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Still great! This app is SO nicely implemented. Access to Files app coming soon? Not a dealbreaker by any means but would be more convenient. This already great app just got way greater! Show more

Fantastic, Otherworldly, Beautiful, Unique. My love and admiration for this app is boundless. Borderlands is a real instrument in the truest sense of the world.

i keep talking in love with this app over and over again. how about adding a "back to AUM" button? most of the ios apps i use have them and it reply helps with workflow. many thanks! Show more

Maybe i am subjective because it’s minimalistic but i can make tunes, patches, clips and sequences here. I can spend hours adjusting and enjoying composing. Folks give yourself pleasure and privilege of using such app. Instrument like this are rare by every mean. However, I will suggest that developer continue work with community and organize a bit tools inside app. Absolutely fantastic app! Show more

Amazing App! Please consider AUv3 support

Puedes usar muchos parámetros que te permiten un gran sonido, ahora con el sync mode puedes poner hasta sonidos rítmicos, la app esta en otro nivel, altamente recomendada. Se recomienda tener AudioShare para importar sonidos, de lo contrario creo que solo puedes grabar desde la misma app. Seria bueno que permita acceder a la app de documentos. Show more

Bravo

Just when I thought this app was on its way to extinction, a BRILLIANT new update drops! Thank you so much for this! There’s really nothing else quite like Borderlands on iOS. It’s a deep, fun, and tactile experience for sound design... And here’s a bold but true statement: It’s one of the most creative music tools ever made. It’s unexpected, fun and instantly gratifying — yet there’s a TON of useful functionality under the hood for serious musicians and sound designers to dig into. This is NOT another iOS toy. Borderlands truly is a modern instrument. Show more

This is the update we’ve been waiting for. Makes this app go from great to GREATER! The undisputed king of granular!

What was a great granular synth is now much better! Love this update! I’m looking forward to seeing what you do next. Keep up the great work!

BORDERLANDS GRANULAR is a brand-new app that actually outperforms its pre-release hoopla. This avant garde program has a fascinating interface. Creating music is fun because it is very "plastic." I love it!! Look at Prix ARS Electronica awards today!! Version 2.1 is a work of PURE GENIUS!!!!! Show more

I await the latest update breathlessly! Edit: Still waiting....?

Issues go unfixed for years

The developer addressed my issues way back and I forgot to update my review. One of the best and arguably the best granular synthesis app on the App Store. You can make as simple or as complex of a sound pattern that you like. The UI is pretty strait forward with plenty of features to customize your audio output. It would be nice if Borderlands had the IAA transport controls. There is literally no limit to what sounds you can generate with Borderlands. It also works well with AUM. Show more

Enjoyed for a few hours, but now it just crashes. It’s been in this funk for months. Even deleted and reinstalled. When is it going to be fixed? Show more

I’ve been hesitating to write a review because it will be my not-so-secret weapon now, but I’ve been able to create a lot of very useful material with this app. I’ve been creating sound for video, stage, and environmental applications, and I’m always surprised how I’m able to generate fresh new sounds from any recordings I put into the app. Once you get the hang of the workflow with Audioshare, it’s a snap to get the output up to Dropbox (or elsewhere) and over to my laptop or other devices. I hope they keep updating this app. Adding some nice reverb, delay, and compression effects would be great. Show more

All these configurable parameters should be associated with a CC mapping. Will update my rating when midi is implemented. Would also be nice to map midi controller note on/off in place of finger tap with ability to give each node specific note on trigger. I.e. [node1:g, node2:c#, node3:e] Show more

I have no further complaints. It's a good app. Sorry for the late response. My review was going under heavy development and I had to squash some last minute bugs.

A steal at any price, and a touchscreen legend. Borderlands was the first app - and still the most unique IMO - that really took the touchscreen concept and its capabilities and transformed the iPad into an actual musical instrument. I jumped on board v1.0 in 2012 and never looked back. A bit of history - in 2012 the very new community of iPad musicians totally fell for this app, and when it became apparent that real life had slowed the apps development after its initial release, the community of Borderlands users not only maintained their enthusiasm but also continued to grow the user base despite the "advanced beta" characteristics of v1.0. It reached legendary status as the oldest app in the App Store that you absolutely could not do without, and every iOS update would be quickly followed by a chorus of "yeah OK but does Borderlands still work on it?" When the update dropped years later, minds were blown everywhere. As the greatest iOS app ever to be rescued from history by its own developer, even an Alchemy iOS update would not touch this - as great a synth as it is, Borderlands was pioneering AND legendary AND is still the most unique instrument on a touchscreen. Bar none. Show more

I like granular processing. The spatial layout and overlapping of granular clouds and sound files of this app is interesting, but this app doesn't support a linear approach to soundscape creation. For one thing, it doesn't process incoming audio that easily as the play head is moving but the cloud is static. One can record a movement of the cloud to follow the play head, but this is clumsy. A simple follow play head control or command for a cloud would make this be a processor without taking away the use of the sound collage function, and will also allow a multi cloud sync in processing incoming sound. Also it would make sense to allow the sound files themselves to at least have recordable volume changes, if not filter modulations and others as well. The main elements are the sounds files, the granular clouds are the treatments, and in designing a soundscape one focuses on arranging the sounds not the treatments. Perhaps allowing recordable moments for the sound files would be an intuitive approach too. I want to do this and intuitively see this as way of constructing. Some other issues that hold this back from being amazing: very short grain lengths get very choppy and noisy and all sound the same regardless of sound source, so a choice of an algorithm with a stepper slew would make the result smoother and more sonorous and retain the individuality of the sound source. And there seems to be no way to delete presets and recordings, whether imported or recorded, which will lead to bloat that hopefully the dreaded iTunes file sharing chore will be able to remedy. I do like it, I just think some more basic functionality will make this more like a sound production tool rather than a sound game. Show more