ID700 User Reviews

ID700
ID700
Jonathan Schatz

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Fluid and unique

Exceptional way to experiment with sound. Nothing else like it

The best FM synthesizer ever created

The title says it all. This thing does everything I ever wished my DX7 could do, and with a user interface that makes it as easy as editing an FM synthesizer with this level of functionality could possibly be. I really don’t have anything negative to say here. Been using this app for a few years now and I still feel as though I have barely scratched the surface of what is possible. Thank you for creating this, whoever you are.
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Top synth

Amazing to learn about sound design even as an amateur like myself and I know the more I continue to learn I’ll be able to go deeper . Beautiful sounds anything from simple and pretty to complex ambient soundscapes . A joy to play . Worth way more than its priced .

Great!

This is a really well done recreation of an amazing Buchla synth. It is a great way to explore an extremely rare and unique synth, but it is also a really amazing app in its own right, especially if you like exploring and tweaking sounds: nothing sounds like this. It is not a simple plug-and-play sound maker - its deep and complex - but the many very well done pre-sets let get into the sounds immediately. The manual is clear and thorough as well.
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One of the finest iOS synths ever made

For experimental patch creation, with usable and excellent results this is number 1 for me. One of the finest iOS synths ever developed.

Program Change Information 👍

This is a really fantastic synth app, I have come to rely on it more and more for it’s unique sounds and textures, but I like to use program change as much as possible to save using too many instances of the same AUv3 synth app, but I struggled to achieve this with ID700, the onboard manual gives no mention of this process. So I tapped on the App Support, selected ID700 and download the ID700 v1.18 Manual into my Adobe Reader, this contains Program Change information not available in the onboard manual. I have listed below some examples of Bank & Prog numbers that I successfully use in Cubasis3.

The following Bank/CC32 and Program numbers are used in Cubasis3.

ADAGIO (01), Preset “armOne” = Bank#0, CC32#0, Prg Number #1. (Prg #0 is De Fault). Moving forward to -

SOUND DESIGN (11), Preset “700 Waves” = Bank#0, CC32#0, Prg #127.

The following factory presets (next in line) now use CC32#1:

SOUND DESIGN (11), Preset “amp7e&r1n6” = Bank#0, CC32#1, Prg #0,

The last factory preset is:

Timbre (14) “WSBZ 700” = Bank#0, CC32#1, Prg #94.

Hope this information is useful to someone 😉
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Lacks fx, but otherwise seems pretty good

This synth is actually not all that hard to understand, provided you have eyes and some idea how additive synthesis, frequency modulation and subtractive filtering work. Oh, and amplitude. Don’t forget volume.

Basically, there are a load of multi stage envelopes for everything besides the waveforms, so once you understand how they work and how they will effect things, take it from there…

Only real sad thing is no traditional fx, but if you need them, you can add them in anyway. That’s what I like about soft synths.
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Coolest synth iOS app

This is my favorite iOS synth app is the most fun one I have to design new sounds. I use it with Moog semi-modular synths and it sounds amazing.

Not just a great tribute to a forgotten gem a superb instrument in its own right

Worth investing some time with the manual to understand the concepts but so many modulation possibilities. I’m thinking I’ll spend a long time with this and keep on finding new sounds, love it 👌

Works a treat with a touch screen on iPad too

Beautiful

This is one of the most inspiring and well designed instruments I’ve encountered. The UI is top notch with excellent response and fine control of all the “knobs” and sliders. I can spend blissful hours starting from an unit patch and tweaking envelopes and it scratches all the deep creative itchy spots in my brain. This app is a good reason to buy an iPad.
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