r/iosmusicproduction

Hello, fellow iOS/iPadOS musicians, producers, DJs, beatmakers, sound designers, and AUv3 (Audio Unit version 3) users!

I've been working on a project that I wanted to share with the community I call: AUv3 Explorer [i(Pad)OS AUv3 Plugin Explorer]

Basically, it’s an plugin library with detailed information and a database for AUv3 plugins on — i(Pad)OS [iPhone and iPad].

The goal was to create a centralized AUv3 library for discovering, researching, comparing, and organizing plugins for iPhone and iPad musicians.

The library currently includes 1,718 AUv3 Plugins. With additional AUv3 plugins, almost constantly, being added over time as more are developed/uploaded to the App Store.

The project is available as both a website and a Progressive Web App (PWA), so it can be installed on an iPhone or iPad and used offline.

*Link to the Website at the bottom of this post*

Current features include:

• 1,718 plugins

• Instant search with typo tolerance

• Search by plugin name, developer, tags, and more

• Side-by-side comparison of up to 4 plugins at once

• Favorites list

• Offline functionality

• Local storage

• CSV and JSON import support

• Export favorites

• No account required

Plugin information currently includes:

• Developer

• Description

• Ratings

• Pricing

• iPhone compatibility

• iPad compatibility

• Universal app support

• Standalone app support

The current library includes plugins across 4 major categories:

• Instruments

• Effects

• Utilities

• DJ applications

The library isn't complete yet, so I'll be continuing to expanding and improving it over time. 

If I missed a plugin, forgot an important detail/function about a plugin, or anything; feel free to leave a comment on this post or DM me (preferably, but not required) the AUv3 plugin’s developer/company, price, info., etc.; so I can update the library. 

I’ll try to reply to the Comments and/or DMs; and add the missing AUv3 plugin(s) in a timely manner.

The project is still in Public Beta (v1.0.0), so I'd genuinely appreciate any feedback, bug reports, feature requests, or suggestions.

Hopefully, some of you find this useful.

Thanks for taking a look!

— R-Tic

Website/PWA: AUv3 Explorer

Current Version: Public Beta (v1.0.0)

This time, it’s all about how the guitar tone sits in a full mix.

A quick solo using an SLO 100 capture pushed with Red Distortion, plus Flanger, Delay & Reverb, showing how NAM A2 Player can deliver a rich, spacious lead tone that cuts through the mix while still feeling natural and balanced with the rest of the instruments.

Not just a great tone when playing alone — but a tone that works where it really matters: in the mix.

🎸 SLO 100
🔥 Red Distortion
⏱️** Flanger, Delay & Rever**b
🎶 Full Mix / Lead Guitar
📱 iPhone & iPad
🤖 AI-powered Tone Search
🔥 NAM & A2 support

Turn it up and hear how it sits in the mix! 🎧

#nama2player #nam #neuralampmodeler #guitar #guitartone #guitarsolo #leadguitar #guitarplayer #guitarist #ampcapture #slo100 #soldano #guitareffects #iosguitar #ipadguitar #iphoneguitar

This is one of my live looping improvisations, with the iPad mini adding a couple of extra sounds to the setup. The looping itself is done on a Boss RC-300 at my feet.

Hoverophone: camera-controlled theremin-like instrument
https://apps.apple.com/app/id6781463406

UVB-76: shortwave radio simulator, heard near the end
https://apps.apple.com/app/id6786464215

I made both for my own improvisations, but they’re both free.

This forum has always been nice to me, thanks for that. This is my very first software synth, and it has been a blast making it, super proud of it.

https://apps.apple.com/se/app/mesa-synth-auv3/id6784279560?l=en-GB

Edit all codes have been used, congrats!

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Also, if you want to do a review of my synth, just DM me and I will send you a promo code.

https://temperamento.net/mesa/

Based on the first feedback from our users, we’ve packed this update with new features and improvements:

🎛️ 4 new built-in compressors — Studio, Optical, FET & Pedal
🔥 4 new Overdrive & Distortion pedals
🎚️ Expanded Pedal menu with OFF, Compressors, Drives & NAM Pedal options
✨ Shimmer Reverb
🎹 MIDI Learn with customizable global CC assignments
🎛️ MIDI channel selection — OMNI or channels 1–16
🤖 The AI Assistant can now analyze your current rig and provide personalized suggestions
🧠 Expanded AI knowledge with new Tips & Tricks
🎵 Improved audio mixing with other compatible iOS apps
🛠️ UI refinements, bug fixes & stability improvements

And we’re just getting started. Your feedback is helping us make NAM A2 Player better with every release.

