What's New
THANK YOU, HOPE YOU'RE STAYING SAFE & HEALTHY :)
Quick Fixes: Layers Panel shows up correctly on all iPads now
+ Supports Dark Mode (saving / renaming Presets and Banks now is visible)
Plus 2.4 Updates:
• Added Inter-app Audio (IAA) & Audiobus support
• We're working on improving AUv3. In the meantime, we've added IAA & AB back.
• We also really appreciate everyone who got the new Bass 808 app. Its new code is helping us with this app.
• We've got more to go... We're working constantly to improve AudioKit apps for you.
Thanks for your support!
The app will just get better & better - stay tuned!
Email friendly notes to: [email protected]
We're working hard to improve the app for you!
Hope you all stay creative and healthy.
Please take care of yourselves and fellow musicians. <3
Stay tuned!
App Description
Beautiful iPad instrument featuring classic famous 80s FM Synth, EP, and FM Tine sounds. Featured by Apple. Trusted by over 100,000+ musicians worldwide!
Played by HERBIE HANCOCK in the studio!
"Best DX7 Sounds on any Platform" - Power DX7
"Best Sounding FM Synth for iOS" - Ask.Audio
"FM Player is great! It's in my bag for every session" - Henny tha Bizness, 4x Grammy Producer
"BEST APPS OF 2017" - Electronic Musician Magazine
"BEST iOS APPS – 2017" - Audio News Room (ANR)
“Presets sound authentically like the original hardware”
– Electronic Musician Magazine
FM Player 2 is the secret weapon for major musicians and grammy-winning producers. Now, you can have all these award-winning sounds on your iPad.
AWESOME FEATURES:
• Faithful multi-sampled recordings of famous classic presets from original retro 80s FM Synthesizers
• Stand-alone iPad Synth, plus IAA & Audiobus
• Basic AUv3 Plugin support. We're working on upgrading Audio Unit support.
• Vintage Arp & 16-Step Sequencer
• 200+ presets and 150+ multi-sampled PCMs included!
• NEW Vintage Stereo Phaser Effect
• 1+ Gigabyte of sounds, compressed to under 300mb!
• Dual layers per voice. KeyboardSplits. Morph between sounds
• Full ADSR Envelopes for each Layer
• 3 LFOs. Fun Routings. LFOs can modify other LFOs.
• NEW FX: Vintage Chorus, Flanger, Amp Simulator, and more
• Beautiful Reverb, Auto Pan, Bit Crush, Stereo Fatten, and more!
• MIDI in (Play with a MIDI Keyboard)
• Analog Tape Style Ping-Pong Delay
• Mono glide & legato modes
• Dual Independent Filters per layer
• Tempo-sync controls & Ableton Link
• GREAT for playing Live with a Keyboard: MIDI Mod Wheel, Pitch Wheel, Program Change, Velocity sensitive sounds, and Sustain Pedal support already added
• All Knobs have MIDI Learn!
NOTE: This app is amazing as a live instrument controlled with a MIDI Keyboard. The main Electric Piano and Full Tines sounds have 20+ layers for maximum expressiveness.
MEDIA REVIEWS:
“Sounds LUSH and Awesome!”
– The Sound Test Room
"FM Player proves the iPad can be a great sounding, viable synth."
- MATRIXSYNTH.com
"Sounds FANTASTIC!"
- Ask.Audio
"The sound quality is incredible! Absolutely amazing!"
- IOSoundDesign, AudioBus Forum
"Truly sounds like the real deal! DX7 is all about the EPs for me...and this one nails it!" - David A., AudioBus Forum
"So crisp and clean. I had a few 80/90’s flashbacks on some of those presets. Very cool!" – Eros, AudioBus Forum
+ We are all volunteers, we do not get paid anything to make this app. We would be humbled if you checked it out. 100% of proceeds go to support the AudioKit open-source project.
• Official Video:
https://vimeo.com/244897673/
*** Optimized for newer iPads for best performance.
Note: App may not work on older iPad 4 devices.
• Source Code to make your own app available free: http://audiokitpro.com/fmplayer
* This app has no official affiliation with Yamaha or the DX7 or DX7II. FM Player is an open-source project to bring the joy of music making to the world. We appreciate Yamaha's beautiful instruments.
** This app has no official endorsement with any artist or producer named in the description (including Herbie Hancock, Jay-Z, Drake, etc). We are humbled they have used our apps. They have received no payment or otherwise compensation for using our apps. :)
Thank you!
App Changes
- June 16, 2019 Initial release
- August 17, 2019 New version 2.1
- August 17, 2019 Price increase: FREE! -> $4.99
- August 19, 2019 Price increase: $4.99 -> $7.99
- August 29, 2019 New version 2.1.2
- August 29, 2019 Price decrease: $7.99 -> $3.99
- September 05, 2019 Price increase: $3.99 -> $4.99
- September 11, 2019 Price increase: $4.99 -> $7.99
- September 24, 2019 New version 2.2
- September 26, 2019 Price decrease: $7.99 -> $3.99
- September 30, 2019 New version 2.2.1
- October 03, 2019 Price increase: $3.99 -> $4.99
- October 10, 2019 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $3.99
- October 22, 2019 New version 2.3
- November 05, 2019 Price increase: $3.99 -> $7.99
- November 12, 2019 Price decrease: $7.99 -> $4.99
- November 26, 2019 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $1.99
- December 10, 2019 Price increase: $1.99 -> $3.99
- December 24, 2019 Price decrease: $3.99 -> $2.99
- January 14, 2020 Price increase: $2.99 -> $4.99
- January 22, 2020 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $3.99
- January 28, 2020 Price decrease: $3.99 -> $2.99
- July 05, 2020 New version 2.4.1
- July 05, 2020 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
- July 15, 2020 Price increase: $0.99 -> $1.99
- August 06, 2021 Price decrease: $1.99 -> $0.99