Dexed Synth User Reviews

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Sysex manager

Wait a minute! could be 5 stars if…. Any way possible to make this to be able to perform similar to the desktop version with Sysex files as a editor and librarian. I though I would be able to send presets to my Yamaha TX7 with this app alone. You can on the desktop version and its free. I paid for the iPad version and I’m shocked that feature was left out, I may need to purchase something else that will due both what I thought this would due since it costed me a fee, PLEASE UPDATE 2026??????
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Logic Pro presets deletion impossible

OK, so I’ve been using this app for many many months now. I use Logic Pro for iPad, and recently I’ve been trying to reset my preset list. Though I can’t delete any of my presets that have already been saved so I am not very sure what to do. though I am a vision impaired user, and I was thinking about writing this review upon implementing voiceover accessibility, but I figured it would be much easier to deal with the Logic Pro problem. Other than that, this app is great, and I could definitely use it for my biggest hopes and dreams when it comes to music creation. I plan on making video game music with it kinda like a Sega Genesis, but bigger and better. but, my presets list is too large for me to save anything and know where it is anymore, so if there is a way that the deletion problem can be solved, I would greatly appreciate it if this comes as soon as possible. also the reason I gave this app 5 stars is because it is literally what I’m looking for lol. It’s a great DX seven imitation, and I think it deserves less trash talk then it’s getting at this very moment. I understand there are some problems and yes, I do agree. People should be a bit more lenient to when typing out the reviews that they are writing out, because this app is literally basically the perfect FM synthesizer out there.
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A Beautiful Mess

For all the jank, this thing is pretty incredible. Hard pressed to think of a better $4 spend for anyone who wants to jam with AUM on an iPhone.

It’s need better graphics and stability

I’m using an iPad Pro with the latest chip I love the idea of the app but it need more attention it need stability better graphics and user interface options to use favorites and save tones

Very Disappointing

M1 iMac Pro. Haven’t been able to use this app at all. The interface is poorly designed. Bugs are numerous. To use this App I have to delete the app everytime and reload. There little icon that does something with focus. Little X on bottom removes keyboard with no clear way to get keyb back. Load one or two Syx files from the Cart and buttons stop responding. Back to removing and reloading. This is a mess.
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Waste of money

App is simply unusable. Don’t waste your time or money.

So close to being perfect

Forget not being able to save patches locally, not being able to load custom patches in auv3 is a way bigger deal. Most of us aren’t programming this, just loading some of the countless presets. And if we can’t load them, well, we can’t play them. I get that it’s basically the same problem, but, priorities. Also, it’s easy enough in the standalone app to load patches over Dropbox or whatever, no pressing need for a more robust transfer. Did I mention that we need to be able to load custom patches in auv3? Thx for this excellent port otherwise. I get how much work it is. Hope you stick with it.
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Sound ist gut

Die Anzahl der mitgelieferten Bänke: sehr gut.

Aber die GUI!!! Nicht geschmacklich (darüber könnte man natürlich auch noch diskutieren), nein funktionell. Mein 13“ iPad 2020 (iPadOS 17.4.1) reicht nicht, um das ganze PlugIn darzustellen. Es scheint zu gehen, aber der Klick auf‘s Auge zeigt zwar Parameter, die mich aber nicht weiterbringen.

In Logic für iPad werden Bänke importiert, allerdings die Namen der Presets nicht geändert. Drehen ins Hochformat hilft manchmal, um an alle Parameter zu kommen. Das Redraw der Oberfläche schleichend! 5-10 Sekunden, bis alles dargestellt wird.

Die Mac Version ist auch nicht perfekt aber im Vergleich hierzu sensationell.
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Should have known better

This app doesn’t work properly. Incredibly buggy and should not be on the App Store. So many who would use this and are already familiar with the vst version. Unfortunately it looks like there’s been no proper update in 4 years, so I’m deleting it. Shame. Vst version is good.

Keys sticking is a bummer

Until that problem is found, can we have an ALL STOP button?

12 years, still broken.

It hangs, blasts random bursts of loud static, can't load any of the "included 30,000 carts," and really really needs a MIDI PANIC button to deal with all of the constantly hanging notes. This isn't Dexed.

This better be free

Been using Dexed on pC for years so it was a nice surprise to see its ported to iOS now. But it doesn’t work. Garbage. I sure hope I didn’t pay for this it’s useless!

Good app but

Crashing in GarageBand

Totally broken on iPhone 12

Can’t scroll, can’t open setup. Won’t make sound. Terrible. Deleted for good.

Great Start!

A few quirks but unquestionably a great value! This is exactly the type of developer we should be supporting

Needs a better UI

The UI is just scrolling around a 2D screen.
And the key are very tiny and glitchy.

Also why must you sell a port of open source software?

Ui needs an overhaul

I'm so glad there's a sunth that can load all the DX7 patches!

That being said, this app suffers from the exact OPPOSITE of the original DX7, too many controls on the front panel!

My dude, thank you for making this app, but make tabs/pages for the controls. One giant scrollable main page is just un unuseable...
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Where are 5he 20,000 cartridges?

I’m a big fan of DX7 emulators and use Dexed the VST instrument, along with FM8 and DX7 V collection. This port is very poor and glitchy and worst still doesn’t come with the 20,000 cartridges as stated in the app description. The GUI is a little crude and overall this looks amateurish in comparison to the VST version.

Others can make an iOS synth feel like the software equivalent of a DAW instrument, take TAL UNO LX which is the same on the IPad as the VST and is great to play. This isn’t and I should have know better looking at the screenshots of the interface.

I took a punt purely on the library of 20,000 banks of 32 presets, sadly they don’t seem to be there and I let them unpack on the first load.

Needs a lot more work, barring the ugliness this freezes all the time and is very unstable.
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Broken code

Broken...does not work. All glitchy and won’t load any of the presets. Abandoned, it seems.

KQ Dixie is FAR better in every way.

Breath control does not work.

When trying to use breath controller patches, the parameters in the SETUP screen do not work at all. It is not possible to get DEXED to respond to breath controller data even when these settings are set right and the patch has been specially designed to respond to breath. This is a serious bug. Please fix.
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