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iPhone/iPad iOS music making app round-up: Week 57

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By Ben Rogerson published 2 February 2012

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Instruments, effects and more

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There’s still time to vote for the best iPhone/iPad music making app in the world today, but if you’re on the lookout for a new tuneful iOS plaything or two, read on.

Also make sure you check out these regularly updated features:

The best iPhone music making apps

The best iPad music making apps

If you've got a new iOS app, make sure you let us know about it by emailing musicradar.pressreleases@futurenet.com with all the details.

NEXT: Bastus Trump Orphion

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Bastus Trump Orphion, £2.99

Bastus Trump Orphion, £2.99

Orphion makes the most of the iPad’s multi-touch interface by enabling you to play both pitched and percussive sounds from the same pad-based interface. There are nine layouts, and the tones you create depend on where and how you touch each pad. Demo video here.

Buy now from the App Store

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VirSyn iVoxel 2.0, £3.99

VirSyn iVoxel 2.0, £3.99

This classy iOS vocoder has received a significant update, with real-time pitch following, automatic tuning to a selectable scale, improved sound quality, a polyphonic sequencer and a redesigned interface among the new features. There’s support for Virtual MIDI, SoundCloud export and WIST, too.

Buy now from the App Store

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Masao Suzaki Petites Ondes, £1.99

Masao Suzaki Petites Ondes, £1.99

The Ondes Martenot was an early electronic instrument that was invented in 1928, and this iPad app is an emulation of it. It produces one tone at a time; your right hand is used to alter its pitch, while your left can control dynamics. Check out a demo video.

Buy now from the App Store

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Periscope Audio Lab SpaceSampler, Free

Periscope Audio Lab SpaceSampler, Free

Convolution technology comes to iOS with an app that enables you to record, apply filters (Impulse Responses), set the mix and then share the resulting sound. The IRs come from real gear and acoustic spaces, and you can export via email Audio Copy, Dropbox and SoundCloud.

Download now from the App Store

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I’m the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I’ve also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it. 

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