# EG Nodes — Clip based Host/MIDI Sequencer

> Clip-based audio unit host and MIDI sequencer for music creation. (iPhone/iPad app by Elliott Garage.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eg-nodes/id6466639463 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Elliott Garage](https://appshunter.io/developer/454709866)
- Category: Music
- Price: $19.99 with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 93 App Store ratings · 52 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 38 MB
- Languages: American English, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Hebrew and 16 more
- Released: 2024-01-07
- Data updated: 2026-08-25
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eg-nodes/id6466639463/reviews.md

## What is EG Nodes?

EG Nodes is a clip based Audio Unit host with sequencing capabilities to play external instruments, Audio Unit or MIDI hardware and create a complete audio project.
A powerful and flexible groovebox to perform or create musical projects from scratch in a fast and easy way.

BUILTIN MIDI GENERATOR
Use the builtin nodes to play instruments, apply effects and perform.
NOTE/CHORD - generates a single note or a chord
ARPEGGIO - generates chord arpeggios
SEQUENCER - to play a note sequence
RHYTHM - to play drums, percussion or rhythmic instruments
PIANO ROLL - to write more complex MIDI part in a classic piano roll editorFEATURES
GENERATIVE - to continuously generate sequences evolving in time
MIDI FX - to host external MIDI FX Audio unit like sequencers, piano rolls and others

MIC/INPUT NODE
a simple node input audio from your device mic or an external usb interfaces. You can play your guitar or any instrument together with your song and record it using the Audio/Sampler node.

BUILTIN AUDIO/RECORDER/SAMPLER 
Use the Audio Sampler node to import audio files (wav, mp3, mov, mp4, caf or aiff). Audio node is capable of sync the loop to your project tempo using pitch shifting algorithm to stretch the audio without changing its pitch.
You can create your own instrument, adding a sample and playing it via the MIDI sequencer nodes.
You can also use the Audio node to record the output from any node in your project or from a mic/line (using the MIC node).

SONG NODE
to link scenes and create a song structure. You can add how many song nodes you like and assign each one to a different section.

MIX GROUP NODE
to create mixing busses and group nodes. An easy way to apply effects and automation to multiple nodes at the same time.

AU3 INSTRUMENTS, FX AND MIDI FX
 Load your favorite Audio Units to unlock an infinite palette of sounds.

SCENES & AUTOMATIONS
Save and recall up to 8 main scenes to control your song structure and nodes combination - each node can save its configuration, parameters and notes
Automate parameters to add sparkle to your compostions. 

PROBABILITY - FREQUENCY - RANDOMIZATION AND MORE...
Each node has additional controllers to make your performance unique, original and unpredictable.
 
FLEXIBLE MIDI ROUTING & MIDI LEARN
Send MIDI and receive it from external hardware, software or apps. Configure soruces and destination for each node and record directly into piano roll.
Almost each button, know or slider can be assigned and controlled by your extenal MIDI controllers via a super easy MIDI learn setup

 AU3 MODULAR SEQUENCER
 EG Nodes can be loaded in other DAW/Hosts as MIDI FX generator to create MIDI sequences in a fast and easy way

MIXER/COMPACT VIEW
Adjust nodes level in a compact and optimised view

UNIVERSAL
Run EG Nodes on iPad or iPhone and share your project with other musicians.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES
STANDALONE VERSION
- 8 recallable scenes to save nodes configurations
- History Undo/Redo
- Project MIDI scale transposition 
- Save and recall your favorite nodes
- Duplicate and rename nodes
- Import and export MIDI into Piano Roll nodes
- Individual clip length, speed and steps number
- Individual swing for each Sequencer or Rhythm node
- AU3 Parameters automation
- Multiple MIDI input sources assignable
- Record from MIDI input or builtin keyboard into Piano Roll clips
- Record AU instruments MIDI Out into Piano Roll clips
- Import/Export presets
- Record and export your performance 
- Ableton link sync support 
- MIDI in & out with midi channel filter for each node
- Flexible internal MIDI routing to send MIDI from one node to other ones
- MIDI learn to control app with external controllers and MIDI surfaces 

