VHS Synth | 80s Synthwave

VHS Synth | 80s Synthwave

By AudioKit Pro

  • Category: Music
  • Release Date: 2022-05-05
  • Current Version: 1.0.6
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 124.81 MB
  • Developer: AudioKit Pro
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
Score: 4.69231
4.69231
From 78 Ratings

Description

VHS Synth features synths recorded with a VCR, then resampled. "Perhaps the best iOS Music App you'll see this year" – The GarageBand Guide Perfect for Synthwave, Hip Hop, Indie, Rock, Movie Soundtracks, Lo-Fi, Ambient, Vaporwave, Retro Pop, and more. Create instant lo-fi and cool retro vibes. Press a key. Elevate your music. Includes over 280+ Presets by Jakob haQ, Red Sky Lullaby, The GarageBand Guide, DJ Puzzle, Sound of Izrael, DJ Montra, Marc Hupkens, AnalogMatthew, JEC, Da Fingaz, Brian Funk, and more. "BEST Lo-Fi instrument I’ve ever played, seriously good sounds!" - The SoundTest Room "Contender for App of the Year" - Jim Shannon on Sounds "VHS Synth is a Retrowave dream!" - iPad Loops "Turns Your iOS Device Into An 80s Time Machine" - Synthtopia Classic Synths were recorded to VHS Tape with a VCR, then re-sampled. "VHS Synth is the ULTIMATE Retro Synth App" - The GarageBand Guide Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRJvpEeBdqo FEATURES: • Standalone app + iOS AUv3 Plugin • Over 280+ presets to inspire you • Compressed to under 140mb to save space • VCR Sound Effects (Buttons, Tape Hiss, More) • VCR FX section to customize the sounds • FREE Expansion Pack: OP-1 recorded with a VCR ++ iPhone & iPad version included for one low price Real analog feel and dirt. Vintage hardware was recorded into a VCR and then re-sampled. Features the waveforms from the best-selling "80s VHS Synths" and "VHS Wave" Ableton sound packs by Brian Funk (a $30 value, included). Available here on iOS for the first time! More info: https://audiokitpro.com/vhssynth/

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Reviews

  • Audiobus/iaa

    5
    By Mr.27
    Is there anyway to make this available to route directly to iaa output to FL studio Mobile like you can with Synth One? That one connects perfectly but this one doesn’t show up on my Audiobus list :(
  • Top shelf.

    5
    By MaferJay
    Jeez this is so good. Well done.
  • Velocity settings when?

    3
    By Overfiend619
    Digitalism 2000 has velocity settings, why not this one? Ive been waiting patiently for velocity setting since the app came out. This thing is not fun to play when you have to smash a key to get sound going.
  • Awful UI but I see (mostly unused) potential.

    3
    By Matreve
    My biggest gripe with this app is this: the interface doesn’t make much sense. There is a lot of wasted space in the UI, the keyboard takes way too much space for what it is - a generic IOS keyboard without any expression. The Output and Layer meters in the middle of the main page are primarily an eye candy, not very useful, waste of UI space. The knobs and buttons are unnecessarily large and spaced out too much. If organized better, everything could fit on just one page. This is in reference to the standalone version, meanwhile as an AUV3 it is beyond nonsensical, as half of the space of the UI is literally just blank and unused. All three pages can easily fit into just one in the AUV3 for sure. Speaking of pages, I don’t understand the labels, for example, there are effects (reverb, vintage, tremolo, auto pan, etc) on the “main” page, yet there is an “fx” page with more effects. It simply does not make the navigation intuitive. Now the most important stuff. Some sounds are interesting but once you realize that this is in big part a sample player and you can’t craft the sound as you normally would because you have no access to the original synth’s parameters, you’ll be frustrated. You won’t be able to change the tempo of the modulation baked into the sample for example. The controls shaping the sound on top of it are not so great (I will say that the reverb is very good though, I also really like the “heat” setting). The whole VHS thing is a bit of a baloney. I don’t buy the whole idea of recording to VHS and then resampling. This however is definitely a catchy sales feature…
  • Bizarre and Amazing

    5
    By Eriptron
    This is a whole Brave New World for a subtraction synthesis! Developer stays with reported issues till fixed. Now I can save Presets and am having a ‘sonic’ of a good time now!
  • Fantastic

    5
    By Bb be
    Great presets, thanx.
  • Inconsistent sound quality

    2
    By Jackster847
    Character and quality of many sounds are inconsistent from higher to lower registers. Makes app largely unusable. Please fix this.
  • This thing is fantastic!

    5
    By Dr. Sidney Gottlieb
    I almost wanna give it a bad rating and review just so nobody else will find it. But I can’t do that. That would be like hiding the Bible. This app is that good. For the money, it’s as good if not better than the VERY BEST synth apps on App Store. Un-be-lievable!!!
  • Awesome Synth and Nostalgic

    5
    By JBChristian
    I was going through the presets and favoriting (starring) the ones I liked a lot and realized I was choosing almost all of them! Wow! So many great sounds! Typical of the apps from this group. I pretty much just buy whatever they put out since they are all varying degrees of excellent!
  • MIDI FX support

    4
    By jj23412
    Can’t really get it Toruń with Riffer stand alone but in an iPad daw it works

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