I mentioned this briefly yesterday, but here are the app details:
Tap, slide, and stretch your fingers over OscilloScoop to create an infinity of electronica, dance, hip hop, and techno tracks. With OscilloScoop you make real musical grooves by simply gliding your fingertips over spinning crowns; then sequence them into a real-time performance with a few taps. As effortless as a toy, OscilloScoop gives you the same tools pro DJs and musicians use to create intricate tracks—but with an intuitive interface inspired by video games and animation. OscilloScoop is an organic, generative way to make music in a process that’s more like dancing than composing: it’s addictive, fun, and original.
OscilloScoop features continuous tone melody; 16- and 32-beat quantizing; low-pass filter; volume control; selection of loopable beats in techno, hip hop, electro, and house; tempo control from 60 to 140 beats per minute; in-app purchase of additional beat sets; preset saves for live performance; and fine-grain editing when you tilt into landscape.
OscilloScoop is designed by Lukas Girling, a creator of interactive musical interfaces who has worked with world-renowned musicians and music technologists including Laurie Anderson and Max Mathews. The app was created in collaboration with interactive artist and programmer Scott Snibbe, author of the bestselling apps Bubble Harp and Gravilux; and Graham McDermott, noted video game and app developer.
2 comments:
Very enjoyable for the cheap price, albeit limited in the sounds the 3 crowns produce...but maybe it will be extended in the future? The beats can be extended through in-app purchase of an additional 20 loops which are OK...it might be nice to add your own loops, but maybe asking a bit too much for $0.99?!
Not sure I'd call it a 'DJ' app though.
I agree with Dj Hombre. And also, if you change the tempo the sample slows down, as so does the pitch- so it's simply a loop in there, nothing more.
I really like the way one randomly paints in the loop parameters, and again, OscilloScoop would be great if you could add your own loops, and there was more flexibility to the repeated sound, but as one reviewer put "We are the music makers" (Charlie and the Choc factory sample), we're not quite the music makers yet.
One to watch perhaps? Somehow though, I doubt it. Lets just hope all these new musical interface ideas turn up in more sophisticated apps of the future. Jasuto Studio? Yep, I really hope so! :)
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