- Price$2.99
- CategoryMusic
- First releasedJanuary 12, 2011
- Versions3 archived
- Installable3 of 3
- AvailabilityRemoved from the App Store
- SellerAmidio Inc.
- Bundle IDcom.amidio.OMGuitar
RequirementsCompatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
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Report an issueOMGuitar is the best iPad guitar emulation ever created - realistic strumming, 8 guitars, 10 FX, record, MIDI, Audiobus, Remote control & More!
USAToday Rating: [3.5/4] "OMGuitar is a fresh, versatile and great-sounding guitar simulator" AppSafari Rating: [4.5/5] "Actually useful musical tool" TUAW: "...pretty easy to strum out a few of your favorite popular songs this weekend"
OMGuitar comes from the makers of Touch DJ! It is a synth with unique interface and new-generation sound hybrid engine that allows anyone to produce realistic synth guitar sounds.
There are 6 guitar types to choose from (more in updates), both electric and classic.
OMGuitar is very playable and truly expressive. It responds to the speed of your guitar strumming, catching the emotion of your melody. The quality of the guitar synth sound is so high that it can easily be used in studio work as a quick method to produce realistic rhythm and arpeggio guitar tracks. You can also engage the autoplay functionality with lots of built-in rhythms!
True guitar simulation on the touch-screen device is now possible thanks to the advanced artificial intelligence algorithm that analyzes your style of playing and alters the sound accordingly.
There is a dedicated string-picking/arpeggio interface, represented as a column of 6 buttons, which can easily be played together with the string strumming interface. Note bend effect is achieved by swiping the button area.
The glowing neon strings themselves respond to the speed of strumming and the distance between themselves and the initial screen tap. The player is supposed to strum the guitar with one finger and place the second finger on the guitar at any time for muting all the strings (this option can be turned off in the settingsmenu). With such approach, many common guitar playing techniques can be easily accomplished.
You can choose from about 300 chords to play 99% of the songs ever written. The songs are conveniently saved as chord sets and can be loaded with a single tap.
Some of the world's best and most expensive guitar models have been sampled with great precision and act as the source for the synthesis engine. There are 6 completely different playable guitars, 3 acoustic and 3 electric. The tone can be further shaped with the 3-band equalizer.
OMGuitar has 10 built-in effects with over 50 presets: 2 types of Distortion, Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Wah-wah, Vowel filter, Compressor, Tremolo.
OMGuitar now supports external fretboard running in iPhone via the free Amidio Remote app (just like the Futulele).
+ The best mobile guitar emulation ever! + Expressive playing is now possible + Amazing sonic quality, the sound is very impressive + Support external freatboard (a-la Futulele app) with Amidio Remote (free iPhone app) + Audiobus! Use it with guitar processors! + Autoplay with LOTS of beautiful presets! + Record to .WAV, .MIDI, export to iTunes + Full MIDI compatibility (virtual/hardware) + 6 guitars (3 acoustic, 3 electric) + 10 On-board FX with 50 presets + File Manager + Save own chord sets
Please support this update by leaving a review! Thank you so much!
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Ratings Over Time
| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 15, 2011 | — | — | 9 | $14.99 |
| March 26, 2012 | — | — | 91 | $6.99 |
| November 26, 2015 | 3.0.1 | — | 164 | $2.99 |
| December 7, 2016 | 3.0.3 | — | 163 | $2.99 |
| December 14, 2017 | 3.1.1 | — | 166 | $2.99 |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 25WE NEED AN UPDATE BECAUSE THE APP IS SHUTTING DOWN!
Hi great for strumming but I think you need to be able to set which notes you want in a chord so you can play chords in different neck positions . Also effects should be able to set parameters instead of presets . And a mode for playing notes on the neck of the guitar by frets on whole neck , or at least till 12th fret
Had it for two weeks now and the whole family loves it. Tons of fun to play. No talent required ... If you posses an iPad and two working hands, you can create some great music with OMGuitar!
Great sound! But am I the only one who noticed that the ability to create a custom name for user presents is absent. Tap the New icon and you are prompted to name the new preset. This is impossible to do when the keyboard and text box don't appear. The only option is to CANCEL or select New Set. If you select New Set the app automatically names the preset "New Set." You don't have a choice. So while the guitar simulation sounds exquisite the inability to name custom presets severely limits the app's usefulness. Developers: Was this intentional or is it a bug?
Although you can't play a ripping solo, if you play guitar you should by theory enjoy the realistic sound of This guitar simulation, and if you get good with this app you can practically perform for your friends and entertain A small crowd. Very rich guitar sound, almost real! :) enjoy the future while it's here.
OMGuitar is really an amazing app. It is very useful if you need some quick chords or even for playing full songs. The last developer only needed to fix 1 small thing (that was preventing the app from being useable) but wouldn't. Someone bought the app and now it's under new management! He fixed the one issue and everything works again! I highly recommend this app for anyone who owns a guitar. It's a great companion. I'm looking forward to future releases with this new company. Their support is amazing.
I bought guitarism, first, because it seemed like the only guitar synthesizer on iOS that was capable of real expression. It's great, but OMGuitar sounds better, period. The samples are beautiful and change based on velocity, sounding very natural, and muting and string-bending work great.
I have mixed feelings on this app (I would have given it 4.5 stars). Nice sounding and nice options, HOWEVER, You can not save (name) your own presets as a "naming box" never appears. This is a problem if you are trying to save specific chords/settings for an original tune. As you try and save your own name you will be looking at a list that says, "new set," "new, new set," "new, new, new set," and on and on. I tried writing the company with absolutely NO response from them on this bug. It is too bad because this app is so nice in all other ways. If you are OK with that (serious) bug, than go for it, otherwise, this app's support has been abandoned for further upgrades by the developer (look at the last revision date). Based on my experience, it will never be fixed or upgraded nor will you get a response to your questions.
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.