SonicMax Pro app for iPhone and iPad

4.6 ( 2736 ratings )

Music
Developer: BBE Sound, Inc.

0.99 USD

Current version: 1.8.2, last update: 8 years ago
First release : 14 Nov 2011
App size: 7.68 Mb

“Ive been using BBE professional products in my studio for years. To have the SonicMax Pro on my iPhone is a sci-fi dream come true.” – Tony Visconti, bassist and legendary producer [T.Rex, Moody Blues, David Bowie, Alejandro Escovito]

“The BBE SonicMax Pro has turned my iPhone and Jambox into an amazing sound system. If you find the audio lacking in your iPhone, THIS IS THE APP FOR YOU!!!“ – Elliot Easton, guitarist for The Cars

“[The BBE SonicMax Pro] KILLS the sound of the standard iPod app…really making my headphones bump! I use the pro sound Sonic Maximizer gear for live performance and now I have the SonicMax Pro for music on the go. If you are an audiophile gear junkie like me, you NEED the SonicMax Pro.“
Ethan Roberts, Musical Director and guitarist for Selena Gomez and The Scene

“BBE has done it again! Taking us all into the future of sonic transportation. Making it easier than ever to get great sound anywhere or anyhow...”
Jake Cinninger, guitarist for Umphrey’s McGee

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NOTE: Current version of Sonic Max Pro will not display album artwork on iOS 10 lock screen.

Turn your iPhone, iTouch or iPad into an HD-quality music player.

BBE’s critically acclaimed HD audio technology —Sonic Maximizer® — is now available for the mobile generation.

Hear all the sound you never heard. Hear every instrument, every vocal, every chord, every twang, crunch, tap, pluck and sigh with greater clarity and dynamic presence. BBE’s patented technology restores the natural warmth, clarity and definition that have been missing from your digital listening experience. Rediscover the thrill of deeper richer lows, superior clarity and definition, increased upper harmonic detail and better overall audio performance regardless of the quality of your earphones, dock, or speakers.

Savoring HD-quality audio has never been simpler. Pick your playlist. Pick your preset. Press play. It’s that easy. SonicMax Pro takes the guesswork out of finding your “sweet spot” by providing professionally calibrated presets for today’s most popular listening devices.

With SonicMax Pro, there are no gimmicks. Unlike other apps, there’s no special equipment to plug in. No additional downloads to buy. No limits to your listening enjoyment. SonicMax Pro will even let you adjust our presets to match your own personal taste and music, as well as customize your own.

SonicMax Pro is the must-have app for every musician, aspiring DJ and music fanatic. If you love music, prepare to fall in love all over again.

BBE Sounds’ family of Apps, the SonicMax Pro and its little brother SonicMax drive the commitment to deliver the thrill of a live concert experience to everyday life. Your mobile device benefits from the same audio breakthroughs employed throughout the audio entertainment production spectrum from the stage and studio. Since 1985, millions of music’s biggest sound professionals and artists have relied on BBE for the very best sound.

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Features include:
-iPhone 6 optimized
-Recommended for iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 4s, iPhone 4
-Not for iPhone 3G, Second Generation iPod Touches or older.
-iOS7 recommended.
-Select between four listening presets: earbuds/earphones, headphones, dock, external speakers
-All presets can be fine-tuned to suit your personal taste
-3 additional custom presets to create your own one-of-a-kind listening device presets
-Settings include: Lo Contour, BBE Process, iSet, Sound Field, Mach3 Bass, Mach3 Gain, MP Gain
-Full music player functionality — Play, Pause, Skip, Repeat, Shuffle
-Automatically uploads playlists from your iTunes library
-Displays artist, title, artwork, time
-SonicMax Pro will not play older DRM encoded audio files, but iTunes Plus files are supported.
- iTunes Match compatible, tracks must be downloaded to the device
- iTunes Airplay and Bluetooth compatible

Please contact us with any questions: [email protected]

Pros and cons of SonicMax Pro app for iPhone and iPad

SonicMax Pro app good for

The most clear and natural player to iOS. Just awersome audio quality. Melhor player pra iOS. A BBE nunca decepciona.

I use this little (BIG) Wonder now some Month, and must say: if i send the Signal to my HiFi...Great! If i listen through Headphones... Superbe! 5 Stars for sure!!! Strongly recommended!

Just easy to use, fun and good Sound, that really makes the difference! Well worth the money!!!

BBE is a well known tool from the pro audio world. It really helps with the sound those small apple earbuds.

Totally awsome! Three letters and that much Power! Thank you!

Has a number of useful preset audio settings for your Ipod touch/IPad/IPhone as well as 3 more user-programable settings and while it isnt exactly an equalizer, has useful settings to drastically improve the soundstage and instrument/vocals separation beyond what your IDevice is capable of. It does also have a reverb and "Bass Boost/Bass Crossover" type of function. I would highly recommend this to anyone who has considered buying an amp or amp/DAC for their IDevice or even those who run their IDevice through a computer-based equalizer and want something for on-the-go. Pros:-Amplifies and adjusts Bass and to a lsser extent mids and highs to suit a number of audio devices, docking devices, headphones. -Adjusts audio soundstage to give you that "Sitting right in the studio", "Front Row at the concert" feel -Adjusts Vocal separation so that you arent just listening to a wall of sound coming from inside your head, you can virually pick out each vocal and instrument on studio/live recordings -Still allows you to access all your song controls while in the app. Cons:-Goes to first track in library every time the app is opened, not the last one you listened to. -Not an inexpensive app, but sooo much less expensive than new headphones or an amp/DAC.

Some bad moments

I could not find any adjustment /settings that made my iPod touch 4th gen. sound better than original. I listen through AKG K702 headphones or Shure 535 ear buds. With both phones the trebles became harsh and annoying when using the presets! Diana Krall sounded like a country singer! Jesus! Trying some tweaks to make trebles to sound more round everything became or anemic or muddy. I also tried with Monster Turbine buds and nothing good too. Maybe BBE Sound should include some options with phones matching presets. Or maybe this app will help only those with bad /muddy phones or perhaps the originals (I lost mine), who knows. This app crashes a lot too! I believe that some crashes are due to the weird song-list manager inside this app, that, on top of other annoying things, as soon as you choose an artist or album it starts automatically playing the first song in the list. If it happens that the first in the list is a video clip, the app crashes. It was impossible to hear Pink Floyd`s Wish You Were Here, choosing the Album option, for instance (the deluxe version downloaded from iTunes, which has videos and LP on it). Waist of money!

Strange user interface with graphic failures in playing mode (iOS 6.1.3 with Soundmax Pro V 1.7.1) without any usability. Please fix it

Great sound ! If support home shared music ,I will give 5 star

Its useless for me as I keep most of my music stored in iTunes Match. Please add support for it

Since your last update it crash after few songs too ! Hope all get corrected fast I miss this player

Since version 1.8.1, the app has become a jumbled mess visually and a whole lot less stable. I cant handle the constant crashing anymore. Ill miss using BBEs player as my default. It really did sound great while it lasted. :( Months later, still waiting. PLEASE FIX! This app used to be the best in its class, and probably still is, but seriously: the UI is overlapping itself? Text over text? Crashing in between songs? What happened to this app guys? It seems to me that this update broke everything and improved nothing. Im sure that sounds ignorant, but my favorite app just became a useless spud, I just want my damn functionality back.

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