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Chromatose: ビジュアルシンセサイザー
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Updated 7 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperEdward Rooth
CategoryGraphics & Design
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 5.0 (1)
Version1.4.0
Age rating4+
First seen by us
8 Oct 2026
8 Oct 2026Installs (est.)1k+ worldwide
Chromatose: Visual Synthesizer update history & changes
Last change · 8 events since 5 Jul 2025Full timeline ↓📦Updated to version 1.4.0📦First update in 173 days📈Dropped out of every chart we track🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 8 events
- ✏️Chromatose: Visual Synthesizer: app got bigger38 MB → 47 MB (+25%)
- ✏️Chromatose: Visual Synthesizer: needs a newer iOSiOS 17.5 → iOS 18.6
- 📦Chromatose: Visual Synthesizer updated to version 1.4.0The biggest Chromatose release yet. Performance Mode turns the app into a live instrument: eight hot-swappable patches, a master FX chain, and a fully modular transition system. Plus five new effects, custom color palettes, much deeper MIDI, ProRes recording, six new presets, and more.
〉Performance Mode (New)
• Performance Mode complements Design Mode: build your visuals from scratch, then play them live, ideally from a hardware MIDI controller.
• Group up to eight patches into a Performance Set and hot-swap between them by tap, by MIDI, or with an auto-cycle. Saving Sets is a Pro feature.
• Fully modular, customizable transitions, unique to Chromatose: an Attack / Sustain / Release envelope drives an FX macro or the master level, so any effect chain can become a transition.
• A patch-independent Master FX chain with two FX macro knobs, saved with the Set.
• Global Level and BPM knobs live in the Performance View, so loading a patch never moves them.
〉New Effects
• Feedback Insert: chain up to four effects directly inside the feedback loop.
• Recolor: remap the image through a custom color palette.
• Slice: cuts the image into parallel bands and shears alternating bands in opposite directions.
• Blur and Sharpen, with Disk and Directional blur types. Try both inside Feedback Insert.
• Crop gets a Circle shape and soft edges. Feedback gets color drift. Camera gets exposure.
〉Color (New)
• Custom Color Palette Picker: build your own palettes with harmony-based generation and save favorites. Five factory palettes included.
• Colorspace overhaul: patches look the same in 8-bit, 16-bit, and HDR, imported photos included. Existing patches may look slightly different.
• New "hdr gain" parameter controls how much of the display's HDR headroom the output uses.
〉MIDI (Updated)
• Map MIDI notes to macro knobs, pads, and global knobs.
• NRPN mapping for 14-bit parameters (Settings > MIDI > NRPN). MIDI Learn detects them.
• Native MIDI 2.0 input with full-resolution values.
• Pass-Thru Detection: a controller takes over only once it passes the knob's current value, so loading a patch never makes anything jump.
• Chromatose can act as a Bluetooth MIDI peripheral, so other devices can connect to it.
• Much faster MIDI processing, so macro knobs follow even the quickest controller moves.
• Filter by MIDI channel and enable or disable individual devices. Network MIDI is now off by default.
〉Modulation (Updated)
• LFO clock sync: every LFO can run free or locked to the clock, with a phase offset.
• New Triangle waveshape, and a pulse width control on every square wave.
• Parameter editors show a live modulation depth meter, and panel tabs badge whatever is modulating.
〉Audio Input and Recording (Updated)
• Choose the internal microphone or a connected audio interface, and pick a specific input on it.
• Auto-Gain adjusts per-band gain to the loudness of the room.
• Recording quality picker: Social (HEVC) or Studio (ProRes 422). Studio is a Pro feature and needs a hardware ProRes encoder.
〉Workflow (Updated)
• Unsaved-changes tracking for patches and Sets, with a warning before anything that would discard work.
• Auto-save restores the whole session on next launch, including the active Set, pad, and mode.
• Choose your own init patch: tap the star on a patch's Detail view.
• Full iOS 27 compatibility.
〉Presets (New)
• Six new factory presets: Chroma Cam, Elegant Strobe, FB Wave, Jungle Matrix, Magnetic Resonance, and Swirly Pop.
• Many existing presets updated to work best with v1.4.
〉Fixes
• Camera patches launch instantly and no longer hang when backgrounded.
• Hiding the HUD sticks, even while recording.
