2023 iOS App Sales & Discussions

Poppadocrock

Tough call @Johanso i only have alpha out of the 3. Definitely a cool synth but can’t make a comparison for ya.

Poppadocrock

Graphic

Create Flyers & Logos - Maker is free usually $1.99

Poppadocrock

@HotStrange said:

@Poppadocrock said:
New Nembrini app on Intro pricing

The Voltour Valve Enhancer is currently $7.99

Got it last night and it’s great! I can see it being one of my go to saturation/drive apps.

I’m wondering how it compares to Valves?

Poppadocrock

Photo

Photo of Clarity AI Enhancer is free usually $1.99

Poppadocrock

Note Recognizer - Indian is $3 off at $1.99

Poppadocrock

Productivity

Digital Notes is Free usually $.99

michael_m

@Poppadocrock said:

@HotStrange said:

@Poppadocrock said:
New Nembrini app on Intro pricing

The Voltour Valve Enhancer is currently $7.99

Got it last night and it’s great! I can see it being one of my go to saturation/drive apps.

I’m wondering how it compares to Valves?

Haven’t bought the Nembrini one yet, but I think Valves definitely lends itself more to the unusual valve amplification sounds, and I’d be surprised if this one goes to those extremes.

NeuM

@Poppadocrock said:
Reggae Drummer is $5 off at $12.99

It's disappointing that Apple still has not created Reggae, Swing or other drumming styles for either GarageBand or Logic Pro for mobile or desktop. I inevitably have to jump through a lot of hoops to get the kind of drumming out of the software that I'm really looking for.

Strizbiz

@Johanso said:

@Poppadocrock said:
Bleass Sale

Omega is $5 off at $9.99

Alpha is $5 off at $9.99

As @Luxthor mentioned…

Megalit is $10 off at $14.99

Which one is worth buying most?

All three are great really imo, three different types of synthesis but they all have a similar vibe as far as modulation and fx go. If I could only chose one it would probably be Megalit because I’m really into wavetable synthesis lately, especially anything that comes close to Serum, and Buttersynth is great too, I copied all my Serum wavetables to my IPad and use them in ButterSynth , but again all three are great and the random preset function on all three are great

HotStrange

@Poppadocrock said:

@HotStrange said:

@Poppadocrock said:
New Nembrini app on Intro pricing

The Voltour Valve Enhancer is currently $7.99

Got it last night and it’s great! I can see it being one of my go to saturation/drive apps.

I’m wondering how it compares to Valves?

Voltour is much more warm and “analog” sounding. It can get veeeery noisy - in a good way - and really beef things up.

Valves can get noisy as well but like most AudioThing apps, it seems to be geared a bit more towards the experimental where the Nembrini is a more straight ahead saturation app. The good thing is they’re different enough to justify both. For me anyway lol

HotStrange

@Johanso said:

@Poppadocrock said:
Bleass Sale

Omega is $5 off at $9.99

Alpha is $5 off at $9.99

As @Luxthor mentioned…

Megalit is $10 off at $14.99

Which one is worth buying most?

That’s hard to say as they are 3 very different apps and 3 completely different types of synthesis. One is FM, one is VA, and one is Wavetable. So I guess it depends on what kind of synthesis you’re after.

gregsmith

@NeuM said:

@Poppadocrock said:
Reggae Drummer is $5 off at $12.99

It's disappointing that Apple still has not created Reggae, Swing or other drumming styles for either GarageBand or Logic Pro for mobile or desktop. I inevitably have to jump through a lot of hoops to get the kind of drumming out of the software that I'm really looking for.

Didn’t have you down as a reggae man @NeuM , not gonna lie!

HotStrange

@NeuM said:

@Poppadocrock said:
Reggae Drummer is $5 off at $12.99

It's disappointing that Apple still has not created Reggae, Swing or other drumming styles for either GarageBand or Logic Pro for mobile or desktop. I inevitably have to jump through a lot of hoops to get the kind of drumming out of the software that I'm really looking for.

Agreed. I love the drummer in Logic/GB but it could really use some more drumming styles. I’m hoping they’ll add some of those next before adding another loop/sample pack.

gusgranite

@gregsmith said:

@NeuM said:

@Poppadocrock said:
Reggae Drummer is $5 off at $12.99

It's disappointing that Apple still has not created Reggae, Swing or other drumming styles for either GarageBand or Logic Pro for mobile or desktop. I inevitably have to jump through a lot of hoops to get the kind of drumming out of the software that I'm really looking for.

Didn’t have you down as a reggae man @NeuM , not gonna lie!