AU3 MIDI PROCESSOR VERSION
- MIDI processor Audio Unit to be hosted into other DAWS
- includes all the sequencing features of the standalone app
- send MIDI notes out to your host
- control AU3 parameters of other AU3 instruments or effects hosted with the app and automate them

## Key features

- Clip-based Audio Unit host
- Built-in MIDI generators (Note/Chord, Arpeggio, Sequencer)
- Audio recording and sampling
- Load external AU3 instruments and effects
- Scene and automation control
- Flexible MIDI routing
- Standalone and AUv3 modular sequencer

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $19.99.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Small tip | $1.99 | one-time |
| Medium tip | $3.99 | one-time |
| Large tip | $14.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of EG Nodes?

Overall sentiment: overwhelmingly positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
- 💡 Innovative concept and workflow
- 🚀 Fast idea generation
- ✨ Inspiring and creative
- 🔧 Powerful and flexible
- ✅ Great for concept creation and sound design
- 🌟 One of the best apps
- 🧩 Fills a missing piece in music production
- 🎛️ Excellent for building compositions without a DAW
- 📈 Constantly improving with updates
- 👨‍💻 Responsive and engaged developer
- 🎚️ Easy to record automation
- 🎶 Great for live performance and jamming
- ⚙️ Superior ergonomics and smooth workflow
- 🎵 Makes music creation fun
- 💡 Well-designed MIDI sequencer
- 🚀 Fast and fluid to use
- 🎛️ Good for Berlin School jamming
- 🎧 High sound quality
- 🎚️ Easy to get started with AUV3 plugins
- 💡 Generative features and probability are excellent
- 🚀 Quick to bust out ideas
- ✅ Great on its own and as a MIDI controller
- 👍 Easy to grasp quickly
- 🌟 Modern alternative to AUM
- 🎚️ Fun and genuinely useful
- 🚀 Ideas just flow
- 🎶 Perfect for coming up with song structures
- 🌟 Superb ergonomics
- 💡 Unique host app
- ✨ Feature-packed and fun
- 🚀 Turns iPhone into a powerful music tool
- ✅ Good alternative to AUM
- ✨ Wonderful and fun
- 🚀 Dev working hard to improve
- 💡 Great tool, intuitive
- 🚀 Releases come often
- 💡 Amazingly intuitive Ableton style groovebox
- 🚀 Easy to get started
- 💡 Excellent for solo musicians
- 🚀 Developer extremely responsive
- 💡 Incredible intuitiveness and ease of use
- 🚀 Allows excellent creativity and depth
- 💡 Wonderful job
- 🚀 No brainer purchase
- 🌟 New go to for music noodling
- 🚀 Excellent!
- 👨‍💻 Developer on it with bug fixes and improvements
- 🚀 Implements things at lightning speed
- 🚀 Jamming in no time
- 🚀 Easy to use and powerful
- ✅ Clear and easy to understand
- 🚀 Can be grasped quickly
- 👨‍💻 Dev worked quickly since release
- 🚀 Totally recommended
- 🌟 Modern Alternative to AUM
- 🚀 Off to a great start
- 🚀 Best app I never knew I needed!
- 🚀 Fluid and fun to use
- 👨‍💻 Developer super engaged
- 🚀 One of the most used iOS apps
- 🌟 Great job
- 🚀 Perfect for Live Performance and Jamming!
- 👍 Big toggle buttons
- 👍 User interface doesn’t require a microscope
- 🚀 Great sequencers and an arpeggiator
- 🌟 Superior ergonomics and smooth workflow
- 🚀 Easy to write music
- 🚀 Anticipates common actions
- 🎶 Very good sound quality
- 💡 Ability to load AUV3s and lay down MIDI easily
- 👨‍💻 Developer very responsive
- 🌟 First Thoughts...Super! Fantastic! Even Super Fantastic!
- 👍 Reasonable price point
- ✅ "Gets" me, and likewise, I "get" it
- 🚀 Ability to work fast
- 💡 Many excellent types of nodes
- 🚀 Ability to add X/Y pad(s) and/or slider(s)
- 🌟 Amazing!
- 🌟 Wonderful!
- 🚀 Cool! Neues Groove Box Konzept.
- 💡 Many small details make it fun
- ✅ Well designed midi sequencer
- 🚀 Great for getting ideas going quickly
- 🚀 Smashing!
- 💡 New approach and I like it
- 🚀 Purchase, and start making beats
- 🌟 Does EG stand for Excellent, Great because this app is definitely that.
- 🚀 Takes iOS music to the next level
- 🚀 So much fun
- 🚀 Go buy.

