A physically-modeled vinyl scratch instrument for iPhone and iPad.
Having trouble, found a bug, or have a feature request? Email martoadler@gmail.com — include your device model and iOS version if it's a bug report.
You can record from the microphone, import any audio file from your device, record audio playing elsewhere on your device (system audio, via a Broadcast Extension), or pick one of the 12 samples built into the app's library.
Only to let you record a sample directly from the mic. If you never use that feature, the mic is never active. Recordings stay on your device and are never uploaded anywhere.
It uses iOS's Broadcast Extension to capture audio from other apps or the device itself while you record, so you can turn any sound into a scratchable sample. The captured audio is written to a private, on-device App Group container that only Wax Deck reads — it is never sent anywhere else.
Sync uses Apple's MultipeerConnectivity to let nearby devices on the same Wax Deck session follow one device's deck in real time (e.g. for a two-performer act). It only talks to other nearby devices over local Wi-Fi/Bluetooth — never to the internet, and never automatically; it only activates when you explicitly start a session.
Yes — Wax Deck includes two AUv3 Audio Unit plug-ins: a scratchable instrument, and a capture effect you insert on any track to grab whatever's playing and scratch it live.
Wax Deck is built to keep your audio and performances on your device. Specifically:
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