In this synthesizer app, you can create sounds using hybrid FM and waveshaping techniques, customize presets, and explore complex envelopes. Includes support for AUv3 and standalone operation, preset sharing, and a waveshape editor.
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About ID700
ID700 runs in standalone mode and as an AUv3 plugin (Logic Pro, GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis 3).
HISTORY
In 1987 Don Buchla released the Buchla 700 synthesizer. It was the next logical step from Don's previous digital synths (the Buchla 400, Touché, Buchla 500) but was also influenced by the synth trends of the 1980's, specifically FM synthesis and the all-in-one workstation concept. As usual, Don was ahead of the curve and the 700 never took off. Very few were sold and even fewer functioning units exist today. I always loved the sound of Don's digital oscillators, and combined with the scarcity of the instrument it seemed like a fun project to recreate it in software and reintroduce its concepts to the world.
FEATURES
* AUv3 and Standalone support on iOS
* twelve voices of four operator FM with twelve unique algorithms
* fourteen complex envelopes per voice
* two hundred professionally designed presets
* two waveshapers per voice
* preset randomizer
* over forty factory wave shapes plus an editor for user created shapes
* Scala scale file support with over four thousand included tunings from the Scala scale archive
* MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) capability for MPE controllers like the Roli Seabord, Linnstrument, and Sensel Morph
* advanced MIDI implementation (including 14-bit CCs and Program Change)
* an in-depth manual (60+ pages) is available in the app and from our website
* iCloud support for sharing presets, waveshapes, and tunings between devices
* up to 16x oversampling
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Reviews for ID700
Sir Kanther Gorius
The best FM synthesizer ever created
The title says it all. This thing does everything I ever wished my DX7 could do, and with a user interface that makes it as easy as editing an FM synthesizer with this level of functionality could possibly be. I really don’t have anything negative to say here. Been using this app for a few years now and I still feel as though I have barely scratched the surface of what is possible. Thank you for creating this, whoever you are.
lordbudget
Great!
This is a really well done recreation of an amazing Buchla synth. It is a great way to explore an extremely rare and unique synth, but it is also a really amazing app in its own right, especially if you like exploring and tweaking sounds: nothing sounds like this. It is not a simple plug-and-play sound maker - its deep and complex - but the many very well done pre-sets let get into the sounds immediately. The manual is clear and thorough as well.
