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Bells, Gongs, & Tines, Oh My!
With a powerful arpeggiator. Thank you for AUv3!ZenLizard
Thanks for AU support!
This is one of my most favorite iPad synths. When I saw Laplace get AU3 support, I was hopeful Mersenne would as well. Now that time's here and I just MIDI sequenced a quick track with it in GarageBand. The AU layout is good and scrolls smoothly to see everything. All of the effects parameters are exposed, too. I personally prefer AU to IAA or AudioBus. And I love Mersenne, so today's a great day. Thanks, IceGear!Show lessk-botnick
Link has strange property
Love all iceworks apps. I have all the recent Link-enabled ones and they are always the first ones I open during a session.
For some reason, when the apps join the network they interrupt the tempo of the session first instead of looking at what the current tempo is first and changing to that.
This can really jumble what would otherwise be a seamless and enjoyable experience.
All the synths sound great and I love the arp and hold buttons. I also love that they have standard midi functionality.Show lessKlrxs
Quasimodo's favourite app!
The bells, the bells.... If you like bell sounds, then this app is the new pretender. Very slick, single screen interface, and lovely variable sounds...if you like bells. It will be a 5 star app when the developers add more variety (there are not that many presets) allow the app to save/ load its last settings, and (across their whole range) wake up to Ableton Link.
NicShow lessTheWightGuy
Wonderful and unique
I like how this FM+Resonator synth focuses on a particular sound. It sounds a lot like some of the instruments in a Gamelan ensemble. When combined with the arpeggiator and delay it's easy and fun to compose a sort of modern synthesized version of a Gamelan. That's mainly what I use it for, and because I have an affection for Gamelan music, this synth brings a smile to my face when working with it.
Mersenne's MIDI implementation is excellent. The controls are very functional and easy to use. The two Tone generators, the Noise generator, Resonator, drive and delay, chorus and reverb are logically laid out and instantly useable. The arpeggiator is especially powerful, letting you design your own patterns for saving and recalling. The minimalistic elegance in Mersenne's design is apparent and well suited to the sounds this synth produces. The single-mindedness of Mersenne's sound is very much a plus in this case.
Because Mersenne is so good at getting that Gamelan type sound, including different tuning systems, especially Far East tunings would be an excellent addition to this synth and would qualify it for a legitimate 5 star rating. I can manipulate the detuning, glide and other parameters to get a slightly faux eastern sound, but that's not the same as an authentic Gamelan tuning.
Overall one of the best and most enjoyable synths of 2016.Show lessstevesteele.com
Niche Synth, but brilliant part of the trilogy
These little iceWorks synths are marvels of gorgeous and intuitive interfaces, generously populated with great presets to tweak into your own personalized versions, great FX and perfectly implemented Arps.
Yes, they (this, Laplace, Lorentz), are niche virtual instruments, each one limited to a specific kind of timbre, but they are beautifully designed, and they sound terrific stand alone or in the right mixes...Show lessTwirling Erling
great metallic sounds
if you want to create beautiful metallic sounds and more, this is the app!Gs2501
Great Specialty FM Synth
Mersenne is a percussion synth that is capable of much more than FM drum sounds. It can create capable chimes and bells, metallic sounds and even other more traditional synth sounds. All of the sounds tend to be a bit dirty and thin. The engine is quite similar to Laplace, their resonator synth with a different interface. They could have combined the two easily enough but I am satisfied owning each separately.Show lessRhcole
FUN
All you need to know is that it's fun. Then you will see its more FUN. Buy it......FUNPHEOTUS1
Great sounding synth - needs a bit of work
Sound great and is distinctive compared to iceGear’s other synth apps.
Under IOS 9, it crashes intermittently without running other synth/audio apps.
The arpeggiator is not very well documented and is a bit confusing to use.
Fix the stability and the arpeggiator documentation and this becomes as 5-star appShow lessGovernorSilver
