Create pro-quality music on your phone with Noise 5D

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Noise 5D is a keyboard-style app on iOS that makes full use of Apple’s 3D touch to help you create multidimensional music.

To create the multi-tonal sounds, you just need to strike, press, glide, slide and lift your finger on the on-screen keys. You can choose to have 13, 17 or 25 keys on the screen and customize the layout to suit.

Screen Shot 2015-12-18 at 13.32.36 — Credit: ROLI

It comes with 25 pre-loaded sounds, including Smoky Rhodes, which is a reinterpretation of the classic Fender Rhodes piano. There are also five faders to help you fine-tune the track. If the 25 pre-installed sounds aren’t quite up to scratch, you can also buy additional packs.

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And while it’s designed to take advantage of Apple’s 3D Touch on the iPhone 6s, it still works just as well on the iPhone 5 and 5c.

Compatible with MIDI controllers and the Seaboard Rise (from the same creators of the app), Noise 5D will suit music-makers of all levels.

➤ Noise 5D [via Engadget]

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