Lumn vs M2DX

Lumn is a powerful beatmaker for producers, creators, and anyone who wants to turn ideas into finished tracks. Build grooves, sample sounds, stack synths and drums, and sculpt your mix with expressive effects, all inside a fast, intuitive workflow. Whether you’re sketching a loop in seconds or crafting a full arrangement, Lumn gives you the tools to move from inspiration to production without breaking your flow. WITH LUMN • Create beats with an intuitive music-making workflow • Sample sounds and turn them into something original • Layer synths and drums for rich, dynamic tracks • Tweak effects to shape tone, space, punch, and texture • Build with a high-quality audio engine designed for great sound BUILD FOR FAST CREATIVITY Lumn keeps the process smooth and immediate, so you can experiment, refine, and discover new ideas naturally. DESIGNED FOR SERIOUS SOUND From hard-hitting drums to textured synth layers, every element runs through a high-quality audio engine for a polished, responsive feel. Start simple. Go deep. Create with Lumn.

M2DX is a 6-operator, 32-algorithm FM synthesizer for iPhone, built from the ground up in pure Swift 6. Open it and play immediately — tap the built-in on-screen keyboard and start making sound with M2DX's own hand-crafted presets. No external hardware or MIDI controller is required. The FM engine is a bit-exact port of the open-source Dexed / msfa DSP, verified sample-for-sample against the reference. It is also compatible with the classic DX7 patch format: bring your own DX7-format .syx banks and play them alongside M2DX's originals. KEY FEATURES - Built-in on-screen keyboard with velocity and octave control — play standalone, no hardware needed - 6-operator, 32-algorithm DX7-style FM synthesis - M2DX's own original FM presets, plus DX7-format .syx bank import (bring your own) - A 6-stage FX chain: EQ, Drive, Chorus, Reverb, Stereo, Maximizer - Low-latency audio with AVAudioSourceNode direct rendering - AUv3 plug-in — use M2DX as an Audio Unit (AUv3) in compatible hosts OPTIONAL MIDI (not required to use the app) - Connect any MIDI controller over Bluetooth or USB if you have one - Native MIDI 2.0 — UMP with 16-bit velocity and 32-bit controllers - MIDI-CI Property Exchange — patch names appear on compatible controllers (for example, KORG KeyStage) - MIDI Learn for hands-on control MIDI 2.0 done natively, classic FM done faithfully. The FM engine is built on Dexed / msfa (Apache License 2.0). M2DX is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Yamaha Corporation. DX7 and Yamaha are trademarks of Yamaha Corporation. iOS 18 or later.