Moog Music today released an update to Animoog for iPhone, its Anisotropic software synthesizer.

The update improves support for iOS 8, 64-bit devices, improves Audiobus support, delivers a long list of bug fixes and more.

Here’s what’s new in Animoog for iPhone:

• Stable support for iOS 8
• Stable support for 64-bit devices
• Revised timbres panel with categories (touch-hold timbre in category for preview)
• Added ‘hold’ switch to keyboard for iPhone 5 and later
• New installations now by default map CC64 to the Hold switch for iPhone 5 and later
• Audiobus input slot compatibility fixes
• Pitch bend range can now be selected in MIDI settings
• Pitch bend strip is more usable by reducing the sensitivity in the middle
• External pitch bend now behaves linearly across the pitch bend range
• Pitch and mod strips now light up with incoming MIDI
• MIDI CC mapping can be edited through the dialog after double-tapping a control
• Mapped controls now respond to MIDI when Animoog is in the background
• Virtual Animoog MIDI ports are now always available even if no port is explicitly selected
• Fixed MIDI input and output port selection sometimes tacitly picking another one
• Preset menu doesn’t cover minimized keyboard anymore
• Improved IAA instrument compatibility (IAA transport panel will be done for a future release)
• Use with any buffer size from 128 to 4096 (256 being the intended size for all supported devices)
• Fixes for restore purchase functionality
• Improved in-app store layout and interaction
• iTunes File Sharing access to timbres, presets and projects
• Removed import/export preset from setup panel since iTunes File Sharing should cover all needs
• Added timbre category list under ‘random preset’ to enable/disable categories to randomize timbres from
• Page selector can now be latched by tapping without dragging the menu
• All drop-down menus now support latched operation
• Invalid timbre files are marked and don’t cause crashes anymore
• Keyboard scale selection now doesn’t misbehave after selecting the whole tone scale
• Resuming after interruptions from Siri now reactivates audio
• Proper handling of large amounts of MIDI expression data, coming from alternative controllers
• Page selection widget now appears below the active page title for easier visibility
• Added store entry to the page menu
• Proper launch screen across all iPad and iPhone devices
• Version number is now shown at the bottom of configuration screen
• Overall stability improvements

Animoog for iPhone is available for US $5.99 in the App Store.