Yonac Software has released an update to Magellan, its software synth for iPad.

Key features of Magellan 3.0 include support for Inter-App Audio, iOS 7 compatibility, better MIDI support and more.

Here’s what’s new in Magellan 3.0:

• Inter-App Audio: use Magellan 3.0 as an instrument plugin with Inter-App Audio compatible hosts
• Completely updated & tested for iOS 7!
• More powerful MIDI framework:
  • Faster MIDI I/O handling
  • Inter-App Audio MIDI support
  • Keyboard splitting with settable split in channel, left/right out note ranges, learn & invert
  • Improved MIDI-UI interaction
  • Import/Export Magellan MIDI CC Maps
  • Individual MIDI Out channels for the synth engines
  • Individual MIDI In on/off toggles for the synth engines
• Many improvements and new features, including:
  • Master FX mix
  • Increased max polyphony to 10 per-engine for iPad 2 or newer
  • Envelope curve selection for VCA and FM envelopes
  • Extended octave range for Osc 3 with key tracking off
  • Direct one-touch access to either synth engine’s control panels, arp or cordmaker
  • Continuously settable filters tracking
  • 59 new modulation outlets for the XY-pad and the modwheels
  • Presets now save BPM data
  • BPM Lock feature: specifies if you want BPM data to be loaded with a preset
  • Bounce whole sequences or individual patterns to audio via Song Library -> Export
  • Adjustable touch-velocity sensitivity
  • Preset & Bank renaming
  • A new free preset bank (“Boleskine”)
  • Target-foreground-synth mode for the XY-pad
  • One-touch waveform selection
  • Continuously adjustable knob response: set to “Fine” to make precise adjustments to a knob-controlled parameter
  • UI improvements
• Introducing In-App Purchasing (iOS 6 or later):
  • New professional preset packs available for purchase within Magellan’s Store
  • Atlantic – 65 new presets from Yonac Inc.
  • The Explorer Series from Sunsine Audio – available as individual 64 preset packs or one bundle of 192 presets
• Updates to latest Audiobus & Sonoma SDKs
• Many other improvements

Magellan is available now in the App Store.

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

via Jessie