2013
04/17
UPDATE: SampleTank Ver 1 5 Adds AudioBus
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The master-quality MIDI sound and groove workstation for the mobile artist provides hundreds of world-class instrument and patterns included – piano, organ, drums, bass, guitar, strings, synths, percussion, vocals and many more!

SampleTank is the first professional quality sound and groove workstation with hundreds of world-class instruments and patterns that you can always have with you. You can play SampleTank instruments on stage or in the studio with the iRig MIDI (www.irigmidi.com) interface and a keyboard or pad controller just as you would with a regular sound or synthesizer module, use the new iRIG KEYS (www.irigkeys.com) mini-keyboard controller at home or on the road, or you can use the built-in tools to create inspiring professional sounding music anywhere your mobile life takes you. SampleTank now includes a 4-track MIDI recorder as well as an enhanced drum pads interface to create any kind of music anytime and everywhere.

SampleTank instruments give you unmatched realism, sound variety and audio performance – a true premier for the iOS world. For the first time on this platform, hundreds of professional sample-based sounds and patterns can be easily accessed, layered and used for playing live. You can make music anytime and anywhere the inspiration hits you. SampleTank is the most compact sound and groove module ever made.

SampleTank gives you 16 instrument categories for an expandable sound set of over 500 instruments that cover virtually every acoustic, electric and electronic sound you may need. Choose drums, pianos, bass, guitars, synthesizers, strings, percussion — whatever your sound needs may be, it’s there. Plus, each category includes instrument riffs and grooves, so you can immediately utilize and experiment with the over 1,000 included patterns. Plus, SampleTank expansion sound packs allow you to pick and choose only the sounds you need, when you need them.

You can have up to 4 simultaneous instrument parts, perfect for playing live. Use them to build a full rhythmic groove or to layer sounds together for rich creative sounds. Groovy. Plus you get the same sound and performance quality from our mobile app that you’d expect from our high-end professional studio products. And you do. Lightning-fast sound loading and near-zero latency makes putting the groove in your pocket an easy thing to do. So get in the pocket and get SampleTank.

SampleTank includes 136 instruments and over 1,000 patterns, plus you can expand your sound library a-la-carte via in-app purchase with 22 Sound Packs for each instruments category including Drums, Bass, Guitar, Piano, Electric Piano, Organ, Chromatic, Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, Synth Leads, Synth Pads, Trons, Voices, Ethnic, Percussion and Sound FX, all with dozens of voicing to choose from, or you can get the complete SampleTank Sound Packs bundle for a competitive price.

What’s New in Version 1.5

– Support for Audiobus
– Supports background audio with other audio apps
– Improved audio compatibility with docks and other external devices

• 4-part multi-timbral professional-quality sound and groove module
• Expandable sound library with more than 500 instruments in 16 categories
• Over 1,000 melodic and rhythmic patterns for accompaniment or groove creation
• Included 4-track MIDI recorder
• Built-in insert effects and master reverb
• Sound and effects editing with multiple parameters
• Support for MIDI Program Change, Continuous Controllers and Virtual MIDI
• 128 User Presets
• Play interface with piano keyboard, scale-based keyboard and enhanced drum pads
• Designed in concert with iRig MIDI interface for iOS devices
• Free version also available

Sample Tank is available for $5.99

2013
04/17
UPDATE: Epic Synth Ver 2 3 Adds Audiobus
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Juno 106 Emulator For iPad

Epic Synth is a polyphonic synthesizer inspired by classic synths of the 1980s. Its beautiful and straightforward interface lets you focus on the essential: the pleasure of creating new sounds! Supports AudioBus.

Epic Synth’s simple and effective sound architecture stood the test of time. It’s simple enough for beginners to learn about synthesis yet powerful enough to satisfy experienced sound modellers. Epic Synth’s sound engine provides tons of room to create great sounds, from classic leads to juicy acid basses, from 8-bit-like effects to complex evolving sonic textures.

What’s New in Version 2.3

AudioBus support!

Epic Synthesizer Screenshot

Features include:
• AudioBus support
• Universal all: works on iPhone, iPod and iPad
• Takes advantage of the new iPhone 5’s 4-inch display
• Classic time-tested sound architecture
• Five voices of polyphony (Six on the iPad)
• Arpeggiator with key hold
• Patch memory stores 6 banks of 8 programs
• Single patch sharing via email
• Full memory backup via email
• Pitch bend (on iPad, iPhone 5 and via MIDI on older iPhones)
• Compatible with IK Multimedia iRig MIDI
• Compatible with Akai SynthStation25
• Compatible with Alesis IO Dock
• Compatible with Line6 MIDI Mobilizer
• Compatible with Line6 MIDI Mobilizer II
• Compatible with Yamaha i-MX1
• Compatible with CoreMIDI devices, including Apple’s iPad Camera Connection Kit

Epic Synth is available for $5.99.

