The Nlog for iPad has arrived
Tempo Rubato has announced Nlog MIDI Synth (App Store link) – a new iPad synth that they describe as a “professional virtual analogue synth”.
NLog MIDI Synth is based on the company’s NLOg synth, but adds hardware MIDI support, via the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer. Tempo Rubato says that other interfaces, like Akai’s Synthstation, will be supported in future updates. The app is also usable without MIDI interface with an on-screen keyboard, as shown above.
NLog MIDI Synthesizer includes full hardware MIDI implementation for note on/off including velocity control, pitch bend, sustain pedal, modulation wheel and assignable MIDI controller.
NLog MIDI Synth turns an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch into a hardware synth for $8.99, which is a very interesting development. We’re expecting MIDI support to become a de facto requirement for iOS synths in the next few months.
Here’s what Tempo Rubato has to say about NLog MIDI Synth’s features:
ENDLESS options for SOUND EDITING
- Over one hundred parameters and options
- More than your beloved hardware synths might offer
- Store up to 96 own edits in 3 user banks
- Exchange sounds with your friends by email
STUDIO QUALITY sounds
- Professional 44.1 kHz Stereo CD quality
- Internal 32bit floating point engine
- Highly efficient sound algorithms
- Enabling maximum CPU performance of your iPhone / iPod devices
STAGE safe KEYBOARD implementation
- Fully customizable keyboard to your personal style
- Keeps all settings automatically in your preferences
- Famous SLIDING keyboard and LOCK options
- Double manual option: two independent keyboards on screen
- POLY, MONO & LEGATO modes
- Optional velocity control
- Four different key sizes
- Full range of 6 1/2 octaves
Fully customizable EXPRESSION CONTROL
- Realistic PITCH BEND and MOD WHEEL implementation
- X/Y two dimensional controller
- Four fully customizable PERFORMANCE knobs
- Keyboard with VERTICAL modulation control
Incredible FAT & RICH:
- New filter implementation for SMOOTH and JUICY control with 7 FILTER types
- Incredible UNISONO mode for up to 4 parallel sounds with detune, delay and panning control
Sound Editing Features:
- 2 Oscilators with 20 waveforms:
- classic analouge SIN, SAWTOOTH, TRIANLGE and SQUARE
- and 16 additional carefully designed wavetables
- True PWM pulsewidth modulation
- Modulated by LFO or envelope
- Frequency modulation
- Sinusoidal and complex waveforms
- Modulation by LFO and envelope
- Ring modulation
- Noise generator
- 7 filter types
- Low Passes, High Passes & Band Passes
- Finest sweeps and smoothest cutoff tuning
- Carefully resonating
- 12 & 24dB option for steepness
- 3 Envelope generators
- Classic Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release
- Velocity controlled attack time
- 2 Modulation LFOs
- 4 waveforms
- Sample & hold
- Fade in delay
- Rich set of modulation parameter
- Organized into 3 modulation pages
- Exclusive modulation envelope
- Multi-effect section
- Stereo delay with cross-feed and damping filter
- chorus
- distortion


