Nave

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Waldorf Music GmbH  | 
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App Age
12y 7m
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Last Update
Aug 12, 2018

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Nave - next generation Wavetable Synthesis Nave is Waldorf’s first synthesizer App development – created by chief engineer and 
director Stefan Stenzel, NLog mastermind Rolf Wöhrmann and Design Guru Axel Hartmann. The Nave sound engine includes two novel Wavetable oscillators, leaving every previous attempt in wavetable synthesis far behind. The spectrum of a sound can be transposed independently of its pitch. The waves are being rendered periodically to noisy. Especially sounds with an accent on formants can be reproduced easily, which made us integrate a speech synthesizer for the easy creation of wavetables. The clearly structured UI invites both beginners and advanced users to experiment, and the large display of 
the iPad makes Wavetable creation and editing a blast. Besides Speech Synthesis, Wavetables can also be made by analysing audio files. Further stretching, rotating and shifting in spectral domain allows Wavetables to be further refined or distorted. All factory Wavetables from Microwave, Wave and Blofeld are included, complemented by new ones that make extensive useof the enhanced possibilities. In addition to the Wavetable Oscillators, Nave offers an oscillator module featuring the novel Überwave that can fatten your sound by up to eight detuned oscillators. The filter offers the familiar outstanding Waldorf sound, featuring lowpass, bandpass and highpass with either 12dB or 24dB slope. The Drive section offers different characteristics, and it can be positioned in the signal path: before or after the filter, or as a summing overdrive before or after the equalizer - for those who prefer harsh screaming sounds over delicate Wavetable sweeps. An extended modulation matrix and diverse real time control functionality is waiting for animating Nave sounds in any desired direction. Besides the classic virtual chromatic keyboard, Nave can be played with the “Blades” that allow for dynamic triggering of polyphonic modulation by sliding the fingers in x or y direction. The 4-track recorder can be used to build your own Nave songs or to simply sketch your music, inspired by the sounds of Nave. Audio Demos: nave.waldorfmusic.de/sound Nave Specifications per Voice: · Two independent advanced Wavetable Oscillators · Osc module with up to 8 oscillator Überosc with sawtooth, triangle, PWM, white or pink noise · Two Ring Modulators · Multimode Filter with LP,BP and HP, each either 12 dB or 24 dB · 3 Envelopes · 2 LFO · 10 Modulation Matrix Entries · Drive with adjustable curve, depth and position Effects: · Modulation Effect with either Chorus, Flanger or Phaser · Modulation Delay · High Quality Reverb · Three band parametric Equalizer · Compressor Additional Features: · Keyboard with adjustable size, scrolling and glissando modes · Blades with musical scales and optional chord mode · Polyphonic X/Y finger modulation on keyboard and blades · Modulation Wheel and Pitch Bender · Up to 3 X/Y Control Pads · Four Track Recorder with clip based editing · Core MIDI in / out support · MIDI device manager for external hardware and virtual connections · Sync to MIDI Clock or WIST · MIDI Learn · Audiobus compatible · Background Audio · Arpeggiator · Polyphonic Unisono · Speech Synthesizer for Wavetables · 3D Wavetable Editing · Generation of Wavetables from external audio files · Audio Copy / Paste Support · Patch Management with unlimited user banks and categories · Import / Export audio and sound patches from iTunes}
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284 voters

