# Nodal: Shape Synth — A synth that plays shapes

> A synth that plays shapes (iPhone/iPad app by Luis Diaz-Faes.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nodal-shape-synth/id6822096699 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Luis Diaz-Faes](https://appshunter.io/developer/1491360302)
- Category: Music, Entertainment
- Price: $12.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-10-17
- Data updated: 2026-11-02

## What is Nodal?

Nodal — A synth that plays shapes.

THE SHAPE IS THE INSTRUMENT
A string, a pipe, a bar, a membrane, a triangle, a circle, a plate, a box of air or a tine. Each shape vibrates in its own ways, and those ways of vibrating are the partials of the sound. There are no oscillators and no samples: there is a shape and the mathematics of how it moves.

WHERE YOU TOUCH IT SETS THE TIMBRE
Touching the centre does not sound like touching near the edge: each point wakes some partials and leaves others asleep. You strike it, bow it or blow it, and the clamp holds the shape at one point, like the finger that draws a harmonic from a string.

THE SAND DRAWS WHAT IS SOUNDING
There is sand on the shape. As it sounds, the sand leaves the places where the shape moves and gathers where it stays still: it is the Chladni figure of what is sounding right now, and it changes with every note and every spot.

MADE FOR PLAYING
Thirty factory sounds, eight macros per sound, MUTATE for variations, a keyboard or a multi-finger ribbon with one MOD per finger, MIDI with LEARN, MPE and Program Change. For Mac, iPad and iPhone, with an Audio Unit (AUv3) for your DAW.

One purchase for Mac, iPad, iPhone and the Audio Unit. No accounts, no ads and no in-app purchases. It collects no data.

## Is Nodal safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Nodal.

## Is Nodal legit?

Nodal: Shape Synth appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Nodal is 75 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-10-18

No release notes.

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