MegaCurtisBig

As a fan of all things granular and experimental, I liked the look of this devs apps for their sideways take on sound manipulation, so when I saw Megacurtis Big had been updated to AudioBus compatibility, I took the plunge. Big mistake. It technically does load into AudioBus, but if you thought that meant you could use that to route it into AUM, think again. Can’t be done. Also, the app remains very crashy on my IPad Air 2018 running the current IPad OS 14.3; the interface is fiddly, and when it works, it operates, at best, as a minor subset of some of the functionality offered by the vastly superior Samplr. If the dev manages to get proper IAA compatibility working, then I will revise this review, but for now, this is too much money for very little useful app. Avoid.

Already getting interesting results from this innovative app. Next update would love to see the following; State saving under AudioBus, automatic restoration of last state/ loaded file in-app, Ableton Link support, and BIGGER CONTROLS. At the moment they text is way too small for comfortable use. The space is there, please use it! Nic

Bought this at the discount price but still feel like I've been fleeced. The UI is unintuitive, and results are often very unmusical. It always ends up sounding the same, which shouldn't be the case with this kind of synthesis! Also, MIDI integration is appalling. Go for Samplr instead.

Can the Dev make the app fill the iPad Pro screen. As it doesn't at the moment. I'd also like to have access to all parameters at once. Rather than having to switch between filter/amp, etc. There seems to be plenty of unused space. A bigger keyboard could be good too. Thanks.

The bigger bro to Curtis, and a nice sampling grain synth! I love all the old apps and they are crying for updates so let’s hope this is just the start. I mean donut was my favorite app. Anyhow this app is as glorious or twisted as your imagination seeks.

Update: With no update in 2 years, still no note hold, text font still ridiculously small, no new features of any kind. Why would I risk $9.99 on Soup Granular and again risk have this developer abandoning it too? —- It's not an update. It's a separately sold app. Without note hold it hand cuffs your ability to do much since you have one hand tied up holding keys. The sound still has no punch.

Claims to have "interapp audio via audiobus" which seems to be simply audiobus with no actual interapp audio showing on the interapp audio menus. So If you have not purchased audiobus you don't have interapp audio. If the developer did not slap"tm" on everything this would be easier to overlook. The app itself is very cool take on granular synthesis and fun to play, and I happen to have audiobus so can play with other stuff. Actual interapp audio would be very welcome.

It finally is retrofitted to take advantage of the iPad Pro. Great app.

Great concept, but there are a lot of bugs. Crashes, or loaded samples not working. Had minor audiocopy issues as well. Too bad really, I love the idea. Hope they fix it

Great app!