# MidiQuesti — user reviews > 40 indexed App Store user reviews of MidiQuesti by Sound Quest, rated 1.50/5 from 11 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/midiquesti/id1271850367/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/midiquesti/id1271850367.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 8 ## Newest reviews (12 of 40) ### 1/5 — Venom Editor für PC kostenlos *2018-03-27* Für den Preis des hier angebotenen M-Audio Venom Editors von 74,99€ bekomme ich den Hardware Synth auf dem Gebrauchtmarkt inkl Vyzex Venom Editor für den PC kostenlos dazu. Funktion und Optik des Editors sind absolut identisch, also einfach vom ehemaligen PC Original übernommen. Der Preis ist unverschämt für mein Empfinden. ### 1/5 — Is this a joke? *2018-03-15, version 1.1.0* The price to license a single synth editor is either a joke or a bug. Uninstalled. But thanks for the chuckle. ### 1/5 — As bad as the Desktop Version *2018-02-12, version 1.1.0* The editors are extremely over priced, text gets cut off, editors are ports from the desktop versions & miserable to edit even with the zoom tool. This is not a true iOS touch app. My other complaints are the same as everybody else's. I never had good luck, ever ... with the desktop version, buggy, clunky, rarely updated, way too many bugs. I wanted to love this and the desktop version. I'm sorry, I don't at all. What they're advertised to do & well, they simply do not. On paper it looks like a dream. It's a nightmare. There are iOS alternatives that put this to shame & that includes includes asking price per editor. Yes, this has way more. Reliability, however are what's important. And a touch friendly UI & great UX. This lacks in too many ways. The icon is terribly outdated, as well. What a shame. This & the desktop program have incredible potential. ### 1/5 — Oh my gawd *2018-01-21, version 1.0.9* $69 for an editor? See ya! Wouldn’t wanna be ya. ### 1/5 — Preise sind unverschämt ... *2018-01-10* Wer diese Phantasiepreise zahlt, ist selbst schuld... ### 1/5 — Vollkommen unbrauchbar *2018-01-09* Die Einzige Software, die auf meinem iPad nicht vernünftig hochfährt. Absolut unbrauchbar. Es kommt keine einzige Verbindung zustande. Finger weg! ### 1/5 — The Prices for single Modules are from Outerspace :-( *2017-12-28* The Prices for single Modules are from Outerspace :-( ### 1/5 — 1.0.8 Ancora non va *2017-12-08* Provato su iPad Air 2 (2gb ram) Ancora problemi di gestione della memoria, frequente il messaggio “insufficient free Ram” (per esempio sul Roland MT32 mi dice Required 985mb!) Possibile che il cubasis funziona a meraviglia anche caricando file audio pesanti e questo editor, avviato da solo senza nessun altro programma aperto, aprendo un modulo vintage come MT-32 non ce la fa? Con questo aggiornamento sembra che funzioni l’acquisto in-app anche se non ho ancora acquistato niente (voglio essere certo che tutto funzioni prima) ### 1/5 — Absolutely not ready for prime time *2017-12-03, version 1.0.7* It seems to me that this app has been put out with no testing whatsoever. As soon as I tried to load one of the editors the application returns an out of memory error, which makes no sense at all as there is nothing else running and I’m on an iPad Air and run many different music and midi applications with no problems. Given that there are loads of professional level synthesiser applications which run on the iPad including full emulations of the actual instruments themselves it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever that a simple midi editor for the original hardware version of that instrument requires more resources than a full emulation of the hardware synth itself!! Out of three editors I tried, one wouldn’t load at all and another didn’t fit on the screen, half the editor was impossible to get to and there was no way to get back to the main screen of the app so I had to manually close the app from the dock. It seems to me this is a step too far for a small developer and the application really needs much more testing before it is ready for prime time.. Also it seems there is nowhere within the app to see how much one has to pay for the full version of the editors. There is a payment button should you wish to purchase something, but it doesn’t show you the price! Then, when