Song Pieces

Made for moments like these

• Writing with your guitar

  Play and sing whatever comes to mind. Record it in one long take, split it into sections later, and keep the good parts.

• Collecting ideas for your band

  Melody lines, guitar riffs, bass lines, drum grooves. Record them the moment they come, then find them by tag and gather them by song.

• Catching a melody on the go

  Humming on the way home, an idea before bed. One button, and it’s saved before it slips away.

What you can do

1. 1Record

   Capture a vocal, a riff, or a whole jam with a single record button, right when the idea comes. Recording keeps going with the screen off. You can also import recordings from Voice Memos.

2. 2Split into sections

   Add section markers while it plays and name them Verse, Chorus, and so on. Cut the parts you don’t need.

3. 3Retake any part

   Retake just the part up to where you stopped, or a section you choose. The few seconds before the part play first, so you can come in on time.

4. 4Compare and pick

   Listen to the original and your retakes on their own or in context, and pick the take you like. When you open the piece, it plays with your picked takes.

5. 5Keep ideas easy to find

   Filter with four ratings and tags (Vocal melody, Riff, Chorus idea, or your own). Play any piece right from the list to remember how it went.

6. 6Gather pieces into songs

   Verse ideas, chorus ideas, a version from another day: keep the pieces that belong together in one song. With Record Another Version, you can play the original back, then record the whole thing fresh.

7. 7Piece your song together

   Line up whole pieces or single sections in any order and play them through. Join a verse and a chorus you recorded separately to hear the song take shape. Your picked takes and section edits carry over.

8. 8Send to Logic Pro

   Export as WAV (48 kHz, 16-bit) — the version with your picked takes, each take as its own file, and your pieced-together song as one file.

FAQ

Where are my recordings stored?

Only in your iCloud Drive (if you use iCloud) or on your iPhone. croppre has no servers and never receives your recordings or pieces. Privacy Policy

Can I restore a piece I deleted?

Deleted pieces go to the Trash. You can restore them from Trash & Storage in the menu at the top right of the list. Pieces you delete permanently can’t be restored.

If I delete a song, are its pieces deleted too?

No. Only the song’s name, notes, and arrangement go to the Trash. Its pieces stay in your list. You can restore a deleted song from Trash & Storage, too.

Where are my exported WAVs?

If you use iCloud, they appear in iCloud Drive › Song Pieces › exports on your Mac. Drag them all into Logic Pro to get one track per file. A song you pieced together goes in the Songs folder inside exports. If you don’t use iCloud, they’re in On My iPhone › Song Pieces › exports in the Files app.

My iCloud storage is running out

Exported WAVs take up much more space than recordings. In Trash & Storage, delete exported WAVs or empty the Trash. Your pieces and recordings stay, so you can export again anytime.

It says the microphone is off

Allow microphone access for Song Pieces in the Settings app. You can also get there with the Open Settings button in the app.

Which languages are supported?

English and Japanese. The app follows your iPhone’s language setting (other languages show English).