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It’s not just for chiptunes and it’s not just a tracker. This app started off getting a lot of praise from the chiptune community—and rightly so: it is beautiful for that purpose. It’s light, multi-platform, could run on PalmOS, free on a computer... BUT! This app has grown to become something far beyond just a chiptune app so please don’t let the tracker scare you away. I’m starting to wrap my head around the tracker after a few tutorials and I’m finding it’s a very intuitive way to sequence parts and build chords as opposed to a piano roll. This rivals Korg Gadget for modular synths possibilities and pattern composition, and personally, I like this better. If you didn’t know already, SunVox is a full featured DAW in one app. The version you get for PC or OS X, is the same exact thing in iOS. So if you want to try it somewhere else, you can. It is also one of the best ports I’ve ever seen interface-wise for touch screen use in an app, anywhere. When first using this, every time I started to fantasize about a feature this app could have, I found that it already had it and that it works well. The multisampler, the MIDI features, the exporting and importing of samples, files, and instruments—right down to the color scheme so I can make it look as sexy as I want. I am seriously blown away at the thoughtfulness of this developer. For live performances, I may just be freeing myself of a laptop on stage and using the sample module built into this and a MIDI controller. Don’t buy AudioLayer from Virsyn. Use the multisampler here. Also, the instrument modules are MIDI channel assignable, so if you don’t want this to be your audio-source, let it sequence your actual synths/drums/whatever. It’s unreal and can be your production center if you want it to be. For songwriting, it is also a tour de force. You can compose on the same project on any device. The beautiful thing is that if you want to construct your sampler from another computer, you can transfer it to another device with SunVox and it’s totally seamless. For that matter, if you want to import an ENTIRE PROJECT from one device to the other, it is seamless. It can even be done over wifi. iOS to iOS. Linux to Android, PC to OS X, whatever. The project files are self-contained so you don’t have to worry about moving your sample library over with it. It moves it all over as a single instrument. It’s a file-management nerd’s dream. If you wanted to export the parts you made in SunVox to use in a different DAW, it exports your parts to MIDI, and can even export up to 192k sample rate .wav as well. Don’t be intimidated. There are terrific instructional videos on YouTube from Solar Lune I’ve only scratched the surface Welcome Show more

You’ll either get along with the UI of this app or you won’t. I’ve watched videos of people doing very cool things with this app, but I’m not a programmer and I don’t think like one, so this app is tough for me to understand... I did manage to make a simple 8 bar 3 track groove, but it took about an hour. ? Not the apps fault at all. It’s the sequencer and timeline that I struggle with. I’m sure that if I hunkered down and spent a few months with this app, I could have a good understanding of how it works, but there are many other apps that do not require such work for me. I’ll probably keep hitting this app over time until I get it, cause I do like a good puzzle. peace Show more

While there are some refinements and additional functionality to be added to the AU aspects of SunVox, it’s a very welcome addition. You can use the System import option from the main menu to import projects into the AU that are on your device or in the cloud. I was able to export and import projects from another device including ones with custom samples which worked great. Being able to select a module in a project, send MIDI, and then record it works very well for building up patterns and tracks without needing to enter the tracker sequence manually. I can then copy any portion of any pattern and paste it into another pattern in another instance of SunVox AU. The AU update opens up lots of possibilities for more integration with other apps with an AU host app (DAW). There are a multitude of online tutorials for SunVox too. Show more

Thank you for your continued work on this awesome music maker

I have tried out countless other apps for music production and this has remained my absolute favorite one for the last five years. It has the ingenious features of a tracker plus so much more. You can add effects in the tracker using std values or apply effect values live using the record button. You can even change the bpm, quantization, and pattern lengths to whatever you want. With an app like this, the sky is the limit! Show more

SunVox is perfect for music making while on the road. Love its sample implementation! Great music making platform.

Totally awesome little app. I’ve been using this on my PC and was worried that this was going to be horrible in the iPhone due to the UI but it actually works pretty well, nice work! Show more

The depth of this ap blows me away. I wish it was a little more intuitive. This isn’t for the squeamish..

