I’ve been learning about synthesis a lot lately and I’ve been going over my apps I let collect dust and I came across Tera Pro. I’ve had this since it came out, it has tons of beautiful presets but I never realized the power it has until I started sound designing my own patches. MAN anything from basic synths to crazy far out spacey sound FX, this synth is a beast. I really like how you can see how the oscillators effect each other in the chain via the numerous oscilloscopes that are in this app. If you’re just getting into making your own patches, I feel this is a great synth to start with because as you learn, u can make more complicated sounds with the same kind of building blocks. If you’re not into sound design, there are plenty of beautiful sounds included, not to mention the randomize button, which has produced me tons of playable patches that I liked or had to tweak just slightly for it to sound good. Love this developer and coming from Drambo as my main DAW .. this work flow makes sense and goes hand and hand. Thank you for this app. Much love!
We still need a quick-access key-hold button. Burying it in a menu hidden in the Common module makes it pretty much non-existent in any active playing mode. I am a big fan of the original Tera. Tera Pro is even better in many respects but it has additional versatility and functionality that make it a little more cumbersome to use. Sound quality is great and it is very flexible I have only one serious gripe. The "keyhold" feature (acts like a sustain pedal on a switch) is buried in a menu. This makes it almost useless. Look at ANY synthesizer -hardware or software- and you will find the "hold" button is immediately accessible. Please move the key hold feature to the main screen. It is an important live-performace feature. Why anyone would bury that in the settings menu remains a mystery. Very awkward. For my purposes (live performance) this reduces Tera Pro to only 3 stars, mostly becasue it is just such a dumb mistake and it really does make it harder to use what should be a mindlessly simple but important feature. Fortunately this SHOULD be a very easy fix for the developer.
Tera Pro stores the MIDI Learn settings you make with your current MIDI controller and never gives you a way to clear them. Wherever they’re stored, you can’t find them on account that this app installs to a hidden file structure on your iPad. Because of this, the app does not appear in the Apple Files app, nor does it appear in the iPad’s Settings where all your other apps are listed in alphabetical order. You can do a Search on Tera Pro in the Settings and it finds nothing. Why hide the app, guys? To the guy with the Key Hold issue. Assign it to an on/off style button on your MIDI controller and set it with TP’s MIDI learn. You’ll always have it. If you ever switch to another MIDI controller, just uninstall TP to clear the old MIDI controller setting, re-install TP, and lastly, use MIDI Learn one time in TP to assign Key Hold to a button on your new MIDI controller. It’s a solution. A ridiculous one, at that, but it’s a solution. I see a hardware synth in my future. I’m getting very tired of software synth glitches. TP is not the only one, for sure. Some are resource hogs, some have bugs, some have design flaws, etc. But all these software issues waste a lot of time. How much is your time worth? Time is all we have; you can’t get it back or buy more.
The amount of time I have spent time crafting a unique sound only to accidentally hit one of the many random buttons and lose everything happens at least once per session. Outside of that I feel the simplicity of working in a semi-modular fashion can lead to some very interesting sound designing but please add an undo button even if it’s just one step backwards. If the synth wasn’t so amazing I would have removed two stars for all the hours I have lost due to lack of the undo… haha…
Best sounding iOs synth I've played recently. Very deep, very versatile. For starters good Oscillators and Filters. This is going to be where the meat of any sound is, and this synth is no slouch here. Many waveforms to choose from, but the key is that they sound good and sound natural. Filter is extremely responsive, versatile and has a great resonance. I wish I had bought this synth forever ago. If you’re looking for “the one,” this synth offers a lot at a low price.
I’ve been playing with this app non stop for over 3 hours - this is such a good synth. Like the range of sounds you can create, it’s very much my new favorite. Haven’t yet wandered over to the Mac OS to see if it’s useable in logic but tbc! The ui is easy enough, and the preloaded factory presents give you loads to play around with. And the effects are stellar. Big fan. Well done!
Tera Pro appears to be a work in-progress, as a number of the presets jump/crash into a blast of noise which is hard to stop. It would be VERY NICE if a PANIC button of some sort could be placed PROMINENTLY to quickly get back to an init state and kill the runaway.… but alas, no such button is available anywhere. The app is capable of some fairly amazing sounds, but still has a few kinks to work out. I would gladly trade the color background feature for a Panic button…😶
After using and loving Teraverse, I was looking forward to this synth, but it’s just not ready. Currently running the latest ios version on an ipad pro and almost half the patches just blast white noise, make no noise, or make clicking sounds. The patches also dont have the same depth as with Teraverse. Going to get a refund and will repurchase in the future after some updates are made noting the preset fixes. Looking forward to what this can be.
I have several of your apps, including the original Tera synth, so I knew what I was getting. Tonight, I took the dive and purchased Brains and Waves… I don’t remember what I paid for Tera Pro, but the added price for the IAPs was definitely worth it! They expand the sound pallet of this app immensely! ✌🏻😎🎹🌴🌞
When running the iPad on battery power there seems to be a rapid drain on the battery when using Tera Pro in AUM. I put Tera Pro into an AUM session and things worked fine. When I opened the session next day there was no sound from Tera Pro and nothing would bring it back. Otherwise it’s a great sounding synth with loads of great features. Good job for the first release.
