Some of the pad sounds in Wavimus (my upcoming wavetable synth).

Marek, you're the GOAT

Can't wait to check this out.

It has oscilloscopes for days.
You can hold a note and randomize the settings of each oscillator module in real time.

This has been bothering me for a while.

 

I write music. Guitar, mostly. And there's a part of the creative process that happens away from the DAW (like on the couch, in the car, at rehearsal) where you're just listening back and trying things out. Vibing. Informal but important.

 

Two things I do constantly:

 

Transposing on the spot. I'll have a demo and want to know if the whole thing sits better a semitone or two down — for the vocalist's, for the guitar part I'm thinking about. I don't want to export, open another app, re-import. I just want to tap twice and hear it.

 

Looping a section to write over it. I'll be trying to work out a guitar solo for a bridge. I set point A at the start, point B at the end, and it loops forever while I play along. This is a basic DAW feature, but what about in my living room? I'm not in the DAW. I'm just sitting with the demo and trying things until something sticks.

 

These are simple needs. But I couldn't find an iPhone player that did both, offline, from my own files, without a subscription. Frustrating.

 

I actually built an app last month. It's called In Progress. and i've posted about here before. For those of you who don't know it already, It’s mainly an offline music player for local music, that allows you to organize your demos in playlists, and create folders for your playlists. Think of it as a good Files App with a beautiful player built-in. It has CarPlay, it tells you the key of the imported songs, playlists, nested folders and a queue logic, but it didn’t have the tools I wanted as a producer. I just used it to listen to demos.

 

Until now.

 

I just updated the app to V1.4, and added Transpose and Producer Tools — A/B loop section and pitch-preserving speed control, behind a toggle so it doesn't clutter the interface for people who just want a player.

 

The best part is that I am very against subscriptions. I have a deep subscription fatigue and I believe you should just buy your tools once. Especially small, everyday tools. So I only charge €1.99 one time and that's it. As straightforward as possible. No subscription. No ads. No accounts. No internet. It’s yours forever. You own it. It yours, to listen to your music.

 

Curious how other people handle this part of the workflow — the away-from-the-DAW evaluation stage. What are you actually using?

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/in-progress-local-music/id6760368318

It is called Morphimus.

In the video I am using the “Rainbow Strip“ which is kinda like an X and Y pad but it actually generates the sound at the same time as modulating. I also use the “Orbit Wheel” which is pretty much a circular arpeggiator that you can free turn either direction (manually or automatically).

It scales for iPhone and iPad.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/morphimus/id6767078788

Big news for the iPad synth heads—Roland just officially dropped ZENOLOGY GX on the App Store.

This isn't just a preset browser; it’s the full ZEN-Core engine that they use in their flagship hardware, rebuilt with a touch-friendly interface. It’s got 4 voices per tone, deep mod matrices, and all the classic Roland FX (Dimension D, Juno Chorus, etc.).

The pricing situation (The Good & The Bad):

• The Good: Right now, they are doing a "Free Experience" promo. If you download it and sign in with a free Roland account, the entire app and all 4,200+ presets are fully unlocked for free until later in 2026.
• The Bad (Eventually): Once the promo ends, the free app will revert to a limited "lite" version. To keep the full features, you'll either need a Roland Cloud subscription OR you'll have to buy a one-time "Lifetime Key" (price TBD, but probably not cheap).
• AUv3: It's standalone right now, but Roland confirmed an AUv3 update is dropping during this free period.

https://imusicnews.com/zenology-gx-by-roland/

Some people in this sub may be interested in a new raw byte generator/bytebeat style app for iOS. You can run binary arithmetic and bitwise operations on iPhone in app form. Coming soon is an AUv3 format where you can arm in a mobile DAW or other hosts. But for now!...

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/raw-byte-audio-machine/id6766166760

Follow-up to my last post. Made a proper overview video walking through how Reel actually works for anyone who's been asking. Part 2 coming next, going deeper into the multitrack workflow with the OP-1 Field specifically.

MIDI start/stop sync is also locked in for an upcoming update, plus a stack of other features to make it feel more intuitive and functional in real use.

Big thanks to this sub, you lot were the first to actually get what i was building. Means a lot.

Quite a jump I would say. Just got it and transferring apps rn. Any tips? I mostly if only use it for music making. A bit overkill for sure but if I waited this long to upgrade then I might as well get the latest. I use Koala AUM’d to korg gadget/saga synth to FlyTape II. Thinking about just using Ableton note and transferring over to my m1. Any fun sequencers? I have fugue, cyckle, polybeat, riffer, and poly playground.

Aether Synth 1.0.1 is out iPhone synth, sound design, spatial audio, and multitrack playback

Hey everyone, I recently launched my first iOS music app, Aether Synth, and I wanted to share a quick update for people who may not be familiar with it yet.

Aether Synth is a mobile synth built for fast sound creation and performance. The idea is to make it easy to jump in, find a cool sound, shape it, add motion, blend sounds together, and start playing without getting buried in menus.

Some of the main features include:

- A full synth performance view with playable keyboard

- Dual sound blending between two presets

- Motion/randomization for creating evolving sounds

- Spatial audio-style sound movement

- Presets designed for pads, basses, keys, cinematic textures, and electronic sounds

- Multitrack playback for building ideas inside the app

- iPhone and iPad support

The 1.0.1 update focuses on polishing the experience and making the app feel smoother overall. It improves the spatial sound, tightens up multitrack playback, adds better playback while processing, and includes general refinements across the app.

I’m still actively improving it, so feedback is genuinely welcome. I’m especially interested in hearing what synth users, iOS music makers, and electronic musicians think of the workflow and sound.

App link:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aether-synth/id6766131732