S-2
12-voice polysynth
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New in 2.0: output meters and a one-tap master compressor, all 41 engines loudness-matched, hardware knob pickup modes, and a layout that fits any screen.
s-2 is a polyphonic synthesizer designed to work with the Roland AIRA Compact S-1.
ENGINE
Each voice runs two parallel engine slots that mix together. Pick a sound flavor per slot, including:
• Classic analog — saw, square, sub, noise, pulse-width
• Wavetable
• FM
• Speech
• Chord
• Plucked string
FILTER AND FX
Classic mode runs a vintage-style ladder filter into a simple Delay → Chorus → Reverb chain. Modern mode swaps in a multi-mode SVF (LP / BP / HP) followed by a 3-slot Advanced FX rack with Bitcrusher, Drive, Flanger, Phaser, Auto-Filter, Tape Delay, Plate Reverb and Chorus.
MODULATION
Two free-routing LFOs (sine / triangle / saw / square / random / noise, with optional clock-sync), a dedicated filter envelope with two destination slots, and a unified mod matrix dialog that visualizes every routing in one place. Click any knob in Learn mode to assign — no digging through menus.
FORMATS
• Standalone for iOS
• Audio Unit (AU) for Logic Pro and other AU hosts
• AUv3 plugin for iPad / iPhone in AUM, GarageBand, Cubasis and more
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s-2 is an independent third-party application. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Roland Corporation. "Roland", "AIRA", "AIRA Compact", and "S-1" are
trademarks of Roland Corporation, used here only to describe MIDI compatibility between this app and that hardware.
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NEW
- OUT panel: output meter, gain-reduction meter and a master compressor.
- Four new effects in the Extended rack:
- Trance Gate
- Ring Mod
- Comb Resonator
- Reverse Delay.
- See your sound
- The LFO draws its real output as it runs,
- The Voice panel has a SCOPE tab with a waveform and spectrum
- The envelopes show a dot riding the curve as each note plays.
- Tap tempo: double-tap the BPM dial and tap along, or type a number.
- Knob pickup for hardware: choose Jump, Catch or Glide.
- Tempo sync updated
- Signal Flow page
- Save your own presets, and delete the ones you don't want, from the preset menu.
SOUND
- All 41 engines are level-matched.
- Envelope knobs are far more precise at short times
- Sampled instruments (Grand Piano, Violin, Alto Sax) retouched
- Factory patches rebalanced
- Reverb pre-delay works as intended
INTERFACE
- Redesigned dials: clean rings
- Unusable dials disabled
- Tap any routing label to see which knob it drives.
- More smoothness in animations
The developer, Mathias Kirkerød, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Provider
- Mathias Kirkerød
- Size
- 17.8 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Mathias Kirkerod
