iVCS3 User Reviews

iVCS3
iVCS3
Alessandro Petrolati

Customer Experience

Positive experience90.6% of reviews
Neutral2.6% of reviews
Negative experience6.8% of reviews

~ Based on 192 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is iVCS3 Safe?

iVCS3 appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for iVCS3 is 95/100.

This assessment is based on 203 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.9/5.

Safety Analysis

96.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.5% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 196 App Store ratings for iVCS3.

Is iVCS3 Legit?

iVCS3 appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for iVCS3 is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

The Real Deal

Having owned and used both a VCS-3 and an AKS for many years back in the ‘70s I can confirm that this app is a stunningly accurate replica of the original instruments.
It has some additional features. For example, used in AUM, you can add additional control modules (like LFOs) and apply them to just about every control on the APP’s panels.
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Mac compatibility now available.

The update sounds great on iPad, but mentioned Mac compatibility doesn’t seem to be available. Really hope this is added soon.

Update: Mac compatibility now working - fantastic!

Lil Woodryc

This plug-in is absolutely nuts

Eight different effects to play

around with and even a

bit crusher functionality sound

design possibilities are endless

good for lofi textures in sound

EMS VCS Emulator

I’ve used this secret sauce Monster Emulator for approximately 2.5 years now Still there’s nothing close to the raw power and versatility that you can run on an iOS device . Once you channel it through a Universal Audio NEVE strip plug in or a Fairchild and an Eventide ? What larks

Keyboard disappears

Love mostly all about this app, but the keyboard shows up when loading the app and then flies out of frame and can't be brought back which makes it hard to play - left with drones and the sequenzer its still nice, but an bugfix update would be amazing

Terrible

Avec un Theremine ….Genial !
Mapping midi facile et fiable .
Un grand merci

Benchmark for emulation

This is a wonderful example of engineering software built for purpose - so many features to uncover in here, excellent integration to network and Bluetooth MIDI including fine 14-bit controllers, AUv3/DAW integration, Ableton, accelerometers, LFO automation on all parameters, audio sharing apps too! With so many vintage instruments out there still to be emulated and this should be the reference of how it’s done! Great work
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So unique

I love this app not only does it have all the components of the VCS; it’s beautifully laid out. There are not many synths that allow external inputs and user supplied samples including the ability to record them directly, as nd sequencer. I wish it were also available as a native mac app. I’d buy it in a heartbeat!
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Stellar!

Being a lifelong pink floyd and Richard Wright fanatic,this is the closest most will come to obtaining an instrument that Richard used. The sound is amazing and it works great. Took years to write this review lol but well deserved!

Indescrivibile!

Ho comprato un iPad Pro esclusivamente per poter usare questo meraviglioso sintetizzatore.
Talmente al di sopra degli altri che tentare un paragone è estremamente imbarazzante (per gli altri 😀). Il suono è cosi complesso, organico e vivo che non si può proprio descrivere.
Per chi non lo sapesse questo synth fu ampiamente usato anche dal grande Maestro Franco Battiato in alcuni suoi album.
Non parliamo poi della gentilezza e professionalità dello sviluppatore che ha risolto dopo pochissimi giorni un piccolo difetto grafico abbastanza fastidioso.
Anche questo è veramente un qualcosa di raro.
Meraviglioso !! 👏🏻👏🏻
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Amazing Synthesizer!!!!!

I’ve been using the iVCS3 for a few years now and it never get’s old. It can just keep surprising you with incredible sounds. Processing guitar = INSTANT SPACE ROCK! There is no better modular synthesizer app. It will be used by musicians for BILLIONS of years!

Keaboard problem

The keaboard is not working anymore after the update in iPad Air

Still brilliant after all these years

I use this app inside Cubasis 3 on my iPad Air 4 quite regularly, it works perfectly with Automation. Could’ve be without it, no other app can create the sounds of iVCS3 👌

No longer works!

After several updates it has become impossible to select any presets. All purchases are now inaccessible!!!
Just blank pages when navigating to a set pf presets.
Same problem iOS 16 & 17.

I keep coming back.

There are great synths on iOS. And more and more coming each few months. But nothing… Nothing is as amazing as this one. You can have an entire radiophonic music studio on your device. It’s wondrous!

And it’s Italian!!!

Don’t waste your time

They have stopped supporting the app won’t even open.

Needs fixing

On iOS 17 the DK keyboard disappears upon startup and can not be retrieved anymore.

Needs general bug check in 2024.

Also it would be a nice bonus if it could be used on Mac OS like the Moog Minimoog app.

Love it!

Please make available on all Apple Silicon.
Would LOVE to use this on a desktop or laptop!

Crash

Every time i try to load ivcs3 it crashes immediately…i paid a decent amount of money for this with all the packs. Is there a fix for this? It is an awesome sound generator, but it must work…

Crashes on iPadOs V15.04. Please fix!

My version will not run on iPadOs V15.04. Please fix this bug!