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Reviews of hot music and recording apps for iOS and occasionally Android devices.

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Audio Damage QuatroMod
Modulation Effect For iOS
Like its desktop namesake, with which it shares the full feature set, the QuatroMod app offers four ‘modes’ of modulation processing: Flanger, Chorus, Diffusor and Freqshift...

Reviews Feb 2018
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Bram Bos Rozeta Sequencer Suite
Sequencer Tools For iOS
This suite of six MIDI sequencer tools run as AU-only plug-ins within a suitable AU-host. Rozeta also makes use of one of the new features Apple has snuck rather quietly into the iOS 11 update: the ability for AU plug-ins to send MIDI Out data.

Reviews Feb 2018
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Wolfgang Palm PPG Infinite
Synthesizer App [iOS]
Wolfgang Palm is undoubtedly a bit of a synth super-hero to many. He was the man behind wavetable synthesis back in the 1970s...

Reviews Jan 2018
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Korg iMono/Poly
Synthesizer iOS App
Korg's latest soft synth is an iOS version of the Mono/Poly, which appears to be so similar to previous versions that it can swap patches with them...

Reviews Dec 2017
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Melodics want to help producers play keys better
New version of gamified desktop music learning app adds lessons for Keys
Melodics — the music learning platform that’s been described as “Guitar Hero for drum machines’ — today gets...

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Cakewalk announce Momentum songwriting platform
Capture ideas on a phone and import into any DAW via plug-in
Cakewalk’s latest development is a cross-platform app that lets you record song ideas quickly and an accompanying cloud-synchronised plug-in...

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GarageBand for iOS and Logic Remote updated
Beat Sequencer, full-screen AUs, 24-bit recording & Sound Library added
Garageband for iOS comes free with every iPhone and iPad, making it one of the most widely owned pieces...

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Audio Damage Grind Distortion
Distortion Effect App For iOS
Audio Damage have started to take a pretty serious interest in iOS, porting a number of their desktop plug-ins to the mobile platform.

Reviews Nov 2017
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Bram Bos Ripplemaker
Synthesizer App For iOS
With Apple’s AU plug-in format for iOS finally beginning to gain some serious ground, I reviewed the excellent...

Reviews Oct 2017
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RT60 iDrumTune Pro
Drum Tuning App For iOS
Almost four years ago I reviewed a drum-tuning app for iOS from RTSixty Ltd. Essentially a ‘guitar tuner’ for...

Reviews Oct 2017
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Audreio
Formats: Mac & PC AAX & VST; Mac AU
It is sometimes the simplest of ideas that catch your interest. Audreio is such an idea: a way to stream and record audio from a desktop DAW straight to another device, without having to leave your DAW.

Reviews Sep 2017
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‘Feel the music’ with BeatWare haptic music player
App uses haptic tech in your smartphone to add sense of touch to music
UK smart TV developers playAlong have released an app that turns your phone into a haptic feedback device for...

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Sugar Bytes Unique
Synthesizer App For iOS
When it comes to virtual effects and instruments, Sugar Bytes don’t really do ‘normal’. Even Unique, on the surface a pretty conventional-looking software synth, manages to pack in a twist or two...

Reviews Aug 2017
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Reactable Systems ROTOR
Modular Synth For iOS
ROTOR is the latest release by Barcelona-based Reactable Systems, and brings another slice of their attention-grabbing virtual modular synth to a wider audience.

Reviews Aug 2017
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Audiobus 3
Audio & MIDI Routing System For iOS
Audiobus is compatible with Inter-App Audio as a host, and can make use of node apps in the same way as apps written to support Audiobus natively. Version 3 introduces two new areas of functionality: MIDI pipelines and a built-in mixer.

Reviews Jul 2017
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Living Memory Software Layr
Multi-timbral Synth App For iOS
If you are a fan of iOS synths that allow you to get your programming hands dirty, then Layr is going to be of considerable interest.

Reviews Jul 2017
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Groovebox: a new studio app from Launchpad makers
Beats and synth studio app released by Novation spin-out
Building on the success of the Launchpad iOS app, which has reached a staggering seven million downloads...

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VirSyn ReSlice
Audio Slicing & Triggering Instrument [iOS]
Slicing audio samples based upon transient detection is a well-established technology, however, VirSyn have added two very interesting further twists that up the ante considerably in creative terms...

Reviews May 2017
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Audio Evolution Mobile Studio
DAW/Sequencer For iOS & Android
While we have a large number of DAW/sequencers to choose from in the desktop world, mobile music producers are perhaps less well served. Enter AEMS...

Reviews May 2017
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Blocs Wave iOS music creation app now free
Ableton Link & Export make app a no-brainer for mobile music making
Music making and recording app Blocs Wave for iOS is now free to download on the Apple app store.

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Bram Bos Troublemaker
Synthesizer App For iOS
With Apple’s AU plug-in format for iOS finally beginning to gain some traction, we check out Bram Bos's

latest ‘this is not a 303’ offering...

Reviews Apr 2017