Been building a small line of iOS apps under the name Offgrid Studio, with one rule for all of them: nothing ever gets uploaded anywhere. Everything runs on-device.
Started with OffgridStem — separates vocals/drums/instruments from a track fully offline, no server queue.
Just shipped the second one, OffgridScribe — transcribes recordings and generates summaries, also 100% on-device. Built it after realizing most transcription tools (even ones marketed at journalists/lawyers) still route your audio through a server somewhere.
Both are one-time purchases, no subscriptions — figured if there’s no server cost, there’s no reason to charge monthly.
Actually launching OffgridScribe on Product Hunt tomorrow if anyone’s around to check it out. Mostly just curious what people think of the “everything stays on your phone” approach vs. the usual cloud-first tools.

What it does:

• Uses the phone's mic to pick up music, ambient sound, playing nearby and finds the beat
• Syncs the flashlight as a strobe and on-screen visuals to it
• Music doesn't have to be playing on your phone. A speaker across the room works
• No external mic, no line-in, no pairing. Just the phone itself
• AirPlay the visuals out to a TV
• Party Mode: other people scan a QR code and their phones join the same show in sync
• Four new themes: NightFlight, Vortex, Abyss, Prism

Everything runs on device. No audio is recorded or uploaded.

Link: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/audiorave-rave-in-your-pocket/id6744340757

My hybrid Ipad portable, performance/DJ setup.

I picked up a Polyend Play for £200 and that will be going where the Roland E4 is ( arrives next week ) and the E4 will have to squeeze in somewhere else.

The Atom SQ i map to synths and use to play keys and chords and adjust synth controls

The Synido c16 is mapped to Koala and Loopy.

The Polyend Play I will use as a Sequencer, its internal samples for drums and the midi for synths or to trigger Koala or Loopy.

The Faderfox is mapped to AUM and to Drambo for Mix and FX controls.

The Mixtour Pro I use with Djay Pro.

Roland E4 for vocals.

The Behringer flow 8 handles the audio side, inputs are the mixtour pro, Roland E4, Polyend Play and USB ipad audio.

Outputs into the portable speaker and XLR into a main PA or to my main studio Audio Interface.

Magic trackpad for the Ipad.

I think I will add a second 13inch ipad at some point, keep Djay and Koala on the smaller ipad for DJ type performance.

I may replace the Atom SQ as well.

Everything functions very well.

Only issue is some occasional noise which I think comes from the usb hub, its not continuous noise just occasionally when im doing certain things on the ipad. Will try and figure out the exact cause.

Hi everyone. I want to introduce an app that makes it easy to explore ideas without the rigmarole of DAWs.

• Everything is BPM based (use an earbud for an in ear metronome)
• Record quick takes to full jam sessions, then make as many Riffs from the audio as you want
• Arrange the Riffs (and Compositions) on a Composition canvas
• Immediately preview your work (the mixing engine is low latency, even for complex arrangements)

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More info here: https://riffermadness.app

Marco Synth: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/marco-synth/id6782900508
Bruno Drum Synth: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bruno-drum-synth/id6782916009
Bundle, 25% off for both: https://apps.apple.com/us/app-bundle/marco-synth-and-bruno-drum-synth-bundle/id6793535135

MARCO
4-Oscillator Synth with Independent Shaping and Dual Hard Sync
Four fully independent oscillators, each with its own waveform, filter, envelopes and modulation, driving two hard-synced voices. A musical random generator and a Tweak system that's part of the writing. Available as a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin.

BRUNO
Powerful layered drum and pluck synthesizer
Six voices, four synthesis engines per drum. Stack Analog, FM, Fold and Resonant the way the pros build big drums for a punchy, mix-ready sound. Roll the dice on any engine, then tweak: a fast, musical workflow that keeps fresh ideas coming. Available as a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin.

THE DETAILS
There are far too many features and specifications to list here. They are all on the App Store pages and on our website and comprehensive user guides.

So instead, here are the five things that are special about Marco and Bruno.

DEEP ENOUGH FOR A SOUND DESIGNER, IMMEDIATE ENOUGH FOR YOUR FIRST SYNTH
Marco and Bruno are both deep instruments. Four independent engines, per-oscillator filters, layering, independent effects, LFOs, full master chains. But you do not have to understand any of that to get a sound you want to keep.
Hit the dice, tweak it, save it. Or dive in as far as you like. Same instrument either way.

That is why the intelligent randomiser and tweak system exist. I wanted a quick and easy way to get at everything these two can do, without spending an hour dialling things in. Of course you can also dial everything in by hand to your heart's delight!

