Oscope

Oscope free oscilloscope by Sound-Base Audio

Oscope is a free oscilloscope plugin developed by Sound-Base Audio. Compatible OS(s): Android.

Features
•  Scope, Meter, & FFT displays
•  FFT peak tracking with readout
•  Quickly take screenshots
•  High contrast colors for view-ability.

Permissions
This app requires minimal permissions, but must have permission to access and record audio from the device’s microphone, as well as permission to write screenshots to the device’s storage.

https://sbaud.io

Nice To Be Your Friend Synth

Nice To Be Your Friend Synth free software-synthesizer by Secret Base Design

Nice To Be Your Friend Synth is a free software synthesizer developed by Secret Base Design. Available format(s): stand alone application for iOS.

Nice To Be Your Friend is the friendliest synthesizer app on iOS. There are two keyboards to play, with the top keyboard rotating around so that you can make music with a friend. What is played on one keyboard is highlighted on the other, so that you can share songs, and improvise new music.

The app is universal, and features more than one hundred sounds from a SoundFont engine. The app is polyphonic and multi-timbral. Warm pianos, electric and acoustic bass, guitars, strings, and even synthesizer tones — a huge array of instruments, all at your fingertips in one app.

With full support for both MIDI input and output, you can use NTBYF to control other iOS synthesizers, or use a sequencer to trigger sounds from the app. There’s even Audiobus support, allowing you to easily record your music, or to send the sounds through the wide range of filtering and effects apps.

The app also has an integrated Apollo MIDI over Bluetooth “A” endpoint, letting you send MIDI wirelessly between a pair of iOS devices, or between iOS and a Mac. This will require the Apollo app running on the other device — the Mac version of Apollo is free, so it’s easy to try out. Once you’ve experienced the low latency of MIDI over Bluetooth, you’ll never want to use WiFi MIDI again. Bluetooth LE is available only on the iPad mini, iPad 3 and newer, and the iPhone 4S and newer; this feature is not available on the iPad 1 or 2, and on earlier iPhones.

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http://secretbasedesign.com/apps

Nanologue

Nanologue free software-synthesizer by Steinberg

Nanologue is a free software synthesizer developed by Steinberg. Available format(s): stand alone application for iOS.

Nanologue brings the power of VST 3 technology to the iOS platform. As a streamlined version of the VST 3 synthesizer Retrologue, Nanologue sports a straightforward multi-touch interface and a great-sounding virtual analog synthesizer for monophonic leads and basses and can be used stand-alone and in connection with your iOS host application via Inter-App Audio.

Under the hood, Nanologue boasts a cross-modulation oscillator with two waveforms, glide, a VCF envelope, LFO, delay and a filter section with cutoff, resonance and distortion.

With 50 presets the library offers a range of sounds and effects including leads, basses and effects.

User presets can be exported to the Retrologue VST instrument, included in Cubase and Cubase Artist.

Top Features:

  • Virtual analog synthesizer specializing in monophonic leads, basses and effect sounds.
  • Cross-modulation oscillator with two waveforms, glide, VCF envelope, LFO, delay and filter section.
  • Easy-to-use interface with multi-touch support.
  • 50 ready-to-go presets.
  • Compatible with Inter-App Audio.
  • Free of charge.

http://www.steinberg.net/

n-Track Tuner

ZynAddSubFX free software-synthesizer by paulnasca 2

n-Track Tuner is a free tuner plugin developed by n-Track Software. Compatible OS(s): iOS, Android.

Tune your guitar with perfect precision and frequency spectrum view

Tune your guitar, bass or other instrument with n-Track Tuner. Just put your iOS or Android device next to your instrument and play each string, the tuner will automatically recognize the note you’re playing and tell you whether you need to lower (green bar) or increase (red bar) the string’s pitch.

The spectrum analyzer provides a visual feedback of the notes played by the instrument and shows a small arrow to highlight the harmonic whose pitch the tuner is tracking.

For those who prefer to manually tune their instrument the ‘Diapason’ view lets you play a reference tone, ‘A’ (440 hz) or any other note that you can select dragging the frequency slider.

Advanced features:

  • Tap to adjust the spectrum analyzer visualization options, select thicker spectrum lines, smooth out or highlights peaks, increase or decrease spectrum accuracy etc.

http://www.ntrack.com/

Music Maker Jam

Music Maker Jam free sequencer by MAGIX

Music Maker Jam is a free sequencer stand alone application developed by MAGIX. Compatible OS(s): Windows, iOS, Android.

Music Maker Jam is available for Windows 8 and Android smartphones & tablets.

App Highlights and Included Features:

  • Four free soundpools with professionally produced loops: Hip Hop, Minimal, Rock, and Jazz.
  • A step sequencer which allows for easy harmony adjustment.
  • The ability to record/edit songs in real time while adding sound enhancing effects.
  • An eight-track 8 loop mixer for easy, complete song mixing.
  • A board which provides clear overview of all tracks selected including defined song details.
  • Customizable background images.
  • A “shake” function to explore new loops.
  • A “tilt” function to adjust saturation levels on the effects board.
  • The ability to combine different styles of music with the loop selector.
  • The ability to record and live edit tracks, save as an audio file, and share with friends.

http://www.magix.com/

MPC Fly for iPad

MPC Fly for iPad free sequencer by AKAI

MPC Fly for iPad is a free sequencer stand alone application developed by AKAI. Compatible OS(s): iOS.

The MPC Fly is an iPad App that allows the user to sequence up to four tracks simultaneously and has a four-track mixer built in.

