Your ultimate orchestra app for iPhone, iPad and every AU compatible mobile DAW
Iconica Sketch brings the power of a full orchestra to your fingertips, offering top-tier audio quality and effortless simplicity. Whether you're crafting symphonies, scoring epic trailers, or producing chart-topping pop tracks, Iconica Sketch is designed to inspire and empower you – anywhere, anytime. Seamlessly integrate Iconica Sketch with your favorite mobile DAW, including Cubasis, Logic Pro for iPad, AUM, GarageBand and many more. Bring your musical ideas to life on the go with Iconica Sketch for iPhone and iPad.
• A complete orchestra for iPhone, iPad and every mobile DAW supporting AU
• 34 incredible-sounding instruments, ranging from violins to percussion
• 140 of the most important short and long articulations (including legatos)
• Recorded at the legendary Funkhaus Berlin, in cooperation with Orchestral Tools
• Includes free additional Cubasis plug-in version for improved integration and maximum performance
A complete orchestra for iPhone and iPad
Iconica Sketch pairs a full orchestra with portability and ease of use, but without compromising on audio quality. Capture great ideas on the move, right there on your iPhone and iPad. And it’s fully-compatible with your AU-compatible DAW.
Easy to use and ready when inspiration strikes
Iconica Sketch is designed to offer both simplicity and depth, making it easily accessible for beginners and pros alike. Capture and develop ideas quickly, or create full orchestral arrangements whenever inspiration strikes.
Dynamics view
Get an instant, real-time view of the dynamic range your orchestral instrument is playing in.
Switch between articulations
Seamlessly switch between a vast array of an instrument’s articulations with a single click or via keyswitch. From delicate legatos to powerful staccatos, you can effortlessly create dynamic, authentic arrangements, thanks to a great selection of the most common articulations for each instrument.
Adaptive True Legato
Iconica uses an Adaptive True Legato System, which intelligently adjusts to your playing speed, ensuring a seamless, truly expressive and authentic performance.
Free Cubasis plug-in version
Take your music creation to the next level with our multi-award winning Cubasis mobile DAW, now featuring support for tempo, signature track and much more. As the owner of Cubasis and Iconica Sketch for iPhone and iPad, you get a free additional Cubasis plug-in version of the instrument for improved integration and maximum performance. You can also use Iconic Sketch on its own, or within every mobile DAW that supports Audio Units.
Always ready when inspiration strikes
Iconica Sketch puts an entire orchestra at your fingertips. Whether you're on your iPhone or iPad, you'll have a full range of instruments ready to play on their own or within every AU-compatible mobile DAW, ensuring you never miss a moment of inspiration. Compose and arrange with ease, all from the palm of your hand. Iconica Sketch is compact in size, fast to load, easy to use and features high-quality, detailed recordings from the Orchestral Tools Iconica library, designed to effortlessly produce modern, cinematic scores or enhance modern pop tracks. Take Iconica Sketch with you wherever you go, and let your ideas flow freely, no matter when and where creativity strikes.
Technical support
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IIconica Sketch how’s a reasonable set of orchestral instruments and articulations readily available upon picking the instrumentation. Some people have objected to what they consider to be a small library. Considering that the most typical playing skills are right in front of you I strongly object and think that you get extremely good playing instrument that sounds real.the problem I have with Iconica is there requirement that you download the 1.8 gig library if you use it outside of Cubasis 3, and in Cubasis 3, you’ll be downloading the 1.8 gig library as well. It’s a lot. Currently I’m dealing with Wi-Fi. That is super slow and him to waste hours getting the program. Downloaded is a real pain in the neck.I will not write something low when it’s capable of doing excellent work. Could it be better, yes, but if you can compare it to what’s available for the iPad it is a stunning, high-quality set of functionally high quality timbres.If these are something that you use, and it definitely goes beyond the orchestral mindset many people have, hip-hop, rap, rock, all use orchestral timbres and these are well suited for what it is.I hope they expand it, but seeing as creed plays a big part in everything available for the App Store I would suspect if they did expand, it would probably be a part two and honestly, I would probably buy it. Well, worth your consideration, recommended.
Developer Response
Hi xBruce,Many thanks for your kind review and rating - greatly appreciated!We are sorry that it is currently required to download the content twice if you want to use the AUv3 and Cubasis versions of the plug-in. We're glad to read that you enjoy using Iconcia Sketch nevertheless!Thanks again!Enjoy being creative& stay well,Lars
Doesn’t work in AUM
DJSUN1
Buggy install had to install content again in cubasis after 1.8 gb install. was able to get it working on iPhone but no dice 🎲 on iPad iOS 17 2nd gen iPad Pro. Works in cubasis not in AUM only on my iPad for some reason. Restarted again to no avail. Sounds good from what I have heard of it will change review once that gets sorted! Update: Latest update fixed this deleted the original app- reinstalled and redownloaded the library- i believe it didn’t download the factory content properly originally. Love the sounds glad it’s working on my trusty older iPad now as well as my phone which never had a problem for some reason.
Developer Response
Hi DJSUN1,Thank you very much for your updated review and rating.We're sorry to hear you initially had issues installing the content — that certainly shouldn’t happen in an ideal world. That said, we’re really glad to hear you were able to resolve the issue and that Iconica Sketch now works as expected with AUM for you.We hope you continue to enjoy using Iconica Sketch, and that it inspires many creative sessions and superb-sounding tracks.Enjoy being creative, and stay safe!Thanks again,Lars
Almost there!
EduardoG2
Great to see an AUV3 with good orchestral sounds! It has enough instruments to sketch a decent score, the articulations are few but well chosen, and the sounds are great for arranging on the go. It also has a very clear interface, which is a plus. It has just come out, so there are a couple of things that could be improved, though, like the mod and pitch wheels effectively stopping you from pressing keys on the screen (big problem for orchestral playing), and it would be nice to arrange the presets by instrument type (strings, woodwinds, brass, etc) instead of alphabetically. I'm sure we will get there eventually. Definitely worth it at this price.
Developer Response
Hi EduardoG2, Thank you very much for your kind Iconica Sketch review and rating - greatly appreciated! Your feedback will be shared with the team. Thanks again & stay well, Lars
such a cool app
eross21
this is the orchestral app I have been waiting for on ios. the only thing that is a bummer is it does not work with GR2 DAW yet. hopefully it’s coming soon in a future update. also a midi learn function could be a great future update, so one could easily map midi knobs to controls. still giving it 5 stars though. because it is perfect for ios
Developer Response
Hi eross21,Thank you for your kind Iconica Sketch review and rating!We are glad to read that you seem to enjoy using Iconica Sketch so far.We are in exchange with our friends creating the GR2 DAW and it looks like the problem will be solved within the next weeks.Please be patient a little more...Best,Lars
What’s New in Iconica Sketch 1.2
• Store your own presets and access them in any AUv3 DAW app
• Discover sounds quickly with the updated preset browser (search + favorites)
• Capture ideas on an all-new scalable keyboard, with chord pads and sustain support
• Bug fixes, optimizations, and improved stability
If you’re enjoying the update, please consider leaving a rating or review on the App Store.
Thank you for your support!
Version 1.2
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