Airmino - A Motion Theremin Synthesizer for iPhone arrives
Airmino is a powerful motion theremin synthesizer: create music by simply moving your hand through the air!
You can choose from 5 audio waveforms, 2 sound effects (tremolo and a realistic ring modulator), and any musical key in one of 9 different scales. You can control the singing quality of the theremin by setting the smoothness of the glissando (changes between notes) or the strength of the vibrato (frequency modulation around the current note). You can even turn off the musical tuning system entirely to make fun sci-fi sounds like the classic theremin sound-tracks of 1950's outer-space movies.
To play music with Airmino, you must securely hold your iPhone or iPod touch in your hand. To control the pitch of the tone, you smoothly sweep your hand (carrying the device) up or down through the air. Airmino uses sophisticated motion-tracking algorithms to immediately and accurately translate your movements into changes in pitch or note, which are displayed at the top of the screen.
In addition to up-and-down movements for pitch, Airmino translates side-to-side motion into a natural singing vibrato and converts the rotation angle of the device into audio volume. If you have selected a sound effect from the effects menu, then you can control the effect frequency by sliding your thumb on the displayed touchpad.
Airmino is a virtual theremin that allows you to create a world of music with simple, intuitive motions of your hand!
Features:
- All new 32-bit, low-latency audio engine
- Adaptive path-integration algorithms for motion tracking
- Fast, versatile theremin model for tone control
- Audio waveforms:
- Sine, Squared sine, Sawtooth, Triangle, and Square wave
- Sound effects:
- Ring modulator, based on a realistic model of the analog diode circuit
- Tremolo, based on amplitude modulation
- Musical tuning system:
- Any key, 9 different musical scales
- Glissando: control the smoothness between note changes
- Portamento: control whether intermediary notes are played
- Vibrato: control the singing tone using side-to-side motion
- Musical scales:
- Chromatic, Major, Pentatonic Major, Double Harmonic Major,
- Natural Minor, Pentatonic Minor, Double Harmonic Minor
- Blues, Raga Vutari
The app is priced at $2.99.
Using loop packs in Audio Evolution Mobile for Android
This is a tutorial on using loop packs with the most advanced digital audio workstation on Android, Audio Evolution Mobile by eXtream Software Development. The loop packs are made by Function Loops.
Via Musical Android.
Music Tech Fest 2013 Highlights by Riff Raff Films
Wow, actually spotted myself in this set of highlights.
Sunsine audio sale on this week
Lots of goodies on sale at Sunsine audio until the 5th of August. Go take a look at the Sunsine site.
Artiphon collaborate in Prezi
Ok, so this is really a plug for Prezi, but it is interesting to see how Artiphon use it to work.
Interesting round up of crowdfunded keyboard controllers
I hadn't thought about just how many there were, but this round up has them.
Lemur: Advanced controller for Cockos Reaper DAW.
If you're a Reaper / Lemur user you might want to try out this template at Liine.
iOS Music Community: D is for Destro Challenge, part 1.5
Get in, have a go, take part! Details here.
Master Record arrives!
Easy to use recording application with convenient controls and very creative effects like analog tape recorders will gives your music warmth and natural sounding professional grade quality.
Master Record can use any external audio source for record or used as Effect or Output in Audiobus. Also you can upload audio files to this application for final processing or before mixing.
After recording you can cut any part of track, make fade-in and fade-out and dubbing track with applying all built-in effects. Then you can send the track to another audio application thru "Open in" option or use AudioCopy/AudioPaste. Built-in web access service gives you easy way to share files in your wifi network.
Audio processing features:
- Tape recorder effect with three types of freq response and controlled wow/flutter.
- Classic High/Low shelf EQ for accurate input signal correction.
- Tape saturation effect with three types similar to the different equipment modes.
- Noise effect with four types of noise for more natural sounds.
- Separate level control for each channel with link option and channel selection.
- High quality limiter prevents clipping and makes sound more intense.
- Highly visible level meters, time counter, free space and battery meters.
More features:
- Predefined presets, ability to create own presets.
- Compare two different preset or effects settings in real time.
- All effects settings are stored for each file and recoring mode.
- Dubbing recorded or uploaded tracks with using all of effects.
- Cut part of track and make Fade In and Fade Out with three types of envelope.
- Support Audiobus in Effect or Output position.
- Compatible with AudioCopy/AudioPaste.
- Option "Open in" sends file to another audio application.
- Sharing files thru internal Web service in wifi network.
- Support iTunes file share.
Compatible:
iPad 2 and higher is strongly recommended (especially with Audiobus). Generally this application can be run with iPad 1 but there is possibility of dropping the signal out when playback or use Audiobus. Offline processing can be done with any iPads quite well.
