Neo-Soul Keys® Studio 2

If you are into EPs, this is probably the best app. You have many samples from many different electric pianos. You have a total control over each tone (amp+filter envelope, EQ) and you can stack up to 6 layers to get that impossible cream of cream EP. On top of that, add a rack of excellent FXs and you are done. CPU wise : to give an idea, it run smoothly up to 4 layers and without any glitches on my iPad mini 2 (2013) (unless you play long sustained arpeggios). There doesn’t seem to be any polyphony limit (not sure though) which is great for pianos. *My only complain* : a hiss noise swelling as you repeat notes while the sustain pedal is depressed. Maybe a clever filtering is missing here to counteract this side effect.

I am very happy to try this app. I downloaded the entire sound bank on my iPad Air (128GB storage), and it works great. I unfortunately have only keys sounds on this app but I hope Midiculous will develop other apps with other instruments (piano, winds, strings, etc). To conclude I will say this is a good job, and I’m waiting for more. I don’t understand why in the AppStore there are 2 versions of this app (2017 and 2019 versions). Plus these versions are proposed with 2 different prices. Why?

This is a big problem! App was fine when Individual instruments could be loaded. Now it forces user to download the complete 4 GB file. Due to RAM limitations, This makes this app useless on 5 of my devices. Thankfully I did at least get the wurly installed on my old iPhone 6s before tragedy struck. Love that wurly! It alone was worth the price, but I’d like to use it on my other devices too! Please fix this. It was a really great app, but now I can’t install it on any of my 3 iPads.

Now the new update wouldn’t allow separate downloads of the sample library, and whenever the app opens, it keeps sending the notification that “downloading might fail due to low RAM”, despite that I have downloaded samples to an external drive. Also the host app is double the size of the original. Now it is 1.99Gb, and it downloads the IAP contents on the harddrive, but without paying, it is not accessible. Why waste space like this?

I think anyone would be hard-pressed to not find at least a few presets that are incredibly useful. Well not all of them resonate with me, there is so much variety, and so much ability to modify/ add effects, it’s really an incredible program. “Wurli 300 DI and SPKR” is especially sweet. I’m also loving “Original Suitcase Cream” and “Clav CB.” I never knew there was so much variety in Rhodes sounds! I still love my Scarbee EP-88S for a clean and very well velocity-mapped (lots of velocity layers and very natural tonal, and relatively good dynamic changes) sound, but this really has some awesome character on its own, without modifying anything. The Scarbee I have to run through Amplitube Fender Super Reverb to get the tone I want (I also run it through an expander in MainStage to increase dynamic range).

When you buy it you'll be up all night jamming. I have lots of music apps but I use this app almost every day for a couple of year now.

Like the Roland Integra, Yamaha Motif/Montage, Korg Kronos, etc!

This app is the most detailed electric piano simulation available. I’ve owned several Rhodes and a Wurlitzer 200A and a CP-70 and they have nailed the sound of these instruments. I have had the most success using it with my iPhone 12 mini running iOS 14. I have also used the iPad OS version on my iPad Pro(original 9.7”) with an external SSD. It has an older processor and seems to be a little slower loading sounds than the iPhone 12 Mini. It’s still awesome but requires a more detailed setup. I use a Puc+ connected to my Casio PX S3000 to send the wireless midi to the iPhone 12 Mini. You can also edit all the presets to your heart’s desire. I mean every little detail of the sound is editable and mixable. Honestly though, I can’t think of any presets I would want to change. If you have the storage space available on your iPhone and you want the best recreation of these electromechanical instruments than this is the app to get. One last thing. You don’t have to load all of the available sounds if you don’t want to. You can also store presets in the cloud and use the Apple Files app to save storage space. 🙂

The app definitely tweeks a bit but its cool.

Sharing a song from GarageBand when this AU plugin is loaded causes GarageBand to either crash or give an error message that this AU plugin won’t open to do the export. Please fix this. I can’t finish up my tune. Thanks.