Zeeon synth

This one sounds real fat! Thank’s to the slight trapezoid saw waveform it really sounds analog and has a deep deep character... Best analog at AppStore and my new favourite!

*Review has been edited from earlier versions and now covers version 1.40* Great sounding synth, very affordable. Simple and clear to grasp, great for beginners but still deep enough for some pretty serious sound design. Has some neat features like a 16 step note sequencer, bitimbrality which gives you two fully independent synth engines to program and layer as you wish, as well as 8 freely assignable modulation matrix slots per layer, mod slots can be routed to modulate each other as well, much appreciated! Unfortunately the sequencer always controls both layers so you can't have a sequence running on one layer while playing along with the other, as an example. I also haven't found a way to save the actual sequences, they are not stored together with the preset. Hopefully these are things that will be added in the future. The synths themselves are your classic familiar analog subtractive layout but very quick and tidy to work with and the little extras like oscillator retrig and being able to run your LFOs in 1-shot mode as well as the classic free-run, bpm or keysync is greatly appreciated little features for programming geeks. The sound is simply put great, an impressive digital representation of more classic analog sound, the oscillators are nice and beefy and the filters are just the kind of drippy, rubbery and fat tones you'd expect from their analog counterparts. As of the latest version (1.40) they've also added a Buchla-inspired wavefolder in the drive section which sounds great and adds a lot of new timbral possibilities, however, the drive parameter cannot be assigned as a mod destination in the matrix as of yet. There's also a second page dedicated for voice and controller settings, a "vintage" mode for sloppying/noisy-ing up your oscillators further, a unison as well as chorus, phaser, delay and reverb, all independently programmable and usable at the same time. Some minor nitpicks would be that you have to dial down the amplification quite a bit for the level indicator to not clip. This is fine soundwise but the level gets a bit low for the built-in oscilloscope (another appreciated feature!). It would also have been nice to see a fullscreen mode of the synth panel for easier tweaking on smaller devices. It should however be noted that Zeeon is still a new product and based on my previous experiences with BeepStreet products such as Sunrizer, they have an excellent track record for supporting and improving their products down the l

I am delighted to report longstanding UI issue (in Logic Pro on MacOS) with this terrific synth has FINALLY BEEN FIXED! It works perfectly! Five stars!

This app is great. Just what I was looking for. But every like 5 minutes it kicks me out. I also wish that I could use the sequencer in GarageBand, not just the synth.

It’s just so easy to dial up a pleasing tone on Zeeon! Straightforward architecture with plenty of power and tweakability. And it’s Mac compatible, which multiplies its value for me as a Logic Pro user.

Zeeon just sounds plain great. I set up a bass channel strip in Drambo (another Beep Street classic) that can switch between Zeeon (internal) and Pittsburgh Modular Taiga (external hardware) as sound sources and although they are different in their design, Zeeon is as rich, juicy and deep as it’s analog counterpart.

Sound quality is best in iOS synth business. Osc, filter, amp attention to true analog sound is way ahead of others on iOS. Almost Diva quality. Suggestion, can you do us a huge favor and make Drive Amount a target for modulation? Currently the only way to modulate the wave folding is via AUM and external LFO modulation of the Drive Amount via MIDI. But I want Drive Amount as a mod target from within your app so that it can be audio rate modulated. This would be great. Could use more/all knobs and buttons as mod targets. A little light on modulation targets. Your analog modeling is the best, though. Very detailed filter sweeps and filter drive. The high frequency performance of your noise source is iOS best as well. Again, almost Diva quality. This app is under-praised and under-appreciated.

I love this synth on my ipad but it's very buggy and broken to the point of being unusable on MacOS.

The good-> it sounds good, and there are a ton of presets The bad-> The IAP is nearly inaccessible. It has to be reached in standalone mode, and when you do…it goes to a black screen and either crashes or the IAP becomes visible. Which isn’t a problem once you buy the IAPs right? That brings us to the main deal-breaking problem… The ugly-> Do not get this if you are an iPhone user and using this in GarageBand… you have to go into full screen to access any of the controls, which means you can’t access adjust *anything* and still have access to the keyboard. It gets worse once you get to the preset menu…at the top you see different categories (keys, bass, pads, ect). Unfortunately, if the preset you want happens to be at the bottom of the list, prepare for some intense frustration because those categories I mentioned previously are also BEHIND the preset menu as well, and certain presets (such as Ride Bass) can’t be selected because you will instead click the category. Sometimes double tapping will allow you to pick the sound, but more often than not you’ll keep hitting the category and filter some of the presets instead of making your selection. Good thing I didn’t buy those IAPs after all, as I wouldn’t be able to select some of them. I hated giving this a poor review as I’d heard so many great things , and it does sound good, but the sound means little if it’s not user friendly. If you’re an iPad user this is good albeit a bit dated. For those of us on iPhone only (13 Pro Max here), it’s a bit of a bummer.

The app crashes when pressing the shop button to the right of the keyboard in the standalone app. The app doesn’t recognize it’s in the standalone when looking through the presets in standalone app.