As iPhones and iPads become more powerful and the apps more capable here's the essential gear needed to turn your iOS device in the heart of a powerful music production studio.
GeoShred 5.1 for iPad was impressive before, but how does it appeal to musicians after the SWAM update now that six world-class instruments from Audio Modeling are available? Find out here.
Created by Blue Mangoo and The Beat Community, Multiband is a unique iOS app that splits the output for non-multi-out apps into 4 frequency bands, ideal for multiband processing and more.
It's a 9-channel sampler and sequencer with powerful features, some you'd only expect to find in a pro DAW... and it's a collaboration made between Andrew Huang, Oliver Greschke & Christian Blomert.
Possibly the most iconic synthesier, Minimoog Model D, got its own app in 2018. Moog made the synth app free during the global pandemic and since then it's been downloaded 1 million times!
FRMS (pronounced frames) gives granular synthesis a musical edge by mixing it with subtractive and FM synthesis to produce a wide variety of possible timbres.
Soundstorming aims to help musicians and artists use their phones as a remote platform to be discovered instead of their sonic ideas being recorded, discarded and forgotten about.
Geert Bevin has been a pioneer of MIDI, musical instrument and software design for many years. We caught up with him to find out what makes him tick and what his future holds.
The desktop audio plugin from Infected Mushroom, Wider, is now available on the iOS platform as an AUv3 plugin for your favorite music software hosts, for FREE!
Skwitch is a curious and versatile MIDI controller with MPE, mappable modulation, a real-time step sequencing and pressure-sensitive arpeggiator designed for your iPhone.
So you want a full-featured drum machine for your iOS device that feels more pro desktop than lite mobile toy? Then EG Pulse should be on your list for new music apps to check out immediately!