App Detail » iSEM Synthesizer

What's New

- Updates and bugfixes for iOS 13
- Upgrade AudioBus to Version 3
- Improved Startup Time

App Description

COMPATIBILITY
Apple’s AudioUnit v3, Inter-App Audio connectivity, AudioBus 3, Korg’s WIST and Apple’s CoreMIDI are all supported.

Furthermore, iSEM is fully compatible with the Audio Unit Extension format. It can be directly launched in any Audio Unit host applications.


DESCRIPTION
iSEM is a recreation of the classic 1974 Oberheim SEM (Synthesizer Expander Module), one of the world's first self-contained synthesizer modules and the first to bear the "Oberheim Electronics" name.

The Oberheim SEM was made famous by artists and bands such as Lyle Mays, Jan Hammer, Joseph Zawinul, Supertramp, 808 State, Vince Clarke and Depeche Mode.

Based on the TAE® technology found in our Oberheim SEM V software, iSEM brings back the sound and special characteristics of this iconic synth in an sonically accurate and expanded touch-based emulation.


What you can do with the iSEM?

The iSEM is a powerful instrument capable of producing a wide range of warm analog sounds. 

Reproducing the unique SEM architecture, with its oscillator sync, characteristic filter shape and specific envelope response, the iSEM is able to generate the fat basses that have made the Oberheim brand so popular. Thanks to its simple and clever PW and pitch modulations, it is also very easy to produce moving and lively leads.

Its remarkable 12 dB/oct multimode filter is a real blast from the past, becoming an awesome weapon in the context of current electronic music. This unique module can instantly tailor your sound to fat, crisp, or spectral textures with access to all the nuances in between…

iSEM comes with over 500 sounds that you can browse through and play. You can also easily create your own sounds with the easy to use interface.

Play iSEM's numerous sounds from the iPad keyboard or control iSEM from a MIDI keyboard or other app via CoreMIDI and integrate it into your studio or live performance.

If you are an owner of of the Arturia SEM V software on your Mac or PC, you can even import and export sounds between your laptop or desktop SEM V and iSEM.



FEATURES
All the original parameters of the Oberheim SEM: two oscillators, each offering sawtooth wave and variable-width pulse wave with PWM, sine wave LFO, 12dB/oct multi-mode Filter with low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and notch, two ADS envelope generators.

Added functionalities: New LFO, Noise, Sub oscillator, Arpeggiator, Portamento.
Polyphonic playability
8 Voice Programmer module allows each voice to have different settings
HOLD and CHORD modes.
Virtual Analog Chorus.
Virtual Analog Delay.
Full user MIDI mapping of panel controls.
Supports WIST sync to other iOS devices.
Support of AudioUnit Extension, AudioBus 3 and Apple’s Inter-App Audio connectivity.


The Oberheim™ name used here is a trademark of the Gibson Guitar Corp. The trademark is used by license to Arturia.

App Changes

• October 10, 2013 Initial release
• November 29, 2013 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $4.99
• December 01, 2013 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
• January 18, 2014 New version 1.0.1
• April 03, 2014 New version 1.0.2
• August 01, 2014 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $4.99
• September 11, 2014 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
• October 05, 2014 New version 1.0.3
• October 19, 2014 New version 1.0.4
• March 08, 2015 Price increase: $9.99 -> $19.99
• May 03, 2015 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $9.99
• August 30, 2015 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $4.99
• September 13, 2015 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
• September 20, 2015 New version 1.1
• November 21, 2015 New version 1.2
• November 24, 2015 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $4.99
• February 06, 2016 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
• July 19, 2016 New version 1.3
• November 21, 2016 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $4.99
• June 14, 2019 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
• June 15, 2019 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
• June 16, 2019 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
• November 18, 2019 New version 1.5