Elsa is a retro style sampling keyboard with tempo based looping. Record, save, load, reverse samples with a multi octave on screen keyboard or plug in your core midi device of choice, soft- or hardware. Elsa comes with three built in effects, a reverb, a resonant filter and a sample rate/bit crusher. Samples are looped in three different modes, one off, forward and/or forward-reverse. The start and end of playback also comes in three modes, one set of start and stop for all, one set per note and/or one set per octave, allowing for many different types of samples. Additionally at playback time, sample length can also be controlled by a set of sample dividers, 1-8. Elsa supports connections with AudioCopy, AudioBus, Inter App Audio and AUv3. Plus all audio parameters can be modulated by MIDI. +++ Sample keyboard +++ Tempo based looping +++ ADSR +++ Bit/sample crush +++ Reverb +++ Resonant filter: low, band or high pass +++ Record, trim, normalise, reverse, zoom +++ Chromatic and scale keyboard +++ 3 loop modes (one off, forward, forward-reverse) +++ 3 start/stop modes (one for all, one per note, one per octave) +++ Playback length dividers (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) +++ Arpeggiator +++ Presets: save/load settings +++ Audio connections: AUv3, Audiobus, Inter App Audio +++ Midi: Core Midi, Bluetooth Midi, AUv3 Midi +++ Ableton Link
I have the bundle! Still cool in 2024!
The controls are somewhat cryptic but once you know what they do (as the on-screen hints indicate) you will find these are very cool apps.
United StatesMandatory AUV3 Plugin
This should be in your plugin library.
United StatesRemoval of dark mode? 🙈
So many cool new features just got added, but sadly, I probably won’t take advantage of them. I have photophobia, meaning, extremely sensitive eyes to light and after having a play with the update the white mode is just too hard on my eyes.
United Statesgood
this sampler sounds modern, I found that when I experimented with the onboard effects that I made some unique sounding things, the bit crush effect and arpeggio effect are a couple of effects that are included in this sampler that you might not find in other samplers, it can sound like an instrument and not a sampler, I love what this developer makes and I hope they decide to make music production hardware in the future if not already
United StatesGood but Needs an Update
Great sounding synthesis however the midi connectivity leaves a lot to be desired. Also in all of the software synths by this dev, the menu items for Audio copy are hidden while the phone itself is in dark mode
United StatesNeeds Updated
Cannot See the List from Audio-paste while in dark mode. Meaning you have to go to settings and turn it to light to mode to see the names of the items in Audio Paste list menu.
United StatesVery very well thought out!
One of my favorite iPad apps ever! It grew on me, at first I did. It like it as much. All the apps in the bundle are hidden gems!
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+++ Fixing crash issue seen by some users.
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