Favorite iOS synths that are not subtractive

mkell424

FM, additive, etc.

OscarSouth

I like Modstep's additive synth

[Deleted User]

Mersenne lovely bells and chimes

johnfromberkeley

Phase84!
Also, wavemapper

firejan82

FM4

Littlewoodg

Thanks @mkell424
This thread makes me smile: My favorites are generally not subtractive, and there are amazing ones in iOS...

So (without duplicating) I think everything listed above is tops...

(I really like the onboard additive in Modstep, that to me was a very cool choice by the Devs)

and

Addictive
Cube
microTera (Tera too, it's got it all, including non subtractive)
Poseidon
TF7
Nave
Animoog
Laplace
Squaresynth
PWM-1
ZedSynth
SpringSound
WaveGenerator
DXi
New one is Moebius Lab, includes a "complex oscillator" something the devs cooked up fresh for us, which accesses overtones, undertones, and inharmonics. Fun with the 200 LFOs on board...

wellingtonCres

virtual ANS
iDensity
iPulsaret

ExAsperis99

For those of us who don't know, a quick primer about Additive, Subtractive, Modular...etc? And please include the characteristics of each?

Matt_Fletcher_2000

Animoog
Kamata
Chiang Mai
Mersenne
SpringSound
FM4
Z3ta
Phase84
Poseidon
The retronyms one who's name I've forgotten.

Edit: and Keiv of course

db909

I often use the default Chiang Mai preset to begin anything in gadget. It just sounds so damn good.

theconnactic

DXi! My new album has a lot of it!

Telefunky

Modular doesn't refer to a specific kind of synthesis, but to the general architecture of the device
(you may have modules of any kind of soundgeneration and manipulation interconnected)
Additive means to have a base frequency and the sound generator adds overtones to build a spectrum
FM (frequency modulation) needs 2 or more oscillators that interact according to a specific process
(it's fairly complex and used in 2 forms: based on frequency or based on phase angle of the waves)
Subtractive means the sound of at least one oscillator is formed by a filter
usually the source is a simple waveform like saw, pulse, sine, but it could as well be a sample or subsections of samples (arranged in a so-called wavetable)

the Waldorf (Micro)Wave had wavetable oscillators followed by a filter section (subtractive), but that's called Wavetable Synthesis usually - the respetive synths under IOS are Nave and WaveGenerator

a more recent form is called Granular Synthesis, which dynamically uses variable sections of samples
again this may be followed by a subtractive (filter) section or be part of an FM oscillator...

it can even be used to emulate a modular subtractive analogue synth to a stunning degree
which is the case with Apesoft's iVCS3
bottom line: there are practically no limits under IOS
iirc Mitosynth is an Additive + sample based Synth from it's basic structure

while the iVCS3 is indeed a subtractive synth at first glance, it has very unusual characteristics
it's a remarkable piece of software and it's REALLY demanding - but also rewarding
(download of the original manual of the EMS Sythi highly recommanded)

honorable mention:
the M3000 Mellotron by Omenie - not really a synth itself, but a great buddy for any synth

cheers, Tom

CalCutta

@ExAsperis99 said:
For those of us who don't know, a quick primer about Additive, Subtractive, Modular...etc? And please include the characteristics of each?

Unfortunately there's not a short answer to this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sound_synthesis_types

Most synths are subtractive (start with an Oscillator, then subtract frequencies with filters/envelopes/modulation).

My personal favorite iOS non-subtractive synth is, at the moment, Nave. That tends to change almost weekly.

mkell424

Just reading this thread there's a wide variety of synthesis on the iPad to choose from.

synthandson

Sylo Synth is a cool uncomplicated granular synthesizer made by Wooji Juice.

https://itunes.apple.com/at/app/sylo-synthesiser/id378074598?mt=8