- Price$9.99
- CategoryMusic
- First releasedDecember 14, 2013
- Versions2 archived
- Installable1 of 2
- AvailabilityStill on the App Store
- SellerRejean Poirier
- Bundle IDcom.singlecellsoftware.caustic
RequirementsCompatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 6.0 or later.
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Report an issueCaustic 3 is a music creation tool inspired by rack-mount synthesizer/sampler rigs. Everything is real-time and optimized for mobile devices.
Create your rack by adding up to 14 machines from a choice of:
* Subsynth - Virtual analog subtractive synthesizer * PCMSynth - Multi-sample wave synthesizer * BassLine - 303-like monosynth * BeatBox - 8-channel sampling drum machine * PadSynth - Harmonic table pad synthesizer * 8BitSynth - 8bit equation solver synthesizer * Modular - Fully configurable and routable synthesizer * Organ - Tonewheel organ with rotary speaker * Vocoder - 8-band harmonic vocoder * FMSynth - DX-style 3-operator fm synthesizer * KSSynth - Karplus-Strong string modeling synthesizer * SawSynth - Supersaw-type synthesizer
The app also includes:
* Effects rack supporting 2 effects per machine (20 effect types). * Mixer desk with EQ, panning and global Delay/Reverb effects. * Master section with effect slots, parametric EQ and limiter. * Song sequencer
AudioBus support for Input and Output slots. AudioCopy Paste + AudioShare support for import and export.
Supports automation recording on most controls and includes powerful editors for modifying automation curves.
Users can record their own WAV files for use in the PCMSynth, BeatBox, and Vocoder or import files through iTunes file sharing, ACP, AudioShare, or the built-in FTP server. Supports all uncompressed WAV files (8-16-24-32bit, any sampling rate). The PCMSynth can also load SoundFont files (.sf2), SFZ and FL/Xewton instruments (.instr, .ZIP)
"Open In.." import support for all preset types, .WAV, .SF2 and .MID. (MIDI (.mid) files can be imported as raw sequencer note data.)
Supports CoreMIDI and virtual MIDI for note, velocity and CC data. (be sure to set "Enable background audio" in advanced options to use virtual MIDI)
See the in-app help section for dozens of informative tutorial videos and full online manual.
There is also a FREE (full version) PC/Mac version available for download on the product website.
Come visit www.singlecellsoftware.com to download more presets, request features, share your tracks and hear what others are creating with Caustic 3.
Works on iPhone/iPod but iPad is recommended.
Chart History
Ratings Over Time
| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 19, 2018 | — | ★ 4.2 | 46 | $9.99 |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 15I can’t even get into my own beats. The system is not working. And I paid 10.00. Come on
This is actually a phenomenal app in general. Originally for Android, this was one of the first mobile music production apps, and still one of the best mobile “DAWs” ever. Sadly, this port of the app no longer works with current iOS . I couldn’t get it to work on any of my iPhones, my girlfriend’s iPhone, or either of our iPads. The app is well worth looking into on Windows 11, or Android as a 3rd party apk (as I think it’s not available on google play store anymore either) as it was and still is incredibly inspiring. This is what got me into synthesizers and music production, and personally I think its legacy deserves better.
it’s not working and need update for fixing the bugs
If the dev could make caustic visible in the files app users like me would pay 30 bucks a pop without blinking. Still working on 0S 18
No review, just updating a previous one stating it doesn’t work right. you just have to orient the phone correctly. it only does landscape one direction.
This doesn't work on modern iPhones. Tested on the 14 and on the 16 Pro Max. It only works if it’s opened in landscape mode and you can’t use the portrait mode at all. The vertical portrait orientation is what made me love this app, there are not many portrait mode DAWs.
I used to use this a lot on my android and I now use an iphone. you can’t access the iphone storage so there’s no ability to use the vocoder or any instruments other than what it comes with. I had to buy it again to discover this, waste of money, iphone users should avoid.
Can't use normally
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