GLIMR: Strum Any Sound
Joseph Musselman Music iPhoneiPadiPod touch
GLIMR: Strum Any Sound is a paid Music app for iPhone and iPad by Joseph Musselman. Rated 5.0/5 from 5 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 29, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 5 ratings
- Price
- 4.99 USD
- on the App Store
- Size
- 16 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 29
- 2026 · v1.5
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About GLIMR: Strum Any Sound
Make any sound strummable. Hold SAMPLE and make a sound: your voice, a wine glass, a car horn, your cat. GLIMR turns it into an instrument you play like a harp. Pick a chord, sweep your finger across the strings, and your sound rings out in tune and in harmony. SAMPLE ANYTHING - Hold to sample from the mic. GLIMR waits for your sound, so there's no dead air at the start. - GLIMR finds the pitch for you, or you can set the root yourself. - Trim, fade, reverse and normalize your samples, or import your own audio files. PLAY CHORDS WITH ONE FINGER - Eight chord types in every key: major, minor, 7th, major 7th, minor 7th, diminished, augmented and sus4. - Strum the strings, or tap them one at a time. Strum faster to play louder. - Shape the sound with LOFI, DRIVE and CHORUS, plus delay and reverb. The delay locks to your tempo. BUILT-IN RHYTHM BOX - Eight grooves: rock, pop, disco, samba, waltz, bossa, lo-fi and ballad. - Edit any pattern: tap to add a hit, drag up or down to set how hard it hits. - Set the tempo with tap tempo, or type it in. RECORD AND TAKE IT ANYWHERE - Tap REC to capture what you play. - Share the strings and drums as separate 24-bit WAV files, ready to mix. - Export your strings as MIDI and rebuild the part in your DAW. - Send takes to Files, AirDrop or any app. PLAY YOUR DAW FROM THE STRINGS - Turn on MIDI out in Settings and GLIMR becomes a MIDI controller. - Strums, chords and drums play any synth or DAW over USB or Wi-Fi. Works on iPhone and iPad. No account, no subscription, no ads. Your sounds stay on your device.
Ratings & reviews
5.0
5 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.5 · Updated October 29, 2026
Loop your performance. • LOOP: tap the new LOOP button to stack up to four layers. Record, then add layers on top, each with its own sound if you like. • It keeps its own time, with a metronome and count-in, so your loops stay tight with or without the drums. • Change the loop's length any time: go shorter without losing anything, or longer to make room for more. • Mute or turn down any layer, undo the last one, and save the whole loop to Recordings. • Your layers play back on the strings, each glowing in its own colour. • The FX window now sits beside the strings, so you can strum while you dial in a sound.
App privacy
The developer, Joseph Musselman, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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