SquareAcid - Acid Synthesizer

There are things to like about this, the sequencer is easy to use, and the basic sound. it delivers is phat, but the one big problem is there seems to be no way to separate notes. Use of the decay function only effects filter envelope, every note runs into the next one like it’s one continuous sound. you can erase a step, which will create a hard gap, but when you have a couple notes in a row, there is no way to create separation between them. I would def. use Troublemaker before this.

I am going out on a limb and say that SquareAcid responds the most accurately like hardware to knob changes than any other TB-303 or SH-101 emulator on IOS. Honestly, simple knob adjustments actually create new polyrhythms within the beat similar to real hardware units. Adjust the accents, filter envelope, or cutoff, and you can hear the entire character of a repetitive sequence change. Run it through a delay like Yukawa and you are off to some serious hypnotic acid adventures without having to alter the notes of the sequence itself. This is special because usually a repeating sequence becomes boring very quickly even with automation. Sonically, it competes well against Troublemaker, 2XB303, Pure Acid, etc. SquareAcid is not as feature rich as Pure Acid (another monster). No automatic generator of sequences as of this writing. Only a distortion effect (which is excellent) is currently available. But SquareAcid captures the vibe of hardware knob tweaking in a way that is exceedingly gratifying. Definitely well done. Kudos to the developer!

It’s got a different sound. Grungy! Like it!