Sounds
Sounds good using Lfo nice sound
Deep
It sounds really good. But, hold on Moog, no presets for a Taurus emulation? Getting close is possible, but come on developers, you’re missing a huge trick there. This thing should be shaking the walls.
Not sure if reported bugs will ever get fixed?
Not long after using this app I started to discover bugs such as not able to save or load Midi Maps, constantly changing buffer size and not able to export presets. Communication with the developers is good but I am still waiting for these bugs to be fixed after 8 months and as a result I cannot to use this app until the ongoing bugs have been fixed. In stand-alone mode sometimes the notes stick when using the virtual keyboard rendering it unusable.
5th April.
I hesitated for a long while trying to decide whether to buy this app or not, I took the plunge and bought it, but I never expected to be blown away by all its features and out of this world sounds, even the Darleks would hide if the heard some of these presets. My 13” iPad Air M2 handles it well in terms of CPU usage.
My best purchase ever, can’t go wrong with Moog 👌
5th April.
I hesitated for a long while trying to decide whether to buy this app or not, I took the plunge and bought it, but I never expected to be blown away by all its features and out of this world sounds, even the Darleks would hide if the heard some of these presets. My 13” iPad Air M2 handles it well in terms of CPU usage.
My best purchase ever, can’t go wrong with Moog 👌
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Like a digital Minitaur plus
I love how phat and nasty this thing sounds. It does use some CPU, but I like to mix it with hardware synths, so I'm not trying to run several soft synths on my older iPad. I wish it was available on phone too, but lots of options and I can kind of grasp how to build patches.
An amazing synth
The sound is fantastic1
Powerful synth with great sounds!
There's a lot to like about Mariana. First and foremost, the sound. The sounds and tone are great!
WOW, BEST SYNTH ON iOS 👌
I hesitated for a long while trying to decide whether to buy this app or not, I took the plunge and bought it, but I never expected to be blown away by all its features and out of this world sounds, even the Darleks would hide if the heard some of these presets. My 13” iPad Air M2 handles it well in terms of CPU usage.
My best purchase ever, can’t go wrong with Moog 👌
My best purchase ever, can’t go wrong with Moog 👌
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Immense sound with caveats
This synth sounds amazing but will not run on an gen five iPad at anything above 32000Khz sample rates. You might have to keep resetting this which gets annoying fast. Worse still, if you try to run other synths or connect via inter app audio you might not be able to lower the sample rate as it will reset to 44.1 and will crackle and pop in an uneseable way.
However, the sound is still awesome even at lower sample rates and blows the iMS-20 away for deep bass which surprised me as that synth is no lightweight. Worth the hassle and probably only an issue on older iPads.
However, the sound is still awesome even at lower sample rates and blows the iMS-20 away for deep bass which surprised me as that synth is no lightweight. Worth the hassle and probably only an issue on older iPads.
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Review after 1 year
+ the best analog sound on iOS.
- it uses too many resources . Being a 2 layered synth makes it worse cos there doesn’t seem a way to disable the 2nd synth (which I rarely use).
- the modulation options are not so great. There’s no form of audio rate modulation: no FM, no ring mod, no AM, and the LFOs are so slow. A switch to make the LFOs fast would help.
Still 5 stars cos the sound is pure analog pleasure.
- it uses too many resources . Being a 2 layered synth makes it worse cos there doesn’t seem a way to disable the 2nd synth (which I rarely use).
- the modulation options are not so great. There’s no form of audio rate modulation: no FM, no ring mod, no AM, and the LFOs are so slow. A switch to make the LFOs fast would help.
Still 5 stars cos the sound is pure analog pleasure.
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Bass and so much more…
I’ve been iPad SY thing since 2013 with Animoog and have many hundreds of synth apps. A few stick out and stay prominently in use. This one is one of the newer ones so might still be a “honeymoon” effect, but fantastic presets and a fun, intuitive UI to tweak ‘em, this has been my first pick lately for drones and strange noises and of course, BASS.
It’s difficult to pinpoint why, but Mariana just sounds so good and is so easy to manipulate that it just works in my mixes like few others.
It’s difficult to pinpoint why, but Mariana just sounds so good and is so easy to manipulate that it just works in my mixes like few others.
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Disappointing noise on my older iPad
Horribly disappointing. Even though the App Store says it’s compatible with my 4th generation iPad mini, I get horrible static and drop outs. Unless I’m not running any other apps and set it to the lowest audio sample rate. I feel like I wasted my money.
Thick, Deep, Powerful Sound
Once Again, Moog have knocked it out of the ballpark with this one. Something I have been missing on iOS for a long time is proper sounding sub bass, and as a result I collected a few apps promising to do it - Mariana has just replaced every single one.
I’ve been surfing the presets and they sound brilliant, can’t wait to get digging into creating my own patches from scratch.
