Quiet Lab: DJ Beat Maker

A cat in headphones builds a track in front of you. It starts with a hat. Then a kick, a snare, a bass line, a lead, one lane at a time, and it says what it just did as it goes. Techno starts on the kick instead, the way techno does. By the end the whole grid is lit and the cats are dancing, and it rides the finale until you pick another track. MAKE YOUR OWN Switch to Build and the screen becomes a small studio: the grid large, five strips with a level fader, mute and solo for kick, snare, hat, bass and lead, swing and tempo. Tap the cells you want, tap one again for an accent, press play, and it plays exactly what you put there. Pixel Cat stays in the corner and says what you just did. YOUR OWN SOUNDS Any lane can play a sound you made. Record a short take with the microphone, after a count-in, or bring an audio file in from Files. It is trimmed and levelled, and a bass or lead lane…