Android music applications

Experimental FM Synthesizer

2/6/2018

A nice little ad free freebie.
Does not do much and a lot of people will dismiss it for the reason that it is not easy to not what notes are being played if any. Manipulatign the sound with fingers on the screen and with a little bit of play interesting textures and notes will find their way out.
An app to sit and record to later cut up for samples.
There is plans to add more control over this app later so even if it is not being used it can be a good thing to install to be aware of updates in times to come.
Who knows could turn into something unique as it is off to a good start.

Google Play:

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.dumbcomics.experimentalfmsynthesizer

Create complexly bizarre sound effects and intellectual experimental music.

Move some of your fingers around the screen, and listen to the sound transform. Learn about FM synthesis.

Annoy your teacher. Annoy your friends. Annoy your mom. Annoy your neighbour's dog. Annoy your own dog. Annoy your grandma (if she isn't dead yet). Annoy yourself. Annoy other annoying people.

FUTURE RELEASES

- Pretty display interface
- Configure modulator connections
- Additional controls
- Customizable preferences

Synthesizer - A new app with an interesting UI/functions (but the name leaves something to be desired...)

2/3/2018

It looks that there has been some work put into this so I wonder why there was no work in coming up with a name!?

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yossibarel.electrodrum

High-quality 16-channel synth, each channel has extensive effects such as reverb, delay, flanger, filters, and more .... Which includes extensive modular options such as: LFO, ADSR, Sequencer, touch control, and more ...

Fang Synth Mjolnir preset demo

2/1/2018

This is a preview of what is to come and it does look and sound interesting just this little taste...
Next week is what is said in the YouTube message...

Making Music With Android #2 Ether Surface Synth App

1/27/2018

Ether synthesizer a very nice instrument for free with no publicity.

Made in Csound...

Recommended download to try out as it sounds better than in this video...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zebproj.etherpad

New Android synthesizer Fang preview

10/31/2017

A preview of what is to come by the same developer of the Lo-Fi noisy interesting Dragon drum machine. Here is what he says:
Mobile music app Fang Synth demo. Everything can be modified by tilting or shaking the device through accelerometer control. Contains a stepped arpeggiator with diatonic scale locking, wave shaping oscillators, resonant filter, and a multi fx (including formant filter, pitched delay, reverb.) Can do strange sonic textures or complex evolving arpeggios

Bebot Robot Synth - Now on Android

10/2/2017

This is something that have been a loong time on iOS and it seems to be an okay synthesizer.
I do declare and predict though that there will be a lot of older apps like this that will be brought to Android as they probably not sell much anymore on iOS.
It is definitively nice with developers that have started to bring new apps to both platforms and bringing something new to the table.
Have not tried this as I am kind of feel that there is a million of similar sounding apps already on Android and do not need to crowd my device with more...
It could be an idea to get it if you have children as they will be entertained by the robot or maybe with some herbal help fifteen minutes could be okay, playing and looking at the robot...

I can not help myself, so after this first official video have to post one with Jordan Rudess...
There was about two years ago he was promoting every musical product that came out amongst others a lot of music apps. (He is behind some and there is one for Android as well).
Love how he pretends that he discovered the app on the app store!
Promoting everything became a joke in the end, and I do get an uncontrollable urge to tug that beard!

QiBrd: Free Virtual Analog Synthesizer

9/4/2017

QiBrd is a interesting synthesizer that works a little bit differently.
It comes with a decent amount of presets and using parameters specific for each preset.
It is for free and it is a nice little thing to have if recording into something else.

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=beppisapps.solosynth

QiBrd free synthesizer allows to unleash your potential even if you don't know how to play a musical instrument.

This synth is not only free, it also has got no ads! Why? Just because I made it for myself and I use it!

QiBrd synthesizer has been designed to:
+ be powerful and controllable without exposing the synth engine
+ have the most possible controls on screen
+ assign the most possible dramatic timbral change to each control
+ show an easy interface to make the sounds evolve and change even with one single hand.

We wanted the most expressive electronic synthesizer that we could ever program.

We followed this idea while creating this musical instrument, avoiding all what can be difficult or tricky, like complex sound generation parameters. Instead, we included all what appeared to have a direct and immediate impact on the sound timbre and evolution. That's the idea behind QiBrd synth.

It has become a very powerful and yet incredibly easy synthesizer, with virtual analog synth sounds, vintage timbres, electronic techno and trance sounds, and even a small drum machine.

The free 19 included sounds use multiple synthesis techniques and span from progressive rock to modern techno, from melodic to noisy, from classic to contemporary, from vintage to trance. They all share two main characteristic:
+ they can be controlled to evolve and change
+ they are easy.

