Sylo Synthesiser1.5 - App Store

Sylo Synthesiser allows you to play music, or create sound effects, using sounds you can design yourself. Sylo Synth includes a collection of pre-designed sounds which you can use as they are, tweak them to your heart's desire, or you can make new sounds from scratch.

Build sounds from basic waveforms, or capture them from the world around you using the iPad's built-in microphone. Then, tinker with Sylo Synthesiser's filters and other settings to make a sound all your own.

Sylo Synthesiser features live time-stretching technology based on granular synthesis and a suite of filters:

. Speed up or slow down a recorded sound to use as an instrument

. With a regular wavetable synthesiser, higher-pitched notes are also faster, like chipmunks, and lower-pitched notes are also slower, as though they are moving through treacle

. But enable Sylo's "Sync Speed" feature, and lower or higher-pitched notes still play back at the same speed, keeping them in sync with each other

. Fiddle with the speed control even while you're playing notes: Slow, stop or even rewind the sound in the middle of notes - without changing the pitch

. Granular synthesis allows you to create instruments or effects from a recording, that do not sound like the original, yet retain its realistic, natural sound

. FX units: Frequency modulation, ring modulation, echo/delay, distortion, and a low-pass filter with resonance control

Sylo Synthesiser also supports Core MIDI: play music from another device via MIDI.

Additional features:

. Use existing audio files as the building-blocks of your instrument: import audio from wave, aiff, mp3 and aac/m4a files

. Save recordings to your iPad or to online storage providers

. Save your new instruments to the preset list for quick access

. Exchange audio with other apps via AudioCopy/AudioPaste or "Open in..." (where supported)

Please note: The microphone button in Sylo Synthesiser is for recording sound into the synth, to use as the basis for new instruments - not for making a permanent record of what you play! (We've heard from a couple of people confused about this so we thought we'd make it clear!) If you wish to record your performances, you can use the Record button in the toolbar for this purpose.

Version History • Improved support for varying screen sizes
• Support for more import/export locations
• Compatibility updates 1.5 02/07/2019 To celebrate both Sylo Synth's upcoming 4th birthday and the launch of our new app Mitosynth, this new version of Sylo Synth is now completely free — including all features that were previously "Sylo Synth Pro" only!

I hope you enjoy the features! If you do, please take a moment to check out Wooji Juice's other synths, Grain Science and Mitosynth! 1.4 06/26/2014 • Compatibility updates
• Updated AudioCopy to version 2.0
• Updated Dropbox SDK 1.3 09/18/2013 • Crisp updated graphics
• Various bugfixes
• Updated Dropbox SDK 1.2 05/01/2013 In this version:
• Improved MIDI compatibility

Previously, in version 1.1.10:
• Fixed a compatibility issue affecting the upgrade panel 1.1.11 07/31/2012 In this version:
• Fixed a compatibility issue affecting the upgrade panel

Previously, in version 1.1.9:
• More MIDI handling improvements
• Updated to latest Dropbox SDK
• Fixed a crash related to long recordings
• VoiceOver accessibility improvements 1.1.10 04/21/2012 In this version:
• More MIDI handling improvements
• Updated to latest Dropbox SDK
• Fixed a crash related to long recordings
• VoiceOver accessibility improvements

Previously, in version 1.1.8:

• Improved reliability of performance recording
• Improved MIDI handling
• Clearer, crisper pop-up indicators on control dials 1.1.9 02/21/2012 In this version:

• Improved reliability of performance recording
• Improved MIDI handling
• Clearer, crisper pop-up indicators on control dials
Previously, in version 1.1.7:

• New "Split Linear" grain mode
• IOS 5 compatibility fixes
• Improved sound quality for some built-in waveforms
• Performance optimisations

Tip for upgraders: Looking for the Sync Speed button? Double tap the Grain Speed control! :) 1.1.8 12/03/2011 • New "Split Linear" grain mode
• IOS 5 compatibility fixes
• Improved sound quality for some built-in waveforms
• Performance optimisations

Tip for upgraders: Looking for the Sync Speed button? Double tap the Grain Speed control! :) 1.1.7 10/26/2011 Version 1.1.6
• iOS 5.0 compatibility update
• Updated Dropbox SDK

Version 1.1.5
• Fixes

Previously in version 1.1.4:
• Core MIDI support: play music through Sylo Synthesiser from another device via MIDI
• Fixes

Tip for upgraders: Looking for the Sync Speed button? Double tap the Grain Speed control! :) 1.1.6 10/10/2011 Version 1.1.5
• Fixes

Previously in version 1.1.4:
• Core MIDI support: play music through Sylo Synthesiser from another device via MIDI
• Fixes

