Mariana Bass Synthesizer

I’ve been iPad SY thing since 2013 with Animoog and have many hundreds of synth apps. A few stick out and stay prominently in use. This one is one of the newer ones so might still be a “honeymoon” effect, but fantastic presets and a fun, intuitive UI to tweak ‘em, this has been my first pick lately for drones and strange noises and of course, BASS. It’s difficult to pinpoint why, but Mariana just sounds so good and is so easy to manipulate that it just works in my mixes like few others.

Great synth overall. It is feature packed, works well with the other Moog iOS apps with regards to the virtual patching capabilities, and sounds amazing. I appreciate the inclusion of two synths and all the effects one could desire. The only quarrels I have are with MIDI and sync capabilities pertaining to the iPad version. I was bummed to see Mariana missing Ableton link, as well as the ability to recognize multiple MIDI inputs (like Animoog Z). I realize there is a desktop version and I own it, but I am use the iPad as an instrument feeding directly into my mixer. I found a workaround for using multiple MIDI inputs via MidiFire, but would really appreciate the ability to sync the standalone iOS version of Mariana to an external clock (Ableton, in my case).

loving the sound (sounds like a moog!) and the interface is really nice . lots of innovative ideas here on the UX - especially the way they handle modulation and the visual feedback on each knob. taking some inspiration from folks like Bleass, but keeping in the Moog visual vernacular...very nice work. the dual synth layers really expand the possibilities, though i usually like to keep it simple. Mariana excels at both.