discoDSP have released Retromulator, available for $4.99.
Legendary synths, samplers and keyboards reborn through cvcle-accurate emulation. Now on iphone and iPad with native AUv3 support
Retromulator is a multi-core retro hardware emulatior app and AUv3 plug-in that brings legendary synthesizer, sampler, and keyboard cores back to life through authentic low-level emulation. Each core runs its actual firmware, physical model, or sample data — delivering the unmistakable character of the hardware that defined electronic music from the early 80s through the 2000s
Virtual Analog Synths (Motorola DSP 56300 recreation, interpreter mode) – built on the open- source Gearmulator by the dsp56300 team:
DISCLAIMER: Apple’s iOS App Store does not allow Just-In-Time (JIT) code generation in third-party apps. As a result, the DSP 56300 cores run in pure interpreter mode, which is significantly slower than the desktop JIT version. Expect higher CPU usage reduced polyphony, and limited multi-timbral capability compared to the desktop edition. A modern device (A14 / M1 or newer) is recommended for the DSP-based cores. Even on an M1 / A16-class chip, a hiah audio buffer size (high-latency setting) is required and polyphony remains very limited – these cores are not intended for low-latency live performance on iOS.
- Access Virus A. B and C
- Access Virus TI / TI2 / Snow
- Clavia Nord Lead 2X
- Roland JP-8000
- Waldorf microQ
- Waldorf Microwave XT
FM Synthesis:
- Yamaha DX7 – original chip set emulation, based on VDX7 by Charles Chiaccona
- Yamaha OPL3 – Nuked OPL3 cycle-accurate FM by Nuke.YKT
Electric Piano and Sampler:
- Wurlitzer 200A – OpenWurli physical modelling by halOzer0 Rust ported to C++ by discoDSP
- Akai S1000 – SFZero sample engine by Steve Folta with Bliss Sampler support and resampling engine by discoDSP (SF2 / SFZ / ZBP / ZBB)
Features include:
- Native AUv3 plug-in for AUM, Cubasis, GarageBand, Logic Pro and more
- Standalone app for iPhone and iPad
- Full MIDI control: CC, mod wheel, expression, pitch bend
- 8-point sinc interpolation for sample playback
- Auto-slice drum mapping and global retuning via MIDI
- ROM firmware loading from original hardware
- Background audio, iCloud and Files app integration
- Optimised JIT-less interpreter compatible with iOS
- App Store sandbox
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