# Geography: Granular Synth — A granular synth made of Earth > A granular synth made of Earth (iPhone/iPad app by Luis Diaz-Faes.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/geography-granular-synth/id6817076723 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Luis Diaz-Faes](https://appshunter.io/developer/1491360302) - Category: Music - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.0 · 7 MB - Languages: American English, European Spanish - Released: 2026-10-02 - Data updated: 2026-10-08 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/geography-granular-synth/id6817076723/reviews.md ## What is Geography? Geography turns a sound into a landscape. The sample is drawn as a cross-section of the Earth, from the burning core to outer space, and every grain of sound is a particle with weight that falls, bounces and sounds according to the layer it crosses. PLAY THE MATTER • Tap the terrain to drop grains, draw strings that ring when they're hit, and tilt your iPad or iPhone to change gravity. • Eight string materials: metal, wood, glass, skin, gut, bronze, bamboo and stone. • An on-screen keyboard of up to five octaves, or a continuous ribbon for gliding pitch. • MIDI: play from your keyboard and map its knobs to the app's with MIDI learn (endless encoders too, like the Akai MPK mini's). Program Change switches sounds. A WORLD WITH A LIFE OF ITS OWN • Six strata, each with its own weather: fire in the core, earthquakes in the geosphere, plants that bloom and release tuned spores, swell and bubbles in the water, wind in the atmosphere, satellites and comets in space. • Rituals: a sequencer of world events. The Moon, in its real phase, and the planets sing too. • Life: the instrument improvises, arpeggiates or mutates the sequence on its own. SEE IT IN 3D • Flat, Ridges, Living ridges, Surface, Point cloud, Planet and Sphere: seven ways to look at the same sound, with aurora, clouds and a free camera. THE LAB • Envelope, filter, two LFOs, echo, reverb, modulation (flanger, phaser, ensemble), scales and a 16-step sequencer/arpeggiator. • A mixer with one channel per sound source in the world, and a Space tab to place each source around your head, with scenes that morph on their own. THE REAL EARTH • Pick a place on the map and its live weather flows into the sound. Earthquakes from the last 24 hours shake the landscape. SAMPLER AND PRESETS • Sampler: record with the microphone or open a file, then trim, normalize, reverse and add fades. Up to 45 seconds, which become a landscape; it exports WAV too. • Save your sound under a name, with its settings and rituals, and export it as a file to move it between devices or share it. ON IPHONE • The world in full screen and a hidden dock with the essentials: play, draw, gyroscope, Life and the Ribbon. In landscape, Rituals, Earth, the Lab and the Mixer float over the world. FOR YOUR STUDIO • Audio Unit (AUv3) for Logic Pro, GarageBand, AUM and more: every setting can be automated and is saved with your project. Stereo output, binaural spatial audio with head tracking, or 7.1.4, plus separate stems by source or by stratum. • Thirteen synthesized factory landscapes. You can also open your own sounds, or an image, which you hear as a landscape. Try it free (5 minutes per session). A one-time purchase unlocks everything on iPhone, iPad and Mac. No subscription. No accounts, no ads, no data collected. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Full Geography | $22.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.1 — 2026-10-07 • Geography comes to iPhone: the world in full screen and a hidden dock with the essentials (play, draw, gyroscope, Life and the Ribbon). In landscape, swipe the dock for Rituals, Earth, the Lab, the Mixer and the sounds. Ready for iPhone Duo: closed, it is the world; open, the whole instrument. • Sampler: record with the microphone or open a file, trim, normalize, reverse, add fades and use it as a landscape (up to 45 seconds). It exports WAV too. • Same purchase: if you already own Geography on iPad or Mac, you don't pay again on iPhone. ### 1.0.2 — 2026-10-06 • MIDI Program Change: switch sounds from your keyboard or your DAW. 1 to 13 are the factory sounds, followed by your presets. With Bank Select at 1, your presets only. In the Audio Unit too. • The App Store page and the manual are now also available in Japanese, German and French. ### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-05 • Presets: save your sound under a name (settings, sequence, Rituals, Space and sample), load it whenever you like, and export or import it as a .geopreset file. In the Audio Unit too. • Two-level computer keyboard, almost two and a half octaves: Z to M and Q to P are the white keys, and the row above each one, the black keys. The ← → arrows change octave. On the Mac, a strip under the piano shows the letters and can be dragged to start on another key. • The 3D views menu now opens correctly on iPadOS 27. • On the Mac: a single window, and the manual in the Help menu. ### 1.0 — 2026-10-02 No release notes. ## Apps similar to Geography | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [1874 Sakura: Koto Studio](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/1874-sakura-koto-studio/id6816038537) | — | Free | Music | | [43 Electro Swing: Jazz Band](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/43-electro-swing-jazz-band/id6812345283) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Music | | [Sampledex Effect Shift](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sampledex-effect-shift/id6817936787) | — | Free | Music | | [AmenBeats](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/amenbeats/id6778510642) | — | Free | Music | | [88 Synthwave: Retro Synth](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/88-synthwave-retro-synth/id6815333959) | — | Free | Music | | [RasterFX: Multi-Effects](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rasterfx-multi-effects/id6800385735) | — | Free | Music | ## More apps by Luis Diaz-Faes - [Arte Rupestre](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/arte-rupestre/id1196325234) All apps by Luis Diaz-Faes: https://appshunter.io/developer/1491360302 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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