A very good sounding synth, but preset system is problematic
Every single time this synth app has been updated it wiped out my own custom presets. That is unacceptable behavior for a production synth, so I can no longer use or recommend this.
Response from developer
Are you placing your custom presets in your own bank and not altering the default presets? The default presets will be replaced each time we install a new version of the app. This bank is reserved for me to add and expand upon the presets that ship with Copperhead. I will certainly check into whether there is an issue with other banks but since I have multiple people working on new preset packs I would have thought they would have come across this by now if it was a general issue. Have you uninstalled the app at all? When uninstalling all your presets will be removed. NOTE: Just performed a couple of re-installations and all my custom banks (I have 6) and the contents of my user bank are intact, so I can only assume you saved your presets in the 'Default' bank.
Fans of Subtractor and Sunrizer, Yamaha 80's
Will absolutely adore this synth.
Might be the most feature packed synth along with woodman's wood synth.
Might be the most feature packed synth along with woodman's wood synth.
Love this one
AMAZING synth from 4pockets - đ
Nice butâŠ.
Unfortunately automation recording is not working in Logic Pro for iPad. Please fix it, this synth is worth 5 stars if it works properly.
Phat
Fetter Klang. Eine Riesenanzahl an Möglichkeiten, den Sound in alle möglichen Richtungen zu tweaken. Hunderte hervorragende Presets. Eingebaute ausfĂŒhrliche Hilfe mit Links zu Anleitungsvideos auf YouTube. Ich habe anfangs Zeit gebraucht, um mich an die nĂŒchterne OberflĂ€chengestaltung der 4pockets Apps zu gewöhnen. Inzwischen schĂ€tze ich die effektive Ausnutzung der knappen OberflĂ€che, die einheitliche Gestaltung und dass alle Apps auf iPad UND iPhone gut bedienbar sind. Klare Empfehlung.
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Great Synth with Fun Features
You can produce any sound you can imagine with this synth⊠really! Do watch the videos in the help menu for a complete tutorial. I\while Copperhead is very intuitive, itâs worth watching the vids to get the most out of it.
There are amazing features. Not least is the preset banks by the amazing sound designer Spidercemides! You can essentially dump all his presets into a favorites folder. But donât. If you decide to remove a preset from the Favorites folder youâll end up deleting the preset from just about everywhere. A small bug which Iâm sure will be fixed. I needed to reinstall the app to recover the presets.
Another amazing feature is the waveform editor. It has something Iâve never seen before, a slider for each fundamental of a sound wave! This is a big deal. You can design some extraordinary sounds and learn about how sounds are made with this tool. Iâve never seen it before and i have a ton of synths. One thing missing however is a way to save the sounds youâve designed. It will be there when you save the preset of course but it would be nice to develop an original sound library.
The only very minor problem i have is the the menu diving needed to open some critical windows like âeffectsâ and âfavorites.â Itâs only three taps to get to the window but other designers have brought you these windows a bit less clumsily.
Another problem is thereâs no way to access the developerâs page⊠if it even exists. Iâm surprised because this is a major developer with an awesome offering of apps. If you hit the developerâs website link youâll basically be forwarded to a management consultant company which Iâm pretty sure is the furthest thing from music as a business can be.
Overall, a great synth and an incredible value!
There are amazing features. Not least is the preset banks by the amazing sound designer Spidercemides! You can essentially dump all his presets into a favorites folder. But donât. If you decide to remove a preset from the Favorites folder youâll end up deleting the preset from just about everywhere. A small bug which Iâm sure will be fixed. I needed to reinstall the app to recover the presets.
Another amazing feature is the waveform editor. It has something Iâve never seen before, a slider for each fundamental of a sound wave! This is a big deal. You can design some extraordinary sounds and learn about how sounds are made with this tool. Iâve never seen it before and i have a ton of synths. One thing missing however is a way to save the sounds youâve designed. It will be there when you save the preset of course but it would be nice to develop an original sound library.
The only very minor problem i have is the the menu diving needed to open some critical windows like âeffectsâ and âfavorites.â Itâs only three taps to get to the window but other designers have brought you these windows a bit less clumsily.
Another problem is thereâs no way to access the developerâs page⊠if it even exists. Iâm surprised because this is a major developer with an awesome offering of apps. If you hit the developerâs website link youâll basically be forwarded to a management consultant company which Iâm pretty sure is the furthest thing from music as a business can be.
Overall, a great synth and an incredible value!