• Recorded videos no longer speed up when frames are dropped.
• Plus many more fixes and performance improvements throughout.… more - 📦Chromatose: Visual Synthesizer: first update in 173 days
- 📈Chromatose: Visual Synthesizer dropped out of every chart we trackLast seen 7 Oct
- 🆕Chromatose: Visual Synthesizer first spotted by AppInsider#93 in Top Free · Graphics & Design · Japan
- 📦Chromatose: Visual Synthesizer version 1.3.2v1.3.2
Fixed bug introduced in v1.3.1 preventing patch saving when in HDR mode.
v1.3.1
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
v1.3.0
New monthly subscription option now available!
Chromatose v1.3.0 introduces several new creative tools including a live Camera Generator, Wave Effect, Crop Effect, and new Keying capabilities.
Also included are virtual MIDI routing, performance optimizations, and a variety of usability improvements throughout the app.
〉Camera Generator (New)
Capture a live video stream from your device's cameras. Supports zoom control and automatic orientation handling. Feed the live camera directly into your effects chain.
〉Wave Effect (New)
Apply FM/AM wave distortions to any input with full control over 3 waves. Parameters include: waveshape, frequency, amplitude, position, rotation, phase, and attenuation.
〉Crop Effect (New)
Crop the output using three shape modes: Rectangle, Quad, or Oval. Great for configuring projector output, basic projection mapping, or creative framing.
〉Virtual MIDI Input (New)
Other audio apps on the same device (e.g. sequencers) can route MIDI directly to Chromatose without any external hardware.
〉Device Preview (New)
When an external screen is connected, the local device screen now shows a live downscaled copy of the external output instead of only the HUD controls.
〉Patch Auto-Save (New)
Unsaved changes are automatically saved when the app goes into the background. Your work is restored when you return, so you never lose changes.
〉Keying Effect (Updated)
New `mode` selector to key by hue, or saturation in addition to luma. Enables precise color-based keying for isolating or removing specific colors from the image.
〉Performance View (Updated)
Macro knobs gain main powerful new features:
• Add custom names to macro knobs.
• Display all mapped parameters to see what each knob controls at a glance.
• Deep links directly to the mapped parameters in the Design View for quick navigation & editing.
• Delete all or individual mappings directly from the Performance View.
• Configure MIDI mappings directly from the Performance View.
〉Audio Playback (Updated)
Music from other apps can now play simultaneously while the audio engine is enabled. Chromatose no longer interrupts audio from other apps.
〉Photo Generator (Updated)
New built-in rectangle cropping parameters for trimming the source image before any tiling or spacing is applied.
〉Library (Updated)
• Remembers your last used query (search text, sort order, tag filters) when reopening.
• Infinite scrolling replaces full list loading for faster performance with large patch collections.
• Searching no longer hides the toolbar.
〉Modulation (Updated)
New 32x and 1/32 rate multipliers for extreme fast or slow modulation speeds.
〉Mixer Blending (Breaking Change)
Fixed a significant bug where blend modes and composite operators were applied incorrectly. All combinations now produce correct results with proper alpha handling and smooth edges. New Color Dodge blend mode added.
NOTE: Patches saved before this update may look different. You may need to re-adjust blend and composite settings on existing patches.
〉Factory Presets
All presets have been updated to include descriptive macro names using the new custom labeling feature.
Chromatose now ships with a total of 32 hand-crafted presets patches.
9 New Factory Presets:
• Edge Wave
• Smile
• Luma Fluid
• Broken TV
• Cubism
• Flow State
• Drippy Wave
• Wiggly Bounce
• Modern Art
〉Stability, Performance, Bug Fixes
• Various performance improvements, bug fixes, and usability enhancements.… more - 🆕Chromatose: Visual Synthesizer released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
5.0 ★
1 ratings
Measured
Chromatose: Visual Synthesizer on the App Store
App details
App ID
6578449692
Publisher
Edward Rooth
On the store since
Jul 2025
1 year on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 18.6+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
3
EN DE JA
Size
47 MB
Also listed in
Photo & Video
Chromatose: Visual Synthesizer downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Not charting right now. | ||
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
5.0 ★
1 ratings
Measured
Ratings
1
Measured
About Chromatose: Visual Synthesizer
Chromatose is a real-time, audio-reactive visual synth for iPhone and iPad — a modular video synthesizer and visualizer that turns your input and sound into a hypnotic, trippy light show.