Some Latest Reviews

mrdogheadSHoGoAT
09 Oct, 2025
5
This synthesizer helped to set the standard for the platform in the early days of music on mobile devices. Essentially unaltered but for compatibility updates, this app continues to delight me with its deep sound-design and looping capabilities. Users can get lost for hours editing wavetables and can zip through the process by transforming images into custom tables and then, either way, tune the results with ample higher-level tools. Even the on-screen keyboard distinguishes the app as being among the most predictable and responsive of its kind. Waldorf did all this without years of examples on the platform to study. They just went all in and made a classic. If you do not know Nave, do yourself a favor and give it a close look.
Арт16матэ
01 Jul, 2025
5
Next update please new presets Ambient Electronic Cinematic Thanks by your works !
69reasons
23 Nov, 2023
5
After all these years Nave is and always has been an excellent synth. Please update Nave, it’s too good to let it flounder and deserves to be bought up to speed. Maybe mpe? I know I’m not the only one.
trackmam14
27 Jun, 2023
1
Unverständlich, zumal alle modernen DAWs das AUv3 unterstützen. Was sollen wir ihnen denn dafür bezahlen? Der Synth ist klanglich top.
Krszytoff
07 Jun, 2023
3
This is still one of my favorite synth apps on iOS. However, my biggest gripe is that I can use it as an external synth in my favorite DAWs. Please, please, please update this to include this feature; especially since Logic Pro is now available on iPad.
Fischer_from_CH
28 May, 2023
3
Wie gewohnt, ein spitzen Synth aus dem Hause Waldorf, aber seit Logic auf dem iPad gelandet ist, wäre AU Unterstützung durch einen Hersteller wie Waldorf eigentlich Pflicht 😉
Midimania
22 Jan, 2023
5
It’s been a year since I last reviewed Nave, and I still haven’t found a synth app that can outperform it. If Nave was AUv3, I would hardly ever use other synths, full stop! As long as I launch the app before I launch Cubasis3, I then never ever have problems with audio disconnects or crashes being it’s IAA. I read recently that a new developer was working for Waldorf that had connections with Nave, 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞could be good news 😉 2 Feb 2022 I have become a synthappoholic! I have purchased that many synth apps over the years, But, I haven’t found a synth app that can outperform Nave for cutting lead sounds, the only letdown of this great app is the constant audio disconnect in IAA. I really really really really wish the developers would update Nave to AUv3, if that was to happen, I don’t think I would use anything else for my music projects in Cubasis3. 20th July 21. I’ve been purchasing lots of new iOS synths over the past several months, but in the end I keep coming back to Nave, it completely outshines all of them with its blistering sonic lead and pad synths, and sound fx - they are beyond imagination. Since upgrading my iPad 8 gen to iPad Air 4, I’ve found that Nave has not suffered quite as many audio disconnects as it did before in Cubasis3. I would still like to see an Au3 update.
EarthisInteresting
11 Jan, 2023
5
Well, it appears that Waldorf are still checking their App Store page every once in a while - as we can see in another review, the developer did respond to a review from back in June of 21. Even if it’s only to monitor reviews, they have to be paying attention on some level and perhaps… if enough voices carry, they will probably see reason enough to at LEAST bring exporting of Navebanks back (Pretty please). This was one of the first synths on the radar when we first got into iOS music making. It’s literally the only standalone app I use (& the design is eye candy, so I don’t mind). Although there is no AuV3, there is a four-track recorder, which is smart. That feature and many others reinforce that Nave is a special synth and always was. The sound engine is up there with the KORG apps - but it’s also got that FM soundtrack vibe bc of the ability to transpose oscillators independently of their pitch (Stole that one from Waldorf). I don’t actually mind the lack of AUV3 as much as I mind the total lack of exporting to backup your Navebanks. It appears that the iOS versions have buried Nave on this one, as I was able to export presets only just recently & now, totally gone. I can’t email them to myself. I can import banks, but I don’t even know where that would be from. It’s a confusing system, and I think that if anything the community would be most appreciative of a simple export feature right inside the app (and clearly marked so). Many thanks. We’ve only scratched the surface with Nave. I don’t want it to die a premature death like Final Touch.
Digital-Screams
16 Apr, 2021
5
This is one of the best synth apps you can buy. Everything about it is high quality.

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Rating:
4.52
Voted: 284
App Store Link:
Price: 19.99 $
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Categories: Music
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App Age: 12 years 7 months
Release Date: Jun 07, 2013
Last Update: Aug 12, 2018
Version: 1.8
Version history
1.8
Aug 12, 2018
- AudioBus 3 update - Bug fixes
1.7
Sep 17, 2015
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