SpellSynth is a playable love-letter to the classic 1978 spelling toy that taught a generation to read. Rebuilt for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, the app features five game modes, a crunchy VFD display, and three vintage voice characters across two decades of speech-synthesis history (including the original 1978 LPC vocoder driven by the TMS5220 chirp ROM).
Beyond being a nostalgic toy, SpellSynth ships with a bundled AUv3 instrument extension. This allows you to load the speech engine directly inside modern mobile DAWs like Logic Pro for iPad, AUM, and Cubasis, triggering spoken words live with a MIDI keyboard.
Key Features:
- Three distinct vintage speech models: 1978 LPC, 1968 Odyssey, and 1986 DECTalk style.
- Bundled AUv3 instrument extension for seamless integration into iOS music hosts.
- Deep MIDI support including velocity curves, pitch-bend range, and 14 MIDI Learn targets.
- Five game modes including Free Play, Spell, and Listen-and-Repeat.
App Price: 40% off at $2.99.
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