A12 MOVING PADFACTORY
The 80s
chorus synth,
on your iPad.
Glow is a 6-voice, analog-style polysynth built around the warm chorus pad: slow PWM strings, deep sub basses and soft brass. Play it on its own or as an AUv3 plugin.
iPhone · iPad · AUv3 · Mac hosts
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THE FILMCOMING SOON
Features
One oscillator, one filter, one chorus. All the warmth.
One page of sliders, like the hardware it is inspired by. Every control is on screen; the group, bank and number buttons sit on the Presets page.
Sound engine
One DCO with saw, pulse with PWM, a sub oscillator and noise, a stepped high-pass and a resonant 24 dB low-pass, one envelope, an LFO with delay and chorus I and II.
- 6 voices
- PWM + sub
- Chorus I · II
Performance
Poly and mono with portamento, voice spread and chorus hiss if you want them. Velocity, bend and mod wheels, and an on-screen keyboard in three sizes.
- Poly
- Mono
- Porta
Sounds
32 built-in presets: pads, strings, brass, basses, leads, keys and bells, picked with the group, bank and number buttons. Import .syx tone banks too.
- 32 presets
- .syx import
Connect
MIDI on any channel. Receives SysEx tone dumps and works over USB, Bluetooth or network MIDI.
- MIDI
- SysEx
- USB
- Network
Play it your way
Small keys, big keys, or no keys at all.
Pick the on-screen keyboard that suits your hands, or hide it and play from a MIDI keyboard. Velocity, bend and mod wheels come along either way.
Standard
Most of the panel, compact keys.
Medium
A balance of sliders and keys.
Large keys
Room to play chords by touch.
Hidden
Full panel; play from your MIDI keyboard.
Three looks
Three panels. One sound.
Switch the skin any time from the setup menu. The engine and your tones stay exactly the same.
80sDefault
Plum panel, amber display, coloured section tabs.
Classic
A dark panel with an amber display.
Era
A silver-topped panel with a green display.
Sounds
32 presets in banks and numbers.
Glow ships with chorus pads, strings, soft brass, sub basses, leads and bells. Pick them the 80s way, or import your own .syx tone banks and audition every tone with a tap.
FACTORY · PRESET CATEGORIES
- Pads
- Strings
- Brass
- Basses
- Leads
- Bells
Import .syx tone banks
Favourite, rename and export your own banks.
AUv3 · MIDI · SysEx
Works with your setup.
Use Glow as a standalone app, or load it as an AUv3 plugin with a compact window in your favourite host, on iPhone, iPad or Mac.
- Standalone app and AUv3 plugin on iPhone and iPad
- Runs in Mac AUv3 hosts too
- MIDI on any channel, from any keyboard
- SysEx tone dumps in
- A landscape layout made for iPhone
- Network and USB MIDI
Specs
The full spec sheet.
- Voices
- 6 · poly and mono
- Oscillator
- 1 DCO: saw, pulse with PWM, sub, noise
- LFO
- With delay, to pitch, PWM and filter
- Filters
- Stepped high-pass, resonant 24 dB low-pass
- Envelope
- 1 × ADSR, or gate the amp
- Chorus
- I, II and both
- Play modes
- Poly, mono · portamento
- Patch select
- Group A/B · 8 banks × 8 numbers
- Expression
- Velocity, bend and mod wheels, portamento
- Keyboard
- On-screen S, M, L or hidden
- Sounds
- 32 presets · .syx import · favourites, rename, export
- MIDI
- Any channel · SysEx tone dumps in · USB, Bluetooth, network
- Formats
- Standalone iPhone and iPad app · AUv3 on iPhone, iPad and Mac hosts
- Looks
- 80s (default), Classic, Era
- Voices
- 6 · poly and mono
- Oscillator
- 1 DCO: saw, pulse with PWM, sub, noise
- LFO
- With delay, to pitch, PWM and filter
- Filters
- Stepped high-pass, resonant 24 dB low-pass
- Envelope
- 1 × ADSR, or gate the amp
- Chorus
- I, II and both
- Looks
- 80s (default), Classic, Era
- Play modes
- Poly, mono · portamento
- Patch select
- Group A/B · 8 banks × 8 numbers
- Expression
- Velocity, bend and mod wheels, portamento
- Keyboard
- On-screen S, M, L or hidden
- Sounds
- 32 presets · .syx import · favourites, rename, export
- MIDI
- Any channel · SysEx tone dumps in · USB, Bluetooth, network
- Formats
- Standalone iPhone and iPad app · AUv3 on iPhone, iPad and Mac hosts
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Something else on your mind? Check support or write to us at [email protected].
Which devices does Glow run on?
Glow runs on iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or iPadOS 17 or later, as a standalone app and as an AUv3 plugin. One purchase covers both. The AUv3 also loads in Mac hosts that support AUv3 instruments.
Can I use it as a plugin in my music app?
Yes. Glow is an AUv3 instrument, so it loads in GarageBand, AUM and other AUv3 hosts on iPhone, iPad and Mac. In a small plugin window it switches to a compact panel; make the window bigger to see the full panel.
How do I import .syx tone banks?
Open Presets, tap Import .syx and pick a file. Glow reads tone dumps in the original 80s SysEx format; audition any tone with a tap, then favourite, rename or export it.
Does it work with my MIDI keyboard?
Yes. Connect a class-compliant keyboard over USB, Bluetooth MIDI or network MIDI. Glow responds to velocity, pitch bend and the mod wheel, and you can hide the on-screen keys to give the panel the whole screen.
When is it out, and what will it cost?
Glow is coming to the App Store soon. Leave your email above and we'll tell you on launch day, with the price. It will be one purchase for iPhone and iPad, with the AUv3 plugin included and no in-app purchases or subscriptions.
The family
Glow is the third. Every synth tells its own story, made the same way.
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