Best Hilda Synthesizer alternatives: apps like Hilda Synthesizer

4.0😐(63 ratings)

$19.99

This powerful synthesizer app offers a hybrid approach, combining wavetable, FM, and sample-based synthesis. Create unique sounds with a vast sonic range, advanced modulation, and a built-in effects rack. It caters to both experienced sound designers and beginners with extensive presets.

What We Love

✨ Deep sound design capabilities
🎛️ Versatile modulation matrix
🔊 Great sound quality
💡 Innovative wavetable generator
🌟 Serum-like experience
📱 Available on phones/iPads
🎹 Excellent for sound design
🚀 Powerful and capable synth
💯 Top-tier instrument
🎶 Amazing workflow and sound
💻 Desktop-class plugin on iOS
🎨 Beautiful and intuitive UI
🎚️ Wide range of filters
🎛️ Loads of modulation capabilities
💡 Unique random LFO feature
🎚️ Good array of effects
🎛️ Multiple oscillator types
🎚️ FM synthesis included
🎛️ Real 4-op FM synthesis
🎨 Straightforward interface presentation
🎚️ Great filters
🎶 Excellent sound
💡 Top-notch sound banks/patches
🎛️ Highly customizable
🎚️ Great for DnB
🎛️ Can sound pretty or nasty
🎚️ Granular controls
🎛️ Deep and great sounding
💡 Can recreate popular synths
🎚️ Powerful and versatile
🎛️ Good selection of presets
🎚️ Excellent standalone app
🎛️ Amazing wavetable synth
🎚️ Good for soundscapes
🎛️ Highly recommended

Room to Improve

📱 Fiddly on small screens
🐛 Crashes frequently
🐛 Disappears in Cubasis
🐛 Spikes CPU usage
🐛 Crashes on patch change
🐛 No audio on render/freeze
🐛 Keyboard doesn't load on iPhone
🐛 Audio Unit Extension quit error
🐛 Unusable in GarageBand
🐛 Preset changes on play
🐛 Random crashes in Logic Pro
🐛 Patches hang
🐛 Limited wavetable selection
🐛 Sample module buzz
🐛 Simple LFOs
🐛 Square wave LFO not square
🐛 Step sequencer has glide
🐛 Can't save custom presets
🐛 No undo in wavetable editor
🐛 AUv3 loading issues
🐛 Unstable as AUv3
🐛 Patches sound different in AUv3
🐛 Crashes on iPhone with sequencer
🐛 No keyboard in iPhone standalone
🐛 Audio degradation in GarageBand
🐛 Preset browser closes on selection
🐛 Envelope curve is odd
🐛 Release envelope ends abruptly
🐛 Matrix fiddly with min/max knobs
🐛 Missing filter key follow button
🐛 Missing sustain pedal support
🐛 Missing tunings
🐛 Missing master detune
🐛 Missing parameter lock
🐛 Black borders on screen
🐛 Automation not working
🐛 No contact option for developer

Tera Pro by Harry Gohs

Modular PolySynth

Strong Contender

4.6😊(155 ratings)

$6.99In-App Purchases

Explore a vast array of sound synthesis methods, from analog emulations to modern digital techniques. Combine modules for unique sonic textures, enhanced by an intelligent interface and realtime visual feedback. Expand your sound palette with additional modules available through in-app purchases.

What We Love

🎵 Exceptional sound quality and versatile synthesis capabilities
💡 Innovative modular workflow with flexible architecture
🎛️ Extensive preset library (1000+ presets)
🔧 Powerful sound design tools with multiple synthesis types
📱 Available on both iOS and macOS (M1)
🎹 Excellent IAP modules (BrainZ, Waves, FM7, RingZ)
🎨 Visual feedback with oscilloscope displays
🎯 Responsive filter with great resonance
🔄 Useful randomize function for patch generation
⚡ Strong arpeggiator with multi-lane capabilities
🎪 Dual-layer synthesis engine for complex sounds
🌙 Dark mode support
🎚️ Excellent MPE implementation

Room to Improve

🎮 Steep learning curve and complex UI
⌨️ Unconventional on-screen keyboard design
🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
🔊 Dangerously loud output without limiter
⚙️ UI elements sometimes unresponsive or laggy
💾 Hidden file structure makes backup difficult
🎹 Key Hold feature buried in menus
🔒 Locked layer editing (can only edit one at a time)
⚠️ Some presets produce noise or no sound
🖥️ High CPU usage on older devices
📱 Battery drain issues in AUM on iPad
🎚️ Wavetable oscillator sometimes silent
❌ No MIDI Panic button readily accessible

BLEASS Arpeggiator by BLEASS

Hands-on Creative Arpeggiation

Worth Considering

Six unique delay algorithmsExtensive modulation capabilitiesTempo-synced LFOs

4.8(54 ratings)

$14.99

This app offers advanced arpeggiation capabilities for musicians, going beyond traditional patterns with polyrhythms and polyphony. Its intuitive interface encourages on-the-fly experimentation, enhanced by performance controllers, LFOs, and a motion sequencer. It also includes a built-in FM synth for sound generation or can be used with other instruments.

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Billions of unique Lo-Fi soundsRandom sound generation with searchMultiple keyboard input options

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This app brings a vintage analog-modeled synthesizer to your device, offering lush 80s sounds. It can be used standalone or as an AUv3 plugin in music production apps. Explore over 500 presets or generate new sounds with a unique 'Re-Gen' feature.

Analog-modeled synthesizerAUv3 plugin support500+ high-quality presets

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