**Cons**

- 🐛 Sampler won't play correctly
- 🐛 Sampler features inconsistent
- 🐛 Random arming and recording into disabled scenes
- 🐛 Crashes with some apps
- 🐛 Too much crashing results in losing work
- 🐛 Accidental refresh instead of saving
- 🐛 Can't sequence all AU parameters
- 🐛 Chord module seems weird
- 🐛 Rhythm module labeling is hard to understand
- 🐛 Pads option for iPhone could be better
- 🐛 Sustain pedal input issue (resolved)
- 🐛 Pan bug (resolved)
- 🐛 Teething problems being sorted
- 🐛 Some bugs reported (quickly fixed)

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Sampler won’t play correctly
- Sampler features don’t work consistently
- Scenes getting armed and recordings going into them despite disabling them
- Crashes with some apps
- Crashing results in losing work
- Accidentally refreshed instead of saving
- Can’t sequence all AU parameters
- Chord module seems weird
- Rhythm module labeling is hard to understand
- Pads option for iPhone could be better
- Sustain pedal input issue (resolved)
- Pan bug (resolved)
- Teething problems being sorted
- Some bugs reported (quickly fixed)

**Most requested features**

- Easy way to report bugs without login/account
- Keep save/refresh options on screen
- Audio recording or looping module
- Audio clip module, like a looper
- 16 steps per page for sequencers
- Sequence all AU parameters
- Follow chord mode to control other nodes
- Pads option for iPhone in portrait mode
- Tie notes together/ sustain notes
- Automate bending notes, lead guitarist style
- More specific randomization, such as bass pattern generation
- Multi Track export

## Recent user reviews (10 of 52)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eg-nodes/id6466639463/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Plz!

*2026-07-31, version 1.2.3*

Plz, Adaptive to DAW Cubasis Auv3. Update plz!

### 1/5 — Lately, sampler won’t play correctly.  Is it a bug?

*2026-02-21*

Lately, sampler won’t play correctly.  Is it a bug?  it isn’t reliable and the sampler features don’t seem to work consistently any more.  am i missing something?

### 5/5 — AMAZING!

*2026-01-26, version 1.2.3*

EXCELLENT APP....
Becoming my daily go to app for concept creation and sound design.
Love it!
=)

### 5/5 — Perfect

*2025-06-11*

Just an amazing app. Inspirational.

### 5/5 — Perfect

*2025-06-02, version 1.2.3*

Just an amazing app.
Inspirational.

### 5/5 — Just awesome

*2025-01-22*

One of the best. There are plenty of videos out there to help with this but it really is not hard to use. Puts together alot of things missing from similar apps. Well worth whatever it cost.

### 5/5 — Missing piece!

*2024-11-08*

Been getting sequencer after sequencer for a while; trying to figure out how to make compositions without the need for a DAW on iPad (mainly since I enjoy the immediacy of AUM and don’t really enjoy DAWs on here. iPad is just what I have to work with for right now.)

Turns out this is just what I needed. Also, if you’re in need of something to turn Fugue Machine into something a bit more useable, this will do the trick nicely. Just set the playheads to four different instruments and you can record each of them simultaneously. Change the scene and rinse and repeat.

Also, it seems like different scenes are getting armed and recordings are going into them despite disabling them beforehand. Not sure if that’s an issue on my end or a bug but it does seem entirely random.

### 4/5 — Pretty power+full concept what eg nodes does

*2024-09-19*

My person says like this because it’s full of potential to keep in app rotation of many uses and not 2  leave collecting dust. 

CAUSE ITS THE SEQUENCE CONCEPT OF TRANSITIONS FOR IDEAS DAT MAKES AND BREAKS.

JUST DOING BEATS VS FULL COMPOSITIONS.