Create original, generative visuals by hand. No coding, no AI prompts, no bulky hardware.
Connect a TV or projector via HDMI or AirPlay to turn any space into an immersive atmosphere — for live performance, meditation, party, or chilling.
Learn it in under an hour. Create fresh ideas for years.
〉Perfect for:
Live performers, VJs, DJs, music producers, installation artists, concert and stage designers, content creators, music video directors, generative artists, and creative explorers. Works for raves, clubs, afterhours, festivals, ambient galleries, meditation spaces, and live loop sessions.
〉What you can make:
A music visualizer for live sets. Audio-reactive video content for social media. Live camera filters. TV screensavers and projector backdrops for installations. Wallpapers, generative art pieces, meditation visuals — or anything else you can imagine.
〉Aesthetic range:
From psychedelic, trippy, and surreal to cyberpunk, vaporwave, synthwave, retrowave, futuristic, vintage, nostalgic, dreamcore, weirdcore, liminal, and glitch. Dial in the whole rainbow spectrum of hues, refractions, liquid ripples, electric strobing, cosmic aurora, spiral warps, organic cymatics, kaleidoscope mandalas, and pure abstract procedural geometry.
〉FREE Plan Includes:
• Access all generators & effects
• No signup required
• 100% ad-free
• Max output resolution: Full 1080p HD
• Saved patches: 2
• Record videos up to: 30 secs
〉Pro Plan Includes:
• Access to all features
• Saved patches: unlimited
• Saved Performance Sets: unlimited
• Max output resolution: 4K+
• Record videos up to: 15 mins
• Studio-quality ProRes recording
• Export Patches
〉Main Features:
• Modular, intuitive interface
• 4 simultaneous visual generators
• Chain unlimited visual effects, filters, and modulation layers
• Design Mode to build unique visuals from scratch
• Performance Mode: eight hot-swappable patches per Set, Master FX chain, fully modular transitions
• Custom color palettes with harmony-based generation
• Metal-powered, iOS native graphics engine
• 8-bit or 16-bit color (SDR and HDR) with deep gradient fidelity
• Built specifically for iPhone and iPad
〉Modulation & Synthesis:
• Dedicated LFOs per parameter
• Multiple waveshapes, free-running or clock-synced
• Nested modulation and feedback loops
• Envelope generators and signal followers
• Animated visual indicators
• Analog-style signal flow — reactive to every nuance
〉Connectivity:
• Connect to any screen with HDMI (via USB-C or Lightning adapter) or AirPlay
• MIDI Plug & Play with other Hardware and Software via: USB, Bluetooth, Network, Virtual MIDI (other apps on same device)
• MIDI 1.0 and 2.0, with CC, note, and NRPN mapping
• MIDI mappable Macro Controls and Performance pads
• MIDI Clock Sync
• Wireless display and dual-screen
Create original, generative visuals by hand. No coding, no AI prompts, no bulky hardware.
Connect a TV or projector via HDMI or AirPlay to turn any space into an immersive atmosphere — for live performance, meditation, party, or chilling.
Learn it in under an hour. Create fresh ideas for years.
〉Perfect for:
Live performers, VJs, DJs, music producers, installation artists, concert and stage designers, content creators, music video directors, generative artists, and creative explorers. Works for raves, clubs, afterhours, festivals, ambient galleries, meditation spaces, and live loop sessions.
〉What you can make:
A music visualizer for live sets. Audio-reactive video content for social media. Live camera filters. TV screensavers and projector backdrops for installations. Wallpapers, generative art pieces, meditation visuals — or anything else you can imagine.
〉Aesthetic range:
From psychedelic, trippy, and surreal to cyberpunk, vaporwave, synthwave, retrowave, futuristic, vintage, nostalgic, dreamcore, weirdcore, liminal, and glitch. Dial in the whole rainbow spectrum of hues, refractions, liquid ripples, electric strobing, cosmic aurora, spiral warps, organic cymatics, kaleidoscope mandalas, and pure abstract procedural geometry.