Indeed, every patch is associated to a scale and to the controllers that are exactly aimed to work with that particular sound, so that every touch you make will change something in timbre or in pitch of your synth, yet keeping it always in tune.

Artists that used QiBrd live:
- Jus Primae Noctis
- Brian Redfern
- Alobar Music
- Fra Raf
- Juan Ignacio Rocco

Add your name here!

Stay tuned for more sounds!

QiBrd is based on the fabulous free library CSound for Android. I will never thank enough the guys behind that project.
Please explore it here: http://csound.github.io/

Phase84 - Phase distortion synthesizer now on Android

7/7/2017

This is a synthesizer that have been out on iOS earlier but have now made the transition to Android as well.

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.retronyms.phase84x

Retronyms present Phase84 for Android, a next generation phase distortion synthesizer. Phase84 fuses gritty digital sounds with traditional analog punch. 🎹

Phase84 is an extremely capable synthesizer and features over 110 presets, containing all sorts of basses, leads, pads, bell tones, sweeps, atmospheric sounds, pseudo-realistic tones, and more. Experienced synth tweakers will be thrilled at the sheer variety of unique sounds that can be produced with this incredibly versatile synth, as well as musicians exploring Phase84 for the first time. Phase84 takes the basic phase distortion technique and supercharges it.

The origins of Phase84 began in the 80s. This form of waveshaping synthesis has its roots in Casio’s brilliant CZ line of digital synthesizers during that decade. It is designed to have the warmth of a subtractive (analog) synthesizer, yet be capable of the squelchy tones and sharp attacks of an FM synth. With Phase84, users can customize their waveforms much more than on the original Casio CZs.

Phase84 in particular can create warm pads, glitchy sounds, dirty basses, filthy sweeps, screaming leads, and anything in-between. For those familiar with the typical Moog-like synthesis, think of the "shaper" as being synonymous with "brightness" or "filter cutoff”. An organic semi-randomized unison mode helps it produce killer pads. The oscillators can be FM’d together for even more complex and rough tones, or phased using pulse-width modulation. Phase84 also has live performance features and uniquely customizable gate for maximum funkitude!

FEATURES:
- More than 100 presets
- USB MIDI controller support
- Low-latency audio on both Samsung and non-Samsung devices
- Advanced Keyboard section
- Expressive Perform Mode with Groove Gate
- Precision Knob mode
- Preset saving in Standalone Mode
- Phat, naturalistic unison feature for super thick pads and sweeps
- Oscillator Section: 9 Params, 2 General-Purpose Oscillators, 1 Formant Oscillator
- Mix Section: 8 Params including Delay Amount and Pulse Width
- Envelope Section: Amplitude and Shaper Envelopes; fully visualized and interactive ADSR plus special Fade Param
- Delay/Filter Section: Stereo delay with loss modeling and a punchy overdriven analog-style filter
- 3 LFOs: More flexible than your average LFO, this has 4 waveforms, optional delay and repeat count, and can go into the audible frequency range

Phase84 is brought to you by Retronyms, pioneers of music production, performance, and expression on multitouch platforms. Retronyms is dedicated to making powerful tools that enable people to create, share, and engage through music and technology.

Need help? We’ll answer any question you have. Email us at support@retronyms.com. 😊

WHAT'S NEW
Phase84 is now available across all Android devices supporting either OpenSL or Samsung Pro Audio SDK! Also, users may now save their presets outside of Soundcamp.

BeadSynth - A different approach to sound creation

6/30/2017

For free and could inspire some out of the box ideas...
The track after the video is using Bead synth for some parts.

Google Play info:

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beadsynth.view

Move elastically connected beads to create a wave shape that becomes the timbre of this synth instrument. Control the tone of the sound with keyboards at the bottom of the screen. Take snapshots of the keyboard keys or the beads to create rhythmic pulses that make the instrument even more versatile as a tool in your electronic music toolkit, or just as a way to have fun.

Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/originalsynth/

Includes:

- Adjustable scale for dragging finger on keyboard
- Recording audio
- Connect beads or lock them in place
- Save settings to a custom file for loading later

See the BeadSynth video for a detailed demonstration.

App concept and development by John TerMaat
Graphic design by Hannah Williams

Red Venice Apps - Industrial Noise Instruments

6/27/2017

This new developer is going full steam ahead releasing instruments geared towards the industrial/Noisy end of the spectrum. As there is not may developers that go there it is very nice that this one does. The apps comes with a decent amount of presets that gets played sliding your fingers on the screen. So not any controls to talk about but it does still give you a lot of fun to listen to. Need to record into something as they do not come with recording function.

