We will be having an app of the week contest this week
Lots of comments about the Animoog winning this week's app of the week. You may be right, in fact you may be 100% right, but we're still going to have the app of the week, and Animoog will probably win, but what if something else awesome gets released this week?
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Animoog. Clearly, no other app stands a chance this week.
In fact, I think the success of Animoog and it's undoubted quality have instantly set new benchmarks by which all other apps will be measured. Not a bad thing but some people have even blogged that Animoog is our most major step forward in the last 1 - 2 years which is unfair. Other developers have worked hard to give us some great apps using audiocopy, virtual midi and background multitasking etc., They have pioneered the riches we have today and then along comes Animoog. WOW.
Yep. I have to agree...
....but wait...
What's this?.....
Just kidding! ;)
I don't agree though with Trueyorky, on the; "success of Animoog and it's undoubted quality have instantly set new benchmarks by which all other apps will be measured". I think that's rubbish, because apart from the x/y morph sequencer thing, AniMoog doesn't really break any new ground, both with sound and features.
But it's definitely app of the week (for now anyway) :)
"apart from the x/y morph sequencer thing, AniMoog doesn't really break any new ground"
That's a fairly big "apart"! The flexibility offered by this implementation and how well it fits on a touch screen is impressive.
That said I agreed with your sentiment that there's currently a pile of really good stuff that's arrived recently and this is part of that trend rather than a separate strand.
The contol surface does feel very expressive allowing fast and intuitive creation and playing / manipulation of evolving synth sounds.
@Tom TM
You might think my statement is rubbish but just look at every chart, blog, app news feeds and Animoog's success is overwhelming. That sets a benchmark.
Regarding the quality of the app I didn't say it broke any new ground, although it does. I was referring to it's features, functionality, appearance and most importantly it's sound. With Animoog I believe it's quality shows through in all of these areas so for me a definite benchmark.
The real point I went on to say was that despite the success of Animoog we should not forget the developers and apps that have brought us to this great point in time.
Animoog definitely breaks new ground in pretty much all areas. Sorry TOm.
Animoog for app of the week contest.
And totaly agree with zaclaurent proposition for track of the month: listen of what we doing and can talk about our realisations will be great and inspiring. I'm new to the ipad and this musicals app world and sometimes i'm little confused by all those app and possibilities (
I have mainly a classical training). Listen what we do and discover the way we use app could be very usefull.
Zac said....."I was locked into Animoog and I tell you, I have not felt this good since I first got my hands on a 303 in 1983. It was a journey of discovery to say the least. And the sounds I was getting ,I could never get in any other synth in the app store, not even close.
I feel like I've been upgraded to a Ferrari after driving on buses all my life."
Zac, your talents as a dubstep 'artiste of the phuture' are obviously wasted! Your spiritual phuture most definitely lies in advertising! "Shutup, listen and learn. You have no brain......" etc. (to quote Kevin Spacey). Does that sound good to your ears?? Dude, you'd make a fortune! lol! ;)
I've already voted AniMoog as "app of the week". I even said it was "good". But for some reason "Good" isn't 'good enough'. :?
Perhaps you should also refrain a little from the crystal meth too?? o_O :p
@Zac, I noticed you're referring to app store reviews to back up your point...in which case, have you seem the reviews for Mixr, the last app you were raving about?
Animoog is one of the few apps that has lived up to the hype...a true game changer...and offering that much power in a synth app for under a buck - for the first month at least - is just absolutely ridiculous. Id love to be proven wrong but as it stands how can it NOT be app of the week (or year for that matter)?
Song of the week is going to be a problem,
Its all about taste, im sure you can play me some great grindcore arrangement and i wouldnt like it,
Im also sure i can play you my fav. songs and everybody would think thats so boring.
Its the same with apps, we sure can agree on cool features and stuff, but that doesnt mean that that app is useful to everybody; i can make unheard stuff with just a mic and an audioeditor - its just tools - having a moog 55 doesnt make you wendy carlos ... thats just marketing
"But what is not couteous, it to accuse someone of doing speed...that is anger manifesting and transforming into desperate accusations to make someone look bad."
Okay let's forget the speed. How about valium instead?
And maybe a big tickle also? A bit of viking-style male bonding, rolling around in wet grass while we batter each other with dead fish? I could also poke you with a pointing stick? Or perhaps judging by your extreme seriousness, I could cattle prod you while ranting in Klingon?
I'm with lala on this. A simple vote will do me but of course, this is only showing the popularity of current apps. Nothing more. For example, last week I was using iMaschine, iKaossilator and SampleTank as well as Rhythm Studio and Sample Lab updates so my one vote was balanced and fair. Compare that to someone who only buys one of those apps and places their vote - it's not quite the same!