you do actually discover the prices by visiting the developers website you can see why they are somewhat obscured in the application. Absolutely ridiculous pricing. A single editor for my old Korg prophecy was $99 and another $49 for my Akai controller keyboard would take the price to already more than the full cost of the desktop application which would include access to all of the editors!! It would be wrong to say this app is completely useless, as it does at least serve as a good example to other developers of how not to release a professional application on the App Store. ### 1/5 — Poor *2017-11-26, version 1.0.5* Initial thoughts ... haven’t got far as the top menu vanished and I can’t change the instrument , it’s stuck on an akai controller. The website link doesn’t work and in general their website is from 2005 or similar . I haven’t seen details of how the pricing works either. So it may be ok , entirely depends how things improve over the coming weeks. Updated ... the latest version from end nov only displays the logo then bombs out If the prices are as mentioned in the other reviews , I’ll probable remove it anyway. ### 1/5 — How much!!! *2017-11-24, version 1.0.5* So, finally the purchase button works but still no indication of cost, so I hit purchase to have a look.....£99 for Korg 03RW and £49 for TX7! You’re kidding right? ### 1/5 — Good Idea But Nothing Works *2017-11-15, version 1.0.3* Don’t even download this app. It will error out repeatedly no matter what you try to do. Zero Stars. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Shop don’t work *2024-09-23* The demo only ables you to modify 5 parameters. The purchase button is unresponsive in either version so I cannot buy any module. ### 1/5 — Roland xps-30 unsupported *2023-05-16, version 1.3.0* I would purchase if xps-30 was supported. ### 1/5 — Schade schade *2022-07-11* Ich würde wirklich gern meine Synthesizer mit dem iPad verwalten, aber bei 69,00€ pro Synth oder gar 249,-€ für das Gesamtpaket bleibe ich lieber bei meinen Alternativen. **Developer response:** Per synth prices aren't fixed at $69 but vary based on the complexity of the synth and can be as low as $29. Also, if price is a concern then Essentials is a less expensive option with fewer features but the same basic editing capabilities. ### 1/5 — $450! *2022-04-18* Jeez, crazy price. **Developer response:** Hello Clive, I'm not sure what currency we're discussing here but individual editors are as little is $29US with all 850 instrument modules at $249US. Anything more than that is likely taxes added by your government. We're certainly not seeing any of it. The Essentials version of Midi Quest is less at $199. ### 1/5 — Complete crap *2020-04-12* Starts with message „insufficient RAM“ on an iPadPro 12.9 2018. Prices for single modules are bad jokes. ### 1/5 — Fonctionne pas *2019-07-13* Korg kronos 3.1 Sur iPad pro11 2018 écran noir avec mise en attente. Essaye pour d autres synthes pareil.. 😠 ### 1/5 — Please avoid. But could be so good. *2019-03-24, version 1.1.3* so frustrating to have an App that has so much potential but is priced insanely high and it continually locks you on different patch windows you cannot get out of. No support offered. Could be a great product with if maintained and debugged. Shame ### 1/5 — Alpha Quality - NOT recommended *2019-01-25, version 1.1.3* [Updated to reflect changes] Why are there THREE versions of this app on the App Store? Like other reviewers said before me: This is ALPHA-quality software. I don't understand why it was released in this state. This cannot do anyone any good; certainly not Sound Quest. I don't understand this company. Their website is always out of date, their products cost too much, and their product usability and reliability is poor. Read some MIDIQuest threads on the KVR and GearSlutz forums, because I'm not alone in this impression. My experience: I got MIDIQuest stuck in the TC Helicon VoiceWorksPlus editor (which is tiny, by the way). There was no way to exit the editor. No menus, no buttons (the tool bar from the top of the MIDIQuest GUI is not present in this view), no keyboard commands, NOTHING gets me back to the rest of the application. Even QUITTING and restarting the app doesn't get me out of the editor. The developer