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Red+Venice+Apps

PPP-LooperSynth - Plus Some Reflections On Other Stuff

4/8/2017

Okay so the other day posted about a small but nice little app called rainstick. This is the same developer but this app is part of a bigger project that is very interesting that have been written about before here but this is a good reminder.
So this app is a new addition to something that the developer calls Puredata Party Publisher and that is a gang of apps that can play together through Wifi tight and syncronized.
Not only this but on the website there is information how to do apps for Android using Pure Data and also they want people to get involved.

What is great is not only that the apps are good but it is all for free and without publicity!
Personally I am happy that the project is continuing plus that the developer is doing other apps as well as I like what he has been doing before and lately been missing some of the smaller quirky Android apps (the apps that are outside of this bigger project) that was pretty common place two years back.

Website to read about the whole project:

http://b2renger.github.io/PdDroidPublisher/

Google Play info:

PPP-LooperSynth

PPP-LooperSynth is meant to be used with other PPP instruments.

PPP-LooperSynth is a polyphonic synth coupled to a hexagonal keyboard layout. The controls allow you either to play it like a classic keyboard, but it can also record the notes you play in a 16 step sequencer and play them back as a loop.

PPP is a framework offering to support midi jamming over wifi features to audio applications and instruments. That means that apps can be connected to each other over wifi with a slave/master paradigm, enabling each sequencer to be in synch with each others. It can of course be used as a standalone sequencer. More here : http://ppp.mgsx.net

Finger Bass Synth

3/9/2017

Google Play info:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.leescott.fingerbass

Electro-Harmonix Mini-Synthesizer Patch Book

2/21/2017

Guess this is good for any owner of this synthesizer app.
To get the patch book go here:
https://gumroad.com/l/mNNtk

Electro-Harmonix - Mini Synthesizer Review by Midiverse

1/27/2017

The review is made on the iOS version but it serves for Android as well.

Electro Harmonix Mini-Synthesizer app now on Android

12/15/2016

A new synthesizer on Android that sounds good and is a welcome addition.
Strangely enough and I think the first time on Android that they sell it individually for phones and tablets.
There is a demo video that demonstrates it that is for iOS but it will show off the capabilities in either case...

Google Play info:
Electro-Harmonix, a pioneer since 1968 in the field of sound effects pedals for musicians, has produced an app which is a faithful digital re-creation of their circa 1980 analog cult-classic, The MINI-SYNTHESIZER.

Available for Android tablets (Lollipop and above), the EHX MINI-SYNTHESIZER accurately delivers all the vintage synth sounds of the original plus modern updates.EHX President and Founder, Mike Matthews stated: “Fans of vintage synths will appreciate the apps ability to recreate the original’s warm analog sounds and deep funky bass, but because it’s so affordable ($2.99 for phone, $4.99 for tablet) and user-friendly, parents, educators and non-musicians will love it, too.”

The MINI-SYNTHESIZER app comes with 25 presets and the ability to store an almost unlimited number of user presets programs. MIDI input, output, and MIDI CC Mapping preset loading and saving capabilities are included as well as Aftertouch for all tablets.

Intuitive, flexible and powerful control are provided by the MINI-SYNTHESIZER’s 12 sliders and nine switches. Here’s a breakdown of the user interface:

OSC Section
- PITCH slider lets the player raise or lower the pitch of the note by +/- 1 octave
- SUB-OCTAVE slider introduces a note one octave below what’s being played for extra bottom
- OCTAVE UP switch causes the note being played to jump up one octave.
- TUNE knob lets the player tune the MINI-SYNTHESIZER to other instruments and sound sources over a +/- 50 cents range.

FILTERS Section
- PHASE RATE slider adjusts the speed of the phase shifter
- FILTER START sets the start frequency of the filter sweep
- FILTER STOP sets the stop frequency of the filter sweep
- SWEEP RATE controls the speed of the filter sweep
- PHASE switch turns the effect on/off
- 2X FILTER switch changes how the audio passes through the filters (either in parallel or in series)
- Q switch sets the amount of resonance on the filter sweep
- RETRIGGER switch turns the filter retrigger on/off

DELAY Section
- TIME slider adjusts the delay time up to two seconds
- FEEDBACK controls the number of echo repeats
- BLEND adjusts the mix of the original signal and the echo repeats
- DELAY switch turns the effect on/off

REVERB Section
- AMOUNT slider adjusts the reverb effect level
- BLEND slider controls the mix of the wet and dry signals
- REVERB switch turns reverb on/off
- REVERB>DELAY switch lets the user place either Delay or Reverb first in the effects chain for a variety of cool sound effects.

