First glimpse of after touch pressure sensitivity on an iPhone. The following video shows Bismark BS-16i using aftertouch.
bs-16i is a 16 multi-timbral playback sampler. It supports SoundFont, and can be used for keyboard instrument, MIDI sound module, and MIDI player.
The sampler engine is ported from bs-1 / bs-16, which is developed as professional plug-in for Logic (Audio Units) and Cubase (VST instrument).
Using SoundFont libraries, you can play with your great number of Instruments.
It supports all standard MIDI messages, using pre-installed GeneralUser GS SoftSynth v1.44.sf2 (S. Christian Collins), your iPhone and iPad can be used as a GM (General MIDI) sound module.
As a keyboard instrument, you can play with scalable screen keyboard, pitch bend wheel, and many control change controllers.
Internal MIDI player supports SMF (Standard MIDI File) format, and bounced wave can be shared with other apps using AudioCopy.
SoundFont and SMF files can be sent to bs-16i by using the file sharing functions of iTunes, and OpenIn from other apps (DropBox, etc).
Moreover, this application supports Core MIDI Interface like as IK Multimedia iRig KEYS / iRig MIDI, YAMAHA iMX-1, LINE6 MIDI Mobilizer 2, Apple Lightning -USB Camera Adapter with USB Generic MIDI Interface, and Bluetooth accessory (Miselu C.24, QUICCO SOUND mi.1, etc. iOS8 or later only). With them you can communicate with other external MIDI hardware like as synthesizer, sequencer. Also bs-16i can be background and drived from other apps using Virtual MIDI.
Audiobus technology is supported. You can send bs-16i’s output stream to other apps via Audiobus app. Also with iOS7 and later Inter-App Audio is supported. You can send bs-16i’s output stream to other apps directly.
Alina String Ensemble is a musical keyboard application for iPhone/iPad/iPod touch that simulates the Solina String Ensemble. The sound is in reference to Solina String Ensemble (Serial number “SERIES 22, No.0093158”) manufactured by N.V. EMINENT BODEGRAVEN HOLLAND in the 70’s. You are sure to be surprised at the real sound generated from this App.
Features:
– Pre-loaded with 6 instruments including Viola, Violin, Brass, Horn, Cello, Contra Bass
– 49key, 4-octave Keyboards with scrollable
– iOS8/9 compatible
– Optimized appearance on iPhone 6/6 Plus
– Core MIDI and MIDI over Bluetooth LE compatible
– Supports Audiobus and Inter-App Audio (requires iOS 7 or later)
– Scrollable Keyboard & dual Keyboards(Only iPad)
– BASS tone(Cello, Contra Bass) is assigned on lowest 20 keys
– Built-in Reverb that simulates a spring reverb
– Modulation that can adjust the rate and depth
zMors modular is a modular synthesizer for iPad. You can add various modules to your patch and connect them with cables. You can use hardware gear with up to 8 usb outputs for audio and/or control voltage send.
Features
– 64 bit support
– send up to 8 audio/cv to your modular synth via USB Audio
– 32bit float audio engine with up to 16x oversampling
– InterAppAudio up to 96K
– Midi input/output
– very low Storage usage
– skinning with custom background images
Math
– abs(x)
– square
– square keep sign
– 1-x (invert unipolar)
– x*-1 (invert phase)
– unipolar to bipolar and back
– hard clip bi- and unipolar
– quantizes halftones and octave
– pow(2,x)
– tanh
– up- and downsampling
– convert to 55Hz/V
– DC correction
– fract(x)
– sin(2*x*pi)
– Shaper
– Slide low pass
What’s New in Version 1.3
– add a new controller module with keyboard, XY pads and JavaScript support
– add a new ADSR module with retrigger and build in VCA
– add a new 8/1 multiplexer module
– add a one knob module with midi cc send option
– add a new console mixer module with pre routed macros and midi filter
– add midi cc input as alternative to cable connection on each module input port
– add midi out port on main module
– add midi merge programm to combiner module
– add cpu save option to VCA module
– add init phase parameter to OSC module
– add simple expressions on context menu parameters
– add alias free saw mode in MathDSP module
– add a audio input port to cv sequencer
– add bi polar option to matrix mixer
– add cv to midi cc option in midi filter module
– add ‘Mix with other Apps‘ option to setting menu
– add a score editor in midi player/sequencer
– allow JS sample access to wave table module
– fix autostart in sampler
– fix a problem with recording function
– fix a problem with zoom modules
– fix a problem when cables not showing
– fix a problem when mix with other apps
– update module descriptions
– add factory defaults function for all presets
– target for this update ist iOS 8.4
One of my absolute favorite synths for iOS just got even better. The “spawn” feature in this synth is wicked. It allows you to create new patches through a randomize process. The spawn feature is improved in this version and expanded.
What’s New in Version 3.2
This update includes…
• Expanded and improved SPAWN – use AI to magically create new and better presets at the touch of one button
• Free preset bank from New Wave Presets (NWP Lab30)
• iOS9 compatability
• Check out the Magellan Store – more preset packs coming soon
Magellan is the bold new professional analog modeling synthesizer for the iPad. Not content with just one synth, we gave Magellan TWO independent polyphonic synth engines. Individually or together, they deliver a new powerful warmth to the sound of iOS music.
Complete with a full FX rack, a total of six oscillators, dual filters per engine, multiple unison stages, extensive modulation matrix, dedicated arps, powerful MIDI capabilities, and a polyphonic step-sequencer – the aural possibilities with Magellan are infinite.