responded to a KVR thread about this issue. He claimed that a two-finger tap would exit the "custom editors", which I tested, and it did nothing at all. He has added an invisible and tiny touch area in the upper left corner of the "custom editors" which backs out to the main screen. This clumsily addresses the issue. This is NOT good development. Sound Quest informed me via KVR posting that the majority of the editors use OS text rendering, but the one I was looking at, created by Psicraft, used custom bitmapped text for some reason. While this EXPLAINS the reason for the ugly text, it does NOTHING to ADDRESS the problem. People are rightly trashing this product. I expect Sound Quest to rage-quit or bash their own users for making legit complaints about the product. What else is there to expect when this is the level of care shown to users? Pricing: you have to buy each editor individually. This would be a great model for selective expense, but the cost of the individual editors is ridiculous, far exceeding the cost of the desktop application with just a few devices purchased. This is an example of the continued ridiculous cost for Sound Quest products. On the desktop he must get away with this kind of thing(??). On iOS? I highly doubt these prices will work. Most apps don't cost $50, let alone individual IAPs costing $50-$90. Patch Base, even with its ugly editors, has better prices. I own an Alesis QS8 editor with a better GUI that's a dedicated application on Windows, and it never cost me more than $49; Sound Quest wants $90 for a worse QS8 editor, with tiny controls not designed for a touch screen on this app. This is the best example of everything a developer should NOT do when porting software from a desktop OS to iOS. Sadly, the desktop version isn’t a whole lot better. The developer never seems to get beyond an “it works” mindset. Apparently he makes money with this mindset, so has no incentive to change. [shrug] ### 1/5 — Awful UI. *2018-09-24, version 1.1.3* Don’t bother. This makes horrible use of screen real estate and is not close to justifying the per-synth editor cost. It’s clearly made by someone who thinks “it’s functional” is where you stop, with no sense of design or usability. UPDATE: It also seems the IAP won’t present anything but the $249 all-instruments option, even if you do cave and decide to swallow the $69 for one instrument. ### 1/5 — Non invia i dati allo strumento....li riceve solo *2018-08-06* Testato con iPad Air 2 Korg Trinity e Korg M3r. Impossibile inviare i dati allo strumento. Ciò che modifichi sull’app....resta sull’app....non so se sia dovuto al fatto che é un demo.... ho provato a vedere se era il caso di acquistare gli strumenti, ma ogni strumento costa oltre 100 €...non ci siamo! A seguito della nota ricevuta dallo sviluppatore confermo la mia recensione: la demo serve a poco. La versione completa ha costi eccessivi. **Developer response:** Yes, when an instrument module hasn't been purchased and is running in "demo mode", you can't perform any bulk dumps back to the instrument and there are limited editing capabilities. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — App works fine *2019-04-10, version 1.1.3* This is a nice program. I have ipad and Mac versions. I’ve got several older synths and the midiquest works well for programming and library Roland: D 50 XP 50 XP 30 JV 2080 JV 1010 also have yamaha VL 1m and kurzweil K 2000 synths I have newer synths for library use. (programming too but not needed) Dave Smith: P12 Rev 2 I’ve found customer support to be responsive and helpful. ### 4/5 — Great tool *2024-09-15, version 1.3.0* Ir you have a Classic Synth, you must to have this great tool. ### 4/5 — It MIGHT be good *2017-12-26* …but I can‘t test it. The app cannot take control or import from my Prophet REV2. So, in case you have the REV2: No, trying to use the Prophet 08 profile won‘t work (those control parameters present im both synths are indeed received and turn the knobs on the screen, but are not transmitted from the iPad, maybe because of the non-matching MIDI machine identifier). Unfortunately, neither is there an agnostic dump feature to save patches from unknown machines. Nice: The MIDI flow can be displayed, so you can see the live data that is being transmitted. There is