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GrooveSmith: Drum Practicev1.2.0

Released October 11, 2026Major

iOS

What changed

  • New featureAdded bookmarking system to save and access favorite grooves
  • ContentAdded support for Shuffle, 6/8, and 12/8 time signatures
  • ContentAdded all 40 PAS rudiments with specific notation and counting
  • PlatformOptimized UI layout for iPhone Duo foldable device states
  • UXImplemented independent tempo memory for different rhythmic feels
  • PerformanceCorrected audio timing for flams and drags on the first beat
  • UXEnsured user settings persist across app updates
  • UXFixed landscape rendering issue where barlines intersected notes
  • UXFixed character spacing in Labeled mode to prevent overlapping

Original release notes

Grooves you can keep, and a whole new feel to practise.

• Keep the grooves you like. Tap the bookmark above the notes to keep a groove. Find it again in Practice → Saved grooves — as many as you like.

• Shuffles, 6/8 and 12/8. Turn on Shuffle & 6/8 in Practice to mix in grooves that count in threes — from a slow 12/8 ballad up to the half-time shuffle.

• Every PAS rudiment, written right. All 40, with triplets marked and counted “1 la li”, and each one in the time signature it really fills.

• Optimized for iPhone Duo. Closed, the controls stand beside the notes, the way Apple's own apps do. Open like a book, the bar line moves into the fold, so no note sits on the crease.

• A tempo for each feel. Shuffles and 6/8 remember their own tempo, so a slow ballad never inherits your rock speed.

Also fixed:
• Flams and drags on beat 1 now sound before the beat, not on top of it.
• Your settings now stay put when the app updates.
• In landscape, barlines no longer cut through a flam or a drag.
• In Labeled mode, letters no longer run into each other.

Thanks for trying it. If something annoys you, Settings → Send Feedback comes straight to me.

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