TF8 Synth
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Free | Pier Lim | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
TF8 Synth is a professional virtual analog synthesiser that melds superior synthesis algorithms with iOS technologies.
It is built with usability in mind, for live playing and for recording.
Features (modifiable with Purchase of Pro Pack) :
- 2 Main Oscillators (Saw, Square, Sine, Triangle and the coveted Roland-inspired Supersaw)
- 2 Sub Oscillators for each oscillator to give that added extra oomph
- 1 Noise Oscillator for some extra sizzle in the sound
- Hard sync, Frequency Modulation, Ring Modulation and Cross Modulation oscillator modes
- 2 State of the art pure sounding filters, which can be used in series or parallel
- 2 LFOs for modulating almost any parameter in the synth
- 1 ADSR Envelope for the synth output
- 1 ADSR Envelope for controlling the filter cutoff frequencies
- 10 powerful effects comprising of Compressor, Distortion, Stereo Delay, Stereo Reverb, Reverse Delay, Stereo Chorus, Stereo Quad-Phase Phaser, Tube Distortion and Equalizer and Unison.
- Arpeggiator, time-step, velocity, gate with plenty of fun arpeggio patterns.
- Audiobus and Inter-app Audio for inter-app operability.
- Ableton Link can be used to sync arpeggiator and bpm-syncable effects.
- Midi controllers and midi in from other apps supported.
- Knobs are controllable via midi cc.
- Midi Out - use TF8 Synth as a midi controller!
From the deepest basses to the highest crystal bells, TF8 Synth sounds great, and is sure to be a worthy addition to your iOS music production arsenal. Best enjoyed with headphones.
Reviews
Needs to be updated to AUv3 and landscape
anickt
SOUNDS GREAT! Arp is way fun. No regrets here. Well done TF!
Main menu no longer works
peripheraATL
Just recently noticed pressing the “MAIN” menu button no longer button works/does anything on my iPhone 6s running iOS 11.2.6. This is BUGGING me because I no longer have access to important menu functions such as MIDI...please fix this! Still a good app and decent sounding synth. Would like to give more stars in the future though!
Sounds great
LogicalExplanation
I like it, it sounds good, it has good scale and stuff, my favorite synth is “Debeatable Morality”, it kinda sounds like the Portal 2 Music with all the lfo sounds, wish I could know how to make that kinda thing in FL Studio (help pls?) great app lov it
Better phone app than iPad.
Eriptron
Who uses the pixel doubler anymore? This developer still does. They’ve done nothing with this app for a year! Make it a Universal App. Make the ‘kids’ rotate device to access an additional screen configurable. I have an iPad and I’m not taking it out of it’s stand to rotate my device. Do those two things and then I’ll buy the ‘Pro Upgrade’. To the one star reviewer. Just because an app hasn’t been updated in a year, it does not necessarily mean that the app has been abandoned. Second, the app TF7 app plays fine on iOS 11...it also plays fine on iOS 12.2. No, neither apps should be removed from the App Store.
Needs a few changes but TF7 and TF8 are awesome
Werdrath
Update: landscape mode stopped working. The keys dont press when in landscape. First: regarding the changes - settings change with preset. This is a drastically helpful update. It drove me nuts to completely build a tone and arp again because i changed the preset sound. Let alone changing the key back to boring C major again. Good change. BUT..why cant the settings STAY after you close it? I have to go back into the settings to make it keep these new settings back off. Or just default to all of the changes to presets being off. Its more natural. No one really should WANT the entire thing to change with a preset. Midi: not sure what the problem was, but i know Audiobus 3 midi support is not available yet. It will load into midi slot but no sound goes through. The arpeggio step sequencer is a little confusing with its flow of what plays and when. Maybe a little visual notification, or a blinking light when it plays. It takes too much fidgeting when building it. Still requesting - This to be less iphone and more of an ipad layout. Fix the landscape look, should have controls. No one turns their ipad during performances. I seriously do love both TF7 AND TF8. Its just on the line of being perfect, and those couple changes would make it consistently usable.
Useless
Lundberg02
This app has been abandoned a year ago, and it’s predecessor tf7 doesn’t even work in iOS 11. Both apps should be removed from the App Store.
Another great synth from Tenacious Frog
ChrisE1G
The developer of TF7, arguably the finest FM synth for iPad, releases TF8 for iPhone. Unlike TF7 this is a subtractive synth. It uses the same pad style UI for the playing area as TF7 (tilt your phone to landscape), to which you can assign whammy and vibrato modulations. It's a fun take on using a touchscreen interface to bust out new melodies and chords. You can download the app for free and try out a few sounds and whatnot, if you like it you simply buy and unlock the whole thing via one IAP purchase. Same model used in TF7 (and many other great synths, like Alchemy etc). Not sure why some people think being able to demo an app before purchase is a bad thing. Bottom line, it sounds good, have a reverb that while kinda barebones with only 2 knobs, can be cranked up to one big lush verb. The other effects are up there as well. Not that many iPhone dedicated synths being released these days, that pad UI works a lot better then any virtual keyboard on a small iPhone screen though, so you can do chords on this thing.:-)
Sounds Great and has a Sweet Arp!
skiphunt
Loving this app's sound. So easy to use. Looks fine on iPad. The arp is now my favorite arp to use. An awesome value for the low IAP unlock price. Recommended!