Lol

Simon

@gregsmith said:

@NeuM said:
It's disappointing that Apple still has not created Reggae, Swing or other drumming styles for either GarageBand or Logic Pro for mobile or desktop. I inevitably have to jump through a lot of hoops to get the kind of drumming out of the software that I'm really looking for.

Didn’t have you down as a reggae man @NeuM , not gonna lie!

+1. LOL.

NeuM

@gregsmith said:

@NeuM said:

@Poppadocrock said:
Reggae Drummer is $5 off at $12.99

It's disappointing that Apple still has not created Reggae, Swing or other drumming styles for either GarageBand or Logic Pro for mobile or desktop. I inevitably have to jump through a lot of hoops to get the kind of drumming out of the software that I'm really looking for.

Didn’t have you down as a reggae man @NeuM , not gonna lie!

Haha. I'm a drummer at heart, so I am open to all styles of drumming. Love the work of Sly and Robbie, for example.

NeuM

@HotStrange said:

@NeuM said:

@Poppadocrock said:
Reggae Drummer is $5 off at $12.99

It's disappointing that Apple still has not created Reggae, Swing or other drumming styles for either GarageBand or Logic Pro for mobile or desktop. I inevitably have to jump through a lot of hoops to get the kind of drumming out of the software that I'm really looking for.

Agreed. I love the drummer in Logic/GB but it could really use some more drumming styles. I’m hoping they’ll add some of those next before adding another loop/sample pack.

👍👍

Gavinski

@wim said:

@HotStrange said:

@Gavinski said:

@HotStrange said:

@Gavinski said:

@HotStrange said:

@Poppadocrock said:
All Kai Aras apps are 40% 50% and 60% off. I believe until the end of the month, but not certain, only saw that in one of the App Store descriptions.

He has 17 apps including the Free Midi Spy, so 16 Apps on sale!

I think the IAPs are discounted as well.

For anyone: does KB-1 offer anything to someone that already had Xequence Keys/Pads and Velocity Keyboard?

For regular non mpe velocity control I personally prefer to use y axis touch for this. When I need that my first choice is Xequence Keys, largely because I like the UI much more. Really tired of skeumorphic UIs, I find kb-1 kinda ugly and I think Xequence Keys is gorgeous - just a matter of personal taste.

But, Xequence Keys is bizarrely lacking a Latch / Hold function, MD although it's on the dev's list, it doesn't look like it is a priority, so for times when I want Latch, like in my Phase Monkey demo where I had a mix of held notes and played notes triggering 5 different instances of Phase Monkey, I reach for kb-1. Unfortunately it does not remember held notes between sessions, and I can't think of a midi keyboard that does (tonality chord pads does but is not exactly a keyboard)

Thanks! I love Xequence Keys/Pads as well and it’s my default keyboard for anything but the lack of a latch or hold feature is definitely its Achilles heel.

Wim was nice enough to write me a Moziac script for latching notes, so that’s what I’ve been using the last few days. I guess that’s the only real benefit of kb-1 for me so maybe I should save my money and pass for now unless it does anything else unique?

Btw I’m happy to share that script if you want it, that way you can still have latched notes using XK!

Please do! Does it remember the notes when you reopen a session? This is a fairly complex design decision for the designer - for me, it wouldn't actually even have to play the notes when the session is opened and the transport turned on, it would just be enough for it to show which notes were last held in the previous session and then I could manually retrigger the notes. This would be very useful for my drone workflow

Unfortunately it doesn’t. I’m not sure if @wim or anyone could write that into it but I do hope a dev will make that into its own app eventually or it will be added to an existing app. Maybe Drambo 😂

That's an interesting thought. Remembering notes held down between sessions is something one would routinely try never to do in a script. Whatever synth is playing would not be playing when the session is opened, so those notes being held down would do nothing and would confuse the flow of note-on / note-off flow.

I did write a script that remembers the last CC, pitch bend, and program change sent through it, and re-triggers those on session open, but specifically excluded notes for that reason.

It wouldn't be that hard to modify that script or the latch script to track notes and resend them on session start. It seems like an odd thing to do though.

It's not odd if you regularly play around with drones and want a complex polyphonic drone to play the way you had it last set up in a session without having to write a note to be able to remember. But like I say, really all I would need is to see the notes (like aum does with the colour difference when a key is pressed - if you then go preset surfing while the notes are latched, there will likely be a note off happening soon but the key will still be highlighted in AUM and you can easily find and re-press the notes you were last droning).

Gavinski

@Luxthor said:
Bleass Megalit is on discount, anyone know if there is any update regarding custom wavetable import? 🧐

Since they also have a problem with wavetable import in the new Fusion app, I wouldn't hold your breath. Maybe they are somehow not capable of implementing it on iOS? No idea

wim

@Gavinski said:

@wim said:

@HotStrange said:

@Gavinski said:

@HotStrange said:

@Gavinski said:

@HotStrange said:

@Poppadocrock said:
All Kai Aras apps are 40% 50% and 60% off. I believe until the end of the month, but not certain, only saw that in one of the App Store descriptions.

