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A real delight to play, create and stretch the fabric of music itself. A professional effort from front to back, yet ease of use is emphasized rather than made to suffer. To boast the full collection of instruments might be an area for future thoughts towards offering additional subsets to support various ensemble needs. Think of Brubeck 5: or other smaller ensembles. The sounds themselves are top shelf. I immediately understood why they aren’t given away on street corners. Very much like playing a superior and delightfully constructed instrument after playing one’s of lesser quality’s; the better instrument makes you play better. The same is true with all the instruments; the quality is better than most and it makes you sound better because you want so much to dive into their rich and unending textures. My last observation comes from being a disabled user of GeoShred; limited use of digits on the control surface keyboard is not the same obstacle the well adopted ‘piano’ visual metaphor is. Good job of ‘thinking outside the 88’s’! I judge the value of any app by how much fun I have using it. 5 star design and concepts. 5 star implementation. I’ve run out of stars! Show more

I use GarageBand because I like the way it’s organized. I have everything connected to it. The problem I’m having is that I can’t access the GeoShred sounds I bought because the GeoShred screen is too large to fit within GarageBand’s window. The list of sounds is at the very top of the screen, which is covered by GarageBand’s options bar. It’s like watching a TV that’s behind a narrow clerestory window. I just need a tip or two, thank you. Show more

I can’t say enough about this fantastic app. It has an ever-expanding range of instruments that range from the super synthy to rich orchestral sounds. I have been using this app as a key instrument in my own productions, and it intergrates seamlessly with GarageBand for recording. It’s just a whole lot of fun for not a lot of money, and can give you another tool for your sonic arsenal. Show more

I know IOS 10 is ancient at this stage, but please do not let us update to a version that is broken. Thank you Hope this can be resolved Ipad Air2 if that helps. Tried also from clean boot. No luck. Update. Thank you for your feedback. I have not had time to reach to support directly however your latest update with a fix for IOS 12, also fixed the crash on IOS10. I understand that you no longer support anything below IOS 11.4 Thats fine. My gripe is that then I as a user of IOS 10 should not be able, via the app store, to upgrade to a non supported version. I dont go checking each app to see if the devs have stopped supporting a specific app, if theres an update showing, I typically read the changes description and then hit update, sometimes just hit update. There are several apps which no longer allow me to update, skype being one such example, even though it shows an update in the updates menu. All im asking for, generally speaking is for devs to not allow us to download unsupported updates onto our Ipads, because we have no "revert to previous working version button" I will now stop updating geoshred on my IOS10 and be happy that its working. As for updating my Air2 to IOS 15. No thanks, apple loves to change things, and sometime we just like how some functionality and workflow worked, and its worth feature freezing.. and then getting another fresh device if one wants latest greatest. Thank you Update2 Thank you for the feedback. Would give you 7 stars, just for taking the time to explain and fix all this apple created mess. Keep up the good work! Thank you. Show more

Really wish I had the fretboard speed and accuracy as well as the bend capabilities on a real guitar that are easy to achieve on this. Playing like Jeff Beck, shredding like EVH and it feels so easy as it gives a feeling of playing like the pros Show more

It’s a nice instrument, I’m sure ones I can master this instrument it will bring a lot of musical enjoyment into my Life

I love this instrument! It’s right up there with ThumbJam with regards to expressive capabilities and very detailed configurability. GeoShred and Thumbjam are both amazing. Each has some unique features that the other doesn’t, so I find myself switching back and forth depending on my needs. I’ve played guitar and keyboards most of my life, but I now find these are my most frequently used instruments. GeoShred will crash on me at times, where it stops sounding notes. When this happens, I stop and restart it, which clears the problem (My iPad is at IOS v15.6). I still give it 5 stars, since it is a work horse, as well as a true joy to make music with. I also might add that customer support for GeoShred is outstanding. I posted a bug in the ‘report a problem’ section of the help feature on a Saturday, and to my surprise, Pat responded to my issue within an hour. He then continued to work with me to try and resolve the problem. Bravo! Show more

I’ve been a Jordan Rudess fan for years now, as he’s my main inspiration as a keys player. I’ve seen him live in person a few times, but also subscribe to his Patreon for his livestreams and instructional videos, and he advertised this fantastic app. The catch though is that (for now) it’s an iOS exclusive, so I saved up my money for an iPad and I have to say it’s been well worth it. The sounds, the controls, the variety, the tools to set up your own “instruments”, the ability to use MIDI controllers, even the visuals are appealing and intuitive. This app is so robust it may as well be its own instrument, and indeed there are people out there who call themselves “GeoShred players”. I love it, and as a music teacher I share it with my students and coworkers who also really enjoy it too. Well worth the price in every respect. Show more

This is a fantastic app and being a drummer for 35+years I am playing guitar like a pro lol dig it big time!!!

This is my favorite iPad midi controller. Great sounds. Especially GeoSwam Woodwinds. Are there any features missing. I can only think of one and it does not apply to many users. I would like the ability to view Scribian colors on notes ( customizable ) Would not be difficult to add but not sure how applicable it would be to users. Show more

Buy it and grab some sounds. You will find inspiration over and over again. Thank you for making this app!

Sounds great, plays great. Integration with SWAM makes this an iPad music must-have

It’s So Much Fun To Play It’s Difficult To Ever Reach The Recording Process. I’ve lost so many Beautiful Melodie’s to the winds of Time forever. The New GeoSwam Instruments Are Absolutely phenomenal. This app. Is truly a gift to musicians of all the world and into the future. ? Show more

Great for when inspiration hits, wherever, whenever, my iPad is usually on me, so I just launch GPro, and put the inspiration into action, save it, then export it to Ableton Live. Easy easy, and great sounds. Show more

Great sound, easy to use, versatile. . . .

This thing is a blast to play. Holy crap just buy it. Well worth the money at twice the price.

I love this app so much I’ve used it live once and it works great buddy musical app ever!!!

First of all, let me just say that I had this app for years and had written it off quickly as an app that wasn’t for me. I realize now that I just didn’t understand the potential of its versatility, both in the sound engine (the SWAM stuff is easily one of the best things on iOS) and the ease of playability. Add to the fact that the support for the app is incredible and that they were beyond helpful. Probably my most used app for making music at the moment, so I only regret not getting these IAPs sooner. Show more

Everybody saying this app makes real music is right. Nothing else is like it.

This is a wonderful instrument i’m only just now scratching the surface. It’s incredibly fun and expressive ?? Only issues I’m having is I’m unable to save 444hz global tuning, it always reverts to 440 hz ? Also problems loading up in AUM and audiobus quite often Show more