\\\ Synth ///
• 2 independent virtual analog synth engines running simultaneously
• 3 oscillators per synth engine; total of 6 realtime oscillators
• Osc unison stage w/ adjustable detune & width, up to 24 simultaneous wave generators for supersaw effect
• Realtime PWM Modulation for osc 1 & 2
• FM module w/ dedicated blend, ADSR envelope, adjustable contour
• Oscillator 2>1 ring modulation
• Noise generator w/ adjustable tone
• VCA ADSR envelope
• Separate voice unison stage w/ settable stereo spread, detune
• Dual Keyboards w/ individual pitch & modulation wheels
• Dual Touch Pad controls w/ settable key & scale & note-snapping, individual voice parameterization
• Polyphonic, Monophonic, Poly/Mono Legato operation modes
• Glide
• Matrixpad modulation w/ configurable x/y destinations, synth out select, optional snapback
• Realtime oscilloscope (iPad 2 & newer)
• Synth coupling – run both synths by one control interface
• Inter-App Audio
• Audio backgrounding
• Tap tempo
• 20 voice combined polyphony (10 voice combined for iPad 1)
\\\ Filters ///
• 2 filter banks per synth engine, configurable in series or parallel
• Dedicated ADSR envelope for each bank; selectable envelope curve, adjustable contour & tracking
• 11 Filter types for each bank:
• “Magellan” 24dB Resonant LP
• “Victor” 24dB Resonant L/H/B Pass
• “Voyvoda” 12dB L/H/B Pass
• Formant, Comb, All-Pass, Notch filters
• True bypass
\\\ Modulation ///
• Dual LFO’s per synth
• 4 freely assignable destinations per LFO
• Dedicated amp setting for each destination
• 3 reset modes
• Adjustable phase & delay
• Frequency tracking
\\\ Arp ///
• Dedicated arp in each synth engine
• 10 arp patterns; Settable note value & gate; swing
• 6 octaving modes, settable note and octave repeats
\\\ Sequencer ///
• Analog inspired 16/32 step polyphonic sequencer
• 8 track poly out per pattern in 16-step, 4 track poly out in 32-step “link” mode
• Trackwise selection of target synth engine
• Settable pitch, velocity, gate, octave per step
• 6 sequence algorithms for each pattern
• Swing
• Timeline for creating song length sequences w/ patterns
• Share or bounce song files containing sequences
\\\ Chordmaker ///
• Dedicated Chordmaker module for each synth
• Create/save chord progressions; play by pressing a single key
\\\ FX ///
• Comprehensive FX rack: EQ, Compressor, Reverb, Stereo Delay w/ BPM sync, Phaser, Chorus, Flanger, Waveshaper, Bitcrusher, Expander
• Configurable FX signal flow
\\\ Record & Share ///
• Tape deck for recording app audio
• Metronome
• Export via email, SoundCloud
• Export/Import via WiFi, Copy/Past, Sonoma
• Audiobus for Input or FX slot
\\\ MIDI ///
• CoreMIDI / Virtual MIDI
• Individually configurable synth MIDI In & Out ports
• Keyboard splitting
• Control Magellan w/ external MIDI controllers
• MIDI Learn w/ 350+ destinations
• Sync w/ external MIDI clocks – control sequencer or arp
• Share Magellan MIDI CC maps
\\\ Presets ///
• Over 300 factory presets
• 2 banks & song designed by Sunsine Audio
• Share presets, banks via email or iTunes; Save unlimited banks & presets
• SPAWN – use SPAWN’s artificial intelligence to automatically create amazing new sounds
• Export/Import presets, banks via email or iTunes; Create/save unlimited banks & presets
Analogkit is a modular synthesizer for iPad. It was designed to be enjoyed by both seasoned synth aficionados and curious cable-wranglers. Whether you’re into built-from-scratch effects pedals, synths, vocoders or even DIY games, AnalogKit allows you to build nearly anything you can dream of.
• Piece together controls, effects and signal generators into any gear you can imagine.
• 50+ included core components that can be combined to create endless possibilities of sounds.
• Share your creations with the community via the built-in Swap Meet, or browse, live-preview, and download gear built by other users.
• Compatible with many external audio interfaces so you can run AnalogKit as an effects board for mics, guitars, and other analog instruments.
• Full USB, Bluetooth, and WiFi MIDI support to let you use your favorite external controllers
• Advanced optimization algorithms enable you to run tens of thousands of basic modules in real-time on a modern iPad.
• State of the art anti-aliased oscillators provide the most authentic sound sources digital synthesis can offer.
• All the favorite toys from modular analog synths as well as digit logic components so you can build all the hybrid franken-synths your hardware modular friends could only dream of.
Under the hood, AnalogKit is anything but a toy. The process of putting things together with Analogkit is nothing less than an exploration of digital audio creation that’s both revealing and powerful.
Like a supercharged electronics project kit, Analogkit lets you combine and wire things up in any way you want, rather than having to settle for adjusting settings on existing gear. Depending on what components you choose, it can be both a trippy generative app that’s easy to lose hours with, or nimble and precise tool for building custom setups quickly.
Analogkit takes full advantage of its digital nature and lets you literally hook anything into anything, chain together as many of a thing as you like, and finally experiment like a kid again …a kid that happens to have the best audio toy to come to the iPad yet.
iPad Loops is an iOS music production blog dedicated to exposing the best iPad apps musicians, producers, and Djs. This is not a database of every app. It is, however, one of useful recommendations from someone with many years in music production. I try to update it on a daily basis (ok sometimes every two days) and I do my best to post useful apps only. My name is Jason Donnelly (Dj Puzzle).
Some of the apps that contain my sounds are Synth One, EG Segments, Hammerhead, Retronyms AudioCopy, Audio Evolution Mobile, and iMPC Pro. My work is published by Roland, Antares, Magix, Soundtrack Loops, Sample Logic, Acoustica, Native Instruments, The Grammt Museum and many more. Subscribe to our RSS feed below to get updated when new apps are posted.
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