Free Magellan Update Adds AudioBus & More

Magellan iPad Synthesizer

Yonac Software has released Magellan 2 – a major free update that brings many new and upgrade features, including Audiobus support, 32 new presets, new controls and more.

Here are the details.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdILGrGpllA

Features in Magellan 2.0:

  • Audiobus integration: use Magellan as an input in Audiobus graphs!
  • Free new bank of 32 presets produced by Sunsine Audio!
  • Fully compatible with the new Magellan Jr. for iPhone and iPod Touch
  • New touch pad control framework with highly improved expression and expanded options:
    • Step-to-step glide with adjustable note snapping
    • New per-voice vertical controls, including FM parameters and velocity
    • Display all occurences of selected notes in octaving mode
    • Integrated with keyboard hold
    • Edit musical scale
    • Improved touch pad navigation, now enabled by simply using the scroll lock button
  • New velocity sense feature for the keyboards, using the accelerometer. Touch softly for quieter notes, and tap harder for louder ones.
  • Completely updated MIDI Learn / CC Maps feature
    • Four new modules you can control with MIDI: Arp 1, Arp 2, FX and Sequencer!
    • Over 350 mappable / learnable MIDI destinations
    • Knobs, switches, displays and other UI elements are now animated with MIDI input
    • Manipulate Arp settings, or program and use the Sequencer — all via MIDI
  • MIDI Bank and Program changes
  • Enumerated banks/presets tables for easier reference for program changes
  • Settable hardware buffer size
  • Much wider range of keyboard key sizes
  • Updated recording module:
    • Fixed-length recording option for creating loops on-the-fly
    • Start recording on first touch option
    • New, more robust metronome with a wider range of time signatures
    • Bugfixes, internal improvements and optimization:
    • iOS 6.0 mime type bug that affected bundle sharing via emailIntermittent WIST issue when using sequencer as master
    • Many subtle improvements to UI and synth engine
    • Other fixes and improvements
  • Completely tested and compatible with iOS 6, iPad Mini and iPad 4

Magellan is $9.99 in the App Store.

If you’ve used Magellan 2, let us know what you think of it!

7 thoughts on “Free Magellan Update Adds AudioBus & More

    1. Magellan still works…but as limited as before the update on iPad 1, at least on mine. Even with reduced polyphony, no oscilloscope, etc.,it is still a fine synth.

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