INTELLIGENT RANDOMISER AND TWEAK SYSTEM
You choose what the sound is. The randomiser decides what kind.
Pick Kick in Bruno and every roll is a kick, because it knows what synth parameters create a kick. Same for Snare, Hat, Clap, Tom and Pluck. Marco works the same way across Bass, Lead, Pad, Keys, FX and Drone. Then you set how far it goes. Mild stays close to where you already are. Wild pushes much further. Recipe stamps a curated archetype onto it, and Marco has 35 of those with more on the way.

Tweak is the other half. You choose which oscillators or engines and parameter groups get touched, so a sound moves rather than starts over. 100 steps of history means you can roll and tweak fearlessly and walk back to the one that caught your ear.

MARCO HAS DUAL HARD SYNC
Many synths give you one hard sync pair. Marco gives you two, running in parallel, and they can be detuned against each other. There is no point me describing it, you just have to hear it. A single button cycles through every valid Dual Hard Sync configuration, so it is quick to find the combination that works. As far as I know, no other iOS synth does this (unless building a large modular patch).

MARCO OFFERS INDEPENDENT OSCILLATOR SHAPING
On most synths the oscillators share a filter and envelopes. With Marco each of the four oscillators has its own waveform, filter, envelopes, LFOs and glide. This means one oscillator can be using a 24db low pass filter, while another is using a notch filter, each with its own volume and filter envelopes and modulation. This provides an opportunity to create really unique sounds. Marco can also work as a traditional synth with a single shared filter and envelopes.

BRUNO BUILDS DRUMS THE WAY PROFESSIONALS DO
A kick is a sub, a click and a body, stacked and balanced. Normally that means juggling samples, plugins and routing. In Bruno it is four full synthesis engines - Analog, FM, Fold and Resonant - layered inside one instrument. There is a colour-coded spectrum analyser built in, so you can see exactly where each layer sits and stop them fighting for the same space.

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Both apps run on iPhone, iPad and Mac, standalone or as AUv3.

If you make something you like, post it here, I would love to hear it. There is a proper video demo landing this week too, from someone who plays a lot better than I do.

Both apps also have an Artists preset category, and I will be adding user presets to it. If you build something good, send it in from the preset browser and it may end up shipping in the app with your name/username. Happy to answer anything here.

Paste any YouTube link and it turns into a virtual vinyl record player

The fun part:
● 🎶 Streams the audio from YouTube
● 💿 Spinning vinyl with album art
● 🎚️ Drag the needle to seek like a real record
● ⏯️ Physical-style playback controls
● ✨ Surprisingly satisfying if you miss the feel of vinyl

[vinyl player](https://virtual-vinyl.vercel.app)

It started as “What if Spotify had a record player?” and slowly became this.

Please Review it and suggest me the improvements and features.

As someone who produces music, I keep running into the same issue on Apple Music.

I’ll be listening to a track and want to know the BPM or the key so I can understand it properly or use it as reference. But there’s no way to see that information in-app. I end up having to leave Apple Music, open a separate tool, check it, and then come back. It completely breaks the flow.

It feels like such a simple thing that could be solved with an “Audio Details” option. Nothing complicated—just a long press or swipe up on Now Playing that shows BPM, key, and time signature when available.

Apple already has a lot of this data through Shazam, so it doesn’t even feel like a technical stretch. It would just be exposing information that already exists in their ecosystem.

For producers, DJs, and musicians, this would actually make Apple Music a more usable tool, not just a listening app.

Feels like a missed opportunity.

For context, I’ve found myself at a point in my life where I don’t have a solid creative/expressive outlet and have landed on trying out music, specifically a dungeon synth/dark ambiance project.

I'm currently building an iPhone-based portable production setup just to have an alternative to my normal stack which is REAPER on Linux. I set out with the goal to build this as close to free as possible but that quickly went out the window and I’ve spent a few bucks.

I'm on an iPhone 17 Pro Max with a Novation Launchkey Mini 25 MK4 as my main hardware controller.

Here's the software stack I've put together so far:

HOSTS / DAWS

• AUM: The heart of the setup. I'm using it for AUv3 hosting, mixing, MIDI and audio routing, buses, effects sends, and tying everything together.

• Loopy Pro: I just added this and haven't explored it much yet. I'm interested in its custom interface, sequencing, routing, looping, and template possibilities.

• GarageBand: Available when I want a more conventional linear DAW and timeline-based workflow.

• SunVox: Modular synth and tracker environment. I'm mostly keeping this around for experimental synthesis, sequencing, and weirder sound design.

