Rytmik Lite Chiptune Synthesizer

The name oif this application is misleading in that it does not and cannot "synthesize" sounds as an actual chiptune synth can [ see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiptune ]. Want a music "toy" that can play samples of sounds that sound like old console games and / or write "songs" like the "trackers" of the 90's but with less tracks? Buy this. Want a musical instrument that will work with your Digital Audio Workstation [DAW]? Don't buy this. Rytmik is programmed with the UNITY 3d engine and it is not capable of being used as a DAW plug-in nor MIDI synth. This is not a synthesizer. It is a very limited audio loop player. You cannot use it with a MIDI conmtroller nor can you actually "play it except via a QWERTY keyboard. Want to be able to expand your sounds and export your "songs"? You can buy sound upgrades and export capabilities by buying the "Ultimate" add-on and additional sound packs but if you want to use your own your own samples you are out of luck. All of the configuration and sounds are stored in UNITY native compressed file format. The application does not allow you to import or save your own sound banks. If you want a real chiptune tracker app try OpenMPT https://openmpt.org/ which can do the things that this app cannot.

This is a neat idea, but if you're looking for more than a toy ala the old MTV Music Generator games, don't bother wasting the money on it. There are literally dozens of free programs that give you way, way more freedom. You can download things like SunVox without paying a dime or agreeing to signing all the rights away to the music you make with the program, and it makes even the "Ultimate" version of Rytmik look like a poor joke. If you're at all interested in making music, chiptunes or otherwise, don't waste your time and money on something you'll be guaranteed to drop anyway.

It might be a decent sequencer once you get past the unintuitive interface, which seems to borrow the main workflow from Fruityloops. But this lite version is absolutely not worth it. It's WAY too featureless. There is ONE instrument. I don't lke paid demos and that's what this is. Furthermore, for a program with that unintuitive interface this really is a bad demo because it took me a while scratching my head trying to find the other instruments. I was clicking everywhere, trying to find a basic drum to go with my beep boops until I realized that's all I was gonna get. If you have any interest in this application, watch some videos online, see if this is what you want then buy the fully featured version. As for me, I felt conned, to be really honest. I expected a lite version to have more features than that. This left a bad taste in my mouth and I will not be purchasing any other version of this software.

Are you planning to make music for video games? This is a perfect tool for that. The files naturally come in .wav format, so you'll probably need an audio converter like Audacity, but otherwise this tool is very useful for creating great-sounding video game music. The user interface is easy to use, there's a whole lot of enjoyable instruments to work with, and the program allows you to save the data for 999 songs: you can export as many as you want, but those 999 will be perfectly editable.

I do not recommend this program. It's options are very few, there are practically no samples to work with in the light version and there is no tutorial to show you how it is supposed to work. lacking.

Thanks for listening, Cinemax. According to the new License Agreement things are now different. This is copied straight from their agreement. "CINEMAX agrees that all rights, title and interest in the user-generated content, excluding the pre-existing material, shall belong to you. By creating user-generated content and uploading it to Rytmik Cloud you automatically grant CINEMAX, for a full term of copyright, a worldwide, irrevocable, transferable, non-exclusive, no-charge and royalty-free, unlimited right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, perform, play, distribute, sub-license, create derivative works of and otherwise exploit in any way known, including commercial exploitation, this user-generated content." This states that your creations are yours. Fair warning, if you want to keep your music soley to yourself for personal and monetary gain, do NOT upload it to their cloud. If you keep it off of their cloud, which you do have the option to do so, then it is yours. If you upload it to their cloud then they can do with it as they please. If you look past this or just don't care then I recommend this software. Thanks a lot for listening to your customers, Cinemax. I wish all companies would listen. :) Below is my old review. I changed my opinion of this product based on the change in their Software License Agreement. Before, I didn't recommend this. So far, this is the only product that I do NOT recommend because of their shady ways. This was copied and pasted straight from the SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT. This means that I can't earn money off of my work while they can legally exploit everyone's work and earn money off of YOUR songs. Until this is changed, I can NOT recommend this product. I have the right to make music that I can monetize and only allow Rytmik use if I give permission. This is a product wrapped up as a wolf in sheep's clothing. This is theft wrapped up as audio productions tool. CINEMAX hereby grants you, for a full term of copyright, a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right and license to install and use one (1) copy of the software solely and exclusively for your personal non-commercial use (“license”). By creating user-generated content you automatically grant CINEMAX, for a full term of copyright, a worldwide, irrevocable, transferable, non-exclusive, no-charge and royalty-free, unlimited right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, perform, play, distribute, sub-license, create derivative works of and otherwise exploit in any way known, including commercial exploitation, this user-generated content. As for the product...if you don't mind not being able to use YOUR work for own monetary gain nor do you mind a company stealing off of you LEGALLY, it's not a bad program. Besides this, I would recommend this program. This was stated by a comment and I feel it needs to be shared. "Techbane Feb 18 @ 5:40pm This has been discussed, and the implications of that passage from the EULA are that, yes, you grant the parent company the rights to use, modify, distribute, and sell your original work. I don't think that's actually happened yet in its several years of various iterations, its main application insofar seems to be the video compilations they put out every now and then showcasing some of the more popular works published on the service without having to go to everybody individually and asking permission. I can certainly see why some people would be leery about that regardless. It does NOT, however, nullify your own copyright as author of the work. You are still free to do whatever the hell you like with it yourself, including selling it. So there's that. Techbane Feb 18 @ 7:26pm As an addendum, afaik this only applies if you specifically use the cloud service, since they don't have any way of lifting it straight from your hard drive." Yes, you can do whatever you want with it, including selling it and earning a profit, but personal non-commercial use say no profit. If you make something, it is copyright be you. If you copyright it, then you can do whatever you want. The agreement and law are don't seem to work together here. By saying yes to the agreement to install it, you can't monetize your own work. If this agreement changes, please let me know so I can change this review. Thanks a lot, techbane.

Something poor this little version. Maybe the full version is better, but I haven't tried it. I can not recommend it. 4/10

このソフトのUIの使い方は一見複雑そうに見えますが基本はとてもシンプルです。 一時間あれば楽譜も楽器も出来なくてもなんとか形になるものが作れるようになりました。 Rytmikに出会えてとてもよかったです。 他の音楽ソフトではUIの複雑さに挫折しましたが、Rytmikは入門用に最適です。

At first glance, this “ultimate tool” looks like a wavetable workstation, but in reality it’s just a clunky four-track step sequencer with zero MIDI support and no piano roll. The waveform editor crashes if you blink too hard, the UI feels like it was designed during a caffeine blackout, and the devs dare you to pay $6 for the only DLC—Upgrade to Rytmik Ultimate—if you want more “instruments.”

This software is pure thrash You have one synth and all they do is beg you to buy the more expensive version You don't even have drums to make your tracks ♥♥♥♥ this ♥♥♥♥ I wasted 5 bucks and now I want them back