Comments on: iPhone as Serious Instrument: New Synthable iSyn, Strummable Star Guitar

By: Lephrenic

Lephrenic — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:13:09 +0000

Oh yeah. I’d tap that.

By: celebutante mitchell

celebutante mitchell — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:12:25 +0000

Sorry, I had an extra space in that URL for iSyn forum: http://www.isynapp.com/user-forum

By: celebutante mitchell

celebutante mitchell — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:08:49 +0000

Mitchell from audioMIDI.com here. I’ll address some comments on iSyn:

@>Martin
>>i got iSyn and like it, sounds pretty good. However, they should have added copy pattern and notes.

You can copy patterns. On the “Pattern” screen, press and hold down the pattern number you wish to copy until it flashes. Now press and hold any other pattern location until it flashes. Voila’, pattern copied.

@>Ray
>>Im not a big fan of step sequencing though, with a touchscreen working with long midi sequences should be very easy, so being locked to one bar at the time is kind of silly too me.

Point taken. Obviously we couldn’t practically fit two bars on the screen and we were trying to keep it simple, so paging screens was out. Kind of a limitation, but please try to judge it for what it is: a $5 app for a portable platform with limited processing horsepower. Believe me, I want Logic on iPhone too :>)

There’s one way to sort of cheat and get two bar patterns (that I used on the demo song PA3)- do the whole thing in half time. You’re limited to eighth-note grid resolution, but for slow weird tunes, it’s not that big a deal.

>>Some auto tuning would be handy in the live mode like bebot has,

If you lift your finger and strike a new note, it’s always correctly quantized, but maybe we should have an option to switch between a “fixed” half-step mode or the current “gliding” mode.

>>>not to mention a way to record what you do live(or am i missing something?)

You’re not missing anything, there isn’t one right now.

>>Another thing i would like to see is a export to midi function.

Yes, the biggest request we’ve had is for MIDI and audio export functionality. It’s likely we’ll add that in the future.

>>Despite all that, the synths sound great and you have a LOT of tweaking options, i just hope it gets a update that adds more functionality.

Cool, we certainly wanted to make a very complete virtual analog implementation! Be sure to mess with the X/Y and tilt mod assignments- you can some really unexpected weirdness that way.

If anyone has questions on iSyn, please visit our forum at http://www.isynapp.com/user-forum/

By: Gabe bot

Gabe bot — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:59:22 +0000

I bought it. I posted my brief review at http://gabebot.blogspot.com. I more or less share Peter (Kirn’s) sentiments. Needs a little work but a promising first cut.

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By: Machines

Machines — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:54:33 +0000

Bought iSyn last night and messed around with it a bit. Very cool app. I’ve been approaching all the stuff in the App Store as stuff to use when I need to scratch down an idea really fast. iSyn is great for that. Definitely going to be checking out Jasuto now as well. Watching the videos make me want it!!

By: Jer

Jer — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:42:26 +0000

You really ought to check out iShred, iShred LE, and Guitar. Here’s some vids showing them in action:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oibkhUTaPqE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=q9vj7ec1DB8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nfJRTgJDxUU

One user put together a tutorial on how to turn guitar tabs into a song on iShred: http://bit.ly/ppYXa

iShred LE is only a buck making it easy to check out the interface and the 8 stomp box pedal effects.

If you opt for the full version of iShred or Guitar you get the ability to record performances, back up over the net (also great for sharing songs with friend/band mates), and have more simultaneous effects.

The full versions include AirPlay which lets you listen to iShred/Guitar performances from all over the world (over 600 already). If you want to learn a song you hear on AirPlay it’s only a button press to download the song setup, effects, and performance. Nothing else comes even close.

By: mainmix

mainmix — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:16:33 +0000

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By: micro_evaw

micro_evaw — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:09:22 +0000

Yeah I would say that iSyn is pretty limited compared to Jasuto. You could probably make every synth in the app store with Jasuto, it also exposes all the hardware of the iPhone, mic, accelerometer, multitouch. iSyn is still cool to mess with though.

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:42:20 +0000

I bought iSyn yesterday and i like it despite some Ui flaws, It’s nice to have a mini daw available.
Im not a big fan of step sequencing though, with a touchscreen working with long midi sequences should be very easy, so being locked to one bar at the time is kind of silly too me.
However it’s a bang for the buck and its probably the most complete iphone daw out there, considering the step sequencer, i wish noise.io had this too, but being locked to one bar at the time makes it kind of irritating, well for me at least.
Some auto tuning would be handy in the live mode like bebot has, not to mention a way to record what you do live(or am i missing something?)
Another thing i would like to see is a export to midi function.

Despite all that, the synths sound great and you have a LOT of tweaking options, i just hope it gets a update that adds more functionality.