midigarden

midigarden is a touch-based synthesizer that turns your iPhone or iPad into a musical instrument.

Play melodies on an 5x8 grid mapped to musical scales. Each pad triggers notes with 8-voice polyphony, letting you play chords and melodies with your fingers.

FEATURES

• Touch Grid - Play notes on a responsive grid. Choose from multiple scales including major, minor, pentatonic, and chromatic.

• Retrospective Looper - Captures what you just played, even if you weren't recording. Never lose a good take.

• Custom Patches - Load your own Pure Data patches via the Files app. The app automatically wraps them with voice allocation and mixing.

• Live Parameters - Every knob and slider in your patch becomes a touchable control. Drag to adjust in real-time.

• Built-in Synthesizers - Ships with patches ready to play, physical models, fm and drum synths.

• Camera Background - Optional live camera feed behind the grid for screen-recorded performances.

PURE DATA POWERED

Under the hood, midigarden runs Pure Data patches - the same open-source audio engine used by professional musicians and sound designers worldwide. Create patches on your computer and load them into the app.

PERFECT FOR

• Live performance and jamming
• Sketching musical ideas
• Learning synthesis
• Use iOS screen capture with background camera to make performance videos that capture the mood and environment
• Sound design experiments

No music theory required. Just touch and play.