He has 17 apps including the Free Midi Spy, so 16 Apps on sale!

I think the IAPs are discounted as well.

For anyone: does KB-1 offer anything to someone that already had Xequence Keys/Pads and Velocity Keyboard?

For regular non mpe velocity control I personally prefer to use y axis touch for this. When I need that my first choice is Xequence Keys, largely because I like the UI much more. Really tired of skeumorphic UIs, I find kb-1 kinda ugly and I think Xequence Keys is gorgeous - just a matter of personal taste.

But, Xequence Keys is bizarrely lacking a Latch / Hold function, MD although it's on the dev's list, it doesn't look like it is a priority, so for times when I want Latch, like in my Phase Monkey demo where I had a mix of held notes and played notes triggering 5 different instances of Phase Monkey, I reach for kb-1. Unfortunately it does not remember held notes between sessions, and I can't think of a midi keyboard that does (tonality chord pads does but is not exactly a keyboard)

Thanks! I love Xequence Keys/Pads as well and it’s my default keyboard for anything but the lack of a latch or hold feature is definitely its Achilles heel.

Wim was nice enough to write me a Moziac script for latching notes, so that’s what I’ve been using the last few days. I guess that’s the only real benefit of kb-1 for me so maybe I should save my money and pass for now unless it does anything else unique?

Btw I’m happy to share that script if you want it, that way you can still have latched notes using XK!

Please do! Does it remember the notes when you reopen a session? This is a fairly complex design decision for the designer - for me, it wouldn't actually even have to play the notes when the session is opened and the transport turned on, it would just be enough for it to show which notes were last held in the previous session and then I could manually retrigger the notes. This would be very useful for my drone workflow

Unfortunately it doesn’t. I’m not sure if @wim or anyone could write that into it but I do hope a dev will make that into its own app eventually or it will be added to an existing app. Maybe Drambo 😂

That's an interesting thought. Remembering notes held down between sessions is something one would routinely try never to do in a script. Whatever synth is playing would not be playing when the session is opened, so those notes being held down would do nothing and would confuse the flow of note-on / note-off flow.

I did write a script that remembers the last CC, pitch bend, and program change sent through it, and re-triggers those on session open, but specifically excluded notes for that reason.

It wouldn't be that hard to modify that script or the latch script to track notes and resend them on session start. It seems like an odd thing to do though.

It's not odd if you regularly play around with drones and want a complex polyphonic drone to play the way you had it last set up in a session without having to write a note to be able to remember. But like I say, really all I would need is to see the notes (like aum does with the colour difference when a key is pressed - if you then go preset surfing while the notes are latched, there will likely be a note off happening soon but the key will still be highlighted in AUM and you can easily find and re-press the notes you were last droning).

Just to be clear - Mozaic can't help with that.

Luxthor

@Gavinski said:

@Luxthor said:
Bleass Megalit is on discount, anyone know if there is any update regarding custom wavetable import? 🧐

Since they also have a problem with wavetable import in the new Fusion app, I wouldn't hold your breath. Maybe they are somehow not capable of implementing it on iOS? No idea

My whiny fanboyism towards Bleass wanted that feature, but my pragmatic side already bought enough wavetable synths and tools for all of my needs.

You know, it’s kinda tragic that such a wonderful tool from Bleass is missing such a crucial feature as this. I probably overestimated their intention. Instead of the "cutting edge" motto for their other tools, this one is more on the line with "good enough". 🤔

Gavinski

@wim said:

@Gavinski said:

@wim said:

@HotStrange said:

@Gavinski said:

@HotStrange said:

@Gavinski said:

@HotStrange said:

@Poppadocrock said:
All Kai Aras apps are 40% 50% and 60% off. I believe until the end of the month, but not certain, only saw that in one of the App Store descriptions.

He has 17 apps including the Free Midi Spy, so 16 Apps on sale!

I think the IAPs are discounted as well.

For anyone: does KB-1 offer anything to someone that already had Xequence Keys/Pads and Velocity Keyboard?

For regular non mpe velocity control I personally prefer to use y axis touch for this. When I need that my first choice is Xequence Keys, largely because I like the UI much more. Really tired of skeumorphic UIs, I find kb-1 kinda ugly and I think Xequence Keys is gorgeous - just a matter of personal taste.

