VirSyn Addictive Synth for iPad

 

VirSyn Addictive Synth is a wavetable synthesizer with extensive sound shaping capabilities.  Its six oscillator engine can be tweaked and morphed through LFO’s, envelopes, and filters to create some impressive sounds – anything from squelching leads to atmospherics.

 

To get the most out of this app you will need to hook up a MIDI keyboard via the iPad Camera Connection Kit.  The on-screen keyboard responds to touch well, but is small, so a MIDI keyboard makes a big difference.  If the sound design aspect of Addictive Synth seems a bit intimidating it also comes with 128 sound presets and 32 arpeggio presets to get you going.  All of these presets sounds are tweak-able as well.

 

The arpeggiator works great and is easy to manipulate.  Achieving good results is easy with the 32 step sequencer and its stock presets.   It’s also nice that you can save and share your presets with other people.

 

This is a solid app for the iPad.  It makes use of vital functions like audio pasteboard for exchange with other apps, allows you to export loops as audio or MIDI files, and preset sharing is done thru iTunes.  If you’re an electronic producer looking for a music app that delivers a nice sound then you can’t go wrong with Addictive Synth.  At $9.99 it’s well worth considering.

 

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