Surface Builder

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Limelight Software  | 
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4.5
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App Age
2y 6m
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Last Update
Dec 13, 2025

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Surface Builder
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Auv3 MIDI Controller
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Surface Builder is a tool for creating control surfaces that send MIDI data to one or more audio components in order to simplify remote control tasks. You start by creating a surface of a given size, adding buttons, knobs, faders, etc. to the surface and configuring them to generate the required MIDI output. Surface Builder allows you to send note on/off, controller change and program change values as well as being able to emulate modulation wheel and pitch bend data. Buttons can also be configured to send bulk MIDI data using a single key press. You can build surfaces that span multiple scenes and link between them for large complex interfaces. Incoming MIDI data can also be used to control or trigger elements of the interface, giving a bi-directional stream of MIDI data. Surface Builder can be added as a pure MIDI plugin which allows processing of MIDI only, or as an instrument plugin, allowing you to process audio passing through it. You can even load it as an intrument and configure a surface to start and stop audio clips either manually or remotely. Surface Builder was designed to be used as an AUv3 plugin within your favourite DAW, but it can also be used in standalone to send MIDI directly to MIDI hardware using direct access to their MIDI ports. Many different object types are supported including buttons, switches, lights, rotary knobs, faders, sliders, XY-Pad, keyboards, as well as text, image and box objects. Each object has many different styles and colours, so no two surfaces look the same. Drag and drop an audio file onto a button and that button becomes a clip player. Attach rotary knobs to control the clips volume and pan. Throw on top of that a LP/HP filter knob and you are cooking on gas. Drop PNG transparent image icons on buttons to customise the look and feel. A button can record and playback bulk MIDI commands, on both button press and release. So pressing a button could send the notes of a chord when pressed, and appropriate note offs on release. A surface can consist of up to 6 scenes for really complex designs. Buttons and switches can be used to switch scenes and also to show and hide other objects to make better use of screen space. Once your surface is complete switch to presentation mode to hide all the toolbars. Each surface can be saved with compressed audio and images all in a single surface file. Features ○ AUv3 and standalone modes. ○ Bluetooth MIDI support. ○ Drag and Drop interface. ○ Send and Receive Note On/Off. ○ Supports all Control Change parameters. ○ Supports Program Change commands with bank support. ○ Multiple Audio Clip playback. ○ Record and playback bulk midi data. ○ Multi-Scene. ○ Multi-level undo/redo. ○ MIDI Monitor ○ Presentation Mode. ○ iPhone and iPad compatible.}
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4.5
41 voters

Some Latest Reviews

jdjhdgdzhhdndjdg
28 Aug, 2025
3
Error since last update: Surface import via “Open with” no longer works.
Howimfeeling
17 Mar, 2025
3
I use this app heavily for live performance. The only problem, is that when I export my surfaces to the Cloud and try to import them to my surface app under the same Apple account on a different iPad (with the same IOS version) the app imports the surface successfully, but when I launch it, it closes out the app immediately (making the imported surface of no value except on the iPad on which the surface was created). Very unfortunate. Otherwise, if you create and only use the surface on the iPad on which it was created, you are good. The Export/Import doesn’t work at this time. If it can be shared across iPads, this is a five star!!
Kjeldran2
01 Feb, 2025
5
Overall this is a good add on for AUM where the option for building a midi surface to control AUM itself is endless. One aspect I would like the developer to consider is to add object automation functions, e.g. automation movement of faders/knob objects like the one you created in the midi mixer. Thank you.
lirok
25 Jun, 2024
5
As usual , another innovative,desktop quality app on mobile platform. Consistent updates and responsive Developer . Saying this ,please implement midi learn feature ,as not all DAWs are Exposing AUv3s midi parameters . Thanks
ruizcomposer
14 Jul, 2023
4
It is quite a surprise to find out that lfos can be sent by pressing a simple button. I just miss is a couple of random lfo options. Waiting for the next update!

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Additional Information
Rating:
4.51
Voted: 41
App Store Link:
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Categories: Music, Utilities
Size: 31MB
App Age: 2 years 6 months
Release Date: Jun 19, 2023
Last Update: Dec 13, 2025
Version: 1.22
Version history
1.22
Dec 13, 2025
v1.23 B78 Update to comply with Age Ratings.
1.21
Dec 02, 2025
v1.21 B77 Fix for UI issue on some devices using iOS26.1.

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