  • Built in sound library of samples and drum kits.
  • Record and overdub sequences and create and edit your own Programs.
  • 16-Levels mode: play one sample at 16 levels of attack, velocity, length, and tuning.
  • Note variation slider allows you to manipulate attack, velocity, length, and tuning as you play.
  • Built-in effects: delay, bit crusher, master compressor/limiter.
  • Time correct: 1/8 note – 1/32T with variable Swing setting.
  • Note Repeat: 1/8 note – 1/32T timing.
  • Sample using internal mic or line-in and trim and categorize samples.
  • Sample from your iPod library with turntable interface.
  • Share on SoundCloud, Facebook or twitter.
  • Supports WIST, Wireless Sync Start protocol from Korg.
  • Supports AudioPaste.

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http://www.akaipro.com/

MKSensation iOS

MKSensation iOS free sampler by Gospel Musicans

MKSensation iOS is a free sampler plugin developed by Gospel Musicans. Compatible OS(s): iOS.

MKSensation is a player’s live gigging module designed to give you the bread and butter sounds needed for a live session, gig, church service, or studio session. The layout, ease of use, sliders, and simple functionality is what has made our PC version so successful. There is no fancy splash page and it’s not rattled with hundreds of sounds. It’s designed to be loaded and played for instant layering and inspiration. You could could call this your instant rompler full of the sounds you would use all of the time and given our reputation of sampling, you know the sounds will be very warm, thick, and realistic. You won’t even believe that these sounds are coming from your iPad.

http://www.gospelmusicians.com

MiSUCO – Microtonal Touch Controller

MiSUCO - Microtonal Touch Controller free software-synthesizer | midi-controller | education by misuco.org

MiSUCO – Microtonal Touch Controller is a free software synthesizer and midi controller developed by misuco.org. Available format(s): for iOS.

osc (Open Sound Control) /MIDI controller with musical scale generator and simple synthesizer.

Experience microtonal tuning in a way that was never available before.

Explore the universe of musical scales and microtonal tunings on the built in synth or on any external synth that you can connect trough wlan and a computer. The MISUCO app has interfaces to common music software such as Max/MSP, Reaktor, puredata, supercollider. You can also control a conventional MIDI keyboard, if you have a computer with a MIDI interface. MISUCO is able to translate arbitrary frequencies into MIDI note number and pitch values.

The MISUCO software can also be used as a versatile touchscreen keyboard and controller and enables a maximum of the available screen for your performance.

What is microtonality?

In music normally we divide one octave in seven to twelve steps. You can see this on a piano, which has a repeating pattern of seven white and five black keys. One form of microtonal tuning divides one octave in 1200 steps called cents. This system is used to explain fine tunings of instruments. Another form is to pull the strings of an instrument. Then the note is detuned to some frequency between the scale. This form of playing is essential in classical Indian music but also widely found in many other music playing styles.

How can you experience microtonality with MISUCO?

With the MISUCO software you can play with and experience these ways of microtonality. You can translate microtonality to regular MIDI instruments, using the free software puredata on your WLAN equipped computer: MISUCO has a microtonal scale tuner, which lets you tune each note on an octave in cent steps. Then it has a microtonal mode (mm) that blurs the frequency space between the scale and you can play the frequencies between, like pulling a string of an instrument. If you do not like to use any external equipment and software, MISUCO has a simple but powerful built in synthesizer.

Last but not least MISUCO is a browser to the newly founded scales.misuco.org online scales archive. With one click on the ?-key you get directed to the page related to the current scale on your MISUCO where you can discuss, share and read about that scale.

Be aware that this app is mainly designed for tablets and running it on a device with smaller screen than 10″ requires good eyes and tiny fingers.

FAQ: I hear no sound:

  • Make sure your phone is not muted and the volume is up.
  • Press long, some sound have require some attack time.
  • Make sure you have at least version 1.01 installed.

I wish you much inspiration, creativity, self development, fun and inner peace with MISUCO.

If you like the project, please support further developments through our website misuco.org

http://misuco.org

LaunchPad App

LaunchPad App free sequencer by Novation

LaunchPad App is a free sequencer stand alone application developed by Novation. Compatible OS(s): iOS.

The Novation Launchpad is an easy to use app for iPad that is designed to have you making beats and music instantly. It comes with eight ready-to-perform sessions that span different musical genres. You can re-combine the loops and sounds included in these sessions within the multi-colour Launchpad grid to make and remix your own music. The built-in time stretching always keeps you locked into the beat so your loops don’t go out of time.

The app follows some of the key features from the renowned ‘Launchpad’ hardware, now used by many of the worlds famous DJs, producers and performers, but brings it to a new level of simplicity and fun.

8 volume sliders allow quick volume changes and simple FX modes offer cool DJ effects such as repeater and filter effects, adding fun ways to remix your music and make your performance unique.

Features:

  • 8×6 Launchpad grid for triggering up to 8 loops and sounds at a time.
  • 8 volume sliders and 8 filter sliders.
  • FX section for adding repeat and synced filter effects.
  • Premium content library from Loopmasters.
  • Load new complete sessions and sounds.
  • Global Tempo change.
  • Edit mode for loading samples.
  • Autosave – never lose your sessions.

The Launchpad iPad app is designed to work alongside the Novation Launchkey iPad app. A powerful and unique synthesiser which uses interactive, hands-on graphics to give you a fast and fun way to add synth lines to your music.

Novation Launchpad is for iPad 2 and above (including iPad Mini) and requires iOS5 or later.

Novation Launchpad is an iPad app and is not compatible with iPhone or iPod Touch.

http://www.novationmusic.com/

Karaoke Guitar for Christmas

Karaoke Guitar for Christmas free virtual-instrument by instruMagic

Karaoke Guitar for Christmas is a free virtual instruments plugin developed by instruMagic. Compatible OS(s): iOS.

Karaoke Guitar for Christmas lets you play Christmas carols on a guitar simulator simple enough for anyone to play – even if you don’t play a real guitar.

http://instru-magic.com