Jam Synth

I’m having great fun with this. :) Pick a decent sound from the app, hook up your guitar via iRig (or whatever interface you use), enable midi, record the midi in Cubasis and then swap out the instrument to whatever you’d like, for example Thor (synth) or SampleTank. It does bends and slides quite well, only have to do minor adjustments in the midi data, which is a lot quicker than learning how to play all those instruments “for real”. :) It could be better on polyphony (multiple tones at the same time) though, but that might be a limitation in the process chain leading up to the app as well, and is probably not a quick thing to fix.

15 years ago I wanted to experiment with guitar synthesis and purchased a Godin LXG-SA, and a Roland VG-99. $3,000. I haven’t fully dived into the harmony module, but would like to see the ability to chromatically alter the pitch of each string if that’s possible yet… Tracking is great with a bass too.

I can’t restore FX2 effects. Don’t know where to find IAP. Thanks,Michael. Sorry I don’t do face book or any of the other social media. Please help. Today 3-7-21 I received a email from the developer saying they got the issue taken care of. A great way to start the day. Perculator coffee and restored purchases.

With a careful touch, the dynamic response is quite amazing. Usual signal path is all tube with the a dynacomp as a boost for recording...recently switched to iPad as a recording platform. Just getting used to all the apps and keyboard adaptations, m-audio 49 great key feel, but missing that great feel from post effects on the board when processing guitar tracks. 500 later, basically replaced all but the art preamp, gt10 effects, which were separately tracked or amped that way on stage. This was easy to to use, with only my guitar volume to control response. Got very useable effects, great pick response rivaling tubes, this should be on every iPad arsenal. THANK YOU

This free app is suprisingly flexible and powerful. I don't pay guitar at all, but have just used a microphone with the app to control the synth or access the effects loop. The synth tracks surprisingly well and the built-in effects capabilities are quite good. It's generally intuitive and if you have a basic understanding of analog synthesis and basic effects processing, I think you will love this. Did I mention it's free?

Excellent

Guitar to synth in no time, sounds excellent. Easy to use.

This is the only one worth getting. Maybe it works better because it uses its own sounds, but I deleted the others. Suggested setup for maximum usage-iRig into your device and Fiio adapter(used to go straight from D/A converter-bypasses headphone amp which your guitar is plugged into anyways, so that's the only way to do this) into a stereo female to male cable, and then into a splitter to go into 2 line inputs of your interface(panned left and right to keep it in stereo). The Apple converters are very high quality, so the sound is outstanding and very professional. You'll find the adapter works with all your apps, the sound quality is stunning even considering you're using a phone or whatever.

This is a great app. The one thing it is missing is the ability to be an Audiobus effect, it would make it much easier to loop sounds and change effects to find new sounds.

Jam Synth is a very affordable guitar-to-MIDI converter that takes raw audio pitch detection (works through the microphone too) and turns it into MIDI information. While you can ship that out to another music app, the dev recommends using the internal synth to avoid latency. The synth sounds on board are pretty good! They get even better when you add a few of the effects and IAP's. I particularly liked the harmonizer along with a chiptune sound. Great app that allows you to take your guitar playing and apply it towards some unique sounds!