midigarden
Touch instrument for Pure Data
Free · Designed for iPad
Touch-based synthesizer powered by Pure Data. Play on a 5×8 grid with 8-voice polyphony, capture your performances and layer into loops, and load your own custom patches.
midigarden is a touch-based synthesizer that turns your iPhone or iPad into a musical instrument.
Play melodies on an 5x8 grid mapped to musical scales. Each pad triggers notes with 8-voice polyphony, letting you play chords and melodies with your fingers.
FEATURES
• Touch Grid - Play notes on a responsive grid. Choose from multiple scales including major, minor, pentatonic, and chromatic.
• Retrospective Looper - Captures what you just played, even if you weren't recording. Never lose a good take.
• Custom Patches - Load your own Pure Data patches via the Files app. The app automatically wraps them with voice allocation and mixing.
• Live Parameters - Every knob and slider in your patch becomes a touchable control. Drag to adjust in real-time.
• Built-in Synthesizers - Ships with patches ready to play, physical models, fm and drum synths.
• Camera Background - Optional live camera feed behind the grid for screen-recorded performances.
PURE DATA POWERED
Under the hood, midigarden runs Pure Data patches - the same open-source audio engine used by professional musicians and sound designers worldwide. Create patches on your computer and load them into the app.
PERFECT FOR
• Live performance and jamming
• Sketching musical ideas
• Learning synthesis
• Use iOS screen capture with background camera to make performance videos that capture the mood and environment
• Sound design experiments
No music theory required. Just touch and play.
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Information
- Seller
- William Sharkey
- Size
- 3.5 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 William Sharkey