Best Buttersynth Apps &amp; Games

4.0😐(62 ratings)

$19.99

This powerful synthesizer app offers a hybrid approach, combining wavetable, FM, and sample-based synthesis. Create unique sounds with a vast sonic range, advanced modulation, and a built-in effects rack. It caters to both experienced sound designers and beginners with extensive presets.

What We Love

✨ Deep sound design capabilities
🎛️ Versatile modulation matrix
🔊 Great sound quality
💡 Innovative wavetable generator
🌟 Serum-like experience
📱 Available on phones/iPads
🎹 Excellent for sound design
🚀 Powerful and capable synth
💯 Top-tier instrument
🎶 Amazing workflow and sound
💻 Desktop-class plugin on iOS
🎨 Beautiful and intuitive UI
🎚️ Wide range of filters
🎛️ Loads of modulation capabilities
💡 Unique random LFO feature
🎚️ Good array of effects
🎛️ Multiple oscillator types
🎚️ FM synthesis included
🎛️ Real 4-op FM synthesis
🎨 Straightforward interface presentation
🎚️ Great filters
🎶 Excellent sound
💡 Top-notch sound banks/patches
🎛️ Highly customizable
🎚️ Great for DnB
🎛️ Can sound pretty or nasty
🎚️ Granular controls
🎛️ Deep and great sounding
💡 Can recreate popular synths
🎚️ Powerful and versatile
🎛️ Good selection of presets
🎚️ Excellent standalone app
🎛️ Amazing wavetable synth
🎚️ Good for soundscapes
🎛️ Highly recommended

Room to Improve

📱 Fiddly on small screens
🐛 Crashes frequently
🐛 Disappears in Cubasis
🐛 Spikes CPU usage
🐛 Crashes on patch change
🐛 No audio on render/freeze
🐛 Keyboard doesn't load on iPhone
🐛 Audio Unit Extension quit error
🐛 Unusable in GarageBand
🐛 Preset changes on play
🐛 Random crashes in Logic Pro
🐛 Patches hang
🐛 Limited wavetable selection
🐛 Sample module buzz
🐛 Simple LFOs
🐛 Square wave LFO not square
🐛 Step sequencer has glide
🐛 Can't save custom presets
🐛 No undo in wavetable editor
🐛 AUv3 loading issues
🐛 Unstable as AUv3
🐛 Patches sound different in AUv3
🐛 Crashes on iPhone with sequencer
🐛 No keyboard in iPhone standalone
🐛 Audio degradation in GarageBand
🐛 Preset browser closes on selection
🐛 Envelope curve is odd
🐛 Release envelope ends abruptly
🐛 Matrix fiddly with min/max knobs
🐛 Missing filter key follow button
🐛 Missing sustain pedal support
🐛 Missing tunings
🐛 Missing master detune
🐛 Missing parameter lock
🐛 Black borders on screen
🐛 Automation not working
🐛 No contact option for developer

Granula Synth by Stanislav Duplinskiy

Sound Generation

Strong Contender

🔧 Utilities

1.8(4 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

Explore new soundscapes by manipulating granular audio. This app offers a library of presets, custom sound import, and extensive parameter adjustments for unique music creation. Save your settings and share your sonic experiments.

AudioKit Synth One J6 by AudioKit Pro

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Worth Considering

AudioKit Synth One Synthesizer

4.9😊(2.3K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

This app offers a professional-quality virtual analog synthesizer inspired by classic hardware. It provides a vast library of presets, real-time effects control, and a user-friendly interface for both beginners and experienced musicians. It can be used as a standalone instrument or as an AUv3 plugin.

What We Love

🚀 Amazingly inspirational
👍 Awesome and free
👍 Ridiculously good UI
👍 Must have
👍 Great for AUv3
👍 Simply fantastic
👍 Analog dreams with clear UI
👍 Wow, a gift to music makers

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