7 Great Digital Audio Workstation Apps You Need for Your Mobile Device

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7 Great Digital Audio Workstation Apps You Need for Your Mobile Device, slide 11

NanoStudio
Blip Interactive Ltd
$14.99
Rating: 4+
Requirements: iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5

Record your ideas in real time, mix synth layers with samples, compose and arrange your tune using the powerful sequencer and bring the mix alive with effects such as reverb, compression and EQ. Share your tune on SoundCloud from wherever you are or use the comprehensive audio mixdown options and MIDI export feature to get your ideas over to your desktop DAW when you get back home.

Use up to 6 simultaneous instruments (including mixer) or upgrade with the ‘16 Instrument Tracks’ in-app purchase, particularly recommended for newer devices.

‘Eden’, a powerful 16 voice subtractive synth, includes dual oscillators, 2 pole resonant filter, 3 envelope generators and 4 LFO’s per voice and 2 dedicated insert effects. Eden’s virtual patchbay lets you hook up almost anything for modulation mayhem.

Nanostudio’s mixer has 2 global effects sends, 4 insert effects per channel and you can record, edit and playback all your fader and pan changes. When you’re ready to share your mix with others you can upload it direct to SoundCloud or use NanoSync to copy the exported .wav file to your Mac/PC.

Features:

  • 6 simultaneous instruments, up to 16 with in-app purchase
  • MIDI input with the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer, Akai SynthStation 25 and Core MIDI
  • Audio copy/paste for sharing audio with other compatible apps (Sonoma and Intua standards supported)
  • Upload your mix directly to SoundCloud
  • Eden synth (also plays samples) – single or dual keyboards, XY controllers, pitch bend and accelerometer control
  • TRG-16 sample trigger pads
  • Sequencer with up to 64 tracks and a piano roll editor for note, velocity and controller events, all with undo/redo
  • Mixer with 4 inserts per channel, 2 global send busses and volume/pan automation on every channel
  • Sampling and resampling, sample editor and effects processor with undo/redo
  • Transfer samples, final mixes and individual track mixdowns to your Mac/PC using NanoSync
  • Send projects, samples and MIDI files as email attachments
  • Built in help

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