Kauldron Synthesizer

Kauldron Synthesizer

By Yonac Inc.

  • Category: Music
  • Release Date: 2017-11-15
  • Current Version: 1.1
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 32.44 MB
  • Developer: Yonac Inc.
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
Score: 4.65854
4.65854
From 123 Ratings

Description

Kauldron is our warmest sounding, punchiest synth yet! A completely new modeling technology, combined with carefully designed features help you create aggressive synth sounds full of rich analog textures with the fewest knob tweaks. The result is a pure, head-on tone that requires little or no FX or post-production to sound big. Kauldron pushes every available iOS technology to the max: it is not only fully universal (you can run it natively on your iPad and iPhone), but also an Audio Unit plugin. In fact, it is one of the first fullscreen AUv3 plugins for iOS: with a compatible DAW, you can enjoy all the great Kauldron features on a nice, big spread. Kauldron debuts the next generation of our Artificial Intelligence preset creation system, SPAWN². Completely reimagining the groundbreaking SPAWN algorithms in our hugely popular Magellan, the new SPAWN² gives you unprecedented control over generating presets. In the expert mode, you can accomplish anything from subtle ‘variations on a theme’ to bold new sounds. In the basic mode, where Kauldron does all the thinking, you get preset after usable preset with just a touch. This is not simple randomization: it is the power of machine learning put to benevolent use! Kauldron is designed with modulation and fine dynamic control in mind. The two fully-featured LFOs and the mod envelope combine with a wide variety of MIDI learnable controls to manipulate multiple parameters. Everything is easily set up in a clearly laid out ‘mod matrix.’ The dual XY-pads can be used for controlling modulation or a wide range of synth parameters. MIDI aftertouch can be routed via the matrix for even greater control over expression and tonality. Powerful arp with both live & program modes; comprehensive MIDI features with effortless MIDI learn; over 900 presets; recording, sharing, IAA, Audiobus 3, Ableton Link — these are just some of the features brewing inside Yonac’s Kauldron. Selected Specs SYNTH • 3 analog modeling oscillators w/ multiple waveforms & true PWM • FM via Osc 2 • Maximizer module with drift, spread & voice count for huge, stereophonic all-synth sounds • New vAnalog filter design w/ ‘dirt’ overload for even warmer, harmonically complex tones • Dedicated filter ADSR envelope • Filter tracking, contour & more • Pink/white noise generator • Osc. phase reset & sync • Retro & modern glide algorithms • Virtual VCA envelope with 2 attack types • Poly/mono operation • Legato mode for buttery smooth passages • Extensive modulation options via the ‘mod matrix’ • 2 LFOs w/ BPM sync, keytracking, trigger mode & more • Assignable mod envelope • 23 mod targets • 11 mod controllers, including aftertouch, velocity & keytracking • 2 XY-Pads for controlling mod targets or synth parameters • Arpeggiator with live & program modes, 11 algorithms, gate, swing, note value, octaving & more • Stereo mod effect with chorus & flanger modes • BPM-syncable stereo delay • Studio quality reverb w/ 7 room types, damping, time & mix • 900+ presets in a wide variety of styles & sounds SPAWN² • Automatic preset generation via artificial intelligence • Generate infinite new, usable presets at the touch of a button • Expert mode lets specify Variation & Autonomy for each major synth module • 3 unique A.I. algorithms • Auto arp programming in any listed scale PRO FEATURES • AUv3 - use as Audio Unit plugin on iPad & iPhone • Fullscreen AU mode in compatible DAWs & iOS versions • Extensive MIDI: MIDI learn, aftertouch, MIDI CC map save/share, KB mapping, program changes & more • Inter-App Audio • Audiobus 3 • Ableton Link APP • Universal • Powerful YPAT2 preset management system • Classic or ribbon key controller • Ribbon controller: Poly aftertouch into Kauldron • Ribbon controller: Settable musical key & scale • Classic KB: Velocity w/ sensitivity setting • Tapedeck: Record, loop & share • Metronome • Tap BPM Supported Systems • iOS 11 & newer

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Reviews

  • One of my top favs

    5
    By GadgetMojo
    Though it looks like a simple synth at first glance, it can deliver a good range of sounds. I wouldn’t say it’s my fav synth as it’s hard to judge, but it’s definitely in a group of my faves. Efficient, has a character, easy/pleasant to use, good sound quality, good presets management (can create banks and rearrange slot-based patches). Has AUv3. Another excellent synth from these guys is Magellan 2, both are must-have, imho. Very pleasant to use, feels like hardware.
  • Great Presets

