Minimoog Model D Synthesizer

cpu use massive. Causes Logic to crash. Unable to access audio window for it when running with Logic resulting in synchronisation errors making it impossible to record.

It struggles with tightly modulated sounds (short filter decays) with mid or high resonance. For example I compared the sound from the SecretRadio YouTube channel which has a video of a real minimoog recreating the Kraftwerk Robots bass. And this emulation feels smudgy & dull in comparison. Not as punchy and clear. With desktop emulations I get pretty much identical results. The desktop emulations have a zero delay feedback filter, not sure if this emulation does.

I guess at £30 this is still ok value. It’s really nowhere near as warm sounding as most hardware synths. It has a kind of harshness and the filters just don’t seem to work in the same way as the original.

Great sounding app. Does it sound exactly like the original? Don’t have one here to compare. I borrowed an original 70s minimoog back in the 90s for sampling and got on well with it, great for bass and FX etc. Still use some of those samples to this day. The app. Sounds very nice indeed and can go places some more sophisticated synths can’t. Moog really have paid attention to the sound. However the UI seems to have a bug that’s somehow linked to processor power/memory leakage or something. You open the app up and all is well, the UI responds correctly. You start programming and playing and after a while all the knob responses slow right down and you really have to move your finger on the screen a lot to get them to do anything. Shutdown the app and restart and all is fine again. Really annoying. iPad Pro M1 on iOS 17.1.2. I’m about to update to 17.2 to see if that has any effect.

I don’t know how a company that basically always focused on hardware managed to do this, but it sounds incredible, way better than more expensive VSTs

In iOS 16 there’s a new feature on the M1 iPad Pro models designed to work well with stage manager. This enables a higher resolution setting. However it seems this app has a fixed resolution perhaps because it sits top left in a small area, making unplayable on-screen at least and makes all the controls quite small and less accessible. I really hope this is fixed cause it would make this so much better 👍🏻 Workaround for playability – besides using a midi keyboard I also deeply appreciate the iPad keyboard support built-in enabling simple playback and access to various controls! Love this.

You can’t play polyphonic without the presets changing by themselves when playing chords. Maybe it’s Bob telling us something? Get a Polymoog?

I love this app, but have just upgraded to an iPad pro 6th gen iOS 16, and it no longer displays correctly. The keyboard is all squashed up and no labels can be seen on the controls. Thank you for fixing this. Back up to 5 stars now!

Although I am interested in soundscapes acquiring a real Moog synth was only secondary to my musical interests and their high price range is well above my disposable income. However spending a few quid on the app version is a total feast, add a MIDI controller and you are set for a long and spectacular journey of sonic discovery now available to anyone for less than the price of a dinner for two. Is some philanthropist subsidising this? So generous of you to make this complex and sophisticated instrument available to the multitude. Thank you!

The model d app is my go to synth app but you’ve ruined it with the latest update. Please bring back the preset selection to the top bar and bring back the fx button too. It was so much easier to select presets the previous way instead of the updated way where you have a menu which covers the parameter knobs. I use my iPad live as a midi sound module and the new update is not very user friendly.