iOS Musician Apps (33) Instrument Sounds is All-in-one

A complete reproduction - and more - of the legendary M1 that defined an era. Mobile Digital Synthesizer for the iPad.

One Maze point can be Grid-Synth, Sampler and Rhythm at the same time. By the use of several Mazes, each one can be taken for a certain sound element. The Mazes list allows switching Mazes on/ off immediately.

AudioLayer is a full featured open standard audio multi-sampler pushing the boundaries beyond what has been available even in the desktop music production worlds.

Meet Aimée, your personal, artificially intelligent built-in assistant composer, she's ready to help you compose great music, adding her vast knowledge about music theory to your creativity.

This app is a portable multitrack audio and MIDI recording studio featuring virtual instruments, editing with unlimited undo/redo, mixing, real-time effects, automation and much more!

Caustic 3 is a music creation tool inspired by rack-mount synthesizer/sampler rigs.

This is the first time Jordan Rudess, best known as the keyboardist for Dream Theater, has released a complete set of his exclusive sounds to the public.

Even if you've only played air guitar, ThumbJam lets you sound like a pro.  Pick an instrument and jam - with all the scales to choose from you'll never hit a wrong note.

Navichord is a modern MIDI controller, working with software and hardware synths.

A highly tweakable stereo delay AudioUnit effect, suitable for everything from clean digital delays to filthy dub echoes, flangers and broken cassette tapes.

Anyone can create pro-quality music in minutes with the world's only chord-based audio loop app.

Chordy 2 is a chord player app for music creators.

Waverley is the principal instrument in the moodunits collection. It’s sample-based, but it isn’t a fully-fledged sampling app that allows you to load and edit your own samples. Another usage scenario for Waverley is if you’re just sketching out an idea, perhaps on a less-capable device like your iPhone while you’re on the move.

No time to delve into the big and serious music apps? PixiTracker is what you need! It is a simple and fun tool to quickly create musical sketches, chiptunes and sound experiments.

Load any MIDI file and sound library (a small General MIDI sound font is included). Play midi files with additional features.

Synthecaster fuses elements from guitars and keyboards into a full range polyphonic instrument that is intuitive, accommodates a wide variety of playing styles, and generates an even wider variety of sounds.

Steps by Reactable is a small yet powerful MIDI sequencer that allows you to create complex rhythmic patterns in a surprising new way.