In this feature i’ve got a powerful and newly updated instrument app and two very unique effect apps for you.
Not only do these apps sound brilliant, they’re also completely free!
Numa Player 2.0
One of the best free instruments on iOS just received a huge 2.0 update.
Including multi core support, Improved DSP performance and a whole host of UI improvements, Numa Player is better than it’s ever been.
Numa Player’s interface is organised in four parts and includes four standing libraries with a load of instruments to choose from. Each instrument can be assigned to any part and provides up to four dedicated sound controls, custom keyboard ranges and multiple settings.
Not only that, there are also nine built in effects for each part and a master effects section.
The quality of the sounds on offer here is phenomenal, each instrument sounds great on it’s own, with the electric pianos and keys banks standing out to me in particular.
Numa Player really shines when you combine these sounds, either manually or by diving into the included presets.
The performance improvements in this 2.0 version of the app make it even easier to recommend.
Get Numa Player from the iOS App Store here.
Spiral Chorus
Spiral Chorus is a unique and dead easy to get to grips with AUv3 Chorus App.
What I really like about this app is that it’s built around touch. Its interface was made specifically for iOS devices.
In terms of controls, Spiral Chorus keeps things pretty simple. There are two tabs; Main and I/O.
In the Main tab is where you’ll find the App’s main controls and in the I/O tab you’ll find input and output gain sliders.
The App has a really nice 3D visualiser in the middle of the interface that gives an optical representation of how you’re changing the effect in real time.
Spiral Chorus is easy to get to grips with, sounds great, has a really cool aesthetic and you really can’t argue with that price tag.
Get Spiral Chorus from the iOS App Store here.
Moon Echo
Musical Mad man Hainbach has once again teamed up with app developer Audiothing for Moon Echo, a delightfully bizarre Delay effect based on a communications technique that uses the moon as a reflector for radio waves.
As usual, Hainbach has gone all in on this idea.
To create the unique effects for this app, Hainbach send test signals, voice and human test tones by sopranist Johanna Vargas, and double bassist Paul Cannon, as well as signals from his supporters on Patreon to the moon.
I know this sounds MENTAL, but in practice – well yeah it is mental, but in a good way.
You can use Moon echo as a fairly straightforward delay – albeit one with a lot of character,or you can get really creative with it.
Moon Echo is absolutely bonkers but still somehow still really usable and there’s nothing else quite like it one the iOS App Store.
Get Moon Echo from the iOS App Store here.