MISCELLANEOUS CONTROLS
- VOL (Volume) slider adjusts the MINI-SYNTHESIZER’s overall sound output level
- POLY/MONO switch toggles between polyphonic (four notes can be played simultaneously) or monophonic (only one note can be played at a time) modes
- PRESETS pop-down menu displays the presets available and allows the user to instantly select one
- HORIZONTAL slider lets the player adjust the keyboards sounding range over an expansive eight-octave range.
- RIBBON Interface lets the player perform portamento (glide up or down to pitch), vibrato and other expressive playing.
The easy-to-use Electro-Harmonix MINI-SYNTHESIZER App is loaded with great sounds and features and is sure to appeal to serious musicians and non-musicians alike.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newsensor.minisynthesizer.phone

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newsensor.minisynthesizer

KORG Kaossilator for Android

12/2/2016

There definitively going to be more developers that made apps for iOS moving to Android as many of the later devices have low latency and it is unexplored market compared to iOS.
Some did already but there is lots of major players that did not, Korg being one of them.
And I guess Korg releases more of their iOS developed apps soon?

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.korg.kaossilator.android

*** Special Sale for a limited time to celebrate the debut of KORG Kaossilator for Android (50% OFF) until Jan 5! ***

A mobile synthesizer app for Android OS.

The iKaossilator app for iOS became an enormous hit when it was released in 2011, and now it's available as an Android app. "KORG Kaossilator for Android" is a synthesizer app that lets anyone enjoy full-fledged instrumental performance simply by freely moving their finger across the touch panel. From electronic sounds to acoustic instruments and drums, you can play a wide range of sounds with a single finger. Also provided is a sequencer that's indispensable for creating songs, so you can create tracks by recording and layering your performances. This easy yet full-fledged instrumental experience is now available on your Android smartphone.

[Features]

- Perform using touch gestures: Kaossilator uses the unique X-Y interface. Create melodies and phrases simply by stroking, tapping, or rubbing the touch screen with your finger.

- 150 diverse sounds covering many music styles: Use the 150 built-in sounds to perform and produce a broad range of dance music styles including EDM, hip-hop, house, techno, dubstep, nu-disco, and electro.

- Scale/Key feature eliminates any wrong notes: The Scale setting ensures that the notes of your performance will stay in the key you’ve specified. Choose from 35 different scales including chromatic, major, minor, and even blues scales.

- Loop sequencer for easy track-making and live performance: The built-in loop sequencer lets you layer up to five musical parts. By recording sounds such as synth, bass, chords, sound effects, and drums into each part, you can quickly complete original loop tracks that are distinctively your own.

- Operation Requirements
Android 5.0 or later
More info at korg.com

Heat Synthesizer Update

11/8/2016

Not a big update but thought that it is mentioning Heat Synthesizer for readers that may have missed it as it is one of the more complex and complete synthesizer for Android and the first advanced one that came. There is a demo to try.

Google Play:
Heat Synthesizer

WHAT'S NEW

* Fixed connection issue
* Added new comb filter type
Comb filter supports both positive & negative feedback by adjusting the resonance parameter of the filter. A centered knob means no feedback.

Wiisp - Simple Synthesizer for noisy digital fm synthesis

8/31/2016

Google Play info:
Wiisp - Simple drone synth. 2 Osc with fm, delay with fm. Made with puredata.Oscillators are sine waves with adjustable pitch. The second oscillator has a higher pitch limit. Both are directed to a delay, with optional fm from oscillator A. Glide creates a smooth transition between changing any of the values. Higher glide, longer transition.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thiiird.deej.twoo

Electro-Harmonix MINI-SYNTHESIZER coming in October

8/20/2016

Involve Interactive Synth

7/11/2016

Saw this the other week and it is pretty nice. Unfortunately on my smaller screen it does not show properly but is still usable so that could be just my device or it is better to use a tablet for it. In either case have a lot of possibilities for sound design and is for free without publicity.

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.studio6plus1.involve&hl=es

Welcome to Involve.
Involve is a monophonic synthesiser designed to be played as a real time instrument. With an emphasis on real time control using faders, this gives an advantage over the usual virtal knob in that where the device is touched is the control being adjusted. All of the parameters can be assigned to the accelerometer to utilise movement as a form of control.Multi module
Involve has been designed to be more than just a single synth, It is a collection of synth modules utilising common core code, ui and control. At present there are two modules, A single oscillator virtual analogue synth with delay, And Super Sawer, a 5 union oscillator with sub generator for them large phat sounds.
There are currently more modules under development. Being an open source project, we welcome suggestions and pull requests.
github.com/curlymorphic/involve

Update2 New Synth modules, Segment, and Mini Segment Synth
Improved limiter
Improved Menu
Controls now indicate if connected to the accelerometer
Double clicking on a accelerometer control, unbinds the control.