XPad

Initially, the sound expansion downloads were very slow and intermittent. With the Developer’s help, got the downloads to work at a reasonable speed. Very responsive and helpful support, which I appreciate. And the expansion sets sound good and are fun to play. Interesting Pad Synth with some thoughtful features.

The sound sets are very interesting and fun to experiment with. Also if you having problems downloading sound sets make sure you have plenty of memory and it may take some time to download, these are gigabytes files so be patient Thanks

...and yes, they take up a boatload of storage space...and yes, they are mostly presets with only a few controls to modify the sounds. However, if you need huge swirly pads and other thick sounds that cover massive amounts of the frequency spectrum, and you don’t have a wall full of synths to stack and layer, this app will provide such noises with abundance. Don’t know which bank to start with? Nice demonstration videos are provided for each bank to give a glimpse of several sounds and how to manipulate them while playing. Well done, there. Patience is a required virtue with this app. The developer’s other apps are also unique and quirky, but I like them for that very reason. This one definitely continues with the attitude of “This is the way I do things.” It’s obvious to me there was a ton of time and effort put into these sounds, and I’m having a blast with the Space library so far. I thought I wanted the Vintage set next, but was surprised but the very cool sounds of the Sequ set. The bummer of it though, is I have to find many lesser used apps to off-load or delete to make room for the massive amount of storage required for the additional libraries. And I have to budget my app spending to afford these premium priced libraries. Lots of haters out there, and this developers apps are definitely geared towards the higher-end professional producers and musicians, so not intended for the masses. However, think how much space and cash would be needed to buy and store the room full of synths that would be required to make some of the massive sounds available in this app....