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Music Engineer · Post by **Music Engineer** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:40 pm

i'm currently considering to broaden my perspective a bit and dive into iphone app development, so i'd like to collect some ideas about what type of apps are desired on the market. obviously, i'm talking about music apps here - or at least, audio related apps.

i didn't have that sub-forum here on the radar up to now, so if there are already threads about that, please point me them.

ideally, i'd like to write something where i can pour in some dsp know-how, but i'm happy to hear less dsp-heavy suggestions as well.

thanks in advance, robin

Locus M · Post by **Locus M** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:27 am

Robin from www.rs-met.com wrote:i'm currently considering to broaden my perspective a bit and dive into iphone app development, so i'd like to collect some ideas about what type of apps are desired on the market. obviously, i'm talking about music apps here - or at least, audio related apps.

Maybe you should make a poll?

For instance you could let people choose from

synths/drummachines/grooveboxes

Sampler studios (like beatmaker 2 or Nanostudios)

DAWS (Audio clip based like MultitrackDAW, Meteor or Studio HD)

Effect boards/rack

Audio editors

Music generators

Midi controllers

or whatever fits your own scope of interest and skill.

FYI Currently I personally want synths with step sequenser, background audio and copy and paste.

Cheers

Music Engineer · Post by **Music Engineer** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:06 pm

Locus M wrote:Maybe you should make a poll?

for the moment, i'd like to hear all kinds of suggestions. a poll would restrict the options to some pre-selection which i would have to provide. but maybe at some later stage, yes.

FYI Currently I personally want synths with step sequenser, background audio and copy and paste.

OK. noted.

gdog · Post by **gdog** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:59 pm

At the moment there's no NI FM style synth on iPhone/iPad, there's a simple fm synth called DXi, but that's it. IMO, I can't get enough of modular synths, Jasuto Pro n Sunvox are the best atm, but Sunvox's is v.hard to use on iOS. Either way I like having a distortion effect in my synths, preferably with a linkable ADSR to shape it after it steals the dynamics.

Having said that, the thing I WANT MOST on iPhone is a synth that let's you draw multi-point envelopes ala NI Absynth (Crystal xt let's u do this, but is iPad only, the iPhone version doesn't let u edit envelopes at all, also both versions crash alot when modulating the filter)

Also, check this out - http://t.co/ToNQkhp

coops2 · Post by **coops2** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:05 pm

I have no interest in any iphone / android apps. Personally I see no real use in them for me. I cannot imagine any situation where I would want to use a telephone to make music on

Not trying to start a flame war but just offering my personal perspective

echopark · Post by **echopark** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:29 am

I still miss something like Metasynth, photosounder on my iPad/iPhone.
Something that make image to sound or possibility to draw the sound.

damstraversaz · Post by **damstraversaz** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:48 am

some unusual midi controllers, as some more classical. and a fully support of all midi connections: wifi, line 6 mobilizer and IK Irig midi.

best,
damien

audington · Post by **audington** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:56 am

Locus M wrote: FYI Currently I personally want synths with step sequenser, background audio and copy and paste.

Me too. This is the most frustrating thing about iOS synth apps - they either rely on your being able to play them and forego having any kind of inbuilt sequencer, or they don't allow you to get a recording of your audio out and into other apps.

what kind of iPhone music-app do you want to see?