Quanta Granular Synth

I’m having the same issue as others. Trying to load a sample freezes the app.

as in the title. bringing up import sample menu stops entire app.

It is always good to see AD releasing work for mobile devices, and good as well to hear news about laptop/desktop formats. Those should not be, at this late date in computer history, separate categories. Computers are computers, and the questions are which UI, OS, and processor standards to target for a given software product. Increasingly, mobile platforms dominate actual computer use, yet tech companies insist on hamstringing mobile systems to preserve broad use of multiple platforms that are not fully compatible. Aside stated, my joy at AD embracing at least Apple mobile - and my happiness about this new update to a key granular synth for musician pads - took a blow recently when I read of the release of the developer’s latest synth. Apparently, AD feels their new synth release is too complex for PadOS. Maybe the story is more that it would be too much of a hassle to port the synth to mobile, given the low prices and high expectations in this market segment. I hope users of mobile AD products can convince the developers to stick with us and to offer us the full range of AD software. In the meantime, I’ll be tucking into this update. If you haven’t yet bought Quanta and you happen to have read this odd nonreview, you are the type of person who should just buy the synth.

Sample import appears to be completely broken, which for a plug-in that relies mostly on samples, is a big deal. I’ve tested the standalone version, as well as the AUv3 version in GarageBand and Cubasis 3. In each, tapping the file import icon will cause Quanta to immediately become unresponsive. I contacted Audio Damage customer support, but never received a response. It’s a shame, because I generally like Audio Damage products. I own the VST version of Quanta and was excited to see it available for my newly purchased iPad. Hopefully this will eventually be fixed. For now, at least I can import presets that I’ve made with my VST version. Update: Sample loading is still broken on iPad OS 15.7 even after the 1.2.2 update.

If you use your own samples this is a pain to work with. Sample tuning has two controls. Main tuning and fine tuning and they both tune to cents! That makes absolutely no sense!

Really fun but always crashes and I lose my complex patch.

I’m not one typically to write reviews about an app, but I’m hoping someone will read this and it will save them from experiencing the same headache I’ve had with this app. I want to preface this by saying this synth is an AWESOME granular synth, it has great modulation built in and the sound quality is comparable to some of the $300+ plug ins they make for desktop computers. That’s not the issue with the program. The problem is stability. I’ve been using it as auv3 in BeatMaker and have experienced it crashing EVERY time I have it in a project I’m working on. To make matters worse, it doesn’t just crash BeatMaker - it corrupts whatever project I loaded it in to, leaving the project destroyed. I’ve lost weeks of work from this app, which is heartbreaking because I’ve really enjoyed it when it’s working. I really hope this is addressed in future updates because the app is unusable for me in this state, but I’m still giving it 3 stars for the things it does do.

I am finally satisfied with a granular app that works and sounds good. I especially liked the email that went out this morning from Audio Damage telling me about the free Soundpacks I could get to load into the app. They sound great and I take back some of my gripes I have using your apps... just some since I still have unresolved issues with the other apps I emailed the Dev about. I highly recommend you get this app even if you are running the other granulars out there. It helps to have options and more range in your musical toolbox.

Some of the factory presets distort. No response from developer as to how to correct this distortion. There’s no indication that the app will take 3.7GB when fully installed with the developer files. Most of the factory presets sound like insects.

On iPad Pro 11. The on screen keyboard covers up some of the controls to where you can’t see what all is down there (grain controls). It’s driving me bonkers. Other than that, seems like a great app and good sound. Just driving me nuts not to know what else there is to adjust. I can’t stop messing with it. Edit - I’m also getting lots of crashes where the app just shuts down when trying to import samples. No audio share? Cmon guys!