Magellan

This synth looks amazing and it’s easy to modify the sounds and customize things to your liking and it sounds nice through the iPad speakers. Unfortunately when you plug in high quality headphones the sounds are very .... thin. They sound toy-like at best. There is a sound or two that works even with those limitations, and I suppose that’s worth the $5. But only three stars.

I've bought a number of synth apps, and this is one of the best if not THE best, I give top rating for this one.

If they added a wave table , then it would be daunting to play and I am glad they stuck to 3 analog oscillators. My only complaint is that when oscillator 3 is disconnected from keyboard, you cannot use it as a drone. Maybe there is a way but I am not able to figure it out. It is not warm sounding as a real analog synth but it is good enough and if needed you can use a tube preamp or one of the effect units. The multi track sequencer is a beast and you can get a lot out of it. I can do things that would require 4 outboard gear at least. The arpeggiator also dual mode is awesome, specially the pedal type mode, which I had to program as a sequence in other synths. Some people complain about its lack of modern features but performance ways, there is enough maybe too much. The presets have too much reverb and just a couple good lead sound. But I was able to get a minmoog parch up quickly. I like that the FM has an ADSR but it is not easy to use but if you know how, it is more rewarding than what other synths, analog and modeled offer. And the touch strip keyboard, wow. Other folks just give you a chromatic strip but here, they have chord and scale and ability to customize. If they added other tuning, not just the tempered tuning then I would be over the moon. I know only one synth that does it Audiokit Synth One. XY pad is a welcome performance tool. I do not know if that can be mapped to an external pad. This is a really good synth, not just for an iPad synth. This review does not cover more than 10 percent overview. I suggest reading the online manual to get an idea what it provides. Considering the small area of the iPad, I think the UI is not too bad. I think if they employed templates for things you need so you can reduce the number of visible controls, that would be great. For example the touch strip s, if they full screened those, then the performance value would further be enhanced. But overall no deal breakers for me. You really need the big iPad Pro. My 10.5 is too small for me anyway.

Love the warm sounds!

If you like synths, get this! One of my faves. Gives awesome crisp modern sounds, but can do a good range in general. There are lots of synths out there, but I feel this one has a character that really sets it apart from others. Kauldron is also a great one from this developer. The two are definitely on my top 8 must-have list. This synth has so many features, yet it is so well designed that it’s super straightforward to use. Everything is in the right place. No clutter, yet a lot of controls per page. I usually prefer external fx, but in this synth they really fit in well with the sound. It’s hard to pick a best synth in terms of sound because each covers different ground or different approaches to sound design, but in terms of UI it’s easier to pick because a lot of synths have weak UI. Magellan is definitely at the top, along with Nave - both being beautiful and usable at the same time. Both feel like you have a hardware synth in your hands, and are just a pleasure to use for the eyes, ears, and fingers too. Only request I have is, please make presets save both synths. There are 2 synth engines that can be used individually or together. You can save each independently and load them, but can’t save the two combined. Using both engines really gives beautifully huge sound! As a workaround I save them as name-part1, name-part2 so it’s not really that hard to load the two together later, just think it makes more sense to just treat both synths as a single preset. Oh, and if you could give this synth an AUv3... goes without saying ;)

At one time this was the best of the best. However, Magellan is not compatible with newer iOS devices, like the new iPad Pro gen 3. I wrote to the developers, however they chose to ignore me. We have moved on to other technologies, but this truly was one of the greatest synthesizers out there..

Used to be great. No longer works with newer IOS

This is by far the best synth and music app that I have been searching for. As a producer i wanted an app that can give me that real sound and I bought plenty apps but still wasn’t satisfied with them until I bumped into this app. IF YOU WANNA CHANGE THE WAY YOUR PRODUCTION SOUND, PLEASE TRY THIS APP. I’m in love with it and i just got it