NAM A2 Player 1.2.26 — available now on the App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/gr/app/nam-a2-player/id6795148533

🎸 Free to download!

#nama2player #neuralampmodeler #nam #guitar #guitartone #guitargear #ampsim #iosguitar #ipadguitar #audioplugins #midi #guitarplayer

Hi Guys,

I've got an app that I've just finished. It's a convenience tool for DJ's. The idea is to have an app that is no-frills, low-latency, and that you can use with a DJ controller like those DDJ controllers.

If you'd like to help me out with this and happen to have a DJ controller as well as a DAW like AUM, please send me a DM.

Cheers,

-- Juan

After a lot of development, testing and fine-tuning, we’re very happy to finally share NAM A2 Player, a FREE dedicated iOS/iPadOS app for guitarists who want to use Neural Amp Modeler A2 captures directly on their iPhone or iPad.

NAM A2 Player is designed to make playing with NAM A2 simple, fast and portable — connect your audio interface, load your captures and start playing.

🔥 Features include:
• Native support for NAM A2 captures
• Real-time guitar processing
• Built-in effects and tone controls
• Easy capture management and browsing
• AI Assistant with intelligent Tone Search
• Designed for both iPhone and iPad
• A portable NAM rig you can take anywhere

And this is just the beginning. We’ll keep developing NAM A2 Player, adding new features and improving the experience based on feedback from guitarists and the NAM community.

If you use NAM and have an iPhone or iPad, give it a try — we’d love to hear your feedback!

📲 NAM A2 Player on the App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nam-a2-player/id6795148533

#nama2player #nam #neuralampmodeler #neuralampmodeling #guitar #guitarist #guitartone #ampmodeling #ios #ipad #iphone #guitarapp #guitargear #digitalguitar #musictechnology

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6791682190

website: iriopro.com

A modular effects canvas: place modules, wire them however you like — any output into any input.

• iOS · Apple Silicon Mac · AUv3 in your DAW
• Full NAM A2 support, multiple instances
• Four scenes per preset

Free download, Pro unlocks the rest.

irio pro is in the app store!!!

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6791682190

hej there,

I’m proud to report that irio pro v1.0.0 is online now!!!

What I began some years ago as a nerdy project for myself, has turned into much more over time. I used to build and design my own schematics and pcbs for analog pedals and rig solutions under my brand „nørholm“, and what started as a multiple convolution IR loader for my FX setup has evolved into a much deeper project over time – even starting to replace some of my analog gear in my setup.

irio pro is a modular effects canvas for iPhone, iPad and Apple silicon Mac.

You place modules on a canvas and patch them together with cables, with no fixed order, as many as you like, as long as your cpu can handle it there are no real limits for crazy setups — split the signal, run two, three, five, six modules side by side, feed the left side of a reverb into a delay, the right side to a different output on you interface… or three... Run a vocal chain in parallel... It runs on its own or as an AUv3 plugin inside your DAW or inside apps - like Loopy Pro.

 
have a look -> https://iriopro.com

In the final stages a lot of people were on the apple TestFlight with me, and the feedback was genuinely great. You found things I never would have caught on my own, suggested great ideas, and the app has evolved a lot because of you. Thank you so much for all your help!!! I really appreciate it :)

 

I will keep working on irio – the project started out as an idea of something I would have always liked to have for myself – now it’s starting to replace a lot of my other gear… and others seem to like it too, so I will continue to improve on that idea. There is some cool new stuff already in the pipeline.

 

Check it out if you like – and I’m happy to answer questions and receive feedback :)

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6791682190

— Mads

Look, we know, it’s the n-th app you’ve seen that integrates NAM A2. But hey, maybe this flavour is for you!

Quick introduction: Me and my buddy are university students (physics and IT engineering), and we made an app for iOS named Gateway Pro (original huh?) that satisfies our needs, considering the limited time we have to practice.

Features: It’s an fx suite with a few unique features such as up to 4 parallel signal paths with optional Linkwitz-Riley crossover (splits your signal into frequency bands), audio unit loader for importing your own AUv fx, MIDI functionality and other stuff, but what’s cool about it is the live mode, comprised of metronome, a handy scene view, a playlist mode and a setlist mode. The point of these is to load your backing tracks into playlists or setlists, the difference being that playlists just play the backing tracks in order without changing presets or scenes, whereas the setlist mode does. The point of this is efficient practice, having specific playlists with various workouts and/or repertoires.

