A little story about the famous Synclavier. Btw, the best desktop emulation might be the one from Arturia and there’s one on iOS, too.
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How To Import Loops, Samples & Midi Into iPad
An in depth tutorial on how to import loops & MIDI into iPads from Mobile Music Pro.
Electronicsounds
Get lots of free samples/patchs for iOS apps or as Wav files from Electronicsounds (Donations possible).
Caustic 3
Caustic 3 is a music creation tool inspired by rack-mount synthesizers / samplers rigs. Everything is real-time and optimized for mobile devices.
But the desktop version is free (No support)
Free iPad Sequencer (Skram)
Click pic to get to Skram @ Itunes Store.