Developer Rob Fielding has created a new synth for iOS, Cantor, that goes where other apps fear to tread.

Fielding, who has pioneered microtonal instruments for iOS, has this to say about Cantor:

This app has nothing at all to do with beat making, sequencing, creation, DAWs, or iPad-only workflows.

It’s a pocketable instrument that’s as playable as a guitar or a piano for a lot of uses. It should be reliable and simple, for you to plug into an effects processor or a computer *like* a guitar or hardware synth.

I tried initially to ship this without any audio engine at all, as a pure MIDI controller. But the current state of MIDI with respect to continuous pitch instruments is still bad. I only implemented an internal engine to demonstrate a full exercise of the playability parameters.

Here are the details.

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