What's New

・Support latest OS versions
・Improve latency
・Improve behavior of level meter UI
・Improve screen layout on iPhone
・Improve UI on macOS
・Change minimum support OS version to 14.0

App Description

bismark bs-16i is a 16 multi-timbral playback sampler. It loads SoundFont and DLS (Downloadable Sounds) as WaveTable and can be used for keyboard instruments, MIDI sound modules, and MIDI file players.

bs-16i has the synthesizer engine that has been adopted for many professional/commercial types of equipment. Using SoundFont / DLS libraries, you can play with your great number of instruments. With Hi-Res Engine option prepared as an In-App purchase option enables high-quality and low-noise audio outputs by 100% floating-point calculations.

All standard MIDI messages are supported, and your iPhone and iPad can be used as a GM (General MIDI) sound module by using pre-installed GeneralUser GS SoftSynth v1.44.sf2 (S. Christian Collins).

As a keyboard instrument, you can play with the scalable screen keyboard, pitch bend wheel, and many control change controllers.

The internal MIDI file player supports SMF (Standard MIDI File) format as Song.

WaveTable / Song / Scene files are managed in the "bs-16i" folder of your iCloud Drive and synced between all your iOS / iPadOS devices.

Moreover, this application supports Core MIDI interfaces like IK Multimedia iRig KEYS / iRig MIDI, YAMAHA iMX-1, LINE6 MIDI Mobilizer 2, Apple Lightning -USB Camera Adapter with USB Generic MIDI Interface, and Bluetooth accessory (Miselu C.24, QUICCO SOUND mi.1, etc). With them, you can communicate with other external MIDI hardware like a synthesizer, or sequencer. Also, bs-16i can be a background and drive from other apps using Virtual MIDI.

Audiobus 3, and Inter-App Audio are supported. You can send bs-16i's output stream to other apps.

AUv3 (AudioUnit v3) extension is included. You can use bs-16i in GarageBand, BeatMaker3, and AUM as plug-in instruments.

- To load the specified SoundFont / DLS file, the device has to ready free memory larger than its file size of it.
- This application collects the following information: Device name, OS version, SoundFont / DLS file name, and CoreMIDi I/F name.

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 24, 2011 New version 1.2
  • July 06, 2011 New version 1.3
  • July 14, 2011 Price increase: $7.99 -> $8.99
  • December 22, 2011 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $4.99
  • January 03, 2012 Price increase: $4.99 -> $8.99
  • April 01, 2012 New version 1.4
  • April 27, 2012 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $4.99
  • May 06, 2012 Price increase: $4.99 -> $8.99
  • August 08, 2012 New version 1.4.1
  • September 16, 2012 New version 1.5
  • September 22, 2012 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $5.99
  • September 26, 2012 Price increase: $5.99 -> $8.99
  • October 18, 2012 New version 1.5.1
  • November 30, 2012 New version 1.6
  • November 30, 2012 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $5.99
  • December 07, 2012 New version 1.6.1
  • December 09, 2012 Price increase: $5.99 -> $8.99
  • December 24, 2012 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $5.99
  • January 05, 2013 Price increase: $5.99 -> $8.99
  • February 04, 2013 New version 1.7
  • March 03, 2013 New version 1.7.1
  • March 09, 2013 New version 1.7.2
  • April 08, 2013 New version 1.7.3
  • November 28, 2013 New version 2.0
  • November 28, 2013 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $7.99
  • December 19, 2013 New version 2.0.1
  • December 21, 2013 Price decrease: $7.99 -> $4.99
  • January 04, 2014 Price increase: $4.99 -> $7.99
  • April 24, 2014 New version 2.1
  • April 24, 2014 Price decrease: $7.99 -> $4.99
  • April 30, 2014 Price increase: $4.99 -> $7.99
  • September 19, 2014 New version 2.2
  • October 12, 2014 New version 2.2.1
  • October 21, 2014 New version 2.3
  • December 07, 2014 New version 2.3.2
  • June 08, 2015 New version 2.4
  • June 12, 2015 New version 2.4.1
  • July 03, 2015 New version 2.4.2
  • September 14, 2015 New version 2.4.3
  • October 05, 2015 New version 2.5.1
  • October 14, 2015 New version 2.5.2
  • October 26, 2015 New version 2.5.3
  • November 15, 2015 New version 2.6
  • November 22, 2015 New version 2.6.1
  • December 13, 2015 New version 2.6.2
  • December 23, 2015 Price decrease: $7.99 -> $3.99
  • December 28, 2015 Price increase: $3.99 -> $7.99
  • March 06, 2016 New version 2.6.3
  • July 06, 2016 New version 2.6.4
  • July 09, 2016 New version 2.6.5
  • November 09, 2016 New version 2.6.6
  • June 14, 2019 New version 3.1.1
  • July 15, 2020 New version 4.0.5
  • November 12, 2020 New version 4.0.7
  • August 06, 2021 New version 4.2.2
  • September 16, 2023 New version 4.6.2
  • December 05, 2023 New version 4.7

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