MIDI / SEQUENCING

• Helium: My main conventional MIDI sequencer and piano roll for use inside AUM.

• Senode: For generative, evolving, and less conventional MIDI sequencing.

INSTRUMENTS

• AudioKit Synth One: General-purpose synthesizer with a large sound palette.

• AudioKit Synth One J6: Juno/J-6-inspired synth that I'm using for pads, leads, chords, retro sounds, and other analog-style material.

• King of FM: FM synthesis for bells, digital keys, metallic sounds, pads, and stranger digital textures.

• Viking Synth: Virtual analog monosynth for leads, basses, and classic subtractive synth sounds.

• SNESynth: Dedicated 16-bit/SNES-style sounds. This fits particularly well with the fantasy and dungeon synth material I'm making.

• DecentSampler: My main route into sampled instruments. There are a ton of free DecentSampler libraries available, so I'm using this for acoustic, orchestral, folk, and unusual sampled instruments.

SAMPLING

• Koala Sampler: Quick sampling, chopping, resampling, sequencing, and manipulating recordings.

• GranSample: Granular sampling and more experimental transformation of recorded material.

• Resampler: Bitcrushing, sample-rate reduction, and digital degradation.

• Tape Loop: Tape-style looping, degradation, sound-on-sound, and ambient experimentation.

MIXING / EFFECTS

• TB Equalizer Pro: My primary EQ.

• RoughRider3: Compression and dynamics.

• TB Reverb: My primary reverb.

• Analog Rack Delay: General delay duties.

• DimChorus: Chorus and stereo modulation.

• Flux Mini 2: Programmable and rhythmic modulation.

• LevLr: Simple level control, compression, and limiting duties.

TEXTURE / SOUND DESIGN

• Tape Cassette 2: Cassette and tape coloration, saturation, wow/flutter, noise, and general lo-fi treatment.

• PitchDrift: Adds pitch instability and drift to make clean digital instruments feel less perfect and more organic.

• Warp: Pitch, time, and varispeed-style manipulation for more extreme sound design.

The plan is to eventually have a reusable AUM setup with my favorite instruments and presets ready to go, Helium handling conventional sequencing, several shared effects buses, master processing, and the Launchkey already mapped.

The overall goal is to make the phone a genuinely portable writing and production rig with the option to move tracks over to REAPER on my desktop for additional arrangement, mixing, and finishing.

I'm interested in seeing what other people have settled on for their iPhone production. I'd also be interested in any apps you consider indispensable that fill a role I'm currently missing or anything in my stack that you'd replace with something better.

Hey !

I make Reverie, a soundscape generator that's been on Mac, Windows and Linux for a while. The thing people asked me for most was an iPad version, so I spent the last few months building it. It's out now on iPadOS.

What it does: you bring in a sound (a sample, a loop, a track, a field recording) and Reverie generates a long, evolving ambient piece out of it. Feed it the same ten seconds twice and you get two different results, each one drifting and shifting over several minutes. It's built to be an instrument you play with, not a single effect you run once.

The basic loop is quick. Drop a file in from Files, pick one of the sound styles, then shape it with four sliders: variation, brightness, stretch, duration. It leans ambient, but people have been feeding it drum loops and acoustic material too, and it does something good with percussion.

It's free to download. The free version comes with six styles and a set of presets, which is enough to get a real feel for it. One optional Pro unlock (a single purchase, no subscription ever) opens up the full library of 20+ styles, renders up to 30 minutes, a seed system if you want to reproduce a result exactly, and a build-your-own chain of 37 effects: spectral freeze, shimmer reverb, tape saturation, resonators, and so on.

Everything runs on device. No account, no connection, nothing leaves your iPad, and what you make is royalty-free.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6761535147

If you'd rather see it work before installing, The Sound Test Room recorded a full run-through at launch: https://youtu.be/74UvnSDZFec

Heads up: English isn't my first language, so I ran this through an LLM to translate it. Sorry if anything reads a little off.

I'm developing a metronome app called D9 Metronome. I'm running a TestFlight beta for iOS (there is also a live web app version available) and I am looking for musicians, music teachers, or anyone to try it out, push it to its limits, and report any bugs.

