Arpeggionome for iPhone app review: create and edit musical arpeggio patterns with this app

Introduction

Arpeggionome for iPhone by Alexandernaut provides a full set of tools that will enable you to create expansive and intricate arpeggio patterns with a huge degree of customization and the ability to control external MIDI factors from within the app (in-app purchase required to access MIDI integration). It was updated on June 23, 2013. The app requires only 2.8MB of storage space.

User Experience

With Arpeggionome, you can create intricate arpeggios with ease; simply choose from 15 different parameters to adjust your patterns, altering factors such as the key, scale, step distance, octave range, note offset, number of notes, and tempo. This allows for a huge amount of freedom to create expressive pieces with very little difficulty.

Features

This app enables you to generate up to 240 notes per second by moving up and down the matrix to set the rate of patterns and by moving left and right to set the starting note of the pattern.

By tilting your iPhone forward and back you can adjust the volume settings, and by tilting your iPhone left and right you can control pitch bend, which makes this the ideal app for creating 8-bit MIDI solos.

For the less experienced out there, you can select a massive selection of pre-set patterns from the Pattern Library, and once you’ve made some of your own arpeggio patterns you can save them for future use.
 

In-App Purchases

For $4.99 you can purchase MIDI integration which enables you to control other iOS MIDI apps such as FunkBox and GarageBand from within Arpeggionome.

This feature also lets you control external MIDI devices and computer software, and enables you to send MIDI through CoreMIDI hardware interfaces, Virtual MIDI, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.

Update Info

Arpeggionome for iPhone is currently running on Version 1.1. The latest update included various minor bug fixes and issues surrounding iPads running iOS 5.
 

Customer Ratings and Feedback Comments

Arpeggionome for iPhone currently has 20 customer ratings with an average rating of five out of five stars.

Customer feedback has generally been exceptional, with users commenting on how addictive this app is and how it is a must-have tool for any musicians who are beginning to get into the world of electronic music.
 

Personal Comments by Reviewer

My musician husband has been having a lot of fun with this app. The layout makes everything incredibly easy to use and even if you’re a rank beginner with no musical experience, you’ll easily be able to pick up Arpeggionome and start producing some very interesting sounds.
 

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Create and edit gorgeous arpeggio patterns
• Adjust more than a dozen different parameters such as pitch, tempo, and number of notes
• Full MIDI integration available via in-app purchase
   

Cons

• There is nothing negative to say about this app, it is perfect for those with a creative mind or those who simply want to play around to discover their musical prowess

For: iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation), iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, iPad (3rd generation), iPad Wi-Fi + 4G, iPad (4th generation), iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular (4th generation), iPad mini, and iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular with iOS 5.0 or later. Arpeggionome for iPhone is optimized for iPhone 5.