Tip for upgraders: Looking for the Sync Speed button? Double tap the Grain Speed control! :) 1.1.5 06/23/2011 Version 1.1.4:
• Core MIDI support: play music through Sylo Synthesiser from another device via MIDI
• Fixes

Previously in version 1.1.3:
• Easier preset audio handling: If you save a preset which uses an audio recording that hasn't itself been saved yet, the audio will be saved automatically
• Fixes

Tip for upgraders: Looking for the Sync Speed button? Double tap the Grain Speed control! :) 1.1.4 05/20/2011 • Easier preset audio handling: If you save a preset which uses an audio recording that hasn't itself been saved yet, the audio will be saved automatically
• Bugfixes

Tip for upgraders: Looking for the Sync Speed button? Double tap the Grain Speed control! :) 1.1.3 04/07/2011 Version 1.1.2:

• Compatibility fix for users still running older versions of iOS

Tip for upgraders: Looking for the Sync Speed button? Double tap the Grain Speed control! :)

Version 1.1:

Interact with other Apps!
• Open recordings (samples or performances) in other Apps
• AudioCopy/AudioPaste support
- AudioPaste from another app to use as the basis of a new instrument
- AudioCopy your current instrument or a recorded performance to another App
• Performances can now be uploaded to Dropbox

Improved UI!
• New stylish graphics and layout
• Sliders replaced by dials
- Easier to grab with your finger
- All controls available without needing to scroll
- Dials pop up their exact value when touched/changed
• Individual ADSR dials
- You can now set attack, decay, sustain and release using dial controls
- You can still change these settings directly by dragging the ADSR graph with your finger
• Scrollable keyboard
- Instead of jumping to low/med/hi octaves, you can view any part of the keyboard you wish, by tapping/dragging on the mini 88-key keyboard
- Keys now have optional note and octave number labels
• Faster, smoother panning and zooming in the Wave View

Improved audio!
• optional Automatic Gain Control
• Warning light if audio clips (due to gain being up too loud)
• (iOS 4.x only) Speed optimisations using 4.x hardware acceleration features
• ADSR bugfixes
Please note:
• The free version of Sylo Synth is now ad supported. The pro version (upgrade via in-app purchase) does not contain ads. Some features listed above are only available in the pro version. 1.1.2 02/22/2011 Interact with other Apps!
• Open recordings (samples or performances) in other Apps
• AudioCopy/AudioPaste support
- AudioPaste from another app to use as the basis of a new instrument
- AudioCopy your current instrument or a recorded performance to another App
• Performances can now be uploaded to Dropbox

Improved UI!
• New stylish graphics and layout
• Sliders replaced by dials
- Easier to grab with your finger
- All controls available without needing to scroll
- Dials pop up their exact value when touched/changed
• Individual ADSR dials
- You can now set attack, decay, sustain and release using dial controls
- You can still change these settings directly by dragging the ADSR graph with your finger
• Scrollable keyboard
- Instead of jumping to low/med/hi octaves, you can view any part of the keyboard you wish, by tapping/dragging on the mini 88-key keyboard
- Keys now have optional note and octave number labels
• Faster, smoother panning and zooming in the Wave View

Improved audio!
• optional Automatic Gain Control
• Warning light if audio clips (due to gain being up too loud)
• (iOS 4.x only) Speed optimisations using 4.x hardware acceleration features
• ADSR bugfixes
Please note:
• The free version of Sylo Synth is now ad supported. The pro version (upgrade via in-app purchase) does not contain ads. Some features listed above are only available in the pro version. 1.1 02/07/2011 - Bugfix for saving recordings under iOS 4.2 1.0.6 12/09/2010 • iOS 4.2 compatibility update
• small bugfix to "Bounce" grain type 1.0.5 11/13/2010 - Important Fix: Resolves an issue where starting Sylo Synth in "Low Octaves" mode could cause the application to freeze 1.0.4 09/07/2010 - Updated Dropbox support
- Can now sign up for a new Dropbox account from within Sylo
- Fix: Fixed an issue with Sylo crashing when attempting to sample more than 30 seconds of audio
- Fix: Fixed an issue when loading audio that requires sample-rate conversion 1.0.3 08/28/2010 - New: Record your performances as high-quality .wav files and transfer them to your computer [Pro version only]

- Fix: More sound quality improvements

- Fix: An issue that sometimes occurred when changing instruments while playing notes

- Fix: Polyphony overload protection 1.0.2 08/16/2010 - Improved audio quality: fixed an issue with ADSR shaper that could cause pops & clicks

- Fixed: Issue relating to wave view pan/zoom

- New: Additional control over resonance filter 1.0.1 08/03/2010 1.0.0 07/24/2010