tardigrain

Name: tardigrain
Price: 5.99 USD
Rating: 4.5 (96 reviews)
Author: Erik Sigth

Music

$5.99 · Designed for iPad

96 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

Erik Sigth
Language

EN
English
Size

62.8
MB

Tardigrain is a granular synthesiser for iOS that runs standalone or as an AU plugin. Sounds are created by taking smaller fragments of a sample and playing them back in a non linear fashion, with settings for grain size, direction, step size and more. Process the sound further through effects like reverb, wave shaper and sample crush. Tardigrain supports connections with AudioCopy, AudioBus, Inter App Audio and AUv3. Plus all audio parameters can be modulated by MIDI, as AU parameters and by aftertouch on the build in keyboard. Now also a selected set of parameters can be modulated by LFOs och notes triggered by a new sequencer/arpeggiator. +++ Record your own samples or import using AudioCopy/drag'n drop +++ Chromatic granualar playpack +++ Effects (Wave shaper, Reverb, Sample crusher, Pitch and stereo spread) +++ Resonant filter (low, band and high pass) +++ Keyboard and MPE modulation of any audio parameters +++ Note trigger sequencer/arpeggiator +++ 4 LFO sources for modulating a selected set of parameters +++ Multiple factory presets to get you started +++ Save and load your own settings and samples +++ Inter App Audio, AudioBus and AUv3 +++ Core MIDI, Inter App Audio MIDI and AUv3 MIDI

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

96 Ratings

Smooooth Touch Update on this Fantastic Synth
11/06/2018

Oh_W3ll
Tardigrain has been a home run from the get go. The synth engine makes it incredibly easy to get a wide range of sustained sounds out of virtually any sound material. The UI is also brilliant: beautiful, uncluttered, powerful. The touch keyboard + chords layout is just wonderful - I honestly wish I could use it with other iOS synths. The issue this update fixes - touch response problems with the edges, often making the controls finicky - was an annoyance that I really didn’t mind putting up with given how amazing this app is. Until this fix, I had no idea just how much better this would make the app feel. This is an unexpectedly awesome quality of life improvement to an already awesome app.Kudos for figuring out how to make a second home run out of tardigrain.
Smooooth Touch Update on this Fantastic Synth
11/06/2018

Oh_W3ll

Tardigrain has been a home run from the get go. The synth engine makes it incredibly easy to get a wide range of sustained sounds out of virtually any sound material. The UI is also brilliant: beautiful, uncluttered, powerful. The touch keyboard + chords layout is just wonderful - I honestly wish I could use it with other iOS synths. The issue this update fixes - touch response problems with the edges, often making the controls finicky - was an annoyance that I really didn’t mind putting up with given how amazing this app is. Until this fix, I had no idea just how much better this would make the app feel. This is an unexpectedly awesome quality of life improvement to an already awesome app.Kudos for figuring out how to make a second home run out of tardigrain.
Interestingly subtle❣️
03/09/2024

Eriptron
Time for a new review. First, Tardigrain has been around a lot longer than the 5-year App History implies. :-) What? Some 15-18 years? I found Tardigrain now long after it first was released. Way before Alligoopa’s demise. My first Allihoopa offering was from Tardigrain. Several Japanese members were excited that not only did I know of the tiny beast AND I made a song to them. lol I have always had Tardigrain on my mobile device! There still isn’t anything quite like it on the App Store. It’s other worldly and under worldly! It’s simple but affective. Keep thinking out of the box! (And very stable standalone playing in the background with other apps while I read on iOs.)
Interestingly subtle❣️
03/09/2024

Eriptron

Time for a new review. First, Tardigrain has been around a lot longer than the 5-year App History implies. :-) What? Some 15-18 years? I found Tardigrain now long after it first was released. Way before Alligoopa’s demise. My first Allihoopa offering was from Tardigrain. Several Japanese members were excited that not only did I know of the tiny beast AND I made a song to them. lol I have always had Tardigrain on my mobile device! There still isn’t anything quite like it on the App Store. It’s other worldly and under worldly! It’s simple but affective. Keep thinking out of the box! (And very stable standalone playing in the background with other apps while I read on iOs.)
love it
12/08/2020

BossHaussguymanbrotha
made a cool track with this, I was looking for something strange capable of making strange sound this was it, I sampled a bass note from a piano and it sounded so dark and ambient, this app is interesting and can make something simple sound unique, good for drones, love the look, love the parameter changes possible, high sound quality
love it
12/08/2020

BossHaussguymanbrotha

made a cool track with this, I was looking for something strange capable of making strange sound this was it, I sampled a bass note from a piano and it sounded so dark and ambient, this app is interesting and can make something simple sound unique, good for drones, love the look, love the parameter changes possible, high sound quality
Disappointing
05/02/2018

7Z7
After watching a video I was excited about the capabilities. But then after trying it as an audio unit in BM3, I feel completely ripped off. The ability to use your own samples from a session doesn’t seem to exist. All the cool modulation options are no longer there either... Everything is about audiounits these days. If developers don’t make their stuff to run smoothly and function 100 percent as audiounits, it’s a wasted effort... Disappointing. I wanted to be able to give it 5 stars after seeing the video on it. Make honest videos, there’s no practical purpose to how an app functions in standalone. Show how it works in practical applications as audiounits.
Disappointing
05/02/2018

7Z7

After watching a video I was excited about the capabilities. But then after trying it as an audio unit in BM3, I feel completely ripped off. The ability to use your own samples from a session doesn’t seem to exist. All the cool modulation options are no longer there either... Everything is about audiounits these days. If developers don’t make their stuff to run smoothly and function 100 percent as audiounits, it’s a wasted effort... Disappointing. I wanted to be able to give it 5 stars after seeing the video on it. Make honest videos, there’s no practical purpose to how an app functions in standalone. Show how it works in practical applications as audiounits.

+ Fixing graphical issues in seen menus on iOS 26.

Version 1.2.8 11/25/2025

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Seller: erik sigth
Size: 62.8 MB
Category: Music
Compatibility: Requires iOS 11.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 4+

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