Insanely Fun App & Amazing Real Instrument. – Oval Synth Review

I am really enjoying this Oval application a whole lot so far. And it is free! Such amazing generosity on the part of the developer. Thank you for that and this application. I find that this program is easy as heck to step into, learn and create some cool music with. Plus, it has Audiobus support, a hugely great feature in my opinion. It also contains neat-looking, center pads to play, you can assign different musical scales to the notes, change the middle bass scale, change the overall octave (though, strangely it only goes down to negative -2?), and there are four effects - Filter, Delay, Reverb and Dynamics. And it appears as though you are able to save custom presets, which I haven't had a chance to do yet, but which I am very grateful for. And there is a decent amount of factory presets available and hopefully more will be added later. Though, considering the app is generously free, I am not complaining nor asking for anything. The app also contains a metronome function, a recording function and a playback feature as well. I believe that Oval will be lots of fun to throw into Audiobus too. And I must say, putting this app out for free to help encourage people to check out the developer's website and the real physical Oval device that is available for pre-order right now. Well, that worked on me, haha. The physical Oval instrument is incredible looking in my opinion! It is very similar, possibly the same as those instruments some guy in Europe, I think, makes and there are few he makes every year. But, this is an amazing digital device and aesthetically I think it is just beyond gorgeous in either white or black. It is cool I thought, too, that on the developer's website you can watch videos of the developers and other musicians actually playing this awesome device. Though, like all things amazing in life, the physical Oval costs a pretty penny. Sadly more than I believe that I would be available to afford right now. It looks as though they have sold quite a few already and only have like 50 left, I think, I might be wrong on that account, though? Maybe you could make an Oval Junior and sell it for $100 - $200? I most likely would be able to save and afford the price for that. But, probably will not happen, hehe. Oh well. Anyways, as far as the app goes, again, I find the app incredible and love how it was given for free. Many thanks to the Oval team for offering this cool program free-of-charge right now. I hope that I can one day afford the real-life Oval device. Until then I will just enjoy this trippy, fantasy-like music app. And thanks so much for adding Audiobus to the program. Good luck with this product and God bless. iPad Air 2/ iOS 10.2.1
Review by Joshua D. on Oval Synth.