As you probably know, this album was made with iPad apps and so I thought it was worth pointing out, and also because I was reminded of it by the Synthetic bits blog.
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This was one of the LPs (yes vinyl!) I picked up on recordstoreday at the weekend. On the sleeve it details all the iPad apps used, including FunkBox, Olsynth, iElectribe among others.
Tell me, do people actually buy this stuff simply because it has been made with iOS apps? I really hate to say it but if that really is the case, don't you think that's rather sad?
You should buy music because it is good and honest, not just because someone else says you should!
Look at that list of Apple Apps. How many of them could be made with their hardware equivalents? I'd say, apart from perhaps Gliss (although you could have used an ANS synthesiser!), all of them.
So why is this LP better? Because it's made on iOS devices? I'm sorry, but that's so vacuous. Guys and Gals, It's nothing more than marketing. You're being had!
@tom: haven't you realised you don't need hardware anymore to make music? if you still want to drag around a mellotron thats fine my me; but i prefer to use an ipad and a laptop or 2 - so i dont have to see my chiropractor.
get over it, we know now you dislike the gorillaz.
Nice for a list of the apps they used some of them I have not heard of before.
I think the point is that they made the record in their spare time on a tour. The ipad made it possible to utilize that time.
If you have ever been on tour you spend a lot of time traveling and waiting around and the ipad let them make music in that "dead time". So I doubt the record would exist except for the fact that they could sketchbook and utilize the time.
It is a testament to the developer community that the iphone and ipad could develop so far in 4 years to be capable of creating a professional album by a major artist.
I think that the iphone and ipad have been a great leveler for people who make music. The capabilities you can have musically for $100 worth of apps is unprecedented.
I think this album will be a inspiration to kids that they can do it at home too. In the same way as Bruce Springsteen’s 4 track album did in the 80's.
"So why is this LP better? Because it's made on iOS devices? I'm sorry, but that's so vacuous. Guys and Gals, It's nothing more than marketing. You're being had!"
I didn't see anyone say that this was "better" than anything else, it seems maybe you're missing the point a little bit.
This blog and it's readers are interested in this because it directly relates to the dally topics of Palm Sounds, and as such, we will all be curious to hear what a "professional" band has been able to accomplish using the very same tools many of us "amateurs" use everyday.
I won't deny that for Gorillaz to be publicizing this fact is indeed a marketing gimmick, but that doesn't necessarily preclude this gimmick's impact for providing greater visibility for the iPad as a creative device and for helping to grow the platform.
Increased attention could lead to the development of more and better iPad music applications, and even further development at the OS level for more sound/file related API's like the recently introduced Core MIDI. Look at the advancements in sharing MIDI clocks internally between apps, these developers are pushing the current limits and quickly exploiting the tools that the OS provides them.
This gimmick potentially benefits us all, so while I'm not a fan of Gorillaz, I see this as great news and wish them all the best, those little monkeys... :)
Didn't read the last post cuz it was long so excuse if I repeat(and no offense to poster). Can't wait to hear this album. It is surely marketing strategy and also a letter to their heroes, peers, and fans that times are changing. Doubt this will be a trend but it well open some eyes. Hope it sounds amazing and hope my friend who built his guitar and bass will stop shitting on my iPad for music making. Feel like if I had the patience and a manual I could make a quality album with jasutoPro alone.
I like the album because I like it ... that simple ... it excites me that it was made with iOS apps because I can relate but it still comes down to the fact that I like it ... no matter how it was made ... good tunes are good tunes, good rhythm is good rhythm whether it be played on a $5,000 synth, a 50 cent spoon and banjo or $50 worth of iPad apps.
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This was one of the LPs (yes vinyl!) I picked up on recordstoreday at the weekend. On the sleeve it details all the iPad apps used, including FunkBox, Olsynth, iElectribe among others.
It may take a few listens to grow on me though.
Hi,
do you know where to find the complete list of apps?
