bismark bs-16i is a 16 multi-timbral playback sampler. It loads SoundFont and DLS (Downloadable Sounds) as WaveTable and can be used for keyboard instruments, MIDI sound modules, and MIDI file players.
bs-16i has the synthesizer engine that has been adopted for many professional/commercial types of equipment. Using SoundFont / DLS libraries, you can play with your great number of instruments. With Hi-Res Engine option prepared as an In-App purchase option enables high-quality and low-noise audio outputs by 100% floating-point calculations.
All standard MIDI messages are supported, and your iPhone and iPad can be used as a GM (General MIDI) sound module by using pre-installed GeneralUser GS SoftSynth v1.44.sf2 (S. Christian Collins).
As a keyboard instrument, you can play with the scalable screen keyboard, pitch bend wheel, and many control change controllers.
The internal MIDI file player supports SMF (Standard MIDI File) format as Song.
WaveTable / Song / Scene files are managed in the "bs-16i" folder of your iCloud Drive and synced between all your iOS / iPadOS devices.
Moreover, this application supports Core MIDI interfaces like IK Multimedia iRig KEYS / iRig MIDI, YAMAHA iMX-1, LINE6 MIDI Mobilizer 2, Apple Lightning -USB Camera Adapter with USB Generic MIDI Interface, and Bluetooth accessory (Miselu C.24, QUICCO SOUND mi.1, etc). With them, you can communicate with other external MIDI hardware like a synthesizer, or sequencer. Also, bs-16i can be a background and drive from other apps using Virtual MIDI.
Audiobus 3, and Inter-App Audio are supported. You can send bs-16i's output stream to other apps.
AUv3 (AudioUnit v3) extension is included. You can use bs-16i in GarageBand, BeatMaker3, and AUM as plug-in instruments.
- To load the specified SoundFont / DLS file, the device has to ready free memory larger than its file size of it.
- This application collects the following information: Device name, OS version, SoundFont / DLS file name, and CoreMIDi I/F name.
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In-Apps
128 Polyphony
$2.99
Hi-Res Synthesizer Engine
$4.99
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The best for literally anything!!
I absolutely love this app and have been using it for about a year now. I use it in GarageBand for all my songs, and it’s saved the day multiple times. It allows you to take any sound font from the internet, and put it into your daw. Thank you for this amazing app!
Change to a newer IPad is not opening
I change my IPad , and not opening ? What can I do , even I tried to purchase again
Stuck notes are common rendering this app not useable
This is the only auv3 app I’ve purchased that has this behavior. I’d send it back if I could.
Its great but have some issue
This is a great app over all. But we do have some issue. I purchased this app 2 weeks ago, and I couldn’t find it working with AUv3 in GarageBand. It’s suppose load in “Audio Init Extension” but instead it loaded in “Inter-app unit”, and I have no idea how to fix it. Though everything else worked fine, but I’m still trying to make it work.
Great app
This app is pretty amazing.
AUv3 version doesn’t recall soundfonts
2021 update: I ended up giving up on this app because the soundfont recall issue has been a known problem for years but has never been fixed. It's a shame because the bs16i has all of the features that the other soundfont apps for iOS lack.
Catch Busy Boy
Quick question. How do you get "Catch Busy Boy" because I wanna use it for "el paso del gigante" and I tried looking for it but couldn't find it.
FIX TRANSPOSE
This app is amazing!!!! But its totally useless if transpose doesnt work!! Please fix it!
Love this app
I’ve used this app for a number of years but just came across this bug. After adding portamento to a patch I tried (multiple times) to save it as a scene. After it “saves” the portamento setting is at 0. I’ve tried saving it as a new scene, overwriting an old scene, changing the sound font, and everything else I could think of but nothing saves the portamento setting. This is not the on/off setting (that gets saved) but the amount of portamento. Why is this?
Auv3 problem
Please send a new update for auv3 because I made some music with the app but right after this new update today the won’t load inside BeatMaker,nanostudio and others app pls send send an update for the app to load as auv3 due to sound selections I made when making music.