midiSequencer App Reviews

a time machine to 1974! but with more features than they ever dreamed of. an extremely well built piece of software. more please!

Sophisticated sequencer that does it all. Comes with great manual, AudioBus compatible, Pleasure to use. Can be controlled with MidiBus. I like the FX feature as well.

from now on i believe in praying. Ratcheting, note duration, triplets, fast clock, am i dreaming or what? thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you......... hope for an good support for that sexy kind of a sequencer

A dream comes true with the Audiobus 2 integration! Besides the easy way to create powerful sequencer patterns for ios synths, I love the ability to trigger vst synths via network. Another great plus is the scale option, crazy bpm settings and so on!

It would be a great feature for this app. Please Anthony, have Audiobus support in a future update.

Already my go to midi step sequencer for iPad (no reason to add audiobus!). Solid immediacy with all the fundamentals including note, velocity, and gate, with the capability to sequence 2 lanes of ccs as well. My wish list for future update would be 1) Discretely variable # of steps per parameter lane, 2) Ability to tie notes to make longer than step value notes and perhaps glide, 3) Multi channel would be nice...at least one more channel to add some counterpoint, 4) Constrain scale would be fun. Nice work, keep it up please!

This app is a cool, modern twist on an analog style MIDI panel that looks like something out of the early 80s. The app itself plays no music, but easily links up with (most) popular synthesizers and other Virtual MIDI compatible music apps. The default is 4/4 time and 16 steps, but this can be modified. Each step is set to a note, or skipped over. There are also multiple MIDI channels, so you could actually have different steps playing notes from 2 or more synthesizers in the background. And there are a variety of features that are over my head, but are sure to thrill MIDI experts more knowledgeable than I. One of my favorite new features in version 1.5 is the introduction of scales. At present, you have chromatic, major, and minor scales, with more to come in the future. This means that you can draw the sliders in sequence so that only in-key notes will play. Great idea for music composition. And, of course, since the machine is automated, its capable of playing sequences more accurately and faster than would be humanly possible, especially on an iPad touchscreen. I would note that the current version is not compatible with AudioBus or IAA. That means that you cant access mini-controls for your recording app while you are in Midisequencer. However, you can start the sequence and access the controls while in the AB-compatible app, and there also ways to synchronize timing using MIDI itself. The developer is very responsive and has indicated that AudioBus compatibility is coming in the next update. Great product that can bring new life out of other music apps!

Loving the latest update with the ability to automate 4 MIDI CCs...solid clock, great interface, very cool for controlling your synths and effects!

midiSequencer is an amazing step sequencer for iOS. Immediately accessible, yet powerfully deep. The developer is constantly making updates to improve an already great app. Highly recommend!

Cool sequencer but will be awesome when I can midi learn the note, transposition slider etc so I can map those controls to cc.

This app gets better and better. Its design is shaped by real musical experience, and its quickly evolving into one of the best sequencers on the iOS platform. Its far more powerful and easier to use than the hardware sequencers used by Tangerine Dream in the 1970s and 80s. Compared with modern, software-based sequencers, its slightly less powerful than Thesys, but also MUCH easier to get started and play with. As it says in the description, it doesnt make any sound by itself, but it will breathe new life into the instruments you already have, both hardware and on your iPad. About the in-app purchases (IAPs): the developer, Anthony Saunders, is NOT trying to nickel and dime his customers. If youre interested in the extra functions, they are worth more than what hes charging. But the basic app is robust, functional, and inspiring. About the four stars: Im pleased with this app -- thats why Im taking the time to write a review -- but if you give everything five stars, you have nothing left for the very best. (I see the same problem after musical and theatrical performances, when everything gets a standing ovation.)

Dont really like this app although it allows using other synth sources. There are a few seqs out that work better and the vir synth apps work much better within their app. If it were the only seq I had it may rate higher but I like a number of other apps for serious song development. This is more for messin around.

I like the fact that this sequencer works with Audiobus, (after the snafus following iOS8s release). But itd be nice if it had a page for each sequencer track. Instead you have to assign each note to a track, so the first beat can only be played by track #1, etc. 64 step would also be nice, instead it has only 16, (each step length can be multiplied, e.g., x2, x3, etc). Not a bad app, but Ill save the five star rating for the sequencer that most resembles my QY-100. :)

This app is the "real deal" for MIDI sequence exploration! Just check out the 96p manual to see all the features. If you want to go even further, the inexpensive IAPs 99c provide midi FX and chord+. I would suggest to set default values for drawing=ON to make initial entry easier and the Cycle reset also ON which is what I think most people would expect. Also, this is not just for hardware instruments. Worked great with my Amidio instruments.

I’ve been looking for a powerful Sequencer for the iPad that has a simp[le interface for Live Performance etc… and midiSequencer fits the bill perfectly! If you are looking to compose and arrange entire songs you may want to look elsewhere as this is being sold as a 16 Step Software version of an Analogue Sequencer and it does a great job at it! MIDI to and from iPad Instruments and External MIDI Sources and Controllers makes this a great tool in the Musical Toy box! I can’t wait to see how it mixes it up with my two external Hardware Sequencers on my Minimoog! It’s going to be a wild Hootenany!

5-star app that, after the update, will no longer run on ios version 7.1.2. Crashes upon start.

Classic step sequencing with all the bells and whistles you could dream of. That it now works also on iPhone is a grand step forward for the mobile electronic musician and makes for a lot of experimental fun.

There are 3 screen size choices, none of which fills the whole app in the screen on a 6s. Buttons are extremely tiny which makes it difficult to use. This should have been for iPad only, I cant see using it at all always toggling screens where you either get a half screen of the full app(look at the picture), the top part, or the bottom. I may have well tossed my money out the window. I rarely give negative reviews, but this is ridiculous.

Theres almost too much awesome in this app. Its very easy to just noodle for ever. Though k think that was one of the intentions. The chord IAP is definitely worth it. Particularly with the brilliant Strum effects (set a chord and then set how it will be drawn out over time. Can do a quick strum as the name would imply but can also spread the notes out for over a measure depending on the interval you set. I find the effects setup sort of confusing but otherwise most everything is pretty straight forward; which is amazing considering just how much sequencer is packed into this app.