A very inspiring iPad synth
The only problem I have is that there’s a glitch where in certain patches the sound will completely disappear after you switch to a different pattern in it, and I mean all of the sound. Switching back or trying a different progress doesn’t change anything with only fix being to reset the app in it’s entirety.
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pleasure
I love this app. Its limitations are what they are, and the points of possible improvement are obvious after a bit of use. Yet the creative possibilities present in the app never fail to please me. The modular synth has inspired me to build evocative, subtle soundscapes, while the layered step sequencer turns multiple sound patches into emotional compositions. Klankwelle does this in one UI, without DAW mediation. Certainly we can take the results to a DAW for further work, but the immediate results provided through the sequencer bring a real sense of satisfaction after one works to build the synthesizer patches.
The results depend on the effort the user chooses to make.
Would I love an update? Yes, I would. That doesn't alter my affection for what the app offers already.
The results depend on the effort the user chooses to make.
Would I love an update? Yes, I would. That doesn't alter my affection for what the app offers already.
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Mediocre filter, unintuitive note selection
Seems like there’s potential, but the note selection in the sequencer is a turn off. I’d also like to see improvements with the filter since that makes the body of the sound. It needs more controls like resonance, roll-off, and note tracking, but also spacing for band-pass and band-stop (called notch in this app). “Amount” should be changed to “drive” and the model of the filter updated to reflect soft clipping when overdriven. These suggestions should give more life to your filter.
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Brilliant, with lapses
Lapses? That “keyboard” thing is just a no. No excuse, even if it is just to test sounds during the hookup stage of setting the synthesizers for use with the sequencing system. The virtual keys need work.
Otherwise, this is brilliant. I am sure I reviewed it years ago (where that review went, I don’t know). I can’t do a real review now, but this app very much deserves love and support. It still works, though the developer appears to have moved on some time ago. For users, old and new, there is a powerful modular synth, complete with standard effect modules, that can be configured to serve multiple sequencer tracks. This gives you, effectively, eight synths at once, each with its own flexible sequencer. Whole compositions may be developed and played in this one app.
For me, the beautiful ambient-suited textures of KW stand out, but what you make of it depends on your patching and sequencing choices, and on the extent to which you want to bring this into a broader working environment for music.
Yes, the app could use a few improvements beyond the keyboard, with priority on interoperability functions. Each user will have a wish list, but that is the nature of modular: once the basics are solid, development can continue for as long as we have imagination. What we have here is a strong baseline system that can be grasped without too much work that could do with some simple updating.
It would be lovely if the dev picked this up again. But the way this faded down the algorithm charts doesn’t make much sense at all, especially given that other, less-distinctive and/or harder-to-use modular-synth apps have had much more buzz. The app remains very much worth a good wallow now and then. It’s easy - in modular terms - to use and, along certain broad lines, it gives results I find much harder to replicate in other tools.
KW isn’t a huge programming environment, and its graphics are relatively simple. There is a lot of beautiful work here, with many creative possibilities already in place. This app deserves more use, enjoyment, and development.
Otherwise, this is brilliant. I am sure I reviewed it years ago (where that review went, I don’t know). I can’t do a real review now, but this app very much deserves love and support. It still works, though the developer appears to have moved on some time ago. For users, old and new, there is a powerful modular synth, complete with standard effect modules, that can be configured to serve multiple sequencer tracks. This gives you, effectively, eight synths at once, each with its own flexible sequencer. Whole compositions may be developed and played in this one app.
For me, the beautiful ambient-suited textures of KW stand out, but what you make of it depends on your patching and sequencing choices, and on the extent to which you want to bring this into a broader working environment for music.
Yes, the app could use a few improvements beyond the keyboard, with priority on interoperability functions. Each user will have a wish list, but that is the nature of modular: once the basics are solid, development can continue for as long as we have imagination. What we have here is a strong baseline system that can be grasped without too much work that could do with some simple updating.
It would be lovely if the dev picked this up again. But the way this faded down the algorithm charts doesn’t make much sense at all, especially given that other, less-distinctive and/or harder-to-use modular-synth apps have had much more buzz. The app remains very much worth a good wallow now and then. It’s easy - in modular terms - to use and, along certain broad lines, it gives results I find much harder to replicate in other tools.
KW isn’t a huge programming environment, and its graphics are relatively simple. There is a lot of beautiful work here, with many creative possibilities already in place. This app deserves more use, enjoyment, and development.
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