IceWorks have brought us great apps for years now including Argon, Cassini, Laplace, Lorentz, Mersenne and Xenon. Redshrike is another excellent synth and version 2.0 brings some excellent new feature. Here’s what’s new:
Universal App : Optimized for iPad and iPhone
Audio Unit Extensions (AUv3) compatible
Support for Audiobus State Saving
Exporting and importing of presets via Share extensions
IceGear Instruments have been around a long time and have consistently supported the iOS music making world. Their first app, Argon (a personal favourite) was released back in December of 2009, and ever since they’ve brought us updates and new apps that have been exceptionally popular with the iOS community. I’m sure that their newest offering will be no exception.
Redshrike Synthesizer is a Polyphonic Subtractive Synthesizer for iPhone. Here are the main features:
Oscillator
Waveform Morphing: Saw – Triangle – Pulse
Frequency Modulation: Type, Frequency, Depth
ENV(AD)/LFO
Detune (3xOSC)
Sub Oscillator
Pitch
Octave
ENV(AD)/LFO
Drift
Noise
Type: White, Pink, Blue, Pitched, Digital, Glitch
ENV(AD)
Resonator
Pitch/Feedback/Routing
ENV(AD)/LFO
Filter
Type: 24dB/Oct, 12dB/Oct
Cutoff Frequency
Resonance
Drive
Low
ENV(ADSR)/LFO
Velocity
AMP
Level
ENV(ADSR)/LFO
Velocity
Effects : Chorus, Delay, Reverb
Programmable Arpeggiator
You can easily create your own pattern.
Inter-App Audio
You can stream live audio directly to other Inter-App Audio host applications.
Audiobus
You can stream live audio directly to other Audiobus-compatible apps. See http://audiob.us for more information.
Ableton Link
Ableton Link is a new technology that synchronizes beat, phase and tempo of Ableton Live and Link-enabled iOS apps over a wireless network.
MIDI
CoreMIDI / Virtual MIDI Input
MIDI Controller Mapping with MIDI Learn
External MIDI sync
Resizable Keyboard
You can change which octaves are shown by dragging on bottom of keyboard.
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