I was wrong
This is better than I originally thought. It is still typical of Bram Bos user interfaces. Odd but you can get some beautiful sounds out of this synth. It sounds pretty meh at first but running it through Popsicle and Other Desert Cities brings it to life. Adding a filter makes it far more interesting and it has more polyphony than a digitone without the absurd price tag.
Don’t give up if you too are underwhelmed at first.
Don’t give up if you too are underwhelmed at first.
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Kills battery in Bg
Noticed my battery was really low a few days in a row. Since installing this app, it's eaten up 15-25% of my batter daily due to being constantly on in the background
A good no-frills fm synth
A gooad addition to any setup in Auv3 or with a daw...pretty nitpicky synth,for those that like that type of thing lol decent...
Being Phased Out?
Underwhelmed, I sit here with an app in front of me that first and foremost does not even fit in the space of a modern iPhone screen. This app is obviously designed for a much older device and apparently needs updating. However, be warned if you do provoke a response from said developer (Bram Bos), he will defensively pronounce the app as perfectly complete in and of itself. Needless to say the app has a whopping 103 FM sound patches to work with that can only be accessed once you have figured out how to work around the bug riddled interface. For example, they wont appear on an iphone 13 pro max until you have selected user bank and then back to factory. But again, not worth reporting to the dev because he will claim that you just want to criticize him and not appreciate his hard work. Some devs just shouldn’t do their own customer support. I digress.
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Only one preset?
The only preset seems to be 80s piano and that’s it. Why not call it that if that’s all it is?
Not Bram’s Best
This software fm synth got left behind. It’s not even compatible with regular dx7 patches. The included patches are so primitive and thoughtless as it is this is a huge disappointment. I expected better to be honest.
Crashes on key press
Anytime I press a key, it crashes. Wish I could use it. Using iPad Air iOS 15.
Bom app!
Como todos os apps desse desenvolvedor, bem legal.
Não funciona
Acabei de comprar esse app o mesmo fecha instantaneamente não funciona não me atendeu 👎🏼
Excellent AU integration
This synth relies less on presets and more on design, which is really the way things were supposed to work. With such flexibility it’s more enjoyable creating your own patches. This may be the most tweakable, flexible synth I own.
Nerd alert!
This synth is so incredibly versatile. I love it. DEFINITELY RECOMMEND. And it’s pretty awesome to be able to tell my friends that I do frequency modulation synthesis.
Zzzz totally uninspiring
Lame presets, in a poor viewer, uncatagorised, so you go from a base preset obviously used in a low octave to one designed for a higher octave plus the fact that it's so difficult to press the octave buttons, it almost never detects me touching them, I want to be able to switch octaves without hardly looking not tapping it 10 times while staring at it. And what a waste of space the whole thing is. In the screenshots on the description page it shows the UI full screen however I have the same size phone and the UI is microscopic.
Just annoying and boring and not the same as the picture.
Just annoying and boring and not the same as the picture.
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GUI issues on latest update
New GUI is way too small on an iPhone SE. Text is too small to read. Now app is practically unusable.
Great app, great developer
Bram Bos should be commended for their early embrace of the Auv3 standard. I have most of their products and would give 5-star reviews of all of them if I had t*he time. It’s nice that they offer standalone modes for their apps, but they really come alive when used as Auv3 plugins. That’s especially true for Phasemaker. All parameters can be automated in Cubasis. Powerful!
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My go to fm synth
Like FM synths, I own most of the ones available on iOS, but this one is my go to, like all Brad Bos apps it is beautifully designed and implemented. Plenty of depth of you want to design your sounds from scratch, but you can just spam the Mutate button until you get something you like as well!
even greater with ext. controler!
For iPad AND iPhone!
I miss a good 6op DX E-Piano in the presets... just for sentimental reasons..;)
The GUI fits better the iphone size then the ipad mini...
...BUT: i programmed a behringer bcr2000 (almost onepager) preset for the phasemaker and: fun and inspiration explode! via a external controler this is a real weapon for programming fm sounds!
i experienced a fast email support too!
ahem.... parameter feedback and aftertouch would be great!
I miss a good 6op DX E-Piano in the presets... just for sentimental reasons..;)
The GUI fits better the iphone size then the ipad mini...
...BUT: i programmed a behringer bcr2000 (almost onepager) preset for the phasemaker and: fun and inspiration explode! via a external controler this is a real weapon for programming fm sounds!
i experienced a fast email support too!
ahem.... parameter feedback and aftertouch would be great!
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Excellent app, with one major shortcoming
The app is beautifully designed, and way beyond what you can do with any of its iOS FM peers. However, it must be pointed out that envelope times are way too short, to the point that programming a realistically sounding electric piano sound is next to impossible, as the longest decay time available is insufficient (or am I perhaps missing something?). Hope to see this addressed in a later version. Given the excellence of the rest, it would be churlish to withhold a star from the rating, but I feel the point I’m making is important. Also, support for Ableton Link for LFO and delay sync would be great (I see no mention of that in the manual).
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Great synth, but lacks MPE support
I like this synth but can’t really use it because my setup is based on MIDI MPE. Please add this support in the future; it would yield a truly awesome synth.
Only 100 presets?
Look I’m not looking to create my own sounds. I have real hardware for that. I thought this would have at least 500 sounds but it has 100 average sounds.
A like the app
But can you guys add a transpose and split function please that would be awesome
Thanks
Thanks