2013
04/15
MiniMapper Synthesizer For iPhone and iPod
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MiniMapper iPhone iPod Synthesizer

PPG MiniMapper is an easy to use performance synthesizer with a wide range of sounds for iOS devices including iPhone and iPod Touch*.

PPG MiniMapper features the same audio engine that powers the highly popular PPG WaveMapper synth, but with limited editing, aimed as the ideal partner to the PPG WaveMapper. Sounds created in the WaveMapper can be imported into the PPG MiniMapper for the ultimate in handheld performance.

PPG MiniMapper comes with 10 pages:

Sound Map – Manual Mode
Sound Map – Accelerator Mode
Sound Map – Magic Mode
Arptor – Start/Stop/Rec, Range, Up/Down/Random
Audio Recorder / Keyboard Editor
Modifiers Page – two X/Y controller with selectable routing
System Setup – Number of Voices, Sample Rate, other constants
MIDI Setup – In / Out and controller
Easy data exchange between PPG MiniMapper and PPG WaveMapper
Preset Browser –
Bank Manager – copy presets between banks

PPG MiniMapper is the third next-generation iOS based synth from Wolfgang Palm, who has released the PPG WaveGenerator and PPG WaveMapper to critical acclaim from both press and public.

PPG MiniMapper offers iPhone and iPod Touch users a new way to explore and perform in the studio, on stage or simply on the go. PPG MiniMapper allows the user the opportunity to use limitless sounds from this unique and powerful new technology.

About WaveMapping

Wavemapping uses visual cues to enable sound design. This may not sound too revolutionary, however it is a completely different way of programming sounds: you do not start with a lot of detailed setting, but with a combined set of parameters which you can select with the touch and swipe of a finger. And the combination of those parameters belonging to a Module make sense of course, it gives the user (being experienced or not) a very fast way for creating unique sounds.

MiniMapper is available for $3.99

2013
04/10
iFretless Guitar App
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iFretless Guitar App

iFretless is a guitar fretboard, completely re-designed for maximum playability on iOS devices. It replaces two handed playing and strumming with a one-touch-per-note design that enables fast, precise playing of melodies, scales, and arpeggios and real-time control over the pitch of each individual note.

iFretless is not an imitation guitar for your iPhone; it’s a totally new way to make music.

What’s New in Version 2.6
1. Added help system to explain the controls and settings
2. New digital delay effect
3. Various other improvements and bug fixes

FEATURES
1) Audiobus support allows you to connect to effects processor apps or recording apps like garageBand
2) Fretless note bending
3) Velocity sensitive multi-sampled instruments
4) Play up to three guitar sounds at the same time
5) 7 high-quality guitar sounds – 2 free and 5 for in-app purchase
6) MIDI input and output
7) Audio Copy to other apps

IN APP PURCHASES
The package of 5 sounds includes the following patches:
1) Snarling Synth
2) Steel String Acoustic
3) Bridge-Mid Pickup Bright Strat
4) Blues Neck Pickup Strat
5) Hollow Body Electric

iFretless Guitar is available for $9.99

2013
04/10
MicroTones Micro Tonal Synthesizer
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MicroTones Synthesizer

MicroTones is a microtonal synthesizer for iOS, allowing simultaneous playback of up to forty sine waves set with accuracy to one hundredth of a hertz.

Easily place multiple sine waves with full multitouch support, move them around in full audible frequency spectrum, create ambient textures and drone noises by combining multiple sine waves close to each other, or create unusual harmonics spreading them around!

What’s New in Version 1.2

MicroTones was rewritten from scratch.

New version brings:

– optimization for newer devices (including iPhone 5 & iPad mini)
– better sound engine (support for up to forty simultaneous sine waves)
– background audio
– new improved interface

Record your sounds live, with full background audio support, and import them to your DAW of choice using iTunes file sharing.

Features:

– up to forty simultaneous sine waves
– full audible frequency spectrum
– multitouch support
– background audio
– live audio recording
– iTunes file sharing of recorded samples

MicroTones is available for $0.99

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