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Beautiful synth
It has a very balanced smooth and lush sound. You cannot get a annoying sound from it. Even the init patch siunds nice without tweaking. The siynth has very nice fx. I love especially the reverb and the autopan What i would love to see are more midi CCs , e.g. for the envelopes. I hope we get midi learn in the future.
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MPE baby!
Thank you for adding MPEâwhat a tremendous boon to an already great synth! I might have to go create some more Stellar Anomalies (presets) for this nowâand for StringLab when I get it. Excellent!
Please test the AU version for Logic Pro on macOS
Seems to crash Logic Pro as soon as file is opened. Thanks.
Best synth Iâve come across
This is a brilliant synth, thanks guys. Iâve found it great for creating organ sounds. USR is particularly useful. It is my âgo toâ synth. Complements the other 4pockets apps. Iâm still exploring. Rotary speaker effect would be a great addition for me.
Great soundsâŠbut how do we report the bugs??
Been using it for several months as my main sound engine.
But itâs got some small issues here and there, like any software.
My main gripe is thereâs no documented way to contact the developer.
4pockets.com goes to an blank web page.
âSupportâ options on the App Store go to Karl MarketingâŠa lot of good that does.
Look in the online helpâŠno mention of support channels.
Whereâs the main place Paul goes to see user postings of the bugs theyâve encountered?? Anybody know?
But itâs got some small issues here and there, like any software.
My main gripe is thereâs no documented way to contact the developer.
4pockets.com goes to an blank web page.
âSupportâ options on the App Store go to Karl MarketingâŠa lot of good that does.
Look in the online helpâŠno mention of support channels.
Whereâs the main place Paul goes to see user postings of the bugs theyâve encountered?? Anybody know?
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5 star synth
This just gets better and better with each update. My âgo toâ synth now .update, now also my favourite strings . Is there a place to share presets? Got some big strings going on .
Much better than it looks, and it gets very nice updates too.
While an easy to use, understand and master synth, copperhead has a lot more going for it than any other two, or you could say three, oscillator virtual analogue. Only real annoyances are the limited Lfo, envelope and modulation possibilities. The sequencer is a brilliant touch, since it allows for the changing of pretty much everything, but more lfos and envelopes on top, and more oscillators, would be very nice too. Itâs probably the only thing that bugs me about copperhead reallyâŠ
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Paul the Music Man strikes gold again
This synth is fantastic. Brilliant sounds, great layout, easy to use and lots of ways to morph and manipulate the sounds. I love the Gater and the sequencer and having initially experienced a distinct time lag with syncing up with other apps via AUM, this problem seems to be completely fixed now so thank you Paul for your continued services to iOS music making!
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Astounding value
Great versatility, great for learning subtractive, but with great and useful externals bolted on. Faultless
Another winner from Paul @ 4pockets.com
One of the Hardest working devs on ios! Happy to support! Great sounding and light on cpu! Been using it everyday since buying! Thanks đ
The full package
Not only a very capable synth, but also supported with a detailed series of YouTube videos by the developer - concisely walking you through all of the features.
This would have been my perfect first synth. I remember all too well not knowing my VCO fro my LFO and not having any sense at all how my VCF fit into the picture. I canât even imagine how much learning time I could have save by having access to Copperhead and the matching masterclasses.
The layout works as well on iPhone as iPad, both in standalone and as an Audio Unit. That makes it really suitable to use as my main workhorse synth.
As with all 4Pockets app, the consistency in design ensures that learning one app transfers to all of the other ones, which is always appreciated and helps me make the most out of my music time.
Highly recommended, and if you are new to synths - donât shy away from this one because it doesnât have that ânewbieâs first synthâ look. In a couple of days youâll be synthing more than youâd ever believe possible.
This would have been my perfect first synth. I remember all too well not knowing my VCO fro my LFO and not having any sense at all how my VCF fit into the picture. I canât even imagine how much learning time I could have save by having access to Copperhead and the matching masterclasses.
The layout works as well on iPhone as iPad, both in standalone and as an Audio Unit. That makes it really suitable to use as my main workhorse synth.
As with all 4Pockets app, the consistency in design ensures that learning one app transfers to all of the other ones, which is always appreciated and helps me make the most out of my music time.
Highly recommended, and if you are new to synths - donât shy away from this one because it doesnât have that ânewbieâs first synthâ look. In a couple of days youâll be synthing more than youâd ever believe possible.
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I like it
Another winner from Paul. Iâve spent only a short time with it but Iâm seeing a lot of possibilities and a better user experience than several of the synths I already have.
