DronePlayer vs CAVES

DronePlayer is a fun, interactive practice assistant for improvising musicians. Playing over extended tonalities is a great way to develop your ears as well as your musical ideas. Long, sustained tones are generally known as drones. Drones have proven themselves quite useful for practicing. Many people use them to assist with intonation. Some enjoy playing scales over them. I personally have found them useful for practicing improvisation and improving my ears. Muting one of the drone voices is a great way to play with just a fundamental pitch. You can then improvise over this and focus on hearing how what you are playing relates. Adding a second drone voice just adds to the fun.

CAVES is a dual-oscillator standalone drone synthesizer app for crafting evolving ambient textures, deep soundscapes, and experimental tones directly on your iOS device. SOUND ENGINE • PWM Oscillator - Classic pulse-width modulation for warm, analog-style tones • FM Oscillator - Frequency modulation for complex, evolving timbres • Dual Filters - Dual filters with resonance control for tonal shaping • Flexible Routing - Route each oscillator to either or both filters MODULATION & DYNAMICS • 2 LFOs - Modulate frequency, filters, effects, and more for movement and evolution • 2 ADSR Envelopes - Shape filter cutoff and amplitude over time • Clock-Sync Option - Lock modulation to tempo for rhythmic textures EFFECTS • Distortion - Add warmth and saturation • Stereo Delay - Spacious echoes with feedback control • Reverb - Lush ambience and depth STANDALONE APP CAVES is currently a standalone synthesizer. AUv3 plugin support is planned for a future update. Perfect for ambient / drone compositions, sound design, and sonic experimentation.