midigarden

Touch-based synthesizer powered by Pure Data. Play on a 5×8 grid with 8-voice polyphony, capture your performances and layer into loops, and load your own custom patches.

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.