DeveloperNick Culbertson (Moby Pixel) shared this video intro to Mighty Synth Sampler, a free software synth for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Mighty Synth Sampler features a full subtractive synth engine, powered by AudioKit. It offers three independent oscillator layers with volume, semitone, detune, and pan controls. You can shape your sound with amplitude and filter envelopes, a low-pass filter, LFO, unison, glide, drive, and more.
Other features include a built-in arpeggiator, flexible play surfaces, and MIDI support.
Features:
Free app with all core features included
Three-oscillator synth engine with detune, pan, and semitone control per layer
Amplitude and filter envelopes with per-oscillator scope
Low-pass filter with cutoff, resonance, and key tracking
LFO targeting filter cutoff, pitch, or volume
Unison with up to 8 voices, width, detune, and offset control
Effects: reverb, delay, chorus, drive, phaser, compressor, panner, and more
Built-in arpeggiator with BPM sync, octave range, and pattern modes
Multiple play surfaces: keys, pads, All 4ths layout, scale layout, and more
16-slot sampler with loop points, root note mapping, and note range editing
Record audio directly in-app
Import audio files and SF2/SFZ SoundFonts
Downloadable sound packs (free and paid)
Create, export, and share your own instrument banks
Fors shared this intro to FMS, a groovebox for the Game Boy Advance handheld video game console.
They say that FMS is designed for quick and intuitive programming of sounds and music, for live performance and studio recording and for just having fun.
While FMS is built for the GBA hardware, it can also be used on emulators are readily available on other platforms.
Features:
Sample Scout is a new sample curation app with lightning-fast keyboard workflow and hardware export presets.
It’s designed to make short work of managing and working with large sample libraries.
Here’s what they have to say about it:
“Large sample libraries are daunting and prep workflows are slow and inefficient. Sample Scout solves this with a novel keyboard-driven workflow focused on saving sets of sounds for projects.
A single keypress auditions a sound and another saves it for later, letting producers audition thousands of files in minutes. Cut out important sections of audio in the app and export with presets to a target device or format in a single click.
The result is a workflow that turns hours of sample prep into minutes, whether the destination is a hardware sampler, a DAW project, a game engine, or a film session.”
Sample Scout Overview:
Features:
Keyboard-first workflow — Navigate folders, audition files, and build sets of sounds without touching the mouse. W, A, S, and D move through the library and in and out of folders. Autoplay auditions while browsing, and a single keypress E captures anything worth keeping.
Set building at speed — A two-pane workspace keeps the library and current set in view simultaneously, with quick-add shortcuts for saving to multiple sets without losing place.
In-app editing — Sections of audio can be clipped out, fades shaped, and results previewed immediately without leaving the app. Clips are stored as metadata and only rendered on export.
Automate format conversion to any destination — Normalization, limiting, mono summing, high-pass filtering, sample rate, and bit depth can be saved in presets and applied on export in one click. Streamlines exporting to hardware samplers, DAWs, game engines, and any tool that expects audio files in a specific format.
Handles any library size — Works with local drives, external storage, network shares, and libraries with millions of files without requiring any folder reorganization. A unique preload system keeps playback instant and memory use low.
Automatic metadata detection — BPM, musical key, and pitch are detected automatically. Custom tags and notes can be added to any sample without moving or renaming files.
Sample Scout is available now for Linux, macOS + Windows for $29 USD.
