Developer Luca Cuoco has released Vultus (App Store link), a $5.99 “professional audio instrument” now available for Apple iPad.

According to Cuoco, each instrument feels real and “gives you an enchanted acoustic sensation.”

Details below. 

The Piano Keyboard and the Drum Pad:

• Choose the Piano Keyboard to play more then 20 different instruments: Acoustic Grand Piano, Electric Piano, Rhodes, Hammond, PipeOrgan, Strings, Pizzicato Strings, Trumpet, Marimba, Xylophone, Pan Flute, Ocarina, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Sitar, Electric Bass, Synth Bass, Synth Brass, Techno Synth, Electrical Storm …
• Choose the Drum Pad to play more then 20 different percussions and drum kits: Dry Kit, Dry Kit 2, Ambient Kit, Rock Kit, Jazz Kit, Brush Kit, Latin Kit, Pop Drum, Reggae Drum, Heavy Drum, 80’s Drum, Afro, Afro 2, Oriental Mistery, World Percussions, Drum And Bass, Electro Kit, Electro Kit 2, House Kit, HipHop Kit …

Recording:

• Record your musical ideas and hear them in different sounds/instruments changing in real time the selected sound. This is a great solution for composers and songwriters who need to explore their tunes in different ways and in different arrangements.

Vultus supports the following scales: Major, Minor, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor Asc., Melodic Minor Desc., Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian, Whole/Half Diminished, Half/Whole Diminished, Whole Tone, Major Pentatonic, Minor Pentatonic, Blues, Major Blues, BeBop Dominant, BeBop Major, Hexatonic, Augmented, Alternate, Egyptian, Hirajoshi, Pelog, Balinese, Japanese, Chinese, Chinese 2, Hungarian Major, Hungarian Minor, Enigmatic, Neopolitan, Flamenco, Arabian, Persian, Byzantine.

If you’ve used Vultus, leave a comment with your thoughts!