touchscaper

touchscaper

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Touchscaper: Sculpt Immersive Soundscapes with Every Gesture

Experience the perfect blend of generative music and tactile control. From meditative drones to professional MIDI sequences, transform your iPad into a living instrument where every touch is a good note.

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Publisher

Rob Jackson

Category

Music

Downloads

13K+

User Rating

4.8/5

Total Ratings

400

Locales

1

Sculpt Your Soundscape

Discover the interface used by 13K+ users.

Touchscaper app interface showing the unique radar music controller with glowing note circles

Touchscaper app interface showing the unique radar music controller with glowing note circles

The settings and effects interface of the Touchscaper iPad music app showing delay and reverb controls over a neon blue circular radar UI.

The settings and effects interface of the Touchscaper iPad music app showing delay and reverb controls over a neon blue circular radar UI.

Touchscaper app interface showing the scene editor with chord and scale settings over a circular radar UI

Touchscaper app interface showing the scene editor with chord and scale settings over a circular radar UI

Touchscaper iPad app interface showing synth instrument settings for an analog pad on a neon radar background

Touchscaper iPad app interface showing synth instrument settings for an analog pad on a neon radar background

Touchscaper music app interface showing chord arrangement and tempo controls on a radar style background

Touchscaper music app interface showing chord arrangement and tempo controls on a radar style background

A screenshot of the Touchscaper app music production interface featuring a circular radar chord selector and generative composition tools

A screenshot of the Touchscaper app music production interface featuring a circular radar chord selector and generative composition tools

Touchscaper drum sequencer and chord radar interface

Touchscaper drum sequencer and chord radar interface

Touchscaper iPad app interface showing the jam grid sequencer and radar touch surface with neon cyan styling

Touchscaper iPad app interface showing the jam grid sequencer and radar touch surface with neon cyan styling

Unleash Your Sonic Creativity

The tools that make this app stand out, trusted by 13K+ users.

Harmony Without the Effort

Our semi-generative engine automatically selects 'good notes' within your chosen key and scale, allowing you to focus on the mood while we handle the music theory.

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Intuitive Tactile Expression

Move beyond the traditional piano roll. Use unique radar and ribbon interfaces to shape volume, pan, and timbre in real-time for a truly expressive, hand-crafted sound.

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Studio-Grade Connectivity

Integrate seamlessly into your pro workflow with MIDI Out, MPE support, and Ableton Link. Control your favorite hardware and software synths directly from your iPad.

Loved by users worldwide

Trusted by 13K+ people who love this app.

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"As someone with zero music theory background, Touchscaper is a revelation. I can just move my fingers across the screen and create these incredibly lush, ambient soundscapes that sound professional. It’s my favorite way to decompress after a long day—truly a meditative experience."

Elena Rodriguez
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"The radar interface and the probability-based sequencer have completely changed my workflow. I use it as a MIDI controller to drive my hardware synths via MPE, and the results are always inspiring. It’s easily one of the most expressive and deep instruments in my iPad production toolkit."

Marcus Thorne

About the app

Everything you need to know about touchscaper.

Description

Touchscaper is an instrument designed for anyone who wants to make music on their iPad simply by touching the screen. You don’t have to be a serious musician to enjoy touchscaper, but if you are, touchscaper is highly configureable under the hood. Main features: • Multi-touch based interface with “radar”, “ribbon” and keyboard surfaces • Touch the screen to play a note, move your fingers to change the sound • Semi-generative engine selects the “good notes” for you • Touch movement can control volume and pan for each individual note • Total control over chords, keys and scales (fully chromatic) • Multiple chords can be generated from keys and scales to create “scenes” • Chord "navigator" helps you create inspiring chord progressions • 40 built-in sounds can be combined in 2 layers to create “instruments” • Built-in sounds include samples from moodscaper, pianoscaper, numerous analog synths and guitars • Comes with preset example scenes and instruments • Random instrument generator function with one tap of a button • Hold and orbit modes for hands-free evolving soundscapes • Ribbon style keyboard with touch vibrato • Chord looper with Ableton Link support • Arrangement view for longer / more complex chord progressions • 16 step probability-based sequencer for touch, drums, percussion and synth automation • "jam grid" sequencer view for live performances • Supports file sharing for scenes and instruments • Built-in effects including ping-pong delays, reverb, limiter and EQ • Supports IAA (Inter-App Audio) as a generator • Control other music apps using MIDI out and CCs with optional MPE support There are several demo videos in circulation which should give you a better idea of what touchscaper can do - just search for “touchscaper”. *** Please note that this app is now in maintenance mode / updates for bug fixes only. This is due to the heavy dependency on deprecated technology such as IAA ***

Latest Version

1.6.2

Size

358.8 MB

First Released

Aug 26, 2019

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