Simple embeddable MidiSynth for iOS?

iphone midi synthesizer
Peterdk picture Peterdk · Nov 21, 2010 · Viewed 8.7k times · Source

I have a guitar diagram app for Android that I am porting to iOS. Android has a embedded midi synthesizer (sonivox), so I can generate midi files and let Android handle the playback.

Is there a way to do this on iOS? Or are there very lightweight embeddable synths for iOS?

Answer

lukebuehler picture lukebuehler · Jan 19, 2012

Since iOS 5 there's now the AUSampler audio unit for which you can load a sound bank (apple preset and soundfonts) and then control the sampler/synth via MIDI messages.

Seee this example app: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#samplecode/LoadPresetDemo/Listings/ReadMe_txt.html

It works great!

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