It's listed on the insert of the LP;
- Speak It! Text to Speech
- SoundyThingie
- Mugician
- Sylo Synthesizer, Sylo Synthesizer Pro
- Synth
- FunkBox Drum Machine
- gliss
- AmpliTube for iPad
- XENON Groove Synthesizer
- KORG iElectribe
- bs-16i
- Mellotronics M3000 for iPad
- Cleartune - Chromatic Tuner
- iORGEL HD
- olsynth
- StudioMini XL Recording Studio
- Bassline
- Harmonizer
- Dub Siren Pro
- Moog Filtatron
...it also mentions they used some physical kit too;
- Korg Vocoder
- Ukelele
- Mircokorg
- Omnichord
- Moog Voyager
- Melodica
- Guitar
- Piano
- Korg Monotron
Tell me, do people actually buy this stuff simply because it has been made with iOS apps? I really hate to say it but if that really is the case, don't you think that's rather sad?
You should buy music because it is good and honest, not just because someone else says you should!
:-)
Look at that list of Apple Apps. How many of them could be made with their hardware equivalents? I'd say, apart from perhaps Gliss (although you could have used an ANS synthesiser!), all of them.
So why is this LP better? Because it's made on iOS devices? I'm sorry, but that's so vacuous. Guys and Gals, It's nothing more than marketing. You're being had!
@Tom: ok it is marketing, it's true, but I think is wonderfull the idea that you could compose an entire album using only one device.
Don't you think?
@tom: haven't you realised you don't need hardware anymore to make music?
if you still want to drag around a mellotron thats fine my me; but i prefer to use an ipad and a laptop or 2 - so i dont have to see my chiropractor.
get over it, we know now you dislike the gorillaz.
@lala
"haven't you realised you don't need hardware anymore to make music?"
Haven't you realized you need hardware to run software? FYI, the ipad and laptops are hardware.
Don't you just love semantics? :D
right, let me go to the basement so i can have a laugh ;)
Nice for a list of the apps they used some of them I have not heard of before.
I think the point is that they made the record in their spare time on a tour. The ipad made it possible to utilize that time.
If you have ever been on tour you spend a lot of time traveling and waiting around and the ipad let them make music in that "dead time". So I doubt the record would exist except for the fact that they could sketchbook and utilize the time.
It is a testament to the developer community that the iphone and ipad could develop so far in 4 years to be capable of creating a professional album by a major artist.
I think that the iphone and ipad have been a great leveler for people who make music. The capabilities you can have musically for $100 worth of apps is unprecedented.
I think this album will be a inspiration to kids that they can do it at home too. In the same way as Bruce Springsteen’s 4 track album did in the 80's.
Tom said:
"So why is this LP better? Because it's made on iOS devices? I'm sorry, but that's so vacuous. Guys and Gals, It's nothing more than marketing. You're being had!"
I didn't see anyone say that this was "better" than anything else, it seems maybe you're missing the point a little bit.
This blog and it's readers are interested in this because it directly relates to the dally topics of Palm Sounds, and as such, we will all be curious to hear what a "professional" band has been able to accomplish using the very same tools many of us "amateurs" use everyday.
I won't deny that for Gorillaz to be publicizing this fact is indeed a marketing gimmick, but that doesn't necessarily preclude this gimmick's impact for providing greater visibility for the iPad as a creative device and for helping to grow the platform.
Increased attention could lead to the development of more and better iPad music applications, and even further development at the OS level for more sound/file related API's like the recently introduced Core MIDI. Look at the advancements in sharing MIDI clocks internally between apps, these developers are pushing the current limits and quickly exploiting the tools that the OS provides them.
This gimmick potentially benefits us all, so while I'm not a fan of Gorillaz, I see this as great news and wish them all the best, those little monkeys... :)
Didn't read the last post cuz it was long so excuse if I repeat(and no offense to poster). Can't wait to hear this album. It is surely marketing strategy and also a letter to their heroes, peers, and fans that times are changing. Doubt this will be a trend but it well open some eyes. Hope it sounds amazing and hope my friend who built his guitar and bass will stop shitting on my iPad for music making. Feel like if I had the patience and a manual I could make a quality album with jasutoPro alone.
I like the album because I like it ... that simple ... it excites me that it was made with iOS apps because I can relate but it still comes down to the fact that I like it ... no matter how it was made ... good tunes are good tunes, good rhythm is good rhythm whether it be played on a $5,000 synth, a 50 cent spoon and banjo or $50 worth of iPad apps.
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