GeoShred Control

GeoShred Control Version 7
GeoShred Control is a standalone MIDI/MPE controller based on GeoShred.

Important: GeoShred Control is a MIDI/MPE controller. It does not make sound and does not include a built-in audio engine. It is designed to control external synthesizers, apps, plug-ins, and hardware instruments. It can also be upgraded*** to the functionality of GeoShred Pro. If you already own GeoShred Pro (green icon), you do not need GeoShred Control, because GeoShred Pro already includes MIDI.

GeoShred Control can also be used to control GeoShred Studio for macOS.

Perform external MIDI and MPE instruments with GeoShred’s expressive playing surface. Move seamlessly between fretless and diatonic playing using GeoShred’s isomorphic keyboard and groundbreaking intelligent pitch rounding.

GeoShred Control is especially expressive with instruments that support MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression). It is a powerful iPad and iPhone performance controller, and it can also operate as an AUv3 plug-in that sends MIDI.

GeoShred Control includes an arpeggiator, backing tracks, alternative tunings, world scales and temperaments, and 3D Touch on supported devices. It can be upgraded*** to the functionality of GeoShred Pro, including GeoShred’s powerful physically modeled string instruments.

Awards include:
• 2nd Place Winner, 2022/2025 MIDI Innovation Award for Software
• Gold Medal Winner, 2019 Denny Award
• Winner, 2019 Guthman New Musical Instrument Award
• Winner, 2017 Electronic Musician Editor’s Choice Award

GeoShred Control Features
• Send/Connect so GeoShred for iOS/iPadOS can control GeoShred Studio for macOS
• Fluidly expressive playing surface
• Intelligent pitch rounding
• Diatonic keyboard mode where every key is in the scale
• MIDI and MPE support
• MIDI over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Virtual MIDI, and digital interfaces
• MIDI configuration presets
• iCloud preset synchronization
• 3D Touch on supported iPhones
• Customizable control surface mapped to MIDI controls
• Backing tracks from the Music library
• Built-in arpeggiator
• Alternative tunings
• Support for world scales and temperaments, including Indian ragas, Arabic scales, and Balinese scales
• Easy preset sharing
• Upgrade path to the functionality of GeoShred Pro

If upgraded*, GeoSWAM and Naada instruments may be purchased and performed from the GeoShred keyboard, MPE controllers, conventional MIDI controllers, and wind controllers.

We are dedicated to delivering the highest level of musical instrument experience for our customers worldwide. If you enjoy GeoShred Control, please leave a review on the App Store.

Questions? Contact us at support@moforte.com

Minimum Requirements
iOS 13 or later is required for AUv3 support and GeoSWAM and Naada instruments.

* GeoShred Control must be upgraded to the functionality of GeoShred Pro in order to purchase GeoSWAM and Naada instruments.
** Due to App Store limitations, previously purchased individual instrument IAPs cannot be applied to the purchase of a collection IAP.
*** The Pro upgrade is to the functionality of GeoShred Pro. The app remains GeoShred Control, but gains all Pro features and becomes functionally identical to GeoShred Pro.

Version 7000.318.1.426 release notes

* Fix for Conventional MIDI Controller Pitch Bend * Fix for Global ETDiffs in the custom Scale * ETDiffs can now be specified with up to 3 decimal places * Fix for Siding Pitch Rounding with temperaments * New Application Note #54 for the Quarter Tone Keyboard * Fix for temperament issue where notes were tempered twice * Fix for global scale problems * Fix for incorrect notes on key edges * fix tuning of GeoSWAM bowed strings * Adjusted temperament of Balinese Pelog and Slendro scales * New Polkadot quarter-tone key style with on-device renderer * Polkadot Pattern designer: free-form colour picker, sticky preview, stroke/drop shadow, label circle size, help * Import/Export of Polkadot patterns for sharing * New QT (quarter-tone) Keyboard Presets * Added Shred Lead QT to Favorites * Quarter-tone vertical guide lines through key centers, with "Show 1/4 Tones" Settings toggle * Fixed Seaboard / MPE: two channels no longer fight on the same string * Fixed per-channel strum controller send for Naada effects * Updated Settings help * Revamped main menu * Improved handling of mono mode intervals/poly expression/arpeggiator for MIDI in * Proper indication of connect send/receive state after reloading DAW projects> * Optimized plug-in performance for multi-instrument projects in DAWs * Fixed custom scale temperament truncation when shift exceeds 50 cents * Fixed mouse hover crash in VST3/AUv2 plugin wrapper * Fixes to echo looper machine state * Fixed grid change detection on temperaments with large etdiffs * Backing track now plays in GeoShred Studio upon request via MIDI in * Fixed MPE manager channel expression routing in Pad Mode * Fixed octave rounding note-off mismatch * Fixed Naada strum resonance strings playing wrong key on root change * Fixed SWAM coarse tune reset on scale change * Fixed stuck note handling improvements * Fixed expression pad visual cursor not updating on MIDI input * Fixed Connect/Receive preset changes not persisting in DAW project saves * Fixed Connect/Receive MIDI configuration reverting to AU MPE on project reload in Ableton Live * Per-track MIDI configuration support * All MPE presets now respond to CC2, CC4, CC11 * Disabled legato button for SWAM/Naada instruments * Added Reset button to backing track * Fixed Music Library access alert text * Disable Edit button in MIDI mapping view when Learn mode is active * Improved help system for web and in-app