Music Studio

Music Studio offers a complete music production environment for the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch with features and a sound quality previously only known to desktop applications and expensive audio hardware. It combines a piano keyboard, 124 studio-quality instruments with sustain, a fully fledged 127-track sequencer, extensive note editing, reverb, real-time effects and much more on a user-friendly interface. Try the free Lite version! AWARDS & REVIEWS • "A recent composition of mine started on the iPhone with Music Studio" - Jason Hayes, lead composer of "World of Warcraft" • "GarageBand on your iDevice" - TouchMyApps.com • "Music Studio is loaded to the brim with features and is a no brainer for composers" - AppAdvice.com • "If you’re at all serious about your music you can’t really afford to miss out on this app." - razorianfly.com • "Music Studio justifies the purchase of an iDevice if you're really into it." - appfreakblog.com • Awards from BestAppEver.com, iPhoneAppsPlus.com, apps4idevices, Palm Sounds FEATURES • Photorealistic dynamically configurable 85-key keyboard • Instant positioning via the slide gesture and resize with the pinch gesture • Drum pads, chord pads and chord programming • 194 studio-recorded instruments (16bit 44.1kHz sampled from real instruments) • 124 free instruments, 70 available in the in-app shop • 6 categories: symphonic, classical, band, electronic, world, drum kits • Release and attack time configurable per instrument • Sustain samples • Pitch bend wheel and accelerometer control • Audio tracks: • Microphone recording • AudioCopy & AudioPaste • iPod library or wav/mp3/AAC/ogg file import • Waveform and audio region editing • Record up to 24 channels simultaneously with CoreAudio (class compliant) hardware • Audiobus and Inter-App Audio support (input & output) • Sampler to create custom instruments and kits from audio files and recordings • Background audio playback and recording • Low-latency, highly optimized, 128x polyphony, battery saving audio engine • 100 drum loops • 10 real-time effects with lots of parameters: Reverb, Delay, 3-Band-Equalizer, Filter, Phaser, BitCrusher, Amp, Compressor, Limiter, StereoWidener • 127-track sequencer • Beat & metronome settings (tempo and signature) • Mute, solo, effect bus, pan and volume adjustment for each track • Edit tracks, bars and even individual notes: Draw, quantize, transpose, repeat, move, length, velocity, etc. • MIDI import and export • Save and load your songs and export to wav and AAC formats • iOS Files app support allows you to create and manage folders • Share your songs via email, Dropbox, iCloud Drive, AudioCopy and SoundCloud • Wi-Fi and iTunes file transfer to your computer • Songs and MIDI files can be opened directly from Safari and Mail • Unlimited undo and redo • Detailed in-app help • Play or record 2 different instruments at the same time with 2 keyboard rows • iPhone and iPad Retina Display supported • Compatible with CoreMIDI (MIDI in and out), Virtual MIDI and MIDI hardware. Video tutorials are available on the Xewton YouTube channel.

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Developer

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH

Main Category

Music

Version

2.11.1

Version Release

2020-12-30

Initial Release

2009-09-04

Size

775 MB

Age Rating

4+

Price

USD 14.99

Languages

EN, FR

Bundle ID

com.alexandergross.XewtonMusicStudio

Version Rating

★ 3.73 (419)

First Seen

2026-05-28

Metadata updated 2026-06-14

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