For the iPhone and iPod Touch, Icegear has released Xenon ($5.99), a hybrid groove workstation app that features a polyphonic hybrid synthesizer, two VA monophonic synthesizers, a polyphonic PCM synthesizer, rhythm machine, sequencer, and a mixer. Icegear lists each of the workstation app’s instruments and features below.
Hybrid Polyphonic Synthesizer (HSX-4): Two oscillators, plus filter, amp, four LFOs, and eight envelopes.
- 210 factory presets
- Unlimited programmable user presets
- 2 Oscillators
- Modulatable wave shape oscillator (modulated by ENV, LFO)
- Analog synth oscillator (Saw, Square [PWM], Sine, Triangle, Noise)
- FM oscillator (modulatable FM depth, frequency)
- Formant oscillator (modulatable vowel, resonance)
- PCM oscillator (112 PCM sounds)
- Ring modulation (OSC2)
- Modulatable Pitch, Level
- 4 ENV, 2 LFO for each OSC
- Resonant filter
- Filter types : 24LP, 12LP, 6LP, BP, HP
- Cutoff frequency, resonance
- AMP
- Overdrive
- Auto panner
- LFO waveforms: Saw, Square, Sine, Random (Simple and Hold)
- ENV for modulate LFO amount
VA Monophonic Synthesizer (ASX-1) for two tracks: Two oscillators, plus filter, amp, three LFOs, and six envelopes.
- 2 Oscillators
- Waveforms: Saw, Square, Sine, Triangle, Noise
- Ring modulation (OSC2)
- Modulatable pitch, level
- 6 ENV, 3 LFO
- Resonant filter
- Filter Types : 24LP, 12LP, 6LP, BP, HP
- Cutoff frequency, resonance
- AMP
- Overdrive
- LFO waveforms: Saw, Square, Sine, Random (Simple and Hold)
- ENV to modulate LFO amount
PCM Polyphonic Synthesizer (PSX-4): Oscillator plus filter, amp, three LFOs, and six envelopes.
- PCM oscillator (112 PCM sounds)
- Modulatable pitch, level
- 6 ENV, 3 LFO
- Resonant filter
- Filter Types : LP, BP, HP
- Cutoff frequency, resonance
- AMP
- LFO waveforms: Saw, Square, Sine, Random (Simple and Hold)
- ENV to modulate LFO amount
Rhythm Machine for six tracks (PRX-6)
- 185 PCM rhythm sounds
- Adjustable Level, Pan, Pitch, Attack, and Decay
Pattern Sequencer
- 16-step pattern sequencer
- Real-time recording
- Pattern export as a WAV file or copy to clipboard
- Compatible with Intua Beatmaker
Song Sequencer (SQX-5)
- Make your own song using patterns
- Pattern jump and play in real-time (1-bar quantize)
- Play position change in real-time (1-bar quantize)
- Song export as a WAV file or copy to clipboard
Mixer (MX-5)
- 5 input channel
- Level parameter per track
- Fx send, Pan, Solo, Mute, and Level per input channel
- Fx Return Level
- Master Level
Icegear’s new Xenon app is now available for $5.99 from iTunes.