a button next to the virtual keyboard to do so. ### 4/5 — Awesome after the improvements for sure *2017-11-11, version 1.0.2* The only bad thing I noticed by now is No Access to the $ (purchases) page, to get the full working vycro editor for my yamaha mx49. Hope it can be solved quickly ### 3/5 — Issues but getting there *2017-11-25, version 1.0.5* Updated review...undeniably rocky launch but this could be issues as much with publisher as developer. Several updates later still unable to see UK pricing, perhaps this will be fixed in next version. Left 3 stars out of kindness after my earlier bashing..lol ### 3/5 — Nice to see it on iPad but needs modern instruments *2017-11-01, version 1.0.0* Nice to see this version on the iPad, but we need the newer instruments that everyone uses Roland boutique series Yamaha reface series Korg minilogue and monologue Roland SPD-SX with support for installing samples Yamaha DTX drum pads Roland Juno Gi and D Behringer X series mixers Are just a few I use regularly, I'm sure most people with midi gear have a similar list. Sure a few people still want to control a DX7 with their iPads, but the world has moved on a bit. ### 2/5 — Une appli malheureusement buggée *2024-04-15* Première impression excellente : la connexion avec un Pod Line6 v2 depuis une interface M-Audio fonctionne du premier coup, et l'édition des patches marche dans les deux sens. Malheureusement, la déception arrive après quelques dizaines de minutes lorsque l'appli demande que l'on achète une licence, que le bouton d'achat ne déclenche aucune transaction... et que l'édition du patche reste bloquée jusqu'à ce que l'on change de patch. Quel dommage. ### 2/5 — MX49 Needs Studio View Arrow, Tetra needs a Keyboard *2020-08-09, version 1.1.3* I purchased the DSI Tetra editor. The programmer is similar to the discontinued Sound Tower Mopho iOS editor. You can easily edit programs, combis and sequences using an iPad. Please add a Midi keyboard screen so I can edit and test sounds using only the iPad and Tetra. Other functions are good. I tested the MX49 performance editor. This a port of the VYCRO MX editor. This lets you change the Midi channel, velocity and key range of parts 1-16 so you can make complex layers and splits. The MX module has a Midi Keyboard but the keys are too small to play. The MX module fills the entire screen and does not display a "Studio View" arrow. When restarting the app it defaults to MX editor. I cannot select any menu items, buy the module or switch modules unless I delete and re-download the app -- then I lose my Tetra and MX patches... Please fix. A bit of programming will make this a nice iPad synth editor. ### 2/5 — I wish this worked reliably but constantly freezes (among other concerns) *2020-02-20, version 1.1.3* This app could be a great, especially for those with vintage synths that need a robust librarian and editor. I own an Ensoniq SD-1, Casio CZ-1, Casio CZ-101, and Korg DW-8000. I purchased the $69 license for the Ensoniq SD-1 because this may be the only iOS apps that provides librarian, editor and Sysex support for this keyboard. Unfortunately after several hours of use, I’ve discovered what the app claims to do only work part of the time. It constantly freezes, then after force closing, settings and edits are lost. I’ve tried being patient, reading the help guide but there don’t appear to be any solutions. For the price of this license, the app should be rock solid and bullet proof. It’s not even close. Other app developers have found a way to create similar apps that are much more reliable and at a far more reasonable price. Please Sound Quest, put some development resources into updating this app, fix the bugs and reliability issues. If you don’t your essentially gouging and scamming users. ### 2/5 — Moyen ! *2018-01-31* Je l'utilise avec un Roland JV1010 et Korg X5DR, ils sont très bien détecté mais bug au niveau des paramètres (réglage). Les patchs du JV1010 ne s'affichent pas. **Developer response:** We're unsure what "bug" you are referring to however, the JV-1010 patch banks are all included if you create an editor supporting RAM + ROM. In the editor, triple tap on the instrument icon and you'll get a list of all of the supported SysEx. 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