    5
    By twnshp4000
    I love the presets and the filter pads are easy to use!
  • Modulation

    3
    By Tigerfrost309
    How do you define Mod control 1-4 in the modulation matrix?
  • Powerful, stable and rich.

    5
    By GrahamBablam
    Kauldron is an incredible synthesizer! Three OSCs, an arpeggiator, extensive effects and modulation capabilities... look, it’s $10. Buy it.
  • Poly Aftertouch Dream

    5
    By dnylsun
    An amazing app from very a talented developer. Works fantastic with my Kurzweil MIDIBoard. The sounds are all very distinctive in an interface that is at once intuitive and powerful.
  • So far so good on iOS 10

    5
    By writingEachDay()
    Will this work with iOS 12 ???
  • Realistic Analog Sound

    5
    By Camilo Calvo
    This synth has a very expensive sound quality, one of the best on the appstore. Just amazing!
  • Yes!!!

    5
    By Mikes jello
    Guitars, organs, Kauldron, and magical connotations. Tobacco is good company to keep!
  • Still no fix for the AUv3 bug

    2
    By Piano Quartz
    Kauldron is a great standalone iOS synth. Unfortunately, it’s effectively useless as a plugin due to a bug that I reported over a year ago. When loaded as an AUv3 (I’ve tried it in BeatMaker 3, GarageBand, NanoStudio 2) with a MIDI keyboard connected over Lightning, Kauldron doesn’t conform to the standard behavior of only receiving MIDI notes when its track is selected. Instead, it receives notes regardless of the current track. So if you record a bass line with Kauldron and then try to record a lead with Zeeon, Model 15, or any other AUv3, your lead also triggers notes on Kauldron. As I said above, I reported this bug over a year ago, and never received a response. It’s disappointing because Kauldron sounds great! I’d love to use it in my iOS production, but I can’t with this workflow-breaking bug.
  • Strange behavior, no tech support

    1
    By Lundberg02
    I adjusted the filter, including the adsr to something approximating a brass sound, with Osc 2 and 3 off. Then I applied some glide and suddenly the sounds became low volume beeps and there was no way to recover, no reset to default seems to exist, couldn’t find it in the manual either. Exit the app,leave it alone for 24 hr, and it seems fine, glide works the way it should. After reading the manual, which is more of a list than explanation, I got more ambitious and added the other Oscs, fooled around with the second set of adsr and drift and voices, things seemed to work, although the second adsr set is a bit weird. I had written to Yonac about Kauldron a week before, got no form reply nor tech support. I think I could rate this app four if I thought there was any support. I haven’t tried presets yet but I think I will have to, because the app certainly doesn’t load with your last settings, in fact some knobs are not where you would think they would be and others have stayed where they were. Default behavior and reset are not in the manual, nor is there a a good discussion of all adsr behavior. The filter settings don’t have any meaningful indices that I can see, you don’t know where the resonance is, and there is only one (steep) roll off so you really can’t do brass effectively. EDIT: I have again used the Yonac website contact form and received no acknowledgement or response, so I have to conclude that there is NO tech support, so I have reduced my rating to one star, because you can’t do no stars. Second EDIT: I actually got a response after two days, to my 3rd email, but the tech seems not to have read the manual. I have replied but don’t have much hope for a real answer. Third Edit: I have written to Yonac at least four times, and received one reply mentioned above, so I really can’t understand all the rave reviews, the ADSR is goofy and uncalibratable, for instance if you set what you would think is a very short attack and set what Yonac says is a high amplitude, it takes seconds for a tone to reach peak. This is ridiculous. Fourth edit: There is no version history, there is no tech support, I have to believe this app has been abandoned. You can not get into the Yonac forum on iOS, but I have posted from my Mac and there have been a few views but no response, so I have to think that it didn’t sell, and that some of the problems I have described have been experienced by other who also got no response and deleted the app. I am not ready to give up on it, but I am absolutely you can not synth brass adequately, because the adsr is crazy, the cutoff is way too steep, and you can’t place the resonance with any certainty. There does not seem to be a brass instrument in any of the many presets , which would seem to make my point. I notice there are only a few developer responses in the reviews and they are all canned.

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