GeoShred Play an affordable way to get started with GeoShred, preset playback, in-app instrument purchases, and an upgrade path to the functionality of GeoShred Pro.
GeoShred Play Version 7
With In-App Purchases for GeoSWAM and Naada instruments on devices running iOS 13 or later.
With GeoShred Play, everyone can shred.
Play with confidence on GeoShred’s innovative diatonic playing surface, where every key can fit the scale. Slide your finger in any direction and let the music flow with expressive vibrato, seamless fretless playing, and GeoShred’s groundbreaking intelligent pitch rounding.
GeoShred Play is the play-only version of the award-winning GeoShred musical instrument for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. It is a great way to get started with GeoShred, giving you access to the expressive GeoShred performance surface and the ability to play GeoShred Pro presets.
GeoShred Play can also be upgraded** to the functionality of GeoShred Pro, adding powerful features including preset editing, AUv3 plug-in support, MIDI/MPE, and setlist editing. GeoSWAM and Naada instruments are also available as In-App Purchases.
GeoShred’s expressive performance surface with “almost magic” pitch-rounding algorithms is coupled with physics-based models of musical instruments. It is a fusion of Jordan Rudess’ performance concepts and moForte’s powerful modeled guitar and effects technology, based on the physical modeling research of Dr. Julius O. Smith III of Stanford/CCRMA.
Awards
• 2nd Place Winner, 2022/2025 MIDI Innovation Award for Software
• Gold Medal Winner, 2019 Denny Award
• Winner, 2019 Guthman New Musical Instrument Award
• Winner, 2017 Electronic Musician Editor’s Choice Award
GeoShred Play Features
• Fluidly expressive playing surface
• Built-in physically modeled guitar
• Diatonic keyboard mode where every key is in the scale
• Backing track support
• 3D Touch on supported devices
• Inter-App Audio and Audiobus support
• Play GeoShred Pro presets
• In-App Purchases for GeoSWAM and Naada instruments
• Upgrade path to the functionality of GeoShred Pro
GeoSWAM and Naada instruments can be performed from the GeoShred keyboard, MPE controllers, conventional MIDI controllers, and wind controllers.
Praise for the GeoShred family of apps
“GeoShred is brilliant - it’s a real instrument.”
— Eddie Jobson
“A fantastic new invention which is going to revolutionize the way music is played, expressed and learned!”
— Patrick Moraz
“That’s just nuts. You’re the best guitarist-without-a-guitar of all time.”
— Joe Satriani
“GeoShred is a breakthrough musical instrument for the iPad.”
— Craig Anderton, Harmony Central
We are dedicated to delivering the highest level of musical instrument experience for our customers worldwide. If you enjoy GeoShred Play, please leave a review on the App Store.
Questions? Contact us at support@moforte.com
Minimum Requirements
iOS 13 or later is required for the GeoSWAM and Naada instruments.
* Due to App Store limitations, previously purchased individual instrument IAPs cannot be applied to the purchase of a collection IAP.
** The Pro upgrade is to the functionality of GeoShred Pro. The app remains GeoShred Play, but gains all Pro features and becomes functionally identical to GeoShred Pro
I have lots of fantastic music apps on my iPad but this is the one I pick up most often when I just want to relax and play some music. The interface feels fantastic. It replicates a lot of the expressiveness of a stringed instrument both directly on the strings and through extra controls at the top. It also gives you the option to only show notes in a scale so you don’t even have to know anything to play it.It sounds really good too. It has a ton of presets, although I almost always play the first one called “Shred Lead”. If you upgrade, you have a bunch of options to customize the sounds but it’s definitely not necessary.GeoShred is basically a souped up Bebot. If that sounds interesting to you, you should definitely get it. If you want a virtual guitar on your iPad, you should definitely get it. If you’ve been considering an MPE controller and want something inexpensive to see if you like it, GeoShred is a great option.