This has become one of my favorite synths. However, I would have liked an easy way to mark sounds as favorites. Instead of having to move them to a separate folder.
These might be the best crafted, best sounding presets on any iOS synthesizer. Outstanding sounds. Some of the controls and UI elements seem laggy or less responsive, but not enough of an issue for me to down rate the app.
Wonder if it’d be possible to midi learn the dice? Would be wild to be playing keys and cycle through dice randomness with a foot pedal. Loving the sounds possible with this. Super modern to classic goodness.
Right away, I had issues with adjusting parameters, they randomly worked. Sometimes not at all. Also, I’m unable to change the sample rate. Aside from these minor glitches. I’m just getting started. I hope to revisit this review with a positive update.
I purchased the wave module upgrade from the App Store. I restored the purchase in the main app, but is not available for use. It also asked me to purchase the update in app next to the check mark. Please fix. Thanks
Issues: 1. Was trying the raindropz patch.....opened LFO 1 panel..try to change a setting...crashes every time 2. Sometimes there is no sound until you toggle between patches, then you get proper sound 3. Love the sounds and possibilities, but these problems need to be fixed please.
This right here is the deepest, most awesome sounding synth on IOS. It does take a wee bit of time to learn , but once you do you realize just how intuitive the control scheme is. I HIGHLY recommend the IAPs as well, especially Brainz. I bought this on a recommendation from the YouTube tutorial genius Gavinski, and I’m glad I did. This is up there with BLEASS Omega and the Iceworks synths as far as the most fun to design sound in. Highly recommended!
I bought this synth purely for the RingZ module, and found that all of the patches in the module are out of tune. The sounds are great, but I can’t use them for anything without a huge amount of work.
I’ve had Tera Pro for awhile now. And I thought it was worth the price. But now even more so since I bought the FM7 patches yesterday(08-09-2023). As I’m going through the different presets of FM7 I’m adjusting the built in setting and was completely caught off guard. The possibilities seem to be endless. And I add to some a backing drum beat and time goes by. This is a must have app.
As many raving compliments as this synth app received in audiob.us, I was left very disappointed. First of all, though, I don’t deny that it sounds good (thought I have lots of synth apps that also sound as good). And the editing layout is interesting. But some basic things willingly be sending this app to my “good but unused” folder. The most basic is the keyboard. I cannot play a keyboard where all the keys are black (in spite of the presence of the thing strip to distinguish those that are normally black on a piano keyboard). I could not find any way to choose a normal black and white keyboard. I also found the amount of resources it used made it unusable in my live performance AUM environment. That’s a dealbreaker for me. So while the price paid won’t impoverish me, it’s going to be just an app I regret buying.
Tera Pro brings together all major sound synthesis methods on one table. No matter if you want to recreate sounds from analogue legends or explore modern digital sounds with FM, Waveshaping or Wavetable synthesis. Add some flavour of physical modelling and modules for additive synthesis. Combine them altogether for new sound experiences far beyond your wildest dreams. Tame this overwhelming amount of possibilities with Tera Pros intelligent user interface showing you only exactly what you need, paired with realtime oscilloscopes and level indicators helping you seeing what’s going on. Connect the modules with a flexible routing method without the visual cluttering of real wire cables needed in conventional modular synthesisers FAQ What does Tera Pro have that Tera Synth doesn't have ? 1) Additional Sound Modules - Spectrum oscillator ( borrowed from the heart of Addictive Synth ) - Wave shaper / folder opens the west coast synthesis - Vocal Morphing filter - Waveguide with new "Swarm" mode ( 3 detuned delays ) 2) Revised engine - Analog Polysynth Voice Modelling with characteristic subtle voice variations of timbre, pitch and temporal behaviour to get you "The" Analog Sound. - 128 vs 32 voices polyphony - Seamless Sound Switching: change presets during play without cutting off the sound. - 8 times unison for really heavy ambients - Envelope generators with Buchla style "end of cycle" trigger for generative music - Stack/Split Sounds - New effect section 3) Redesigned User Interface - Collapsible modules for clear view of modular structure - No more nasty popups for LFOs/Envelope generators - Realtime oscilloscopes added to selected modules 4) New Presets - About 1000 additional presets in there. Tera never sounded this good... Tera Pro Specifications - 128 voice Modular polyphonic Synthesiser - Mono/Dual/Split Voice Architecture - Modules for analog and FM synthesis - Modules for Spectral Synthesis and Additive Synthesis - Karplus Strong Physical Modelling and Wave Shaping - Classic Wavetable synthesis as In-App-Purchase - MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) - Vintage voice modelling for organic warm sound character - 1800+ Factory presets included - PDF Manual included - Standalone, AUv3 and IAA compatible - Ableton Link - Bluetooth MIDI - ...
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