SampleWiz app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 9824 ratings )
Music Entertainment
Developer: Wizdom Music LLC
9.99 USD
Current version: 1.5.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 24 Jun 2011
App size: 17.65 Mb

SampleWiz was awarded Music Making App of the Year for 2011 by the Music Industries Association!

Capture your sonic universe!
Listen… Record… Create…

Jordan says: In creating this instrument I wanted to create something that would appeal to the sonic explorer in all of us. Creating a sampler for iOS devices has allowed us to push the boundaries of traditional sampling instruments. From playing a selection of my signature sounds on the SampleWiz keyboard (JR lead anyone?) to getting up close and personal with sounds by playing directly on the waveform screen, our mission was to blow your mind, put a smile on your face, and expand your creativity. In creating SampleWiz, we have created partnerships with leading sound developers in addition to my personally selected onboard presets.

"Inspiring! Just when you thought nothing could be new in the world of sampling, along comes SampleWiz to fire up the neurons of our creativity in new ways. I love the the new realtime interactive noises I can get by touching the sound...the crazy and unique stuff you can do with it is really expressive and fresh!" - Eric Persing, Founder of Spectrasonics

"SampleWiz gets you playing instantly, and if you like to sample, theres no quicker or more fun way to go from recording to playing your own samples. Amazing controls, easy to understand yet deep enough to let you create musical voices! And it comes with a library of great sounds from Jordan Rudess. SampleWiz is a wiz if ever there was!" - David Mash, VP of Technology and Education, Berklee College of Music 

We have poured our hearts and minds into this and driven our families, bandmates, and friends insane by sampling everything that moves. I hope you enjoy this very expressive and wild music app creation!

*Choose from three different sampling modes: classic, granular, and modern.
*Classic - the traditional method of sampling where the sound will speed up and slow down as you go higher or lower than the recorded pitch.
*Granular - Wizdom Musics own take on a granular synthesis engine. Adjust grain size and speed while the entire range of notes maintain the same speed.
*Modern - explore new sampling possibilities using Dirac technology to allow formants and time to be adjusted automatically over a device-selected range.
*Up to 10 seconds per sample.
*Jordan Rudess presets from his private collection.
*Resample anything that you play on the playing surface to create all new samples derived from your existing presets!
*Three playing surface modes allow you to play on the keyboard, wave-edit screen, and the ADSR window.
*Wizdom Musics Advanced Pitch Rounding for initial attack as well as after a slide.
*Every note you play is an independent event allowing powerful, expressive control of pitch and amplitude.
*Finger vibrato effect allows you to use vibrato even when pitch lock is activated!
*Unique visuals for each sampling mode. A glow tracks your fingers and respond to the amount of amplitude of every note you play.
*Choose from many different scales and customize your own.
*Play your samples forward or reverse!
*Looping options include standard looping as well as back-and-forth looping.
*Allows trimming of samples.
*Unique visualization of the amplitude envelope on the ADSR page.
*FX include delay with a choice of tap-tempo, BPM, and seconds control over the rate.
*Have two keyboards on the screen, each with its own range and scale!
*Unique hold mode where every held note can be in a different synthesis mode!
*Share your presets with friends by mailing them as SampleWiz files or standard audio files.
*Play directly on the waveform and hear the audio that is right under your finger. Slide each finger separately in any direction to change pitch and position in the sample.
*MAPI AudioCopy/AudioPaste allows sharing of audio with top audio apps.
*Load your own audio files with iTunes file sharing.
*Onboard help screens explain every parameter. Touch the question mark to activate.

Pros and cons of SampleWiz app for iPhone and iPad

SampleWiz app good for

Ive been spending hours on this thing, its amazing how you can just go on with it. I find it great for creating a synth drone to jam on guitar with. This isnt like MorphWiz where you can just start playing right away, you need to spend some time to get familiar with the buttons ... but once you do, you will find a lot of potential.
I have nothing bad to say about this app in particular. I absolutely loved everything about it, so I bought it, only to find out that it doesnt work with my iPod Touch 2G. So Im pretty pissed about that but its my own error for being too easy for Apple. :(
CooL!! I have not used it in any of my recordings yet, still playing around with it and getting to know it...AMAZING!!
Innovative,exciting, useful and cool to use. Why not give it 5 stars you ask? You rushed the release in my opinion Jordan. Cant name a patch? Yep thats a fairly major thing that should be there. I don t need 14 patches called " nightmare piano" Also, the "modern" mode is flawed, adds some weird noise and amplitude changes and doesnt make up for the lack of multisampling at all.. Still, this app is killer and a must have in your music production arsenal. Im hoping that an update will cure these issues. Great work Jordan and Kevin.
7.0Crashes on opening on iPad mini 2, hopefully a fix comes soon. 7.1 suddenly works now on my ipad. I suggest people try reinstalling the app as it may have been an ios problem...
I am musician and Your app is a great piece of art.Thank You very much.I will show this work to all my friends.Keep going.

Some bad moments

I watched or better I listened to the YouTube with you about this amazing app and because I am DJ Ing so I very often search for an app for creating great music so I was searching for an app like this one but actually Im very sad about that thing that it is not accessible for voiceover users on an iOS device. I am really very sad about that! Now I pay €10 for this nice app and I cant really use it. So very sorry but I can only give one star for this so interesting up
Version 1.1 on iPad 2. Crashes almost immediately after splash screen. I really want to use this app, please bring a fix on soon.
Its a cool app but frustrating because it keeps crashing (seems to happen mostly after trimming a sample). Otherwise a 5 star.
I payed 9.99 for this garbage it keeps shouting down all the time and I want my money back. Junk junk junk what a waist of money dont buy it.
It shut down after App open and why Apple allowed them to sell this app on Apple store if it not working ? I want my money back
After pressing just one or two button, app crashed down please find a solution for this matter for me