RipX is an AI-powered DAW with augmented reality – and it’s now available on iOS

Last year we awarded Hit’n’Mix’s RipX a respectable 9/10, commending both its comprehensive DAW experience and AI-powered stem separation tools. Now, RipX is available on the go, as it arrives on iOS for iPhone and iPad users. There’s also a few new features optimised for its new portable environment.

Most significantly, the iOS version of RipX has an entirely new AR Mode, which scans your environment and places instruments throughout your space, allowing you to walk around and ‘play’ the instruments and hear them through immersive spatial audio.

The idea is to give you a sense of how each instrument would sound in your space – meaning if you move closer or further away from a piano, you’ll hear the difference. The same goes with any other parts of a track you might place throughout your space; if you gravitate away from where you place your vocal track and towards your drums, the vocals will lower and the volume of drumming will increase.

AR Mode also allows you to tweak your track with physical movement, thanks to its REACT functionality. This allows you to essentially transform your ‘movement into sound design’, meaning you can tilt or turn your iPhone or iPad to reshape your effects and sounds in real time.

Whether you want to remix a section of add in a few new notes, you can also record your physical AR remixes and performances via the app. This is thanks to a new music video capturing feature, which also allows you to share your videos instantly.

Of course, beyond the AR perks, the IOS version of RipX still offers a a fully-fledged DAW experience. You can comfortably edit, tweak pitch, and add in effects with ease. There’s even Track Starters to kickstart the creative process, providing some loops and foundational ideas to get ideas flowing.

“RipX blurs the line between listening and creating,” Martin Dawe, founder and developer at Hit’n’Mix, explains. “It gives anyone the power to step inside sound – to feel and shape music as naturally as they move.”

RipX is available to download for free via the App Store. There’s an optional Backstage Pass available at an extra cost to unlock full creative features.