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With ChordPadX, chord are at your fingertips!  Trigger chords and notes intuitively, with a human touch.

New version 3.4.2
Old version 3.4.1
Release Notes Stability improvements.
Author Mathieu Routhier
Type Tool
Supports Audiobus, Ableton Link

iFretless Bass is a professional virtual instrument that provides bass and guitar players with an expressive fretless playing surface.

New version 1.4.22
Old version 1.4.21
Release Notes Stability improvements.
Author Blue Mangoo Consulting Company Limited
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Bass
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

Matrix Vocoder transforms your voice into an electronic instrument.

Author Harry Gohs
Type Effect
Effect type Vocoder
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Audio Unit (AU)

Egoist is a groove instrument. Load any audio file and squeeze the groove out of it.

New version 1.6.5
Old version 1.6.4
Release Notes Bug-Fix: Ableton Link Start/Stop Sync
Author Sugar Bytes GmbH
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Drums, Percussion
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

Metronomics is not only a metronome, but a tool designed to help build a solid sense of time and rhythmic security.  It's a new kind of metronome -- use Metronomics to generate random patterns, sequenced grooves, or a combination of both to help you practice with more than just your typical click track.

New version 8.1.1
Old version 8.1
Release Notes 8.1.1: Bug Fixes 8.1: Dark mode support, Siri shortcuts, bug fixes 8.0.4: Fixed a file import bug 8.0.3: Fixed a tempo alteration bug that occurred with count off measures 8.0.2: Added a quantized start for Ableton Link users 8.0.1: bug fixes 8.0: A major upgrade to Metronomics! All of the great features from before, completely rewritten from the ground up (Swift!) to ensure Metronomics moves comfortably into the future. New features include: - Time signature denominators -- easily create bars of 5/4, 7/8, 3/16, etc - Folders for Metronomes -- organize your metronomes within Metronomics within Folders - Easy file access -- metronomes and presets are now stored as files that can be accessed from the iOS Files app (or document sharing in iTunes) - Volume knobs on the main screen -- the probability sliders now have easily-accesible volume knobs below them. Slider/knob roles can be switched. - Speech samples -- assign any subdivision to use sampled sounds of a voice saying the numbers 1-10. Great for beginners who need to audibly hear the beat counted out. - Rotation supported on the iPhone -- both portrait and landscape mode work - AUv3 -- use Metronomics as an Audio Unit within other host apps. Ableton Link for sync. - A new manual, plus videos to help understand Meronomics and its features - In-App upgrade to Metronomics Pro available. Included in Metronomics Pro (available as an In-App Purchase): - Dark theme - Arbitrary time signature denominators: besides the included 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64, use other time signature denominators. Anything from 1-100! - Inpector mode: view your soundwaves graphed alongside the metronome to see how in-time you are - MIDI subdivisions: assign a subdivision to play MIDI notes instead of sampled sounds. MIDI can be played from an on-board synth or sent to an external synth app. - Custom sounds: import your own samples to be used in Metronomics (see the manual for a description of how to use this feature) - Export audio: export an audio file of your metronome that can be sent to anyone to play along with, or used as a loop within a DAW or other audio app - Export MIDI: metronome patterns can be exported into a MIDI file that can imported into other apps
Author John Nastos
Type Instrument, Tool
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Other
Supports Audio Unit (AU), Ableton Link

Real Guitar is a realistic guitar simulator apps.

New version 3.33.0
Old version 3.32.0
Release Notes We’re always updating our app because we want you to get the most out of it. That means fresh tracks, new instruments, awesome skins, and more! - Dive into your songbook Check out the latest hit songs we’ve added to your library. - Get your bugs fixed Performance and stability improvements are implemented. Don’t forget to report any bugs you come across - we’re constantly working hard to make improvements!
Author Gismart Limited
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Guitar
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

iFretless Brass enables guitar and string instrument players to play expressive music with a variety of instruments.

New version 4.0.1
Old version 4.0
Release Notes Stability improvements.
Author Blue Mangoo Consulting Company Limited
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Winds
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

StepBud is a MIDI Sequencer with Audio Unit AUv3 plugin, Audiobus and Ableton Link.

New version 1.3.5
Old version 1.3.4
Release Notes This version fixes a minor bug on iOS 13. Also improves some UI components for iOS 13 support.
Author Cem Olcay
Type Tool
Supports Audiobus, Audio Unit (AU), Ableton Link

EG Pulse is the Drum Machine for iOS. EG Pulse contains drumkits and presets created by some of the best iOS Beat Makers and Producers like SoundOfIzrael, Soundtrack Loops, the Beat Community and more.

New version 1.09
Old version 1.08
Release Notes 1.09 - Fixed Roll functionality - Fixes crash when editing transients 1.07 - Chromatic Pads - Play melodic line like on a keyboard - Kit sharing (left swipe on a kit to access additional menu) - Improved sample edit view and pads edit view - Option to slice sample in equal parts - Slices will inherit retriever and hold from parent - Copy will copy pattern length too - Option in settings to avoid device goes to sleep - Song max length set to 200 patterns - Song start playing from selected pattern (unselect all to start from beginning) - Added import of AIFF audio files FIX - pad highlight on wrong step - iPhoneX family AU3 visualization - AU3 audio performance improved For feedback or request please write at info@elliottgarage.com
Author Elliott Garage
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Drums, Percussion
Supports Audio Unit (AU), Ableton Link

The music theory reference tool for musicians of all skill levels. Tonality allows you to view and listen to a large database of piano chords and scales and features a chord-recognition tool that can identify chords you play on your instrument.

