Explore the latest iPad and iPhone music making news, featuring brand-new app releases, major updates, and innovative iOS music production tools. Discover the best new music production apps available for iPad and iPhone, from professional DAWs and synths to creative beat-making, recording, and mixing apps.
Looking for the newest professional music production tools for tablets and smartphones? We also cover essential hardware releases, including audio interfaces, MIDI interfaces, MIDI keyboards, controllers, and other gear built for seamless iPad and iPhone music production. Stay up to date with everything shaping the future of mobile music creation.
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JAmp iR is a free zero-latency impulse response loader AUv3 plugin for cabinet simulation, mixing two IRs with filters and gain for guitar and bass amps on iOS and macOS.
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Primer Synth is a free subtractive synthesizer app for iPad, designed with essential controls for learning and music production.
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AUv3 vocal processing plugin providing compression, EQ, de-essing, saturation, and over 100 professional presets for streamlined vocal enhancement in iPad hosts.
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SploshBox is a vintage digital reverb AUv3 plugin with freeze for infinite sustain effects, bringing lo-fi nostalgia to iPad music production.
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springVerb is an AUv3 reverb plugin with 14 spring reverb models, EQ, pre-delay, decay, and damping for vintage to modern styles in iPad music production.
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The ROLI Airwave is a camera-based controller that uses AI to track hand movements, enabling five dimensions of expression: Strike, Glide, Slide, Press, and Lift, plus additional gestures like Tilt,…
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AudioKit FM Player 2: DX Synth is a free FM synthesizer app for iPad, emulating classic 80s sounds with multi-sampled presets and effects.
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MIDI automation plugin with circular visualization, real-time recording for notes and CC, and shuffle effects including GATE, HALF, DOUBLE.
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Auto-labeling multitouch parameter control and navigation surface for Ableton Live, with track/device selection and iPhone support.
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GeoShred Control is a free expressive MPE MIDI controller app featuring an innovative surface for polyphonic control, chord-friendly playing, and seamless performance on iPad.
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Mi-03 Bassline is a TB-303 inspired synthesizer that revitalizes the classic acid bass sound for modern producers, with a powerful built-in sequencer and flexible distortion engine.
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Zero Reverb is a free feedback delay network reverb AUv3 plugin that creates smooth decays and rich feedback, suitable for adding atmospheric space to sounds in iPad music production.
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Spiral Chorus is a free AUv3 chorus effect for iOS, featuring analog-modeled LCR processing with immersive 3D visuals.
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Auria Pro is a professional multi-track DAW designed for iPad, offering deep mixing, MIDI sequencing, real-time audio warping, and AUv3 hosting for advanced music production.
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Moon Echo is a free experimental delay effect for iOS, inspired by moon-reflected radio waves for unique lo-fi echoes.
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Apogee’s compact flagship audio interface brings legendary conversion quality, modern connectivity, and deep software integration to iPad and iPhone.
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Magic Switch is a free lush chorus effect inspired by the Juno-60, adding dark, detuned character to tracks with a simple mix slider in iOS and macOS setups.
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ChowTapeModel is a free physical tape model emulation that simulates analog tape machines with distortion, wow/flutter, and degradation controls for vintage warmth in iOS and macOS.
