PalmSounds Redshrike Synthesizer

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
Swing parameter in the arpeggiator
Improved MIDI mapping function

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.