Soft xxx apps

[futuresailors]

Whatchu using?
How is it?
What's free?

I have caustic, and just like irl, 98% of the time I'm fucking with wires.
Would recommend for people who want to play with modular synths without having to spend a bajillion dollars.

[Warpsmasher]

Caustic is cool, but there's a bit of a learning curve. I like my android apps super simple and put through external effects, and I don't need anything nice, musical, or professional-sounding. All I really want out of my android is for it to be a good noisemachine, so I use Grain Synth, DroidBeat and Flyby Synth - all ridiculously loud and obnoxious free android noise apps that make great base sounds for mangling though pedals and racks and stuff.

Fart Synthesizer is a staple, especially if you have any young kids in your life, they will absolutely love it and laugh for hours.

Favorite free iphone/ipod touch app is Alchemy, but like most things, it's better on the ipad. Other free shit currently on my ipod touch: Arpeggionome, SoundPrism, Thicket, Anaphobia Mini, Pollisynth, Bucephalus, Ultimate Beat Maker Dubstep edition, Waviary, Beatwave, Mixis, Fourier Air & Touch, Junglinge, DnB Machine, Euphonics, MegaCurtis, and a whole bunch of free soundboard/sound button apps (animal sounds, robot sounds, scifi sound effects, horror, halloween etc)

For the ipad, Waldorf Nave is keeping me pretty enthralled. AniMoog, Thor, and the Korg and Arturia sets are all super tempting, but Nave is deep enough to be my main ipad interest for now.
TF7 is a good free FM synth for ipad, but Alchemy is the best free synth by far IMO. Easy to use and tweak, fun, versatile, and it has transformable beats.

[Disarm D'arcy]

Free stuff: Sylo Synth, Novation Launchpad et Launchkey, Monotone
Paid stuff: Akai iMPC, Korg IMS20, animoog, samplr, square synth, audulus, Korg iElectribe, arturia iMIni and iSEM, Tachyon...

[futuresailors]

You guys use it for serious stuff, or just dicking around?
Like I know with caustic I have the option to record actual songs, but always end up making stupid patterns.

[Warpsmasher]

Ipad stuff is serious, but android and ipod = dicking around performances, mostly. I have way better synth and recording gear at home already, so I just approach the rechargeables like I would a kaossilator/monotribe/volca/etc - plug 'em into pedals and Eventide jank and just make noises and scapes for hours.

I have lots of drum tracks and other recordings from my home computer copied to my ipod. Comes in real handy sometimes.
Youtube app is also the ultimate sample finder/feeder.