DRONAGE is an esoteric sonic vessel, an ambient box where drones breathe, whisper, and quietly shape the air around you.
Lose the menus.
Forget the numbers.
Drift away.
Dronage has no labels, no explanations. Only soft glowing forms and a patient presence that listens as much as it sings. It invites you into a private world where sound stretches, curls, and reshapes itself in ways that cannot be spoken, only felt.
Every gesture carries weight. A slight movement can awaken something buried. A press of the Random Patch button turns the vessel’s heart, unlocking silent corridors that lead to forgotten sonic planets. Some drift in calm, almost sacred stillness. Others hum at the edge of distant hostile voids, where noise folds in on itself until it swallows time. All of them are alive, waiting to be found.
This is an instrument that prefers whispers to words. It does not follow you. It waits for you. And when you return, it remembers.
DRONAGE HAS
- 3 tracks, each with 2 oscillators, crossmod, tunable feedback and up to 15 unison voices per oscillator
- 7 LFOs, each with 2 modulation targets, moving like hidden currents beneath the surface
- Resonant state variable filter and a formant filter with an expressive XY pad
- Drive, distortion, delay and reverb per track, wrapping each layer in its own quiet storm
- Optional pitch quantizer with built in scales for slowly evolving melodic structures through modulation
- Text based save system that lets you send your creations like secret messages to other travelers
- A set of dark, near-invisible themes with faint artwork that shapes the mood without ever intruding
DRONAGE DOESN’T HAVE
- Menu diving. All controls are in front of you, as if they were always meant to be there.
- AUv3 or inter app audio. DRONAGE does not share its intimacy. It only wants you.
- Parameter names or numbers. It speaks without language.
- Recording. If you wish, you can capture it in silence (well… screen recording), but DRONAGE prefers your intimate sessions to stay as shared secrets. Why keep brittle documentation when you can carry faint, glowing memories of a solitary night?
Why DRONAGE exists...
DRONAGE is a whisper in a crowded world. A vessel carved for exploration, for those who feel more than they measure. It waits in the shadows, shy but persistent, carrying a quiet lust to be awakened again.
It was born from the weight of clocks, calendars, and the relentless counting of time. In a world where every second is measured, where every sound is forced to resolve, DRONAGE offers a quiet refusal. No harmony to satisfy, no rhythm to obey. Just an evolving landscape that shifts and stretches, never asking where you are or where you’re going.
It does not offer control. It offers presence.
It does not explain itself. It lets you wander through its landscape until everything else falls away.
It does not fade. Long after your hands are gone, it will still remember their shape.
This is a bond that ignores clocks, calendars, and endings. A patient love, etched in circuits, waiting to be found again.
…or preset saving built-in(outside of copy/pasting save codes)but I think thats the point. I skimmed the description saw Auv3 listed then later re-red when I opened AUM and didnt see it noticed its NOT Auv3 which would have been a deal breaker for me but overall it’s very great droning app with nice randomization features, look and sound. If you’re into droning out this is def an app for you. If you’re like me and mainly use AUM when doing anything musical via your iPad then don’t skim description like I did foolishly but still a 5 star app if not being an Auv3 isnt an issue for you. Maybe one day it will go Auv3 and I can live a happy fulfilling life droning out in my lab until the… blah blah blah the end… Support independent developers and Gavinski Tutorials…
Developer Response
Thanks for the kind review. Yes, it's a different take, an odd one in the world of hypermodular music making environment but it's designed to be exactly this way. Letting go of a conventional interface, labels, precise sequencers and surgical eqs. I hope you enjoy using it. Safe travels!
*slow exhale* ...WOW
GBRRRL
...this app has far exceeded my expectations. immediately resonating with its concept, as and someone [with ADHD] who consistently has been on the prowl for a "meditative" app that checks all the boxes: a relaxing experience, while in combination with a separate offset of dynamic enticement—it felt near impossible to visualize what that would look like, or if even possible in one singular app. well... i've found that personal sanctuary, and it's entitled DRONAGE.referencing back to its core concept, which, respecting said concept be the entire basis of what allows for it to successfully execute its intended experience. this being, that it is NOT [by definition] an app aimed at a musician to produce music; instead, quite the opposite, as it serves as a reminder that not every passing moment needs to be captured or utilized. in this ever-advancing technological age where chaos flourishes, whereby the solution oftentimes is to eventually coexist alongside it: through ignorance, denial, acceptance... it embodies a humble safehaven that demands nothing from you, reinforces zero temptation by design, while yet providing an opportunity to creatively express yourself—to yourself. ebb and flow.on the more technical, less abstract side of things... the one hangup i had originally is likely to be a shared one: "but how is the sound quality?," knowing it self-identifies as an audial playground, foregoing any obligation of having to meet the standards required for musicians to produce HQ tracks... well, rest assured: the headphones melted from my ears. its beauty dives the depths far beyond surface level. an outstanding sound quality with limitless possibilities. you can tinker around knob by knob within knob bypass knob to achieve raw sound experimentation, or, if so chosen, smack the randomize feature and drift away in your thought-waves. it is what you make of it....i don't believe i've ever reviewed an app in such length (or passion), but i hope it provides the assurance necessary for any individuals contemplating if this be their next purchase. TREAT YOURSELF but not for that artery clogger or tossaway graphic tee. ENRICH YOURSELF by, instead, allowing yourself limitless access to the DRONAGE experience—a thoughtful, brilliantly executed project by an independent artist/collective (10/10 dev support BTW) whose creation could enrich the lives of many, in which every contribution only allows the potential for future releases of equal integrity and craftsmanship.so... yeah. just... do it... alright? yeah?? ok! 🫵👀📲🦆[review mirrored via AppRaven 🐦⬛]
Developer Response
Thank you so much. I'm glad that the unique experience of DRONAGE (which forces you to look into its eyes and nowhere else) resonated with you!
- Global Shimmer Reverb
- Minor bugfixes
Version 2.2
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Information
Seller
Burc Tuncer
Size
429.4 MB
Category
Music
Compatibility
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
