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Nave

4.44 • 50 Ratings

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Nave - next generation Wavetable Synthesis Nave is Waldorf’s first synthesizer App development – created by chief engineer and 
director Stefan Stenzel, NLog mastermind Rolf Wöhrmann and Design Guru Axel Hartmann. The Nave sound engine includes two novel Wavetable oscillators, leaving every previous attempt in wavetable synthesis far behind. The spectrum of a sound can be transposed independently of its pitch. The waves are being rendered periodically to noisy. Especially sounds with an accent on formants can be reproduced easily, which made us integrate a speech synthesizer for the easy creation of wavetables. The clearly structured UI invites both beginners and advanced users to experiment, and the large display of 
the iPad makes Wavetable creation and editing a blast. Besides Speech Synthesis, Wavetables can also be made by analysing audio files. Further stretching, rotating and shifting in spectral domain allows Wavetables to be further refined or distorted. All factory Wavetables from Microwave, Wave and Blofeld are included, complemented by new ones that make extensive useof the enhanced possibilities. In addition to the Wavetable Oscillators, Nave offers an oscillator module featuring the novel Überwave that can fatten your sound by up to eight detuned oscillators. The filter offers the familiar outstanding Waldorf sound, featuring lowpass, bandpass and highpass with either 12dB or 24dB slope. The Drive section offers different characteristics, and it can be positioned in the signal path: before or after the filter, or as a summing overdrive before or after the equalizer - for those who prefer harsh screaming sounds over delicate Wavetable sweeps. An extended modulation matrix and diverse real time control functionality is waiting for animating Nave sounds in any desired direction. Besides the classic virtual chromatic keyboard, Nave can be played with the “Blades” that allow for dynamic triggering of polyphonic modulation by sliding the fingers in x or y direction. The 4-track recorder can be used to build your own Nave songs or to simply sketch your music, inspired by the sounds of Nave. Audio Demos: nave.waldorfmusic.de/sound Nave Specifications per Voice: · Two independent advanced Wavetable Oscillators · Osc module with up to 8 oscillator Überosc with sawtooth, triangle, PWM, white or pink noise · Two Ring Modulators · Multimode Filter with LP,BP and HP, each either 12 dB or 24 dB · 3 Envelopes · 2 LFO · 10 Modulation Matrix Entries · Drive with adjustable curve, depth and position Effects: · Modulation Effect with either Chorus, Flanger or Phaser · Modulation Delay · High Quality Reverb · Three band parametric Equalizer · Compressor Additional Features: · Keyboard with adjustable size, scrolling and glissando modes · Blades with musical scales and optional chord mode · Polyphonic X/Y finger modulation on keyboard and blades · Modulation Wheel and Pitch Bender · Up to 3 X/Y Control Pads · Four Track Recorder with clip based editing · Core MIDI in / out support · MIDI device manager for external hardware and virtual connections · Sync to MIDI Clock or WIST · MIDI Learn · Audiobus compatible · Background Audio · Arpeggiator · Polyphonic Unisono · Speech Synthesizer for Wavetables · 3D Wavetable Editing · Generation of Wavetables from external audio files · Audio Copy / Paste Support · Patch Management with unlimited user banks and categories · Import / Export audio and sound patches from iTunes
What’s New
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. - AudioBus 3 update - Bug fixes
Version 1.8
Version History

