iBassist – Virtual Bass Player
Lumbeat Music iPad
iBassist – Virtual Bass Player is a free Music app for iPad by Lumbeat. Rated 4.2/5 from 90 ratings. Requires iOS 16. Updated October 8, 2026.
- Rating
- 4.2
- 90 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 1.8 GB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 8
- 2026 · v1.41
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About iBassist – Virtual Bass Player
iBassist: Smart Bass Player for iPad & Mac with AUv3 iBassist delivers live, musical bass lines that follow your harmony effortlessly, designed for creating, jamming, and producing on iPad and Mac. Its grooves react instantly to any progression, combining natural bass tone, smart variations, and deep MIDI control for smooth work in AUv3 or your favorite DAW. It also connects with other Lumbeat apps to build a tight, inspiring rhythm section that’s ready for recording, practice, or full song creation. Key Features: - Smart Bass Grooves A wide collection of degree-based bass patterns that adapt automatically to any chord progression. Pick a groove and apply your harmony instantly, great for instant ideas or complete tracks. - Natural Bass Sounds 10 Round Robin sampled instruments, including Modern Finger Bass, Pick Bass, Double Bass and more, offering realistic tone and dynamic performance. - Standalone & AUv3 Compatible Use iBassist inside AUv3 hosts or as a standalone app for quick jams and songwriting sessions. - Harmony-Aware Engine iBassist separates Bass Sound + Bass Line + Chord Progression for full musical control. Load any bass groove and change the harmony at any moment, the bass always stays in context. - Chord Progression Editor Create or modify progressions using: • Key Notes • Step-based harmony • MIDI detection • Randomize tools Fast, intuitive and ideal for composing. - Advanced MIDI Performance Send different chord figures, note lengths, octaves and patterns on two MIDI channels to layer iOS synths or pianos and build a complete harmonic background. - Live Pads Trigger Lines, Progressions and Jam variations with 8 assignable pads, playable on-screen or via MIDI, perfect for live performance. - Jam Tool Add musical movement, human feel and rhythmic variation. Jam adapts to your groove and progression. - Song Mode Arrange full song structures with bass lines, progressions and jam levels. Includes “Make Drums” for automatic drum creation when used with other Lumbeat apps. - Built-in Effects Shape your tone with Compressor, Chorus, Delay, Reverb and Parametric EQ. - Export MIDI Export bass lines, progressions, or full song structures as MIDI for use in any DAW or hardware setup. - Perfect Sync with Lumbeat Drummers Sync effortlessly with other Lumbeat apps via Ableton Link or internal sync to build a complete, tight rhythm section in seconds. - Try For Free iBassist is free to explore for 7 days with access to all features. Some actions are limited during the trial (exports, random grooves, sound changes and bars per session). After the trial, keep playing with limited features. Unlock everything with a one-time purchase, no subscription.
Ratings & reviews
4.2
90 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.41 · Updated October 8, 2026
• Export your bass line or a whole Song as audio (WAV), alone or together with the MIDI file, in a folder named after it • Picking a bass line or a progression while playing now waits for the next bar (adjustable in Settings) • Live MIDI In: choose what the bass does when you lift your hand, keep playing, stop at once, or stop at the end of the beat. Fill to End now works with it and ends on the last chord • New MIDI controls: Start, Stop, Fill Start, Fill Stop, FILL TO END LENGTH and, in the plug-in, PLAY LOCK ON / OFF • MIDI Map renamed and grouped like in the other Lumbeat apps, keeping your assignments. Controls respond only on their own channel, and CC buttons act on press only • Line Editor: BACK TO ORIGINAL always restores the line you started from, and MODERATE and MID lengths give the same result every time (use the dice for random ones) • Song mode: PADS 1-8 and RANDOM are ignored while a Song plays • Plug-in in a DAW: follows the cycle (loop), stays in time when you move the playhead, rewind or bounce from any bar, and a Song started from the host plays to the end • Plug-in, Song mode: new SONG MODE: PLAY FROM setting, from the start of the Song or from the DAW's position • Settings are now kept between launches • Bug fixes
App privacy
The developer, Lumbeat, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Advertising Data
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Advertising Data
Used for: Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, Analytics, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Diagnostics: Crash Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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