I’ve been surfing the presets and they sound brilliant, can’t wait to get digging into creating my own patches from scratch.
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Des enveloppes molles,dommage
Les osc et les filtres sont très bon mais les enveloppes sont très mauvaises si vous rechercher des sons snappy et claquants. C’est quand même bien dommage de n avoir pas abouti cette aspect de ce synthétiseur d autant plus qu’il semble avoir été développé pour des basses et des leads. Après si les gens voient pas l ‘intérêt d’avoir des enveloppes rapides et avec une belle courbe exponentielles et musicales, alors faut pas s’étonner d’avoir beaucoup de synthétiseurs virtuels de mauvaise qualité sur ce sujet.
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Great synth, missing some key features
Great synth overall. It is feature packed, works well with the other Moog iOS apps with regards to the virtual patching capabilities, and sounds amazing. I appreciate the inclusion of two synths and all the effects one could desire.
The only quarrels I have are with MIDI and sync capabilities pertaining to the iPad version. I was bummed to see Mariana missing Ableton link, as well as the ability to recognize multiple MIDI inputs (like Animoog Z). I realize there is a desktop version and I own it, but I am use the iPad as an instrument feeding directly into my mixer. I found a workaround for using multiple MIDI inputs via MidiFire, but would really appreciate the ability to sync the standalone iOS version of Mariana to an external clock (Ableton, in my case).
The only quarrels I have are with MIDI and sync capabilities pertaining to the iPad version. I was bummed to see Mariana missing Ableton link, as well as the ability to recognize multiple MIDI inputs (like Animoog Z). I realize there is a desktop version and I own it, but I am use the iPad as an instrument feeding directly into my mixer. I found a workaround for using multiple MIDI inputs via MidiFire, but would really appreciate the ability to sync the standalone iOS version of Mariana to an external clock (Ableton, in my case).
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Moog midi controller¿
I have been using all but the Model 15 for a while now, including the Mooger Fooger apps, Model D, and Animoog. Mariana is exceptional for me, because it didn’t break the bank to have a powerful bass synth. Eventually I may own a physical synth, but with Mariana’s interface and power house sounds, I may not ever need it. What I would love to see Moog come out with is a midi controller with all the knobs and keys that we would need for Animoog, Mariana, the Moogerfoogers, Model D, Model 15, etc. Then we would have the physical touch to work with. Maybe it could even be similar to a Sub 37 in form factor, or Animoog, with a placement for the ipad? Just food for thought.
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Super
Wow! Great App ! Deep fat Sounds ! Just love it !
Fantastic
4 stars for sound. 1 point missing because workflow is hindered. Having certain controls spread across different pages makes it feel awkward
Sounds great, maybe cpu/dsp hogging a bit?
Occasionally when running Mariana within AUM, the DSP meter will spike to 100% causing audio glitches and dropouts. In one instance AUM threw an error that said “bad signal” and stopped audio. This seems to happen when browsing certain presets or switching between the panels of the synth. I have never experienced this with other Moog apps.
iPad Pro 2018 - iOS vers. 17.4
iPad Pro 2018 - iOS vers. 17.4
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Won’t start, crash loop
It won’t start on a 4th gen iPad Pro. Just shows the logo screen and then crashes. Anyone else have this problem?
Response from developer
Hi ebium, We're sorry to hear you're experiencing problems. Could you please contact us at appsupport@moogmusic.com so that we can help track down why this is happening for you. ❤️ your friends at Moog
BASS!
This app sounds great. I haven’t really tried making my own patches yet and tbh it is a bit intimidating with all the modulation options, but there are a lot of super usable presets that come with it and I love the sound.
One quibble: if you want Background Audio on for the standalone version, for some reason the app NEVER saves this setting. Not sure why… it’s really the only setting under Configuration I need to change so I tried changing a few others, closing the app and re-opening to see if it was an issue across all the settings… it’s not! It just won’t save Background Audio as on. Should be fixed.
Another quibble: dang this is a very CPU-hungry synth. I run a 2018 iPad Pro so it’s not exactly the latest tech, but when I add an instance of Mariana in AUM or Loopy Pro, the DSP % goes up by like 30-40%… waaaaay more than any other synth I own (including the other Moogs).
But it sounds so good!
One quibble: if you want Background Audio on for the standalone version, for some reason the app NEVER saves this setting. Not sure why… it’s really the only setting under Configuration I need to change so I tried changing a few others, closing the app and re-opening to see if it was an issue across all the settings… it’s not! It just won’t save Background Audio as on. Should be fixed.
Another quibble: dang this is a very CPU-hungry synth. I run a 2018 iPad Pro so it’s not exactly the latest tech, but when I add an instance of Mariana in AUM or Loopy Pro, the DSP % goes up by like 30-40%… waaaaay more than any other synth I own (including the other Moogs).
But it sounds so good!
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