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touchscaper

touchscaper

a touch-based soundscaper

147 ratings
73 reviews
🎬 Entertainment
🎵 Music
$4.99

Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • August 26, 2019
  • January 30, 2025

Developer

Rob Jackson
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About

Create music on your iPad by simply touching the screen. This app offers a semi-generative engine to guide note selection and allows for deep customization of chords, keys, and scales. Explore a variety of built-in sounds and effects to craft unique musical pieces.

✓Multi-touch interface with radar, ribbon, and keyboard surfaces
✓Semi-generative engine for note selection
✓Full control over chords, keys, and scales
✓Layerable built-in sounds and effects
✓Chord navigator and looper with Ableton Link
✓Sequencer for touch, drums, and synth automation
✓Inter-App Audio and MIDI out support
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of touchscaper. Based on 147 reviews and a 4.9/5 average, it highlights the 19 positives and 5 negatives reviewers mention most about this Music app.

Positive things

  • ✨Beautiful and inspiring sounds
  • 👍Easy to use, yet deep
  • 💡Innovative and unique instrument
  • 🚀Creates beautiful music easily
  • 💰Great value for the price
  • 🎶Excellent for ambient and atmospheric soundscapes
  • 🎹Powerful for chord progressions and rhythm sequencing
  • 📱Great for touch screen interaction
  • 🎁Generous free updates
  • 👨‍💻Talented and responsive developer
  • 🎵Versatile for beginners and experienced musicians
  • 🎛️Expressive and tactile nature
  • 🌟Highly recommended
  • 🧩Very deep and configurable
  • 💡Probability patterns add freshness
  • 🎼Can be used as a MIDI controller
  • 🎨Allows for creative expression
  • 💯Top quality application
  • 🎁Incredible price

Negative things

  • 🐛MIDI connectivity issues
  • 🐛MPE via MIDI out not working
  • 🐛Pops when adding multiple sounds
  • 🐛Hold Mode design is awkward
  • 🐛App can become unstable after long use
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What's New in touchscaper

1.6.2

January 30, 2025

Updated Support URL Added note about bug fix / maintenance mode.

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User reviews

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Love this app

Makes creating beautiful music super easy
optahealthoptahealth

A Delightful and Unique Musical Instrument

This is a truly beautiful iPad instrument.
Possibly my favourite instrument app in the AppStore.
(I have a LOT of music apps ;) )
Fun to play on its own, and also as a controller of other synth and drum apps.
Not perfect, but so very very close.
Riverbend SimRiverbend Sim

Hipnotizante, y tiene mucho más de lo que parece

Ver algún tutorial en YouTube, es imprescindible para usarla, y es una gran App para pasar un tiempo agradable, generar progresiones de acordes, secuenciar ritmos, introducir variabilidad, y combinarlo con hipnotizantes pulsaciones en tiempo real para añadir movimiento y strums, con varios “ribbons” para combinar sonidos adicionales.

La App lo tiene todo y sonidos de gran calidad, aunque también se pueden enviar datos MIDI a Apps de terceros y exportar las creaciones.
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El paseo de La FamaEl paseo de La Fama

AUv3 Version Please!

I love everything about this softsynth except it’s not compatible with AUv3. Please update this so I can get more use out of it.
Kensington SlaggerKensington Slagger

Todo un descubrimiento.

Impresionado por la sencillez y a la vez lo completo que es. Para cuando una versión nueva AV3. Enhorabuena y gracias por todos tus programas. Bravo.
MankiangoMankiango
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

6 issues

Does not show up as an available audio unit in Logic or GarageBand

Bug

Cannot get any MIDI connectivity to work

Bug

MPE via MIDI out does not work if there is no MIDI out for the app

Bug

Pops when adding more than 2 sounds

Bug

Hold Mode design is awkward, especially for note placement

Bug

App lost its mind and control animations ran wild after 10 hours of use

Bug
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Requested Features

12 requests

AUv3 version/compatibility

Feature

More sophisticated mixer

Feature

Second bank of patterns

Feature

Panels to tweak oscillators, LFOs, etc.

Feature

Orchestral type sounds

Feature

Light background theme in UI

Feature

Attack vector like ADSR function

Feature

Variable Release function

Feature

Mixer for each drum line

Feature

MIDI out functionality (mentioned multiple times)

Feature

Toggle on/off for Hold Mode

Feature

Ability to nudge/fine-tune node placements in Hold Mode

Feature

FAQ

What is Touchscaper?

Touchscaper is a touch-based musical instrument for iPad that allows users to create music by interacting with the screen. It features a semi-generative engine to assist with note selection and offers extensive control over musical parameters like chords, keys, and scales.

What are the main features of Touchscaper?

Key features include a multi-touch interface with various surfaces, a semi-generative engine, full control over chords and scales, layered built-in sounds, a chord navigator and looper with Ableton Link support, and a sequencer for automation. It also supports Inter-App Audio and MIDI out.

How much does Touchscaper cost?

Touchscaper is a paid application. The description does not mention any in-app purchases or subscription models, indicating a one-time purchase price.

What are the compatibility requirements for Touchscaper?

Touchscaper is designed for iPad. It utilizes deprecated technology like Inter-App Audio (IAA), which may affect compatibility with newer iOS versions or devices. The app is currently in maintenance mode for bug fixes only.

Who is Touchscaper intended for?

This app is for anyone interested in creating music on an iPad using a touch interface. It is suitable for both beginners who want an intuitive way to make sounds and experienced musicians who can leverage its deep configurability and advanced features.