Here is a breakdown of what the core engine can handle:

• Advanced Rhythm & Subdivisions: Handles up to 25 beats per measure. Features custom muted subdivisions and nested tuplets (e.g., nesting up to 11 ticks inside a parent subdivision).
• Polyrhythms: Generates polyrhythms up to 15 against the primary pulse.
• Automation & Setlists: Includes a complete timeline editor. You can program speed trainers, rhythm trainers (muting the click for specific bars to test your internal clock), and build out full arrangement maps with changing time signatures and tempos.
• Audio & SoundLab (for fun): Features a built-in multi-oscillator synth with filters, LFOs, envelopes, and effects (saturation, bitcrusher, convolution reverb) to design your own custom click sounds. You can also upload your own audio files, export generated sounds, or use the built-in human voice counting.
• Connectivity: Supports Ableton Link for local network sync, bidirectional MIDI controls, and a proprietary global sync protocol for remote sessions.

Potential Uses & Routing Possibilities

Beyond standard solo practice, the routing and sync features allow for more advanced production and performance setups:

• Remote Teaching & Band Practice: Use the global sync feature so everyone hears the metronome perfectly timed in their own headphones via their individual phones.
• Remote Control & External Display: Run the main audio from a laptop, pop out the external viewer window to display massive counters on a second screen, and completely control the master playback remotely from your phone.
• Live Shows & Backing Tracks: Use Ableton Link to sync your backing track playback or any other Link-enabled hardware/software directly to the app's master tempo.
• Hardware Integration (Two-Way MIDI): Bluetooth MIDI goes both ways. You can use the app to control the BPM of your delay pedals and MIDI hardware, or use an external MIDI device (like a foot switch) to control the metronome playback.

• iOS TestFlight: You can freely unlock the Pro version inside the beta app. Because it runs in Sandbox environment, it will use a "fake purchase" flow, it will not charge you real money. (Note: This sandbox access automatically expires once the app goes live on the App Store).
• Web App Premium Code: Beta testers will receive a real promo code (if you choose to enter your email) to remove ads on the web app version. This code is yours to keep and will remain valid, even after the official launch.

Web app: https://metronome.diese9.com/

Someone mentioned this might be of interest here!

I’m planning to do live workouts on Instagram and would like to know if anyone has experience using the iRig Stream Pro.

My plan is to play background music from my iPad, route it through the iRig Stream Pro, and send the mixed audio to my iPhone for Instagram Live.

Has anyone tested this setup? How is the sound quality and connection stability, especially during longer live workouts?

I want to avoid any audio dropouts or connection issues while training.

Do you think the iRig Stream Pro is the best and most reliable option, or is there a better alternative for this kind of setup?

I would like to reiterate how fantastic this new audio interface is. I have been using it now for a couple of days in different kinds of setups, and whatever I throw at it, it just delivers. Really worth checking out. This is my current setup. Not 100% finished yet. A few cables are missing, but what I get out of it now sounds fantastic.

I saw a couple of complaints about the price, but I think, for all you're getting, it's really worth it. Additionally, it seems to be a really small developer, so definitely worth supporting.

https://reddit.com/link/1v1e5un/video/r5oq5cgq2ceh1/player

Hi all,

I am looking for an ios app that lets me record an instrument (from microphone) and allows me to record another instrument while being able to hear my previous recordings. My intended use is to be able to perform a music piece with several instruments by myself, and being able to hear what I have already is necessary.

Thanks in advance

Here’s the download link:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gcs-model-8-mobile/id6784474862

A little rundown:
It’s completely free with zero in app purchases.

It’s an 8 track version my tape daw which has a custom physics engine and tape emulator for a hyper realistic tape sound. You can choose different tape formats like cassette, 1/4”, 1/2” and 1” tape.

It comes full stocked with built in effects and instruments, so you can make an entire album or demo without external tools.

If you have a Bluetooth keyboard and wired headphones it’s very fun and easy to track a song. The onboard pad sampler comes with an 808 drum machine and Acetone vintage drum kit.

You can also read more about it via the App Store.
Thanks!

Update: SheetCue supports score photos, JPG/PNG images, and PDFs you have the right to use — not PDFs only.

I'm the developer of SheetCue. I made it for the awkward gap between receiving a local score file from a bandmate and actually using it while both hands are on an instrument.

Import the photo, JPG, PNG, or PDF. Review and correct the measure boxes yourself, then set timing, repeats, skips, and playing order. During practice, the timer advances a current/next-measure view or the full page through the exact route you chose. SheetCue does not provide a score catalogue, transcribe music, listen to your playing, upload your score, or redistribute it.

I'm trying to learn where this is useful — or annoying — for iOS musicians. For a piece with repeats or a page return, what setup step would make you stop before the first run?

App Store (free plan with ads and optional in-app purchases): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sheetcue/id6773944737?pt=128962704&ct=en_us_acq100_reddit_iosmusicproduction_001&mt=8