The Electro-Harmonix Mini-Synthesizer comes to iOS

Electro-Harmonix has relaunched its 1980s cult classic, the Mini-Synthesizer, for iPhone and iPad.

The app comes with 22 presets and the ability to store, what EHX promises, "an almost unlimited number" of user preset programs.

The Mini-Synthesizer also includes a virtual MIDI input, aftertouch (iPhone 6s and 6s Plus), an enhanced effects section plus Audiobus and Inter-App audio capabilities.

The synth is available from the App store now at £3.99 for the iPad version and £2.29 for the iPhone edition. From September 2016, Mini-Synth will be available on Android. For more information check out the EHX website.

Mini-Synthesizer specs

OSC section

• Pitch slider lets the player raise or lower the pitch of the note by +/-1 octave
• Sub-octave slider introduces a note one octave below what's being played
• For extra bottom
• Octave up switch causes the note being played to jump up one octave
• Tune knob lets the player tune the mini-synthesizer to other instruments and
• Sound sources over a +/-50 cents range

Filters section

• Phase rate slider adjusts the speed of the phase shifter
• Filter start sets the start frequency of the filter sweep
• Filter stop sets the stop frequency of the filter sweep
• Sweep rate controls the speed of the filter sweep
• Phase switch turns the effect on/off
• 2x filter switch changes how the audio passes through the filters (either in
• Parallel or in series)
• Q switch sets the amount of resonance on the filter sweep
• Retrigger switch turns retrigger on/off

Delay section

• Time slider adjusts the delay time up to two seconds
• Feedback controls the number of echo repeats
• Blend adjusts the mix of the original signal and the echo repeats
• Delay switch turns the effect on/off

Reverb section

• Amount slider adjusts the reverb effect level
• Blend slider controls the mix of the wet and dry signals
• Reverb switch turns reverb on/off
• Reverb>delay switch lets the user place either delay or reverb first in the
• Effects chain for a variety of cool sound effects

Miscellaneous controls

• Vol (volume) slider adjusts the mini-synthesizer's overall sound output level
• Poly/mono switch toggles between polyphonic (four notes can be played
• Simultaneously) or monophonic (only one note can be played at a time) modes
• Presets pop-down menu displays the presets available and allows the user
• To instantly select one
• Horizontal slider lets the player adjust the keyboard's sounding range over
• An expansive eight-octave range
• Ribbon interface lets the player perform portamento (glide up or down to pitch),
• Vibrato and other expressive playing