Really excellent app
Very nice and playable interface. Synth engine is nicely musical.
Description
Ribbons is an extraordinarily fun and expressive musical instrument.
Inspired by early electronic instruments such as the Ondes Martenot and the Theremin, Ribbons (formerly "Ondes") emulates the fluid playing style of those classic instruments with an interface and synthesis engine firmly grounded in the present day.
Whether you’re gliding through melodies & chord changes or creating dense polyphonic sci-fi soundscapes, Ribbons is an instrument unlike any you’ve played before.
• 2014 Best iOS Instrument - Sonic Joy Awards •
• 9.0 / 10 - Apptronica Magazine Review •
Recommended for use with headphones or external speakers.
Ribbons is made by Olympia Noise Co., developer of Patterning and Chordion.
•••• Expressive Playing Surface ••••
Slide freely between notes, Ribbons doesn’t limit you to the keys on a keyboard.
Use 3D Touch on supported devices to control synthesis parameters.
Adjustable note snapping for ultimate flexibility in playing style and ease of use.
Use the hold function to sustain notes while you take an epic solo on top.
Vertical movement can be mapped to volume and synthesizer parameters, adding dynamic possibilities to your music.
More polyphony than you have fingers!
Adjustable keyboard range and size.
Guidelines help you play in key. Choose from common scale types in any key or create your own.
Alternate tuning systems let you explore the world of microtonal sound!
•••• Unique Synthesis Engine ••••
Morphing wavetable oscillator with five wavetable sets.
Swarm oscillators! Two extra oscillators can be detuned and lag behind to create new textures.
Wavetable modulation sources include Y-Axis, sine wave, noise, circle, and ADSR envelope.
Resonant low pass filter.
Filter modulation sources include ADSR envelope, sine wave, and Y-axis.
Amplifier section with master volume, Y-axis control, and ADSR envelope.
Y-axis can be mapped to control the rate and depth of wavetable and filter LFOs.
•••• Effects ••••
Large selection of reverb types with adjustable amount.
Delay effect adjustable level, feedback, time and filter.
•••• MIDI ••••
Use Ribbons as a MIDI controller to control your favorite software and hardware synths. Now supports MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) output or use "classic mode" to manually managed MIDI ports. Map each touch to a unique MIDI Port/ Channel for polyphonic pitch bend. Because of Ribbons' unique pitch bend capabilities, it isn’t like other controllers, so make sure to read the instructions to learn about how to get the best results.
•••• Inter-App Audio ••••
Record directly to Garageband and other audio apps on your iPad using Inter-App Audio or Audiobus.
Built-in Inter-App Audio transport allows you to control a host app’s play, record, and rewind buttons.
Supports Audiobus State Saving.
•••• Beautiful Design ••••
Visualization of synthesis parameters makes for fun and intuitive editing of parameters.
Clutter free screen lets you focus on making music.
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Built-in Manual makes it easy to dig in and learn about Ribbons’ features.
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Inspired by early electronic instruments such as the Ondes Martenot and the Theremin, Ribbons (formerly "Ondes") emulates the fluid playing style of those classic instruments with an interface and synthesis engine firmly grounded in the present day.
Whether you’re gliding through melodies & chord changes or creating dense polyphonic sci-fi soundscapes, Ribbons is an instrument unlike any you’ve played before.
• 2014 Best iOS Instrument - Sonic Joy Awards •
• 9.0 / 10 - Apptronica Magazine Review •
Recommended for use with headphones or external speakers.
Ribbons is made by Olympia Noise Co., developer of Patterning and Chordion.
•••• Expressive Playing Surface ••••
Slide freely between notes, Ribbons doesn’t limit you to the keys on a keyboard.
Use 3D Touch on supported devices to control synthesis parameters.
Adjustable note snapping for ultimate flexibility in playing style and ease of use.
Use the hold function to sustain notes while you take an epic solo on top.
Vertical movement can be mapped to volume and synthesizer parameters, adding dynamic possibilities to your music.
More polyphony than you have fingers!
Adjustable keyboard range and size.
Guidelines help you play in key. Choose from common scale types in any key or create your own.
Alternate tuning systems let you explore the world of microtonal sound!