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4.44
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50 Ratings
  • mrdogheadSHoGoAT, 13.12.2022
    Hall of fame IOS synth
    This remains a great app (as does, in its more-complicated way, Attack, which gets abuse from people who don’t bother to learn it) for people who like to program their own patches. The first-rate wavetable oscillators are easily tweakable and can be rewritten. Importing audio to tables can be an adventure, but that too can be done to good effect. Images can be converted to wave shapes. A text-to-table feature exists and can give interesting, if German-accented, results. Spectrum controls and modulation extend the sound palette still further, and the two oscillator outs also have have a distinct multiplied output. Tying the wavetables together with a stereo-spreadable analogue-modeled oscillator with PWM and a separate ring mod to the first wavetable. The filter section offers the standard choices, but with high-quality sound and atypical flexibility in routing, tuning, driving/distorting, and modulating, with three lovely, syncable, speed-adjustable looping envelopes. Two audio-capable LFOs, ten open mod-matrix slots, along with the many mod possibilities in the main sound-engine sections, and a lot of other quality-of-sound-sculpting features keep the synth fresh. There are plenty of handy, high-quality effects as well. We could do with an arpeggiator that does faster and, especially, slower tempo divisions, though the present functions do what they do very well. Sequencing would be great, but there is no great hardship in hooking up one of the bazillions of MIDI sequencers in the App Store - unless you want to use the internal recorder (yes, there’s one of those too - it has four tracks and it works well when inspiration cannot wait for a DAW). The on-screen keyboard remains as good as it gets on this platform. This is a huge benefit for actual mobile use. Why more developers fail to put this kind of effort into the OSK - on a mobile OS - remains a mystery to me. So, does this sound “dated” or not worth using? Do the presets need updating for current taste? Maybe, but why use such a synth as a preset player? Whether you are making the preset sounds your own or you are building your own presets from the tables on up, the presets are at most starting points. Yes, the synth could use an update to make use of new standards revisions. That is no reason to avoid this instrument. For all that lack of updating, it remains not only easy to use, but it still works to create beautiful sounds. What’s remarkable is how well this was done from the start. All these years later, it remains among the few best synthesizers for Apple’s mobile devices. Show more
  • acPittpro, 23.06.2022
    Eats up battery when off
    Try using this app and then close it and watch how fast your battery drains. Check your battery in settings. Nave will be at the top of the list consuming 80-90% of your battery. This has been going on for years and Waldorf doesn’t care. That’s why they get a 1 star from me. Show more
  • anickt, 27.04.2022
    Still no update
    Too bad this hasn’t at least been made AU by now. Nice synth but AU’s are easier to work with.
  • AlternateTimeline, 28.07.2021
    Dated
    Should stay at the sale price and would love to at least see some updates and new patches. Pros: Beautiful interface (standalone), fully featured as a standalone synth with recorder. Very precise and tunable sound. Cons: Hasn’t been updated in years, No auv3, Most patches rely heavily on internal fx, eq, and compressor. Nice list of patch designers but the sounds are aging. Patch navigation system should have a way to favorite presets andvisualize all banks by category. No MPE. Show more
  • hawaiian808808, 18.08.2020
    Nice but presets don’t stick
    Really like the sounds but the presets don’t stick. They always reset back to 5th Chord by Richard Devine. Thus, unusable.
  • FNANNAT, 05.08.2020
    Classic. Masterpiece. Shining (5) stars.
    Nave really is a masterpiece! Seven-plus years later, even without an AUv3 update, and it still remains one of the most impressive synths of any form, hardware of software, tablet, Mac, or pc. Nave has been, and remains, in my top three synths in regards to features, fun, and musicality. Through the years I have purchased nearly all of the most popular synths, groove machines, and mobile daws, and without fail, I keep coming back to Nave. Nasty basses ☑️ Clean deep basses ☑️ Synapse tingling leads☑️ Crystalline chimes☑️ The most mind boggling, ear-tickling, chest pounding, face-melting sonic delights☑️☑️☑️ The team at Waldorf really created something truly special and timeless with Nave. To boot, the great sound designers they selected to showcase what Nave can do are brilliant. So whether you are a sound designer, a knob twister, or a preset junkie, there is something for every synth lover here. Now that some of the good is out of the way, for the bad. The only negative comment that I can personally make of Nave is that, although timeless in sound and function, it does lack the ability to take full advantage of the more recent advances in iOS, namely AUv3. This limitation doesn’t take away from Nave being a five star synth, but having the ability to run multiple instances of it in something like AUM, along with the available AUv3 sequencers, would place it in a class of its own, and then one above that. So, if you are on the fence, and you can live without the need for multiple instances, you cannot go wrong. Total insta-buy...really. To Waldorf’s Nave team, Thank you for the years of entertainment, relaxation, and happy accidents you have blessed me with. I really cannot thank you enough. Sorry it took me so long to write your well deserved review. And please, if you ever do decide to update with AUv3, call it “Nave 2” or something catchy, and I think a great many of us would be happy to fork over the cash. I know that I would. Nave Fan. Show more
  • paulcpaulc, 11.05.2020
    Incredible Synth, please add AuV3!
    Absolutely love this synth. Insane sounds and presets and really easy to design your own. Only thing I’m missing is AuV3
  • GoogleSucksIt, 10.05.2020
    I’m begging Waldorf.....
    AUv3. This is still one the best iOS synths hands down. The interface is so nice. It has all the classic Waldorf sounds I’ve grown to love over the years. It’s not missing anything synthwise. And yes, you can charge me for an update that includes AUv3. No complaints. Please Waldorf, AUv3! Signed, Longtime Waldorf Fanboy. Show more
  • DB1983_ok, 02.11.2019
    Amazing wavetable synth, but eats battery and has a memory leak
    Amazing sounds, great interface and arpeggiator. Unfortunately, still no AU plugin version, but I can live with that for now. The biggest issue is that it eats battery like a hog and if you forget to kill the app explicitly AND reboot your device, you’ll find your iPad out of battery within a few hours, even if it’s not being used / the screen is off. This is probably due to background audio, but it’s definitely annoying and should be fixed. I see the developer has responded with the suggestion of disabling background audio. This still doesn’t explain why the battery goes dead after force-killing the app. There are plenty of other iOS apps with this “background audio” option which don’t continue eating battery after you force close them... and they don’t require you to reboot your iPad. I don’t want to turn this into an advertisement for other apps, but please: fix this properly. Show more

Information

  • Category
  • Age Rating
    4+
  • Price
    19.99 USD
  • Size
    207.42 MB
  • Provider
    Waldorf Music
Languages
English
Copyright
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