But, Xequence Keys is bizarrely lacking a Latch / Hold function, MD although it's on the dev's list, it doesn't look like it is a priority, so for times when I want Latch, like in my Phase Monkey demo where I had a mix of held notes and played notes triggering 5 different instances of Phase Monkey, I reach for kb-1. Unfortunately it does not remember held notes between sessions, and I can't think of a midi keyboard that does (tonality chord pads does but is not exactly a keyboard)

Thanks! I love Xequence Keys/Pads as well and it’s my default keyboard for anything but the lack of a latch or hold feature is definitely its Achilles heel.

Wim was nice enough to write me a Moziac script for latching notes, so that’s what I’ve been using the last few days. I guess that’s the only real benefit of kb-1 for me so maybe I should save my money and pass for now unless it does anything else unique?

Btw I’m happy to share that script if you want it, that way you can still have latched notes using XK!

Please do! Does it remember the notes when you reopen a session? This is a fairly complex design decision for the designer - for me, it wouldn't actually even have to play the notes when the session is opened and the transport turned on, it would just be enough for it to show which notes were last held in the previous session and then I could manually retrigger the notes. This would be very useful for my drone workflow

Unfortunately it doesn’t. I’m not sure if @wim or anyone could write that into it but I do hope a dev will make that into its own app eventually or it will be added to an existing app. Maybe Drambo 😂

That's an interesting thought. Remembering notes held down between sessions is something one would routinely try never to do in a script. Whatever synth is playing would not be playing when the session is opened, so those notes being held down would do nothing and would confuse the flow of note-on / note-off flow.

I did write a script that remembers the last CC, pitch bend, and program change sent through it, and re-triggers those on session open, but specifically excluded notes for that reason.

It wouldn't be that hard to modify that script or the latch script to track notes and resend them on session start. It seems like an odd thing to do though.

It's not odd if you regularly play around with drones and want a complex polyphonic drone to play the way you had it last set up in a session without having to write a note to be able to remember. But like I say, really all I would need is to see the notes (like aum does with the colour difference when a key is pressed - if you then go preset surfing while the notes are latched, there will likely be a note off happening soon but the key will still be highlighted in AUM and you can easily find and re-press the notes you were last droning).

Just to be clear - Mozaic can't help with that.

Yes I didn't expect it would be able to, don't worry! Hoping am existing keyboard app dev, especially Seven Systems, will add this possibility, but as he pointed out, there are a lot of factors to consider

Gavinski

@Luxthor said:

@Gavinski said:

@Luxthor said:
Bleass Megalit is on discount, anyone know if there is any update regarding custom wavetable import? 🧐

Since they also have a problem with wavetable import in the new Fusion app, I wouldn't hold your breath. Maybe they are somehow not capable of implementing it on iOS? No idea

My whiny fanboyism towards Bleass wanted that feature, but my pragmatic side already bought enough wavetable synths and tools for all of my needs.

You know, it’s kinda tragic that such a wonderful tool from Bleass is missing such a crucial feature as this. I probably overestimated their intention. Instead of the "cutting edge" motto for their other tools, this one is more on the line with "good enough". 🤔

Not a good look and it will come back to bite them unless they improve in that area.

Slush

@NeuM said:

@gregsmith said:

@NeuM said:

@Poppadocrock said:
Reggae Drummer is $5 off at $12.99

It's disappointing that Apple still has not created Reggae, Swing or other drumming styles for either GarageBand or Logic Pro for mobile or desktop. I inevitably have to jump through a lot of hoops to get the kind of bedrumming out of the software that I'm really looking for.

Didn’t have you down as a reggae man @NeuM , not gonna lie!

Haha. I'm a drummer at heart, so I am open to all styles of drumming. Love the work of Sly and Robbie, for example.

As a kid I wanted to be a drummer so badly. I was completely over the moon with that 100.000 years Peter Criss drum solo on the Kiss Alive album.

Pxlhg

Virsyn is supposedly having a sale. I can't check, just saw it elsewhere. Edit: there is a 'September' sale going on.

ghost_forests

Not a discount, but a new Procreate animation app, “Procreate Dreams”, coming soon in November

https://twitter.com/procreate/status/1700167610372169824

and check it out, $20 one-off fee! It can be done!

Poppadocrock

Yup @Pxlhg

All Virsyn aka Harry Gohs Apps are on Sale! September Sale.

Apps are 20% up to 50% off depending on app.

Poppadocrock

Utility

One Search Fast Search Launcher is free usually $9.99 - app search and open

Slush

@Poppadocrock said:
Yup @Pxlhg

All Virsyn aka Harry Gohs Apps are on Sale! September Sale.

Apps are 20% up to 50% off depending on app.

No discount on the FM iap unfortunately.

Poppadocrock

The new ddtctmcc is out, 2D touch control to midi CC, and there’s a free version which is really cool, just minus a few features ddtctmcc-ff