Developer Alfredo Aliaga shared this video demo of iAbyssal, a photo-synthesizer / noise machine for iOS.

Based on the Abyssal analog photo-synth released by AtomoSynth in 2008, iAbyssal is a virtual analog synthesizer that can be controlled by light using your iOS device’s camera. 

Features:

• Uses your device frontal camera as a light sensor for altering pitch, filter frequency and resonance.
• “Photocell” (frontal camera) calibration functionality for adjusting its sensitivity to different environmental light conditions.
• Can be used in low-light environments thanks to an inverse calibration feature.
• Features one oscillator with square and sawtooth waveforms.
• White noise generator.
• Two low frequency oscillators (LFO) which can modulate various parameters of the oscillator, noise generator and filter.
• One Filter with low pass and high pass mode and resonance (peak) control.
• Adjustable delay effect.
• Preset memory including many factory presets for using as a starting point and easily create your own sounds.
• Inter-App-Audio and Audiobus support (as generator unit) for using it with your favorite audio apps.

Pricing and Availability

iAbyssal is available now for US $4.99.

If you’ve used iAbyssal, share your thoughts on it in the comments.