miniSynth
Published by: YonacCurrent Version: 2.4 (iPhone OS 3.0 Tested)
Released: 2008-09-30
Price: $1.99
Category: Music :: Simulation
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App Description
*** Not only is miniSynth the FIRST and the ORIGINAL synthesizer for the iPhone and iPod Touch, but it is also the most popular of all time! Beware of impersonators! ***
*** Nominated for the 2008 and 2009 Best App Ever Awards ***
*** Version 2.2: Now with zero-latency, sliding among keys and improved keyboard sensitivity ***
The original iPhone synthesizer is now in its 2.2, just happily out of college. With a tasteful set of tweaks here and there, including its shiny new slide-friendly keyboard, and platform-first ZERO LATENCY (yeah, you heard it right), it's here to muse and amuse. It retains both its original skin, and the battered '52-Tele one, switchable via the instructions below. Complete with a recording and playback module, an audio file browser and ability to export via Wi-Fi without connecting to those shady third party servers, and still with the original Utz price tag. Ho hum.
What else? Brought to you by the same team behind Tune-O-Rama, Thereminator, and MegaSynth, miniSynth has sounds and features that rival those of its flesh-and-blood (well....transistor-and-wood) forbears. Just experiment with its two 6-octave oscillators and ultra retro filter to see what we mean: you'll be able to evoke sounds from Classic Rock to Electronica, and from Prog to New Wave just by moving a few sliders, or create unique voices of your own. From luscious booming bass sounds to shrill screeches, miniSynth won't disappoint.
Highlights in v2.2
-- 2 analog-modelling VFO's
-- Zero-latency sound generation
-- "True Retro" Variable Capacitance Filter with cutoff and resonance
-- 6 selectable octaves per oscillator
-- 4 waveforms per VFO
-- VCA envelope with attack/release for added expressiveness
-- Faithful monophonic keyboard control simulation
-- 48-key, 4-octave keyboard with extra-wide keys
-- Built-in reverb with settable decay and repeat time
-- User-controlled glide with amount
-- Hold mode
-- Built in auto-compressor
-- Octave-making "octa-meister" with adjustable speed
-- Individual VFO volumes
-- Master Volume
-- Presence switch
-- 30 presets containing classic synth programs
-- Built-in recording, playback (also can loop) and basic audio file management
-- Export/import audio files via Wi-Fi connection to your router and your web browser (can import mp3s, AAC, wav and caf format)
-- Configurable skin (look for miniSynth under the device "Settings" app on the iPhone/iPod main screen)
To experience miniSynth's tone to the fullest, we suggest you plug in your stereo or headphones. Then beam me up, Scotty!
SKIN SELECTION INSTRUCTIONS:
1. FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN, GO TO DEVICE SETTINGS.
2. SELECT MINISYNTH.
3. TURN "CLASSIC SKIN" EITHER ON OR OFF.
COMPLAINT: WHY DOES MINISYNTH SEEM TO CRASH WHEN RECORDING?
SOLUTION: PLEASE FOLLOW BELOW INSTRUCTIONS for RECORDING
1) Press REC button: the rec led will start BLINKING, announcing that the recorder is "armed", but not yet recording. NOTE: MINISYNTH IS NOT RECORDING WHEN THE RED LED IS BLINKING.
2) Press PLAY button: now the led will turn SOLID, and the actual recording will start
3) When finished, press STOP
4) If you'd like to save your recording, press SAVE; otherwise, your recording will be overwritten, or erased when you exit miniSynth
5) You can play your recording by pressing the play button
6) For detailed instructions please go to "support" on our website
App Screen Shots
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