Retromulator runs the actual firmware of seven legendary synths — cycle-accurate, free, and built on the open-source Gearmulator engine. The catch? You’ll need to bring your own ROM.
Forget simple ports. Oliver Greschke’s Elastic OSC takes the best of Mutable Instruments Plaits and adds 8-voice polyphony, "elastic" X/Y automation, and full DX7 bank compatibility. From granular clouds to gritty FM, it’s a studio’s worth of synthesis in your pocket. Is this the most essential iOS synth of the last two years?
Pivot, by Fors, reduces the impenetrable obelisk known as FM synthesis to just three operators, their associated level and feedback controls, and zero algorithms. Kind of…
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