Redshrike - AUv3 Plug-in Synth
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | $9.99 | iceWorks, Inc. | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
The oscillator has frequency modulation at a wide speed from low speed to the audible range, and it is useful for creating dirty sounds together with the resonator.
The waveform of the oscillator can be morphed from sawtooth wave to triangular wave and square wave. In addition, the oscillator has a 3-voice waveform generation engine internally, and you can make a thick sound by detuning it.
In the resonator, not only feedback amount, but also its pitch can be modulated with ENV and LFO. Musical distortion is added to feedback, and it can produce from warm sound to screaming sound.
The filter has a Low parameter that can boost the bass range, and you can make a heavy sound.
Redshrike works not only on the iPad but also on the iPhone. It also supports Audio Unit Extensions (AUv3), so you can plug in to AUv3 compatible host. For each screen size, different layouts are designed to be easy to use and intuitive.
## What's New in Version 2
- Universal App : Optimized for iPad and iPhone
- Audio Unit Extensions (AUv3) compatible
- Support for Audiobus State Saving
- Exporting and importing of presets via Share extensions
- Swing parameter in the arpeggiator
- Improved MIDI mapping function
- Support for Bluetooth MIDI Devices
## Synthesizer Engine
* Oscillator
- Waveform Morphing: Saw - Triangle - Pulse
- Frequency Modulation: Type, Frequency, Depth
- ENV(AD)
- LFO
- Detune (3xOSC)
- Sub Oscillator
* Pitch
- Octave
- ENV(AD)
- LFO
- Drift
* Noise
- Type: White, Pink, Blue, Pitched, Digital, Glitch
- ENV(AD)
* Resonator
- Pitch/Feedback/Routing
- ENV(AD)
- LFO
* Filter
- Type: 24dB/Oct, 12dB/Oct
- Cutoff Frequency
- Resonance
- Drive
- Low
- ENV(ADSR)
- LFO
- Velocity
* AMP
- Level
- ENV(ADSR)
- LFO
- Velocity
* Effects
- Chorus
- Delay
- Reverb
## Key Features
* Universal App
Optimized for both the iPad and the iPhone.
* Audio Unit Extensions (AUv3)
You can use in a host application that supports Audio Unit such as GarageBand.
* Inter-App Audio
You can stream live audio directly to other Inter-App Audio host applications.
* Audiobus support
You can stream live audio directly to other Audiobus-compatible apps. See https://audiob.us for more information.
* Ableton Link
Ableton Link is a new technology that synchronizes beat, phase and tempo of Ableton Live and Link-enabled iOS apps over a wireless network. See https://www.ableton.com/link/ for more information.
* MIDI
- Core MIDI, Virtual MIDI, Inter-App Audio MIDI input
- MIDI Clock synchronization
- MIDI Controller Mapping
* Programmable Arpeggiator
You can easily create your own pattern.
Reviews
now with microtuning: So. Much. Awesome.
ErikSF999
I don't know if I should say this out loud, because iceWorks is a one-dev show, but what a responsive and hard-working show they are! I asked for custom tuning.. and within a couple of months, here it is! Redshrike is my favorite of all the iceGear/Works synths: like the others, it takes an approach that is relatively unique in iOS synths--physical modeling of resonant bodies--and takes it right up to its screamiest, dirtiest, scariest limits. Resonant modeling is under-explored as it is, and iceWorks is filling in a very large gap and doing it very well. Redshrike has a vast range: from sweet, quiet, percussive bell-like sounds to enough monstrous infinite sustain feedback saturation and crunch to make men faint, women cry, and the rest of us jump up and down in sheer joy. The early versions had some glitchy AU problems, but as far as I can tell those are all worked out now. I'm running iOS 9.3 on an iPad Mini 2, and Redshrike is reliable and just as loud as I need it to be. It runs great in AUM, as a standalone, and in Audiobus. And now we can play with just intonation, meantone scales, Pythagorian scales--any twelve-tone scale we want. Me, I'm never turning this thing off.
Awesome Lead Synth
Korg Fan
While Lorentz makes great analog sounds, Redshrike makes some really neat leads, basses, and even distorted pads thanks to the fm and versatile filter!
Deep and distinct
sneJ
I’m just diving into this, but it’s a winner — it has its own character, distinct from either analog or FM synths. The resonator is unusual and I’m still trying to wrap my head around what it does. So many interesting bits like the pitched, digital and glitch noise styles; the deep filtering options in the delay; and the most customizable arpeggiator I’ve ever used. This is a steal at $8.
Great synth!
Philowerx
These guys make quality apps. Definitely a unique character to their synthesis. MIDI and sync implementation is excellent.
Another great synth from IceWorks
ChrisE1G
An iPhone only synth is a rare thing today. Especially one of this caliber. Great UI, great sounding and capable synth engine. Thumbs up!
Broken, unusable due to audio dropouts :(
AvengerPod
Great set of features but it's not usable as a musical instrument because of persistent audio dropouts. I'm using it on an iPhone 7 plus, so it's not a matter of having an older, slower device. I hope this can be fixed soon as I'd like to be able to use it and I'm a fan of iceWorks' other music apps, particularly Cassini which I've used constantly ever since it came out - it's one of my favorite iOS synths and doesn't have the same audio issues. Once it's fixed, it would be great to have an iPad version.
Nice low-footprint synth
HouseOfHomuth
Iceworks has made some nice iOS apps, starting with the excellent Cassini, and offer this very affordable polyphonic synth for a few bucks, occupying only a few MB of storage space. The patch selections and sounds, however, are a little limited, and I'm not a fan of the separate offerings for iPhone and iPad (the later of which has not arrived at the time of this review). You can certainly use the iPhone version on iPad, but a universal app is pretty standard practice nowadays. Still worth a look given the affordability and sounds.
Thanks for Audio Unit
realdavidai
My GarageBand on iPad loves this. Also great to have an arp working as a plugin