To sorely split infinitives like no man has split before.
@zaclaurent
Point taken maybe we should share our efforts but regarding the following:
"How many of you have used the "pro" apps for actually producing a complete track?
If the pro apps are truly pro, then I would presume you are professionals also."
No, I am not a pro (not in music) but I have been playing and writing for 40 years and it's likely that many others are not professionals but using these apps can help to fulfill our aspirations much like golfers and tennis players say, who buy leading brands to raise their game and to emulate their idols.
One day I will unleash my creations to the masses but not yet. I guess I am still allowed to voice my opinion :)
"Let's see some evidence that people are producing tracks with the apps, not just talking about how good or bad they are.."
Why? So you can stroke your ego and attempt show up people you disagree with? That's not very democratic. This is an open blog. As long as you don't shout at people or exchange expletives, you should be able to engage with others in whichever way you wish. If you disagree or agree, then that's great. But don't get all humphy about it because you don't like someones opinion- that's just acting like a big baby.
And I agree with lala. I could post something that is music to my ears- but awful noise to yours. In fact most of my music is exactly that- screaming feedback noise terror Japanese Massona style. You would hate it! I would gauge its success on how much your ears bled! LOL! Remember the Nanostudio competition? All the people I voted for never even got mentioned. You should just be grateful that this blog exists at all.
I could say a lot in response to recent comments but choose not to.
Arguments and accusations should not be a part of this forum and it seems I would be better off withdrawing and just let you guys get on with it.
Not angry or mad, but definatly regretful that my intentions are misunderstood, that fine, I accept the situation for what it is
My intention was never to create such a scenario so....
Want to support zac and is proposition. As i said, i'm new to the appworld, i'm a classical training musician, and i use computers and orchestral vst to do mockups and edit scores. I bought an ipad2 to work when i travel. My first intended to use it as a sketchbook with symphonypro. But i try garageband, then beatmaker, nanostudio and then, and then and was amazed by one thing, i think the tablet world can change the way i made music because it's an evidence that the geasture add a new way to compose. In vst world, there's always the keyboard use and it always made me thinking of music as pattern and structure. Of course, the geasture use wasn't new but ipad bring it to lot of people. But, in term of "app music" as i search, i'm mainly found app testing, audio or video, stuff on use app and hardware and demos for one app. But not so much original music people do with apps. Off course, music appreciation depends of our own taste but what i'm mainly interested was the way people use apps for a music made with apps and not computers, hardware, instruments. I may be really interested by a music i didn't really like but show may a new way people can make music with apps, and i think that zaclaurent propose this track stuff this way to. And sorry for my bad english !
dont fall for the "pro" thing - its just marketing.
pro just means - not made by you.
btw. maybe you are playing presets I did right now, does that make me a pro? I don't think so, I just know what I'm talking about.
see what I mean?
talking about "pro", lol
is there anything that does arranger crossfades on ios?
Bézier curves?
"is there anything that does arranger crossfades on ios?"
Monle? That does bezier curve style crossfades I think?
@tom: thx, but I need something for the bigger screen and more tracks and more options, but thx anyway
@zaclaurent:
I think the basis of your idea is good, but is unfeasible in it's current form. Maybe if you could come up with a way to rate users contributions based on how they used the app to produce the track.
At least this way, you can concentrate on the functionality of the app, rather than rating the track. I think people might find it easier to do this, and it might get people inspired, as opposed to rating the track based on whether they like it, or not.
I think some sort of point based system could be employed, maybe with one point being awarded for how well certain features have been implemented. Further points could be given for use of effects, editing, production, or original patches etc.
Maybe other people here could think of another, and better way to do it, or indeed, if it's something that would be useful to them.
Ashley posts links to songs all the time, he's done that for me and it was stuff I hadn't even submitted. He posts Soundcloud stuff, videos on YouTube, all kinds of things made by random people, using all kinds of apps we love here. And we're always free to post links to our tracks in the comments if it's relevant to the app discussion. If that process were turned into some sort of competition, I for one would *never* contribute. I don't want to be in a contest, period.
… and FURTHERMORE! ha ha. I also think it's such a can of worms to try to label anything or anyone as "pro" or not. I would guess 50% of bar-band musicians have never released a proper CD, so are they "pro" or not? We gonna check their tax return?
And if a "pro" drummer beats on a hollow log, is that now a pro instrument? You use what you use, whatever's gonna get the job done. A toy can be a tool and vice versa. And "amateur" music, what is that? When I make a crappy demo that sounds amateurish, but I am technically (though maybe not up to zac's scrutiny) a pro working musician, is the crappy demo now pro? Can of worms! And just a hype-word, like lala said. A way for people to feel superior over other inferiors. I feel a bit superior myself right now. Edith has spoken!!
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