〉FREE Plan Includes:
• Access all generators & effects
• No signup required
• 100% ad-free
• Max output resolution: Full 1080p HD
• Saved patches: 2
• Record videos up to: 30 secs
〉Pro Plan Includes:
• Access to all features
• Saved patches: unlimited
• Saved Performance Sets: unlimited
• Max output resolution: 4K+
• Record videos up to: 15 mins
• Studio-quality ProRes recording
• Export Patches
〉Main Features:
• Modular, intuitive interface
• 4 simultaneous visual generators
• Chain unlimited visual effects, filters, and modulation layers
• Design Mode to build unique visuals from scratch
• Performance Mode: eight hot-swappable patches per Set, Master FX chain, fully modular transitions
• Custom color palettes with harmony-based generation
• Metal-powered, iOS native graphics engine
• 8-bit or 16-bit color (SDR and HDR) with deep gradient fidelity
• Built specifically for iPhone and iPad
〉Modulation & Synthesis:
• Dedicated LFOs per parameter
• Multiple waveshapes, free-running or clock-synced
• Nested modulation and feedback loops
• Envelope generators and signal followers
• Animated visual indicators
• Analog-style signal flow — reactive to every nuance
〉Connectivity:
• Connect to any screen with HDMI (via USB-C or Lightning adapter) or AirPlay
• MIDI Plug & Play with other Hardware and Software via: USB, Bluetooth, Network, Virtual MIDI (other apps on same device)
• MIDI 1.0 and 2.0, with CC, note, and NRPN mapping
• MIDI mappable Macro Controls and Performance pads
• MIDI Clock Sync
• Wireless display and dual-screen
Latest updates
1.4.0
The biggest Chromatose release yet. Performance Mode turns the app into a live instrument: eight hot-swappable patches, a master FX chain, and a fully modular transition system. Plus five new effects, custom color palettes, much deeper MIDI, ProRes recording, six new presets, and more.
〉Performance Mode (New)
• Performance Mode complements Design Mode: build your visuals from scratch, then play them live, ideally from a hardware MIDI controller.
• Group up to eight patches into a Performance Set and hot-swap between them by tap, by MIDI, or with an auto-cycle. Saving Sets is a Pro feature.
• Fully modular, customizable transitions, unique to Chromatose: an Attack / Sustain / Release envelope drives an FX macro or the master level, so any effect chain can become a transition.
• A patch-independent Master FX chain with two FX macro knobs, saved with the Set.
• Global Level and BPM knobs live in the Performance View, so loading a patch never moves them.
〉New Effects
• Feedback Insert: chain up to four effects directly inside the feedback loop.
• Recolor: remap the image through a custom color palette.
• Slice: cuts the image into parallel bands and shears alternating bands in opposite directions.
• Blur and Sharpen, with Disk and Directional blur types. Try both inside Feedback Insert.
• Crop gets a Circle shape and soft edges. Feedback gets color drift. Camera gets exposure.
〉Color (New)
• Custom Color Palette Picker: build your own palettes with harmony-based generation and save favorites. Five factory palettes included.
• Colorspace overhaul: patches look the same in 8-bit, 16-bit, and HDR, imported photos included. Existing patches may look slightly different.
• New "hdr gain" parameter controls how much of the display's HDR headroom the output uses.
〉MIDI (Updated)
• Map MIDI notes to macro knobs, pads, and global knobs.
• NRPN mapping for 14-bit parameters (Settings > MIDI > NRPN). MIDI Learn detects them.
• Native MIDI 2.0 input with full-resolution values.
• Pass-Thru Detection: a controller takes over only once it passes the knob's current value, so loading a patch never makes anything jump.
• Chromatose can act as a Bluetooth MIDI peripheral, so other devices can connect to it.
• Much faster MIDI processing, so macro knobs follow even the quickest controller moves.
• Filter by MIDI channel and enable or disable individual devices. Network MIDI is now off by default.
〉Modulation (Updated)
• LFO clock sync: every LFO can run free or locked to the clock, with a phase offset.
• New Triangle waveshape, and a pulse width control on every square wave.
• Parameter editors show a live modulation depth meter, and panel tabs badge whatever is modulating.
〉Audio Input and Recording (Updated)
• Choose the internal microphone or a connected audio interface, and pick a specific input on it.
• Auto-Gain adjusts per-band gain to the loudness of the room.