Most important of all: the tone curve. Reacts to your playing, completely useless, looks rad, can be deactivated.

We’re offering a 48h free trial without having to enter any card info, and we’re looking for feedback, so the first 15 people who pm me with opinions, possible improvements and critiques gets a key to unlo the app for free (lifetime, we don’t do subscriptions). Thank you all for reading and we hope the app is something you’ll enjoy!

EDIT: as someone pointed out, our the app’s name is misleading. We will be changing it shortly, and apologise for the mistake. I also want to thank everyone for their valuable feedback, as it is helping us fill the potholes we missed during development.

EDIT 2: following the suggestions of our users, we have rolled out an update tackling several concerns users had with the app.

- name changed to AmpGate pro in order to avoid confusion

- UI optimised for vertical viewing

- added sync to the modulation

- plugins in the auv3 loader are now sorted by developer

- general ui and ux improvements, especially on smaller screens

- improved input and output meter ballistics and readability

- fixed a bug that caused menus to display incorrectly on smaller screens

- improved ui’s smoothness on some devices and fixed issues that caused some au plugins to not be displayed correctly

- fixed various graphical bugs

-other stuff I’m probably forgetting

Hello everyone! We are the devs of AmpGate Pro, and we’re happy to introduce you to AmpGate. As AmpGate Pro’s little cousin, it doesn’t come with any of its bells and whistles. It’s a simple instance of NAM capable of running A2 models with a ui we find intuitive (and fun to look at) and a nice integrated browser.

Comes in both standalone and auv3 format

https://apps.apple.com/it/app/ampgate/id6788570879?l=en-GB

Let us know your thoughts!

Hey everyone, I’ve been building my first app, MIDI MACHINE, an iOS MIDI performance tool for creating melodic ideas in a more playful, hands-on way.

I originally wanted to make something that could spark my own creative process, especially when I’m working with a limited setup or simply when I’m stuck in familiar habits.

The rough idea was: what if an MPC-style pad workflow was used for chopped MIDI sequences instead of samples? Rather than programming everything into a piano roll, I wanted to load a set of musical fragments and play with them directly.

In SPARK mode, MIDI MACHINE creates harmonically matched MIDI phrases for a chosen key, chops them into playable pieces, and lets you trigger, combine, repeat, reverse, and reshape them in real time. It’s designed to create melodic “happy accidents”.

STRUCTURE mode gives you a mapped across related key pairs for a theory based approach.

The App is intended as a versatile and fun tool, while still being useful when you want to sketch ideas without experimenting too much.

It’s now on the App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/de/app/midi-machine/id6760569464

I’d love to hear if this would fit into your setup and what features would make it genuinely useful for you.

I've been building a small web instrument called Puntone, and it's designed with touchscreens — iPad and similar tablets especially — in mind.

The core idea: most instruments make you choose between precise pitches (keyboard, frets) or continuous glide (theremin, fretless strings, pitch bend). Puntone tries to keep both — and the part I'm most excited about is that this works for full chords, not just single notes.

Instead of just bending one note theremin-style, you can glide an entire chord voicing into another with your finger — the whole chord slides as one continuous motion, like theremin-ing a chord shape instead of a single pitch. There's a dedicated chord-glide / dual-pad mode built around touch: one pad handles the root note's glide, the other morphs the voicing on top of it. It feels much more natural on a touchscreen than with a mouse.

Other things it does:

• Runs entirely in the browser (Web Audio API) — no install, no account
• Single-note mode also has full-time portamento (the "one-note theremin" experience), playable with a PC keyboard too if you don't have a tablet
• Adjustable glide time / decay in a settings panel
• Built-in recording, so you can layer takes
• No ads, no signup wall

It's a solo project and still evolving. I'd love feedback from people who actually write chord progressions — does gliding a whole chord feel musically useful, or does it read as gimmicky? That's the thing I most want to know.

Try it here: https://puntone-synth.pages.dev/

(Best on a tablet like iPad — touch is the primary input. Also works with Chrome/Edge on desktop via keyboard.)

I've been occasionally posting my progress here, and the Phase Chimes app + MIDI plugin is finally available on the App Store.

It's a polyrhythmic musical instrument and sequencer for iOS. One links gears together of varying sizes to create complex rhythmic and melodic patterns.

As a MIDI AUv3 extension, it acts as a sequencer/controller for audio instruments. As a standalone app it has its own internal audio or it can control external instruments.

A lot of folks from this sub have joined the beta. I appreciate all the feedback and encouragement!