicy Moog-style filter
  • Full MIDI implementation with FX and gate triggering, plus global parameter CC

See Punchline in Action

Watch how Punchline transforms your creative workflow with intuitive beat making and powerful effects.

Step Sequencing

Create complex drum patterns with the intuitive 16-step sequencer

Punch-in Effects

Add impactful effects in real-time with punch-in controls

Parameter Automation

Record smooth knob movements and build dynamic arrangements

Ready to make beats?

Download Punchline and transform your iOS device into a fun, powerful drum machine with AudioUnit integration.

Download on the App Store
iOS 17.6+ • iPhone & iPad • AudioUnit v3
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