Make music on your iPhone

Short, practical guides to making beats and songs on an iPhone or iPad.

• How to make a beat on your iPhone

  Pick a kit and a groove, set the tempo, make the pattern your own, then add a bassline and export.

• How to chop samples on iPhone

  Capture a sound or import a file, slice it at the hits, play the chops on pads and save them as a kit.

• How to make a song from loops on iPhone

  A beginner's guide: what a loop, a take and a stack are, and how to turn eight bars into a whole song.

• MIDI keyboards, Ableton Link and GarageBand on iPhone

  Plug in a keyboard, map its knobs, sync tempo with other apps, and use Loopstack's synths inside GarageBand.