iPhone Music Software:  Ready for a $14.99 iPhone MPC?

Blip Interactive’s NanoStudio is a music app for iPhone which combines sampling, synthesis, sequencing and mastering. Kind of like an iPhone MPC!

Features include 4 synths, 16 trigger pads, a 6-track sequencer and a 7-input mixer with two sends.

It’s available now in the App Store. Specs below.

Note: While NanoStudio works on the iPad, it runs in compatibility mode.

If you’ve used NanoStudio, leave a comment with your thoughts!

Features:

• Instruments – 4x Eden synths, TRG-16 trigger pads, 6 track sequencer, 7 input mixer with two sends
• Insert Effects – 2 per synth (waveshaper, chorus/flanger/delay)
• Send Effects – 2 (reverb, chorus/flanger/delay)
• Total polyphony – 48 stereo voices
• Buffer latency – 10ms
• Stereo 44.1kHz floating-point signal path (only the final output is reduced to 16 bit)
• Individually optimized for new and old hardware (chooses between VFP or NEON technology)

Eden synth (x4)

• Maximum polyphony – 8 voices per synth
• 2 anti-aliased oscillators per voice, each with 36 basic waveforms including noise
• Oscillators can be mixed or sync/ring modulated
• Resonant filter per voice – low pass, band pass or high pass with 12dB or 24dB slope
• Samples can be used in place of basic waveforms
• 4 LFO’s, optional sync to note start/sequencer tempo
• 3 ADSR Envelope generators (amp, filter and aux)
• 2 X/Y controllers, 1 configurable control knob, pitch bend wheel and accelerometer input
• Virtual patchbay for connecting controllers, LFO’s and envelopes and other synth parameters
• 2 insert effects per synth (waveshaper, chorus/flanger/delay)
• 128 Global presets (shared between all projects) and 64 Project specific presets

TRG-16 Trigger Pads and Sampling

• Number of trigger pads – 16
• Maximum polyphony – 16 voices
• Adjust volume, pan, pitch, output bus, attack, release and loop type per sample
• Exclusive groups for use with high hats etc.
• Three output busses, each with its own filter and send effects
• Load/save individual samples or whole kits
• Upload wavs or aiffs to your device using NanoSync for Mac or Windows
• Record your own samples using the internal mic (iPhone only) or external mic (iPod Touch 2G, 3G)
• Resample NanoStudio’s main mix output
• Crop and normalize samples on the device using NanoStudio’s built in sample editor with 4 levels of undo/redo

Sequencer

• Realtime record with undo
• Pattern editor and song arranger
• 6 tracks (4 Eden synths and 2 tracks dedicated to the TRG-16)
• Record unique parts or turn them into patterns for repetitive loops (100 patterns supported)
• Draw note and controller events such as XY pad movements, pitch bend, velocity and accelerometer
• Editing functions include delete, merge, copy, move, note length, transpose, clean and quantize
• Controller editing and automation
• Time signatures 2/4 – 7/4
• 4 levels of undo/redo on every editing operation
• All editing operations are possible while the sequence is playing

Mastering

• Mixer with 7 stereo inputs (4 Eden synths, 3 TRG-16 output busses), 1 stereo output and 2 stereo sends
• 2 Simultaneous global effects sends per input (reverb, chorus/flanger/delay)
• Stereo VU displays for all inputs and outputs