• Recording quality picker: Social (HEVC) or Studio (ProRes 422). Studio is a Pro feature and needs a hardware ProRes encoder.
〉Workflow (Updated)
• Unsaved-changes tracking for patches and Sets, with a warning before anything that would discard work.
• Auto-save restores the whole session on next launch, including the active Set, pad, and mode.
• Choose your own init patch: tap the star on a patch's Detail view.
• Full iOS 27 compatibility.
〉Presets (New)
• Six new factory presets: Chroma Cam, Elegant Strobe, FB Wave, Jungle Matrix, Magnetic Resonance, and Swirly Pop.
• Many existing presets updated to work best with v1.4.
〉Fixes
• Camera patches launch instantly and no longer hang when backgrounded.
• Hiding the HUD sticks, even while recording.
• Recorded videos no longer speed up when frames are dropped.
• Plus many more fixes and performance improvements throughout.
1.3.2
v1.3.2
Fixed bug introduced in v1.3.1 preventing patch saving when in HDR mode.
v1.3.1
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
v1.3.0
New monthly subscription option now available!
Chromatose v1.3.0 introduces several new creative tools including a live Camera Generator, Wave Effect, Crop Effect, and new Keying capabilities.
Also included are virtual MIDI routing, performance optimizations, and a variety of usability improvements throughout the app.
〉Camera Generator (New)
Capture a live video stream from your device's cameras. Supports zoom control and automatic orientation handling. Feed the live camera directly into your effects chain.
〉Wave Effect (New)
Apply FM/AM wave distortions to any input with full control over 3 waves. Parameters include: waveshape, frequency, amplitude, position, rotation, phase, and attenuation.
〉Crop Effect (New)
Crop the output using three shape modes: Rectangle, Quad, or Oval. Great for configuring projector output, basic projection mapping, or creative framing.
〉Virtual MIDI Input (New)
Other audio apps on the same device (e.g. sequencers) can route MIDI directly to Chromatose without any external hardware.
〉Device Preview (New)
When an external screen is connected, the local device screen now shows a live downscaled copy of the external output instead of only the HUD controls.
〉Patch Auto-Save (New)
Unsaved changes are automatically saved when the app goes into the background. Your work is restored when you return, so you never lose changes.
〉Keying Effect (Updated)
New `mode` selector to key by hue, or saturation in addition to luma. Enables precise color-based keying for isolating or removing specific colors from the image.
〉Performance View (Updated)
Macro knobs gain main powerful new features:
• Add custom names to macro knobs.
• Display all mapped parameters to see what each knob controls at a glance.
• Deep links directly to the mapped parameters in the Design View for quick navigation & editing.
• Delete all or individual mappings directly from the Performance View.
• Configure MIDI mappings directly from the Performance View.
〉Audio Playback (Updated)
Music from other apps can now play simultaneously while the audio engine is enabled. Chromatose no longer interrupts audio from other apps.
〉Photo Generator (Updated)
New built-in rectangle cropping parameters for trimming the source image before any tiling or spacing is applied.
〉Library (Updated)
• Remembers your last used query (search text, sort order, tag filters) when reopening.
• Infinite scrolling replaces full list loading for faster performance with large patch collections.
• Searching no longer hides the toolbar.
〉Modulation (Updated)
New 32x and 1/32 rate multipliers for extreme fast or slow modulation speeds.
〉Mixer Blending (Breaking Change)
Fixed a significant bug where blend modes and composite operators were applied incorrectly. All combinations now produce correct results with proper alpha handling and smooth edges. New Color Dodge blend mode added.
NOTE: Patches saved before this update may look different. You may need to re-adjust blend and composite settings on existing patches.
〉Factory Presets
All presets have been updated to include descriptive macro names using the new custom labeling feature.
Chromatose now ships with a total of 32 hand-crafted presets patches.
9 New Factory Presets:
• Edge Wave
• Smile
• Luma Fluid
• Broken TV
• Cubism
• Flow State
• Drippy Wave
• Wiggly Bounce
• Modern Art
〉Stability, Performance, Bug Fixes
• Various performance improvements, bug fixes, and usability enhancements.
Store changes
What Chromatose: Visual Synthesizer changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
App got bigger
38 MB → 47 MB (+25%)
Needs a newer iOS
iOS 17.5 → iOS 18.6