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Arpeggionome for iPhone | matrix arpeggiator app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 5440 ratings )
Music Entertainment
Developer: Alexandernaut
4.99 USD
Current version: 1.2.1, last update: 5 years ago
First release : 14 May 2013
App size: 7.14 Mb

Arpeggionome (pronounced ahr-pej-ee-oh-nohm) is a new musical instrument designed to play arpeggios*.

• "Arpeggionome makes amazing patterns in arrays of pulsing circles" (Peter Kirn, Create Digital Music)
• "A masterpiece in design and functionality" (smitematter.com)
• Rated as the "Most Creative MIDI App" by iPadMusic.com
• "Arpeggionome Pro is a very very powerful arpeggiator that can really take your music to the next level" (Chip Boaz, iosmusicandyou.com)
• "If you like great Arpeggiators, this is it!" (Jordan Rudess)

Design an arpeggio pattern with various knobs and buttons, then move up-and-down the matrix to set its speed, or left-and-right to set its pitch. Tilt the device to control volume and pitchbend, or shake for vibrato. Also, with the Pro Upgrade In-App Purchase, Arpeggionome for iPhone can be used to control other iOS music apps, external gear, and computer software like never before.

*An arpeggio is a musical technique where notes in a chord are played in sequence, rather than ringing out simultaneously.

Supports MIDI.

Pros and cons of Arpeggionome for iPhone | matrix arpeggiator app for iPhone and iPad

Arpeggionome for iPhone | matrix arpeggiator app good for

Great app, just needs IAA to run through AUM to combine with other apps. Most apps have this now, not sure why arpeggionome doesnt.
Some people say its annoying...like my parents...but i totally disagree. I mean, you cant compose music with it...no kidding...however, if youre a fan of electronic music like me, and have been for many many years, you have to appreciate the intense sound this app generates. I find a lot of versatility in the sounds. Tapping lightly, holding down, tapping quickly in ascending or semitonic increments. Just playing this baby down a long empty hallway, or building basement, underground parking lot, church hall, or anywhere with a good echo and its hard not to be impressed with the crispness and intensity of the sounds. There are a lot of tweaking options for types of arpeggios and timings. I think the sound can be manipulated to be quite beautiful actually. I enjoy this app several times a week. Thanks for creating it.!
This app is awesome and the MIDI works exactly as it should, but it hasnt been updated since 2014 and needs one to come up to speed with Audiobus support and Ableton Link. Other than that the app is fun to mess around with!
I recommend to purchase the midi function cause it´s the best midi controller I have now as a non keyboard player!
Was "listening" some radios on GTA v.. Then there was : Lady - Modjo.... I took up this app and soloed the arp like van halen on "beat it" from MJ !!! 5 ones for me;-)
An intelligent and very musical app. Could be a nice accompaniment to other synths or software.

Some bad moments

The app is not allowing me to make an in-app purchase to unlock the midi functions-- the whole purpose for downloading the app. Otherwise I would love this, but Im super frustrated
I doubt that one can play a simple melody on that, only what is prerecorded, it is NOT an instrument or performance tool. It can change tempo and pitch of predefined arpeggio
I really love what I can make with this, but I wish there was some way to save or copy patterns or wav recordings for use as samples in other apps. Still very amazing for the price. This is the best and most fun synth arpeggio maker I have ever seen and is highly recommended. I might try to put this on a second device and patch it into my phone so I can record from it.
You know its good when you keep going back to use it, time after time.
To say that an app is arguably the "best arrpegiator available on iOS" sounds a little underwhelming, but as users of synthesizer and other music apps know, all of those great sounds dont amount to much if you cant play the notes on an iPhone screen. An "arpeggiator" is an app that allows you to select repeating sequences of notes - usually within a defined scale, timing, and pattern - by pressing a "play" button or holding down a single note while a complicated sequence of notes plays. This allows for synthesizer passages far more accurate and complex than would be humanly possible on a real keyboard, and especially a glass iPhone screen. While some of the better synth apps have arpeggiators built in, they can be clunky and limited, assuming you remember how to use them within each different synth app in your collection. Arpeggionome acts as a Virtual MIDI controller, which means it become the central hub and interface for playing arppegiated sequences for all your compatible music apps. And it sounds absolutely amazing. It comes with approximately 32 presets, but room for you to save and export/import over 1,000 more. The display does not contain any notes. Instead, you have marked circles that represent the root note and each "step" of the scale (minor, major, aeolian, dorian, etc.) as you go left and right. As you change rows up and down, the same note sequence will play using quarter notes, eight notes, sixteenth notes, and so on. You can adjust how many notes play in a sequence, how many steps/octaves apart the notes are, and patterns like Up/Down or Converging. There have to be millions of musical possibilities, based on all of these different options. The Virtual MIDI connection with other apps like Sunrizer, Magellan, and nLog MIDI Synth went pretty smoothly. There is also a very intriguing X/Y-axis control to do volume swells, pitch, vibrato, etc. by tilting the device. This can take a little more work with the settings in your app, but once set up, its great. I should note that the app itself has an internal synthesizer with 4 wavelength choices, so you can get basic retro synth tones to test your pattern without loading up another app. And, of course, the app has AudioBus compatability, so you can record those internal sounds, or have access to the controls of your recording app using the mini control panel. Please note that while the base app is inexpensive, you need to buy the pro upgrade ($5 at my time of purchase) to use the MIDI functionality with other apps. But it is worth that amount many times over for what it can do in expanding your musical possibilities.
Amazing especially when combined with my Mac, yet alone its a good app. 10/10, A+. Good app to play around with, or create awesome beats!