All time favorite!
This is one of my favorite go-to sampler/soundfont player apps.
Ive tried Sampletank, Sound Canvas, countless other miscellaneous samplers and all the soundfont player apps..bs-16i still remains my number one, thanks to:
-superb velocity sensitivity even without external midi controllers, the accelerometer response is top notch. One of the best Ive seen *across* keyboard apps. Yes, it beats GarageBand hands down on this.
-beautiful selection of default soundfonts. Honestly Ive tried the Miroslav from Sampletank and many other string sections but nothing beats "Stereo strings Fast" for me to get into the zone with some Zimmer-esque aggressive string action.
-the easy to use multitimbral mapping means that it plays *very* nicely with virtual MIDI and projects Ive got going on in my DAWs. For example fiddlewax+bs-16i=instant orchestral layering bliss
-And of course adding your own soundfonts is a breeze, though its hard to beat the stellar collection the dev had put together.
Whats more it perfectly complements (sonically speaking) my other favorite sampler Thumbjam, Ive often found myself using them as controllers/sound palettes for each other. Lovely stuff, kudos!
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