Electronic Sound May 2015 (Regular Edition) | Page 47

BEATHAWK
UVI
UVI enters the portable beat-making foray with its
new MPC-inspired iPad app
Words: LUKE SANGER
On first impressions, UVI's BeatHawk app clearly takes its
cues from the MPC/Maschine traditions. Based around pattern
sequencing played in from the 16 virtual pads, all the expected
compositional features are present and correct, like note repeat
for those "machine gun" hi-hats and snare rushes or for simply
adding swing to a groove.
If you are familiar with the MPC way of working, you will pick
up BeatHawk and get moving in no time. The sounds can be
panned, levelled, filtered and sent to the built-in reverb and
delay, which are functional if a bit artificial sounding. One big
omission is that these controls cannot be automated. I felt
limited when loading up a synth sound and not being able
to record my filter changes, resulting in much more static
sounding p