New version 4.5.5
Old version 4.5.4
Release Notes New: - Option to display seventh chords in all "Scale Chords" tables (Settings -> Display -> Show Sevenths for Scale Chords) - New preset for chord pads: generate a grid with chords (either triads or sevenths) that come from a given major/minor key Fixed: - Accidental display for weirder keys in the grandstaff AU (previously, notes like E in the key of Cb major would display as E natural instead of F flat)
Author Bryce Hostetler
Type Tool
Supports Audio Unit (AU)

Tardigrain is a granular synthesizer. Sounds are created by taking smaller fragments of a sample and playing them back in a non linear fashion, with settings for grain size, direction, step size and more.

New version 1.0.19
Old version 1.0.18
Release Notes +++ Adding fix for IAA issue in iOS 12.4 and later. App must be brought into foreground to start processing sound. +++ Fixing pop over ui issues in iOS 13. +++ Fixing issue connection to bluetooth MIDI devices in iOS 13. +++ Adding throttling to incoming MPE messages in AUv3.
Author Erik Sigth
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Audio Unit (AU)

Elsa is a retro style sampling keyboard with tempo based looping.

New version 1.8.6
Old version 1.8.5
Release Notes +++ Adding fix for IAA issue in iOS 12.4 and later. App must be brought into foreground to start processing sound. +++ Fixing pop over ui issues in iOS 13. +++ Fixing issue connection to bluetooth MIDI devices in iOS 13.
Author Erik Sigth
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Keyboards, Other
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

cykle is an innovative, semi-generative melodic step sequencer for iOS that is based around the concept of sequencing individual musical parameters (such as pitch, velocity, length, transposition, etc.) independently, by way of decoupled sequencer lanes.

New version 1.0.2
Old version 1.0.1
Release Notes hotfix: fixes UI displaying incorrectly when launching app in landscape on iPad
Author Corne Driesprong
Type Tool
Supports Audiobus, Audio Unit (AU), Ableton Link

iFX Rack is an analog modeled virtual effects rack for your iOS Device.

New version 1.0.8
Old version 1.0.3
Release Notes A bunch of under the hood optimizations and minor bug fixes.
Author MIDIculous LLC
Type Effect
Effect type All-in-one
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audio Unit (AU)

With ChordPadX, chord are at your fingertips!  Trigger chords and notes intuitively, with a human touch.

New version 3.4.1
Old version 3.4
Release Notes - the Pad Set Creation view can no longer be dismissed by accident in iOS 13.
Author Mathieu Routhier
Type Tool
Supports Audiobus, Ableton Link

SynthJacker is an autosampler for iOS. It automatically plays back a MIDI sequence with the notes and velocities you specify, and records the results into an audio file. It then slices the audio into individual sample files, ready to import into an iOS sampler app of your choice.

New version 0.7.1
Old version 0.7.0
Release Notes • Introducing BYOAF or "Bring Your Own Audio File": you can now use the SynthJacker slicing engine with audio files recorded outside the app. This will allow you to auto-sample Inter-App Audio apps, macOS desktop apps and Audio Unit extensions, or anything that responds to MIDI and outputs sound. Export a MIDI file of your sequence, record it in a DAW and bring it to the Files app. The details of the process are found in the SynthJacker user manual. • Supports iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, including Dark Mode. Fixes and enhancements for iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 since version 0.7.0: • Restored full-screen instrument Audio Unit view. • Fixed crash when playing back an imported recording. • Better Dark Mode support.
Author Conifer Productions Oy
Type Tool
Supports Audio Unit (AU)

Free iPad instrument featuring the classic sounds of famous 80s FM Synthesizers.

New price $3.99
Old price $4.99
Author Audiobus Pty Ltd
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

Loopy offers a sleek, expressive, instantly understandable interface that beginners can start using effectively straight away.

New version 1.6.21
Old version 1.6.20
Release Notes - Added "Record then mute" action when swiping on empty track - Support for cancelling a delayed start with Ableton Link - Now always exports to raw PCM audio, except for Mail or iMessage - Updated German translation - Fixes for Audiobus connection panel under iOS 13
Author A Tasty Pixel
Type Host
Supports Audiobus, Ableton Link

UltraTap is a unique multi-tap effect capable of rhythmic delays, glitchy reverbs, huge pad-like volume swells and extraordinary modulation.

New price $10.99
Old price $14.99
Author Eventide
Type Effect
Effect type Reverb, Delay, Echo
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audio Unit (AU)

Open up new worlds of creative music making possibilities with Audiobus, the app that lets you use your music apps together, just like virtual cables.

New version 3.4.10
Old version 3.4.9
Release Notes - Fixed an issue when switching between AU user and factory presets. - Fixed timing issue that could occasionally cause some apps or audio units to miss the initial downbeat.
Author Audiobus Pty Ltd
Type Tool
Supports Audiobus