Features & Capabilities

The ultimate orchestra sound app for sophisticated musicians by award-winning sound designer Kurt Ader, designed as professional sound module for your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch by connecting an external MIDI keyboard, using the Apple USB camera adapter or another adapter supported by Apple.¹

Listen to the demo videos on our product website!

This app supports Audio Unit and Inter-App Audio for audio & MIDI connections from/to other audio apps, as well as Bluetooth LE MIDI !

iSymphonic Orchestra was designed with the goal to deliver you superb, extremely realistic and stunning orchestra sounds, instantly with the first key being pressed by you on your MIDI keyboard. Just select a sound and you are ready for your live performance or for a boost of creativity while composing new songs. The sounds used in this app were explicitly recorded to fulfill these requirements and involved several months of recording and post processing under supervision of Kurt Ader and included a variety of innovative, new recording techniques. So far these sounds were only available to very few, famous movie composers. Now they are finally available for the first time to everybody. The supreme quality of these sounds, combined with the unique way they were recorded and assembled, gives us confidence that you haven't heard anything comparable as of to date, even not on Mac or PC.

25 Sounds included with base App: • Orchestra Strings Spiccato & Legato 1 - 4 • Orchestra Strings Slow 1 - 3 • Chamber Arco Strings • Legato Orchestra Strings 1 • Full Sordino Strings 1 - 2 • Legato Orchestra • Staccato Orchestra 1 - 3 • Tremolo Orchestra • Pizzicato Strings • Full Strings • Tremolo Strings • All Brass 1 - 2 • Trombone Section • Cello & Woodwinds • Horns & Strings • Full Legato Orchestra

297 additional sounds available as 15 optional in-app purchase sound sets: „Pro-", „Arpa-", „Canto-", „Boato-", „Vento-", „Ottone-", „Voce-", „Varia-", „Perla-", „Aulos-", „Keys-", „Cupra-", „Organ-", „Tosca-" and „Corda Sound Set". You find a detailed sound list & demo videos on our product website.

General Features: • Low latency disk streaming. • Very efficient audio engine. • Polyphony of several hundred stereo voices.² • Audio latency down to 1 ms. • Integrated effects with 18 presets. • 16 parts. • Scale Tuning & Master Tune. • MIDI velocity response curve editor. • App States: Save app's entire state as user presets. • Interactive, easy & quick sound finder. • App can keep running in the background, so you can play on your keyboard while e.g. using Safari or another app to display scores or surfing the Internet. • Hermode Tuning: Imitates the tuning behavior of well educated musicians of i.e. orchestras and choirs. • Audio Unit v3 Plugin included. • Supports Apple's "Inter-App Audio" (IAA) system. • Virtual on-screen piano keyboard with velocity support, scalable & scrollable.

MIDI Player / Recorder: • Record, save and load your songs in standard MIDI file format. • Share your songs easily as audio file. • Unlimited amount of tracks. • Configurable MIDI channel per track. • Unlimited recording and playback length. • Open MIDI (.mid) files directly from other apps (i.e. from Safari, Mail). • Metronome • Use the "Tempo Zoom" dial knob to i.e. slow down playback at any time and learn your favorite songs easily.

¹ For more information about supported adapters and MIDI keyboards, please visit our product website.

² Sounds are using several voices per note. Polyphony depends on the exact device model being used. You find a polyphony table on our product website.

Anti-Spy Commitment: We take your privacy very seriously. None of our apps contain so called „spy” behaviors and we committed ourself to a very high privacy standard. For more information read our „Privacy Policy for Mobile Apps”.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Christian Schoenebeck d/b/a Crudebyte
Rating:
3.80
(103)
0.90
Version:
2.5.1 Last updated: 2026-01-19
Version code:
881607757
Creation date:
2014-08-08
Compatible devices:
Size:
1.31GB
Price:
9.99
URLs:
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Full description:
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Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-05
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Developed by:
Christian Schoenebeck d/b/a Crudebyte
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https://apps.apple.com/us/app/isymphonic-orchestra/id892220800
Website:
https://crudebyte.com/isymphonic-orchestra/

User Reviews

Users largely praise iSymphonic Orchestra for its superb sound quality, realistic orchestral samples, and versatile workflow that works across AUM, IAA, AU, and GarageBand with a big instrument library. However, multiple reviews cite stability issues (crashes and glitches), especially in live or AU contexts, and several UI and control shortcomings (tiny keyboard, no zoom, limited attack/release controls). Import/export and inter-app integration problems, plus concerns about price/add-ons and support, further temper experiences. Overall, it’s a powerful, desirable tool when stable, but reliability and UI/controls need improvement.
Pros
  • Pristine, realistic orchestral samples with deep, rich tones.
  • Versatile and flexible workflow that supports multiple instances in AUM and cross-app layering; integrates with GarageBand and other apps.
  • Large library of instruments with useful articulations and generally good value for the price.
  • Strong for professional scoring, film music, and podcast work when used with MIDI controllers.
Cons
  • Stability issues and glitches, including crashes and random distortion, especially in AU/standalone contexts.
  • UI and workflow drawbacks: tiny keyboard, no zoom, and difficulties auditioning sounds within the app.
  • Limited envelope/articulation controls: no or slow attack/release control on many sounds.
  • Import/export and inter-app integration problems: USB-only import, export playback cuts out, AU export issues.
  • Pricing concerns and mixed reviews on add-ons and support/refunds.
Recent reviews
I use this app constantly on literally all my projects. It's an indispensable part of my workflow, whether I'm working on acoustic guitar tracks, basslines, synths, piano melodies, or even intense heavy metal jams. The flexibility is incredible. I can easily run multiple instances in AUM to layer sounds across different instruments. I specifically use it with other apps like Synth Guitar 2, and it does an amazing job enhancing my guitar tones. If you're looking for a versatile, powerful, and reliable sound app that works great on everything from orchestral arrangements to rock, this is it. I absolutely love what it can do!
by al*****, 2025-11-17

Very little control over attack, attenuation, and delay. Also BEWARE: This app “explodes” at times with a loud distortion that will knock you off your seat. Its random occurrence dismisses the app from being used in live performance. Stay away from it.
by UN*****, 2025-04-28

This is a fantastic app with pristine sound quality. It really just blows me away the full realistic quality of instrument samples, The keyboard is very responsive and easy to use despite its tiny size when enlarged. The basic sound bank is enough to create a masterpiece in your own right. The major complaint that I have, upon recording in additional tracks, if you delete that track, the app crashes, losing all of your progress along with way. Especially tedious, if you hadn’t saved the song. This has happened at least five times. The other suggestion I would add is please include a more accessible means to save record, play actively on the main screen instead of having to stop and cycle back and fourth.
by Ve*****, 2025-03-15
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