# SquareSynth 2 - Chiptune Synth — user reviews > 24 indexed App Store user reviews of SquareSynth 2 by James Navarro, rated 4.10/5 from 37 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/squaresynth-2-chiptune-synth/id1439660868/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/squaresynth-2-chiptune-synth/id1439660868.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 20 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (4 of 24) ### 4/5 — Is a 5 star chip tune master *2021-02-20, version 5.0* This is amazing on iPhone, it really is the coolest chip mini lab app I got. Now with full support it is so fun, even the little loop recorder is sweet. Cheers and happy chip creations and beyond. Hey, with update I’m having basic midi issue. Just note trigger, and if it helps square synth version 1 midi has always worked better than 2. I mean that with respect and maybe others experience this? Cheers mate ### 4/5 — Having trouble with one aspect *2020-11-18, version 1.1.19* I bought this app to get that Crystal Castles sound and it’s perfect, but the only issue I have is that it says it’s an audio unit extension, but when I look in garageband it doesn’t appear on the list of audio unit extensions I own. How do I use it in garageband without inter app audio? ### 5/5 — Awesome plugin! *2019-01-16, version 1.0.5* It’s not just chip sounds, but you can play around with the filter and modulation tables as well. Custom waveform support would be nice. Unfortunately, glide does not work, and certain sounds can cause crashes. ### 4/5 — Best app for chiptune *2018-11-12, version 1.0.4* Good chiptune-oriented synthesizer with a nice interface. It's simple enough to use, with enough depth to be creative. Note to developer: the pitch sweep fader still doesn't connect to the pitch sweep function. However, you can map one of the sliders in the "User" panel to Pitch Sweep. That slider doesn't also animate the Pitch Sweep slider. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Great sounds but doesn’t work. *2020-10-25, version 1.1.17* Buggy as hell. Finally find a synth I really like but doesn’t work with GarageBand. Either stops working or the sound gets “warped” (for lack of a better word). Will have to ask apple for a refund. ### 1/5 — Midi doesn’t work *2019-09-12, version 1.1.8* My midi keyboard will not play for this app. It works for all my other apps. Bummer I wasted 7 bucks. ### 2/5 — 素材はいいのに勿体無い *2024-11-17* サウンド自体は非常に良いが、プリセットの呼び出しがロード扱いであったり、どこで反応しているのか解りづらいスライダーの操作感など、使用感はまるで悪い。 あと全く一切音が鳴らなくなるバグもある。 ### 2/5 — Sliders don’t work. *2022-04-02, version 5.0.4* So I was trying to use the device, and as I assigned the wave functions on the synth the sliders would lock up and fail to be adjustable. ### 2/5 — Poor performance on GarageBand for iOS *2020-01-16, version 1.1.8* On GarageBand, it seems to work well until it crashes. Then all of the sounds you worked hard creating go back to the initial waveform and you have to start over. ### 2/5 — 通过Audiobus 加载到GarageBand，为什么audiobus上显示Error？ *2019-02-18* 通过Audiobus 加载到GarageBand，为什么audiobus上该应用显示Error而且没有声音了？怎么解决？ ### 3/5 — Good app, but… *2023-06-30, version 5.0.4* I like the sound, but I can’t modify it at all. I am blind and voiceover isn’t showing any sliders to modify. I can’t modify the sound at all. Btw I use this in GarageBand ### 3/5 — how does the AU work? *2022-11-27, version 5.0.4* is there a way to actually edit sounds with the program running as a plug-in in garageband? it’s just like a default square wave for me and I can’t find any sort of edit window ### 3/5 — Great app! But a few problems with Audiobus... *2019-02-01, version 1.0.5* I love the preset synths and basic UI with its own customizability. But when trying to use it on audiobus to connect to any midi device or FL Studio it blanked pretty hard only giving me one tone of sound and consistently hitting that key until I reset the app. I would really hope that this gets fixed soon because I want to use this in my music! ### 4/5 — Please *2022-02-02, version 5.0.4* This is an amazing app, but please please please please please fix the glitchy-ness. It doesn’t play nice with AUM; changing the y-axis zoom often makes things go crazy; the buttons don’t scale correctly when resizing, but it sounds super and I want it to be the best it can be! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Quite good *2021-12-24, version 5.0.3* The interface is a little bit hard to understand at first, but once you get the hang of it you can do some pretty funky stuff ### 5/5 — Amazing app! Always up to date! *2021-12-02, version 5.0.3* Such a great app wow! What’s more amazing is the developer, always on top of the updates, and couldn’t be more helpful if there’s an issue. I’d give 10 stars If I could. ### 5/5 — This is the best synth... *2020-12-09, version 1.2.1* ... For chiptune music. Recommended!!! ### 5/5 — 很棒It's so Great *2020-11-05* ios系统上，目前为止做chiptunes（8bit）风格最棒的音源了。 8通道发音可以外接midi音序器，单独控制每个通道的音符，让声音更饱满了。预制音色数量很多很丰富，不限于chiptunes，还可以自己设置自己的新音色。 不足的地方有：midi选项还不是很丰富，每个midi通道的音量不可实时控制，算是最大的遗憾。。。能不能用midi cc控制，还有待验证，希望能加入8个通道的volume推子功能。我会持续观望，谢谢！！ ### 5/5 — Virtually perfect *2020-10-23* Aside from missing a little extra grit perhaps (though that’s probably subjective and easily solved with an fx au) this is a fantastic polyphonic chip tune synth that is actually quite versatile, very playable and has interesting modulation possibilities. One of my faves at the moment. ### 5/5 — Very nice app *2020-10-12, version 1.1.17* Is good to have a chiptune music app :) ### 5/5 — Only one concern *2020-09-02, version 1.1.15* I really like this app’s sound, and the interface is really straightforward and easy to read! My only concern is that the polyphony is really limited and a lot of the keys cut off when I’m trying to make a composition. Hopefully this is something that can be improved upon but it’s a great app regardless ### 5/5 — Great synth *2020-05-04, version 1.1.14* This app is very practical but, the problem with returning the settings to default in cubasis3 is not fixed yet. Looking forward for the next update. ### 5/5 — Great! *2019-08-22* This is a really neat synth with an obvious retrovibe but different from other similar synths out there. Recommended! ### 5/5 — Sounds are good but... *2019-02-05* Since the latest update, the app works properly!! 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