### 5/5 — Lately, sampler won’t play correctly.  Is it a bug?

*2024-09-13*

Lately, sampler won’t play correctly.  Is it a bug?

### 1/5 — Lately, sampler won’t play correctly.

*2024-09-12*

think this is a great app, daw! Even 1 bar drum wav sample loop won’t start with play. Will only play while if tempo is changed while entire file is playing. (Will play with the small preview play directly in the sampler…) Seems like it is a bug. It is making this unusable with samples for me. Am I doing something wrong with the setup? Also, it would be great to have an easy way to directly report potential bugs without having to log in or start an account…. Not 1 star… IMO… I don’t know another way to report this?

## Frequently asked questions about EG Nodes

### What is EG Nodes?

EG Nodes is a clip-based Audio Unit host with sequencing capabilities. It allows users to play external instruments, Audio Units, or MIDI hardware and create complete audio projects. It functions as a powerful and flexible groovebox for performing or creating music from scratch.

### What are the key features of EG Nodes?

Key features include a built-in MIDI generator with nodes like Note/Chord, Arpeggio, and Sequencer, a Piano Roll editor, and generative sequencing. It also offers MIC/Input nodes for recording, an Audio/Recorder/Sampler node for importing and manipulating audio files, and a Song node for structuring projects.

### How can I use external instruments and effects with EG Nodes?

You can load your favorite AU3 instruments, effects, and MIDI FX Audio Units to expand your sound palette. The app supports flexible MIDI routing, allowing you to send and receive MIDI from external hardware, software, or other apps, and control parameters via MIDI learn.

### Can I create song structures and automate parameters?

Yes, EG Nodes allows you to link scenes using the Song node to create a song structure. You can also save and recall up to 8 main scenes to control your song structure and node combinations. Additionally, you can automate parameters for each node to add dynamic elements to your compositions.

### Is EG Nodes compatible with other DAWs?

EG Nodes can be loaded in other DAWs and hosts as a MIDI FX generator to quickly create MIDI sequences. It is also a universal app, meaning it runs on both iPad and iPhone, allowing you to share your projects with other musicians across devices.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.3 — 2024-07-23

1.2.3
- Added option for logarithmic volume fader

for suggestion, feedback and bugs report write me at info@elliottgarage.com

### 1.2.2 — 2024-04-13

1.2.2 
- Builtin Keyboard - AU/Keyboard split screen when builtin keyboard is expanded to fullscreen (iPad only)
- MIDI Out - All MIDI messages coming from AU are passed to midi out
- Settings - added option to link velocity to node level
- Fixed XY pad not initialised with the right node bars length
- Automations - added to MIDI FX node
- UI - Fixed scale labels not fitting in dropdown menu

### 1.2.1 — 2024-03-23

1.2.1 
-  Mixer view - added progress circle
- Mixer view - added toggle button
- Audio Node - reset playhead on stop
- Audio Node - fixed sample frozen when start and end point overlaps
- Audio Node - fixed skip play on trigger mode loop/pong
- Audio Node - fixed wrong audio file on reloading project with audio recorded
- Audio Node - fixed number of bars not saved
- Fixed midi configuration button missing on bottom detail view 
- Fixed mute & solo button missing reloading a project
- Fixed main scene not switching after project reloading
- Fixed bars/beat not resetting after project loading 
- Fixed crash saving project with empty name
- Fixed buttons overlapping on iPad mini 5
- Added a warning message to launch standalone app to refresh project list after an app update
- Fixed tap not working on sequencer preview with Apple pencil

### 1.2.0 — 2024-03-15

1.2.0
- Audio / Recorder / Sampler node
- Double tap on volume set the default value
- Rhythm node - fixed label overlap on iPad mini 5
- Fixed crash closing project list while scrolling

### 1.1.1 — 2024-03-09

1.1.1
    - Mixer/Compact view
    - Fixed Bluetooth headphones and speaker stop working when EG Nodes is started
    - MIDI FX - added scale lock when destination node is not a rhythm node
    - Internal routing - Node mute and volume are now independent for source and destination node 
    - Song Node - fixed touch blocked by scroll
    - Mic node - fixed transport info not passed to effects in the chain
    - Song Node - Fixed scene progress not following nodes in song mode

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