The ultimate iOS instrument
beinthenotes
It’s an instrument in your pocket - if even better on an iPad than an iPhone. It’s an extremely versatile lead guitar made accessible to a keyboardist. It’s a new challenge for mastery, too - capable of delivering on whatever effort you’re willing to invest. Start with GeoShred Play, then go Pro. ROI is there even before mastery.As a heads up and wish list, most patches are only good entertainment, not playable without adjustment, though plenty to choose from. It’d be nice to have them prearranged better to sort the playable guitar-like sounds from the preset arpeggiated sounds, but you can arrange them yourself. I’d like to see the pure acoustic sounds library expanded a bit further - e.g. more focus on some nylon string guitar derived sounds.Deficiencies aside, GeoShred delivers an instrument to a screen, and in a way one could hardly conceive of. There’s no going back to being without it.
Must-have app for any music enthusiast!
keepguessin
I am a keyboardist in a band. I was skeptical of purchasing Geoshred unaware of its capabilities and whether or not I can use it in my live performances. After purchasing the basic Geoshred Play app, I was extremely impressed by how accurate it was. I made several in-app-purchases (GeoSWAM and Naada collections) and I could not be happier. These instruments sound so real and authentic. I use Geoshred for playing lead solos in my performances with my band. There is no delay when performing live with this app. It allows me to be extremely expressive since it allows me to "flow" from one note to the other and has a host of effects that I could use. To top it all, the support staff have been amazing. They readily respond to email queries. I strongly recommend this app for all music enthusiasts.
Incredibly expressive
zigzagidiot
GeoShred is a lot of fun, and with its sounds and features a serious instrument in its own right. As primarily a keyboard player I enjoy the expressiveness of sliding to adjacent notes and controlling vibrato with my fingers. With limited skill on this surface it is still easy to play engaging riffs and melodies — and it sounds great. The MIDI has been erratic for me but I think this may be more of an issue with Apple/Ableton. For instance, I have projects in which I have recorded and played back MIDI, but then I go back to a track and the MIDI no longer plays. Perhaps I have not worked with this enough to understand why this might happen. Nonetheless, I intend to continue to build my facility with GeoShred and incorporate it into my music production workflow. Thanks!
* New Application Note #54 for the Quarter Tone Keyboard
* Fix for temperament issue where notes were tempered twice
* Fix for global scale problems
* Fix for incorrect notes on key edges
* fix tuning of GeoSWAM bowed strings
* Adjusted temperament of Balinese Pelog and Slendro scales
* New Polkadot quarter-tone key style with on-device renderer
* Polkadot Pattern designer: free-form colour picker, sticky preview, stroke/drop shadow, label circle size, help
* Import/Export of Polkadot patterns for sharing
* New QT (quarter-tone) Keyboard Presets
* Added Shred Lead QT to Favorites
* Quarter-tone vertical guide lines through key centers, with "Show 1/4 Tones" Settings toggle
* Fixed Seaboard / MPE: two channels no longer fight on the same string
* Fixed per-channel strum controller send for Naada effects
* Updated Settings help
* Revamped main menu
* Improved handling of mono mode intervals/poly expression/arpeggiator for MIDI in
* Proper indication of connect send/receive state after reloading DAW projects>
* Optimized plug-in performance for multi-instrument projects in DAWs
* Fixed custom scale temperament truncation when shift exceeds 50 cents
* Fixed mouse hover crash in VST3/AUv2 plugin wrapper
* Fixes to echo looper machine state
* Fixed grid change detection on temperaments with large etdiffs
* Backing track now plays in GeoShred Studio upon request via MIDI in
* Fixed MPE manager channel expression routing in Pad Mode
* Fixed octave rounding note-off mismatch
* Fixed Naada strum resonance strings playing wrong key on root change
* Fixed SWAM coarse tune reset on scale change
* Fixed stuck note handling improvements
* Fixed expression pad visual cursor not updating on MIDI input
* Fixed Connect/Receive preset changes not persisting in DAW project saves
* Fixed Connect/Receive MIDI configuration reverting to AU MPE on project reload in Ableton Live
* Per-track MIDI configuration support
* All MPE presets now respond to CC2, CC4, CC11
* Disabled legato button for SWAM/Naada instruments
* Added Reset button to backing track
* Fixed Music Library access alert text
* Disable Edit button in MIDI mapping view when Learn mode is active
* Improved help system for web and in-app
Version 7000.303.1.411
In-App Purchases
Pro Features Upgrade
Unlock full GeoShred Pro features
$14.99
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