Yonac Software

Yonac Software has released of miniSynth 2.0 (App Store link), an updated version of its analog-modeling iPhone synthesizer.

Changes in miniSynth 2.0

• Recording and audio file import/export.
• New octave-maker feature.
• Updated GUI: relic-ed look for the season, and larger buttons and sliders for easier control.

miniSynth retails for $1.99.

Yonac Software has released MelodiFone (App Store link), a new virtual wind instrument.

It’s one of a growing number of simple iPhone instruments.

On first glance, these instruments are toys. But consider all the music toys (Optigan, Melodica, Speak ‘n’ Spell, etc) that people are using in interesting ways in electronic music.

Description:

Modeled with ease of use in mind, MelodiFone has extra-large buttons, laid out in a fool-proof “oh, I remember this from my grade-school days” fashion.

You can also shift registers, playing in any one of the three octaves below, at or above the middle C. Additionally, you can vary the distance of the microphone (or the force of your breath) to add dynamics to your playing: MelodiFone will recognize this, and adjust the volume accordingly.

Yonac Software has introduce an iPhone synthesizer, miniSynth. 

miniSynth is a vintage-modeling keyboard synth for the iPhone platform, featuring dual oscillators, adjustable retro-style sound filter, attack/decay, glide and a tape-delay influenced delay unit. 

Features:

• Two variable-range, “old school” oscillators
• Four individual waveforms per oscillator (triangular, sawtooth, sine and square)
• Six stops per oscillator, giving approximately a 5-7000 Hz range, including individual LFO switches
• Dedicated VFO mixers
• User-controllable VCF (variable capacitance filter), with retro-modeling algorithm and feedback
• User-controllable attack/decay filters
• Programmable glide
• Vintage modeling “tape delay” reverb unit, including adjustable delay time and decay
• Keyboard-on mode
• 48-key, 4-octave keyboard
• 10 factory sound presets

Therminator 1.0 may not be controlled like a real theremin, but the sound is similar and musically useful.

As the developers say, “it makes a passable alternative to the real deal, especially in places where noise is a big issue. And it’s good for annoying friends as well!”