The Little App Factory Grappler v1.0.5 Mac OS X | 12MB

Grappler is the latest wonderful application from The Little App Factory which says "If it plays, it probably saves," and this seems to stand up pretty well. This review will delve into how Grappler makes it surprisingly simple to get media content from just about anywhere.

Grappler's soul purpose is to quickly download music and video from just about any site and convert into an iTunes friendly format ready for syncing. The interface is simple yet effective and offers a few different methods to download content.

The large area at the top of the Grappler window displays search results or entire websites, under which is a search and navigation bar which sits above the clip tray.

The Grappler Preferences have a couple of features worth mentioning. You can pick where you'd like your videos and music saved to—be it in iTunes or a folder. Most importantly there's the optimization option, which allows you to choose between downloading in the highest video quality, or that optimized for iOS devices or for Xbox 360/PS3.

Synplant is a software synthesizer with a genetic approach to sound creation. Instead of creating patches the conventional way by turning dials and knobs, Synplant lets you explore a world of organic sounds by planting seeds that grow into synth patches.

Once you are ready to get your hands dirty and dig deeper into the anatomy of Synplant you will have the option to crack open your sound seeds and modify their underlying genetic code.

The purpose of this product is to move focus away from the sometimes intricate and difficult process of sound synthesis and instead let you develop sounds by simply using your ears. You will find that creating synth patches with Synplant will be as easy as listening and deciding what you like and then having the sounds evolve in the directions you desire.

Although Synplant is exceedingly easy to use, whatever you do, do not let its relative simplicity fool you. Beneath its straightforward and playful interface you will find a versatile synthesizer of the utmost quality with lots of character.