SynthStation App Reviews

This software is not stable, so it is useless! Please fix the bugs

Fantastic synth. For anyone having problems at launch, just delete and reinstall. Works like a wet dream. I am now hard.

It doesnt open in Ipad 4, what can you do for me? Give me the money back? Offer me another app?

• waiting for Update to iOS5 • drums tracking functionality missing (in this devices is an speaker on board) • a Step-sequencer would be a good AddOn for future releases • intuitive buttons for drums and an groove control for projects with a quick delete function for the demo song to create new projects without cleaning step by step the notes that are already recorded There is a big potential in this App so come on and finish what you have started Akai!

Ive written before that the app doesnt work. But I simply had to close all other apps because its a big program. It works very well, especially with the Synthstation synthesizer. The only fault of Akai, is that they should have warned people that they should close all other apps before opening Synthstation.

Badly advertised as deceptive to work, yet you find out they do not give a warn that it would not work on your hardware! Fail big time for me! Thats all I can say.

The sequencer on the Akai synthstation is very basic. I was quite disappointed. There is no control of the volume of individual drum hits, kits are not customizable and there is no audio import or export. This product is not very well thought through. Id recommend waiting for an update to see if more basic features are added. For 10$, there are much better synth products for iOS.

Ive bought an apc40 and lpk25. So I was inclined to trust akai. But for 10$, this is a very disappointing app. BEATMAKER blows this out of the water. Thats worth $10, this is not.

I was extremely excited at the prospect of a mobile studio made by Akai, and this was a huge let down. Nearly everything about this is poorly thought out, the layout is completely unintuitive, and frankly there was no room for creativity left in my brain after struggling to figure out the logic of how this works. My guess is that Akai didnt make this app, they probably licensed their name to a third party. Anyway, I hate to say it, but not worth the wait or the price. If you are looking for a comparable app that is really good, check out NanoStudio. It is what this should have been, and more.

I think comparing this to Beatmaker is something of a false positive. They strike me as very different implementations of composition tools - I like the fact that SynthStation lets me play instruments, rather than working with pre-determined collections of sounds. I think this is a good 1.0 release and I hope that future releases will let us play our parts "live" on the mini-keyboard / pads rather than writing them in on the grid editor. I also think the sounds and editing functions are pretty good.

Crashes constantly. I have been unable to save a note so far. furthermore, the developers website is down or gone, so theres no one to complain to. Frustrating as it looked like a great app.

Love this app, I also have the 25 key synthstation controller which really makes this powerful. Synths sound great, love the drums, love everything...EXCEPT - would love it if the arpeggiated synths could retrigger at the selected BPM every time you hit the key. It almost sounds like the arpeggiated synth is connected to an always-running, silent beat, and sometimes when you hit the key (with arpeggiator ON) it doesnt always trigger right away - as if its in the middle of the beat. I realize that when the sequence is playing youd probably NOT want this feature, but when the sequence isnt playing and youre in performance mode, Id love the ability to have the arpeggiator re-trigger whenever a new key has been played.

Horrible app. Nanostudio is 100% better.

I am a fan of AKAI products and own one of their midi controllers but this app is pathetic. A company who makes the type of products they do threw this together to make some fast money. AKAI if you are reading this I want mine back! Make a product that lives up to your name! Do not buy this app!

Needs the ability to flip for screen position and core midi compatability....and everything else fixed as per comments. There are a lot better music production studios out there. Akai really fell down on this software.

Doesnt seem to work with iOS 5.

Too bad you guys couldnt get it compatible with ios5 sooner, what a waste of money and time (it took forever to download!) Developers version of ios5 has been out for 5/6 months, theres no excuse.

Latest version steadily crashes on opening....useless

this is the worst synth app i had it works good along but not playing with other midi gear (like line6 midi mobilizer) only on there famous synthstation 25, that i think its a toy for kids,get Alchemy for free instead it work fine with all midi gear or Nanostudio that i really like the most.

This app loads up but wont play sounds on the 3rd gen ipad