Got the app a couple of years ago with my Akai synth station 25 and iPhone 4 worked great, got iPhone 5 and had a few problems which I worked out happy days are here again. Then I had not used the app in a couple months went to use it and it won't load just immediately crashes! Well maybe it's my phone so try my iPad Air and does the same thing. So is this thing dead in the water or is there any hope Akai or Apple will find the problem. Thank God I have real synths and keyboards that don't have to be updated every 5 minutes!!!!!!

First of all the updated app works on my "New IPad" (iPad 3)!!! For the price I think the app is pretty cool, fun, and easy to use. I know it's a synth app but I would like to see an acoustic and an electric piano sound. In fact I think they should make the app a full music sequencing DAW type app with bass, guitar, strings, horn sounds, external recording ability, etc. That would really make it a great app!!! Especially using it with the functionality of the Synth Station 49! Not everyone wants to make electronic synth sounding dance and techno music. But many would love to make other types of music using ALL the functionality of the Synth Station 49. GIVE US MORE SOUNDS PLEASE!!! I know Garage Band is out there but it does not use ALL the capabilities of the Synth Station 49. Now a word about the Synth Station 49...It looks like a great product. I hesitate to buy it because I have the IO dock by Alesis which is more flexible in terms of in's and out's for recording via iPad. I wish the Synth Station 49 also had the functionality of the Alesis IO dock, sort of like merging the two into one. THAT would make it the ultimate IPad controller. If I could plug in a mic, bass, guitar, etc for use with Garage Band, the improved Synth Station I spoke about above, or other such apps that would be cool. I would want one with 76 or 88 keys. That would make live performances with the iPad super easy and more practical. With the apps that are out now, something like that would rival the Yamaha Motif and Roland Fantom. I sure hope Akai reads these reviews and takes my suggestion and makes it a reality. I would pay extra for something like that. Some day somebody WILL make one, an ultimate iPad workstation, it might as well be Akai.

I have an iPad 4 and this is the only application that I have purchased, that crashes like this. I have cleared my app cache, restarted my iPad, nothing works for me. Every time that I click on this application in an attempt to open it, it immediately proceeds to crash and bring me right back to my home screen where I started. When I first purchased the app, I recall actually being able to get into the app and use it.So, I do not know what the developer has done to angle the app this poorly. But, I know they appear to ave completely abandoned the application, as there has not been an update in many months. I would highly suggest to pass up buying this app, or at least hold off for now and check back later to see if they have come back and fixed all of these huge problems. I will never understand a developer who is willing to take someone's hard earned money, and not do everything in their power to keep the purchased application up and running. This is what happens when the world no longer has morals and ethics, and a sense of honor. Besides, I believe that you would do a lot better with other Synth apps such as Nave, Alchemy, Thor, et cetera. They cost more but at least they usually are maintained and updated.

Don't know why I bought this despite all the negative reviews, but I'm glad I did. The app gives you one polyphonic synth, and two monophonic synths that sound really good as well as a drum machine with a nice selection of samples. And while you can't make any patch edits without leaving the keyboard, its not very hard to program a sequence, have it play in a loop, and make edits that way. Not ideal, but far from impossible as other reviews would have you believe. The sequencer is not too hard to grasp either. Just pick your synth, pick your note, and set its length. Thats it. Maybe its not as easy to program a sequence as other virtual studios in the app store, but again it is far from the impossible task others gave written about.On the down side, there is no audio copy and paste with other apps and you can only export your songs via wifi.Still, Synthstation is a great virtual studio that costs just a fraction of the price of other iOS virtual studios. Even though it may be lacking some features and sports a somewhat complicated workflow, it is still a bargain at its current price.FWIW, I'm running Synthstation on a 4th generation ipod Touch with iOS 5.1.1 without any problems after several days of use.