•••• Unique Synthesis Engine ••••
Morphing wavetable oscillator with five wavetable sets.
Swarm oscillators! Two extra oscillators can be detuned and lag behind to create new textures.
Wavetable modulation sources include Y-Axis, sine wave, noise, circle, and ADSR envelope.
Resonant low pass filter.
Filter modulation sources include ADSR envelope, sine wave, and Y-axis.
Amplifier section with master volume, Y-axis control, and ADSR envelope.
Y-axis can be mapped to control the rate and depth of wavetable and filter LFOs.
•••• Effects ••••
Large selection of reverb types with adjustable amount.
Delay effect adjustable level, feedback, time and filter.
•••• MIDI ••••
Use Ribbons as a MIDI controller to control your favorite software and hardware synths. Now supports MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) output or use "classic mode" to manually managed MIDI ports. Map each touch to a unique MIDI Port/ Channel for polyphonic pitch bend. Because of Ribbons' unique pitch bend capabilities, it isn’t like other controllers, so make sure to read the instructions to learn about how to get the best results.
•••• Inter-App Audio ••••
Record directly to Garageband and other audio apps on your iPad using Inter-App Audio or Audiobus.
Built-in Inter-App Audio transport allows you to control a host app’s play, record, and rewind buttons.
Supports Audiobus State Saving.
•••• Beautiful Design ••••
Visualization of synthesis parameters makes for fun and intuitive editing of parameters.
Clutter free screen lets you focus on making music.
••••
Built-in Manual makes it easy to dig in and learn about Ribbons’ features.
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Great theremin app
Brilliant!
Nice interface and synth but...
Disappointing the synth engine is entirely mono. Consequently it all sounds a bit one-dimensional. Ribbon can control your other synths via midi and then it comes to life because other ios synths tend to be stereo.
Unusual sound canvas
Having downloaded this application with a little uncertainty, I needed it for the vast sound armoury that I use for sound design, a little like foley. I must say it is amazing value for money and the sounds are extremely powerful. This can only get better no doubt, so LONG as the ability to use on existing platforms remains and we don't have to keep buying update equipment just to continue using it. I give this 10/10 for its depth and creativity. Nobody here knows my cinematography status, so take this as a neutral view. Worth buying without a doubt.
5 stars
Just what I've been looking for :)
Super-great!
If there isn't an Ondes iOS Orchestra already, there should be. A gorgeous use of an iPad.
Just beautiful.
This has really come on in the 1.1 update. I’m using it with several Ableton Operator instances controlled over MIDI using my iConnect 4+, and using the mod wheel mapping to cutoff and lfos you can get some outstanding sounds and expressions. It’s deepened the app exponentially and in my opinion it’s an essential purchase now, for the price. The midi output seems pretty stable, you use it with separate channels for each finger. I’ve gone with up to six MIDI inputs into Ableton. The app itself has some lovely sounds and is a fine synth, but the new features blow it out of the water.
Rather lovely
I really like music apps that properly embrace the touchscreen functionality and Ondes certainly does that. It comes with a nice list of factory presets and lots of space to create your own with plenty of variable parameters. The sounds are crisp and deep. And there's polyphony which other Ondes/Theremin emulators just don't have. Overall, great!
Beautiful!
This is a superbly designed and implemented virtual instrument. The sound is beautifully crystalline and the user interface is one of the most elegant and intuitive I've seen. My other favourites are Animoog and iVCS3, for satisfying playability and sound inspiration this is the equal of either of those.
Game Changer
Even without using other synths with this app, it sounds great. But hook it up using MPE and you are in a brave new world.
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App Info
- Category
- Music
- Publisher
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Olympia Noise
- Languages
- English
- Recent release
- 1.4 (6 years ago )
- Released on
- Sep 4, 2014 (10 years ago )
- Also available in
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Italy, Russia, Mexico, Australia, Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, Sweden, Greece, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Israel, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Türkiye, Brazil, Peru, Finland, India, New Zealand, Ireland, Hungary, Czechia, China, Ukraine, Austria, Romania, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Brunei, Belarus, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Nigeria, Hong Kong SAR China, Indonesia, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia
- Last Updated
- 3 days ago
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