I cannot recommend this app highly enough. Most of the music production apps are limited, glitchy, and not built for serious musicians. Even the paid music production apps, in my experience, are often a waste of money, and a massive waste of time being that recording music on iOS can be a time-consuming process when you’re getting started as it’s nothing like recording music in a “real” studio. iOS has got kind of a learning curve in the MIDI/music production department, which is mostly because of the inconsistencies between apps, And the inability for apps to work with each other without problems. Even awesome apps like Audiobus 3 can be problematic due to other apps being glitchy. If you’re not familiar with the “Tracker” platform of music production, this app might be a bit of a learning curve for you, but I cannot stress how worth it learning this app will be if you want to make music on iOS devices. If you’ve been downloading music production apps on iOS you’ve probably realised many of them are childish beat making platforms - The kind of thing where you draw in a snare here and a hi hat there... this is not that. You do have the ability to quickly and easily make repetitive (or extremely complex!) electronic beats perfect for hip-hop or EDM, but this app is also a fully functional DAW. It doesn’t quite work like most music production apps for desktop or iOS, again this is a “tracker.“ If you’re not sure what I mean by tracker, look up Fast Tracker, Milky Tracker, or this app (SunVox) on YouTube. The most important thing those two programs have in common with SunVox is the pattern editing view typical of trackers (and they do not come with a suite of modular synthesisers, drum sounds, and effects like SunVox). for someone unfamiliar with trackers, the interface may at first seem unintuitive; however as someone who has been recording music digitally for 20+ years (and a devout Ableton Live user), I believe that the tracker style of music production is almost limitless and one of the most underrated and underused systems of recording music. Most importantly, this app is not glitchy at all. I’ve been running it non-stop for at least four years, through tons of massive updates from the developer, and I’ve never had any crashing or serious problems whatsoever. That said, I know that there have been some minor bugs throughout this apps development, but I can’t understate how quickly the developer has fixed them. Also, there seems to be massive updates from the developer about once a year and the list of fixes and awesome embellishments they come up with each time is staggering. This app is worth every penny as there is no other app comparable for iOS. Not to mention, some of the other quality music making apps for iOS can run 30 or 40 bucks; SunVox costs a tiny fraction of that. Oh and I almost forgot, there is a desktop version and it functions just as well as this iOS version. Show more

Sunvox is great but in sunvox you should have the option to place notes on a pattern or on piano line, kinda like fl studio, it would be great.

Well at last a comprehensive music synthesis system, that does not limit you to dance loops. The possibilities of the app appear to be almost endless. At first glance it s undoubtedly daunting. After just a few minutes you are producing your own music. Possibly some musical experience is a good idea but definitely not a requirement. I have searched and spent, for a long long time for an app as capable as this one is, and it's not a massive download either. No manual, well that's not new and let's face it, who reads them at first. A little guidance would be nice, but learning by using is definitely possible with this little beauty. I have all the real gear i will ever need, but I am very glad to have a truly portable studio, the size of my IPad. Stable too. Well worth the cost. Show more

One of my favorite synth engines and you can easily configure triggering individual instruments through midi. Amazing!

Excellent tracker!

This mobile friendly daw has a bit of a learning curve to getting up and running. It works just fine on my iPhone 6S and older generation iPad, but I’d definitely recommend learning your way around either on iPad or the computer. There is a ton of community YouTube support for this app, so I recommend using these resources to learn your way around the navigation... this program is DEEP and capable of some incredible sound design and sequencing. Show more

this app is a modular synth or modular groovebox if you will. among modular synths, this one is easiest fo use for me, still providing wide possibilities to build your own sound. the ui is simplistic, but has a lot of stuff done right Show more

Yes this app won’t cost you much money, it’s free on Mac, PC, Linux and even Raspberry Pi if you really want to try before buying. I was trying to make a stand alone box running it on Raspberry Pi but then I realized it works so much better on my Phone and this was 3 years ago. It can do so much and continues to get developed to be even better year after year. Some people don’t care for Trackers well I don’t either and I don’t use it often. I has infinite possibilities for sound creation. Works flawlessly on everything from my old 2011 iPad 2 running the latest SunVox version to my new 2017 iPad Pro. I’m just resending my same review as before because the iOS review system is stupid! Show more

As another reviewer said; “Convoluted, capable, affordable.” I’ve owned this app possibly ever since it was released, yet I have never made a single song with it. The UI is from the mid-1980s and uses hexadecimal values. Seriously? From my experience there are two types of music creators (There maybe more that I just have not recognized); music constructors and intuitive music creators. SunVox is for the music constructors. SunVox’s UI forces me to focus on ‘mechanics’, navigation, etc. That’s a complete and total distraction for me and that is why I never have created any music using SunVox. Is one music creation process better than the other as far as the musical outcome? Absolutely not. It depends on your style. Myself I prefer Crystal Synth if I’m going this route. It too has a healthy learning curve but other than picking the appropriate screen, that’s all for the apps navigation and mechanics. I can focus on ‘inspiration’ and translate my emotions into sound without UI distractions. BUT I’ll keep updating it. Who knows, I might become an android and make SunVox my main app. ? Show more

Very easy to use. 100% worth the money, and then some!

Hoping for Bluetooth QWERTY keyboard support... otherwise wonderful!

I’ve tried others like Auxy and Moog model 15, but this one is my favorite. Didn’t take me that long to learn the basics. Best money I’ve spent on a music app ever Show more