AudioKit Pro has released FM Player 2, a major update to the open source sample-based instrument for iOS.
Here’s what’s new:
- AUv3 Plugin and Standalone support.
- Vintage Arp/Step Sequencer
- 3x as many samples, while using less storage space!
- New Stereo-Phaser
- New FX: Vintage Chorus, Flanger, Amp Simulator, and more
- Dual sound layers per voice.
- Keyboard Splits. Morph between sounds.
- 3 LFOs. LFOs can modify other LFOs.
- ADSR: Attack/Decay/Sustain/Release per Layer
- Space-saving Compression. More sounds, less space.
- Tempo-sync controls & Ableton Link
- This update saves 100mb+ of storage space.
- Mono glide & legato
- Pitch & Mod wheel controls & routings
- Improved Presets Panel & Preset Search
- Dual Independent Low-Pass, High-Pass, and Band-Pass filters
- Hundreds of other fixes & updates
Pricing and Availability
FM Player 2 is available now for US $.99.
More good stuff from AudioKit.
Beautiful UI and nice sound, but I don’t quite get the point of a sample-based FM synth – surely the whole point of FM is that you can dynamically modify the timbre?
Yeah, I really don’t understand the point of an FM rompler. I think the only reason I would buy this is to support the AudioKit team.
i really wish software companies would finally stop advertising plugins with physical instrument renderings
Is it because it gets your hopes up about a cool piece of hardware?
uhhh! Minikeys! Nahhh….;-)
No keys. Software instrument for iOS
I hate how many of these ios synths are ipad only. I know there are parts of the experience that’ll only work with the larger screen – but i make a ton of music on my phone and would buy a bunch of these if they worked on an iPhone – even if a few features were limited or removed.
Do you think there’s that many people trying to do serious music making on iPhones vs iPads?
To me, the bigger real estate of the iPad makes all the difference, and I’d guess that most people would feel the same.
Have you thought about getting an iPad Mini? They’re pretty cheap now, and it might give you a best of both worlds combination of the portability that you want plus all the great apps that need the bigger real estate of the iPad.
their flagship ‘synth one’ works on iphone. pretty awesome synth.