Nanostudio for the iPhone

Nanostudio is a sampling, synthesis, sequencing (and according to their website, mastering) ap for the iPhone.

It's been described as "Reason for the iPhone", and that's enough to make me want to have a go (have to get Kore Audio to put it on the LSS iPad!). There's a fully featured synth, with CV patching, and the TGR-16 Trigger Pad.

Here's the full specs:

Compatible Devices

• OS version 3.1.2 or later (tested on iOS 4)
• iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4
• iPod Touch 2G, 3G (mic recording possible with external accessory)
• iPod Touch 1G (mic recording not available)
• iPad (1/2x zoom compatibility mode)

General

• Instruments - 4x Eden synths, TRG-16 trigger pads, 6 track sequencer, 7 input mixer with two sends
• Insert Effects - 2 per synth (waveshaper, chorus/flanger/delay)
• Send Effects - 2 (reverb, chorus/flanger/delay)
• Total polyphony - 48 stereo voices
• Buffer latency - 10ms
• Stereo 44.1kHz floating-point signal path (only the final output is reduced to 16 bit)
• Individually optimized for new and old hardware (chooses between VFP or NEON technology)
• Maximum size for a single sample - 8MB (total sample memory will depend on your device)

Extra Features

• Audio copy/paste with other compatible music apps - both Intua and Sonoma standards supported
• Direct SoundCloud sharing straight from your device
• Compatible with Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer accessory for MIDI input from external hardware
• MIDI file import/export
• Eden Synth (x4)
• Maximum polyphony - 8 voices per synth
• 2 anti-aliased oscillators per voice, each with 36 basic waveforms including noise
• Oscillators can be mixed or sync/ring modulated
• Resonant filter per voice - low pass, band pass or high pass with 12dB or 24dB slope
• Samples can be used in place of basic waveforms
• 4 LFO's, optional sync to note start/sequencer tempo
• 3 ADSR Envelope generators (amp, filter and aux)
• 2 X/Y controllers, 1 configurable control knob, pitch bend wheel and accelerometer input
• Virtual patchbay for connecting controllers, LFO's and envelopes and other synth parameters
• 2 insert effects per synth (waveshaper, chorus/flanger/delay)
• 192 Global presets (shared between all projects) and 64 Project specific presets
• TRG-16 Trigger Pads and Sampling
• Number of trigger pads - 16
• Maximum polyphony - 16 voices
• Adjust volume, pan, pitch, output bus, attack, release and loop type per sample
• Exclusive groups for use with high hats etc.
• Three output busses, each with its own filter and send effects
• Load/save individual samples or whole kits
• Upload wavs or aiffs to your device using NanoSync for Mac or Windows
• Record your own samples using the internal mic (iPhone only) or external mic (iPod Touch 2G, 3G)
• Resample NanoStudio's main mix output
• Crop and normalize samples on the device using NanoStudio's built in sample editor with 4 levels of undo/redo

Sequencer

• Realtime record with undo
• Pattern editor and song arranger
• 6 tracks (4 Eden synths and 2 tracks dedicated to the TRG-16)
• Record unique parts or turn them into patterns for repetitive loops (100 patterns supported)
• Draw note and controller events such as XY pad movements, pitch bend, velocity and accelerometer
• Editing functions include delete, merge, copy, move, note length, transpose, clean and quantize
• Controller editing and automation
• Time signatures 2/4 - 7/4
• 4 levels of undo/redo on every editing operation
• All editing operations are possible while the sequence is playing

Mastering

• Mixer with 7 stereo inputs (4 Eden synths, 3 TRG-16 output busses), 1 stereo output and 2 stereo sends
• 2 Simultaneous global effects sends per input (reverb, chorus/flanger/delay)
• Stereo VU displays for all inputs and outputs
• Offline mixdown - stereo mix, individual tracks or individual song parts

And if that's not tempting enough, have a look at this:

There's support for the Akai Synthstation on its way!

Head to the blipinteractive site for more details, or click here to go straight to iTunes.

And after you've done that, head here for a stack of free Nanostudio samples from LoopMasters!