VOLT Synth Reviews – Page 3
5/5 rating based on 25 reviews. Read all reviews for VOLT Synth for iPhone.
VOLT Synth is paid iOS app published by Kai Aras
Really awesome but having issues
Motor D
This is a really beautiful synth app in terms of both sound quality and its interface. However the latest version is creating some audio problems on my iPad (6th gen). With some of the presets, as soon as a touch a key, the VU meter goes full blast (into the red), and I hear zero audio. When I remove my fingers from the keys, the volume is still maxed out in the red almost as if it’s stuck in some sort of feedback loop... but still no audio at all. What’s more interesting is that if I switch to any other app while Volt is in this state, I can’t get audio from those apps either. So it seems like Volt is causing some kind of system-wide audio problem. I’d love to be able to use Volt in a live performance situation because it sounds fantastic when it works. However, this problem makes that impossible.
There are some great sounds on this, but...
lofidelityrockr
The compatibility with anything moderately substantial (longer than a minute) done in GarageBand will crash the audio on the Volt Synth. This then requires the entire project to be closed out and GarageBand to be rebooted and maybe, hopefully, your Volt Synth audio track will have sound again. Otherwise, record it in standalone mode to an external recorder. But this doesn’t work for people stuck traveling around away from their gear who use mobile DAWs.
Wonderful MPE synth with vintage flavor
Samuel B. Lupowitz
I’m a ROLI Seaboard player, always looking for instruments that will play nicely with MPE. I mostly use my MacBook for sound generation, but sometimes traveling light is the order of the day, and Volt has fast become a favorite on iOS. A lot of MPE-compatible apps sort of end at “compatible” — the function is there, but it’s not very musical in its application. Volt makes is easier than even ROLI to map parameters to and apply modulation using 5D touch, and the sounds are much more geared toward the classic synth tones I’m always chasing. I will say that Roli’s MPE synth offerings are still more responsive to, and integrated with, the Seaboard, but their iOS offerings are inflexible, walled-garden, demo-level instruments. Moog’s Model D app still wins out as far as dead-ringer vintage sounds, but it’s not nearly as natural to play using MPE. So all hail Volt, and kudos to any developer who puts in the hours to make something as expressive, versatile, and sleek as this synth. Any instrument this good at this price is a no-brainer. Enjoy it!
AU3 not working properly
Sigmaclef
I can use is as an AU3 extension in Garageband but not in Cubasis or NanoStudio 2. My error. Wonderful synth
Legato problem
Tigerfrost309
1. When setting after touch to control the filter, legato mode does not work. I get a bunch of stuttering notes. 2. How do I map breath control to filter cutoff? Trying to assign breath in the map controller section but can’t figure out how... tapping, hold press, swiping, nothing works.