Please note: This application is audio recording tool only. It does not have audio
editor functions.
You can find technical details, description and support on the site:
http://audio-mastering-ipad.com
Master record is priced at $11.99.
Anaphobia Mini is on the bus!
Anaphobia Mini updates. Here's what's new:
- Audiobus support
- Updated UI
- Retina 4″ support
- Selectable audio buffer size (64, 128, 256, 512 and 1024 samples)
- Various small improvements
Poly for iPad brings generative poly-rhythms sequencing to your iPad
Poly is a unique generative sequencer for iPad which harnesses the power of poly-rhythms to create intricate and exciting patterns.
Different coloured nodes are added to a circular area. The closer a node is to middle, the faster it repeats. Each node has its own sample, FX settings and keyboard. There are five available colours and up to 12 nodes maximum.
Poly comes with over 40 preset sounds, including a selection of awesome 808 samples!
Other features include:
- Audiobus integration
- Audio Copy and Paste (via In App Purchase)
- MIDI sync and Virtual MIDI out (via In App Purchase)
- Saving and Loading of Patterns
- Recording of performances
- SoundCloud upload and Dropbox upload and download (via the same In App Purchase as ACP)
The app is free but with IAPs as described above.
Details of Master Record for iPad
The new app from the maker of Audio Mastering Studio (iTunes link). It looks pretty impressive to me. Here's just a few of the details:
Audio processing features:
Audio processing features:
- Tape recorder effect with three types of frequency response and controlled wow/flutter.
- Classic High/Low shelf EQ for accurate input signal correction.
- Tape saturation effect with three types similar to the different equipment modes.
- Noise effect with four types of noise for more natural sounds.
- Separate level control for each channel with link option and channel selection.
- High quality limiter prevents clipping and makes sound more intense.
- Highly visible level meters, time counter, free space and battery meters.
From the app archive: AirVox from Yonac
AirVox for iOS - Playing Scales
Still a great and completely innovative app from the ever wonderful Yonac.
Palm Sounds flickr group
I've posted about this before recently as I've been wondering about this group. Should I revive it? Would anyone like to be involved too? I think that now that flickr have beefed up their account limits it'd be a lot easier.
So, if you'd like to put your mobile music pictures in the group, click here and I'll add you.
So, if you'd like to put your mobile music pictures in the group, click here and I'll add you.
If you're into mobile music you should be reading iOS Musician
There are some great sites for mobile musicians now, and iOS Musicians is one of the best. If you don't know it then you really should take a look.
New iPad app coming from the maker of Audio Mastering Studio
You might remember I posted some pictures a little while ago of old style reel to reel and cassette multitrack hardware. Well this is the app that's coming, and I'm really excited about it!
Details? Yep, here.
Pearl Guitar: beta test (video from Amidio)
Description:
"Our secret project, Pearl Guitar is an carefully tuned virtual representation of the legendary vintage 1979 Martin & Co dreadnaught, one of the best acoustic guitars in the world. Coming soon! The sound is still being tuned."
C.24, the modular iPad Keyboard still on Kickstarter with over a week to go
Of course, all the $99 units have gone, but the $149 units are still really good value (in my view) so it's well worth a look.
A little bit of destro ...
Right here, from the developer. Just in case you were wondering what Anaphobia Destro actually sounded like.
iOS Music Community adds groups
There's a few groups already over at the iOS Music Community site. Go take a look.
IK Multimedia's iRIG Mix 30 % off until the 8th of August
According to Musical Android anyway, so if you were thinking of getting this bit of hardware from IKM, now might be the right time.
About the audiobus routes of the day
I got this comment about my Audiobus routes of the day and I thought I should answer some of the points:
- I don't have a financial interest in Audiobus.
- Audiobus route of the day isn't a gimmick, it's just a bit of fun
- I will consider uploading something to SoundCloud from occasional routes, but only occasionally as a lot of times I just play and don't record anything.
Anaphobia Destro 1.1
Arrived. Here's what's new:
- Audiobus support
- Audio recording
- Recorded audio export
- 1 octave (range 3 octaves) keyboard/ribbon controller
- Mixer view moved out of settings view
- Selectable MIDI channel (1-16) for playing from external app or device
- Selectable audio buffer size (64,128,256,512 and 1024 samples)
BPOW needs your support
Another plug for this event on kickstarter ...
From the creator of the Molecule synth comes the Battery Powered Orchestra Workshop! In Portland on the 10th of August.
BPOW (Battery Powered Orchestra Workshop) is a 2-day interactive festival dedicated to the art of salvaged sound and DIY electronics. Encompassing two days of workshops, performances and culminating in a DIY public jam session, BPOW!!! wants to show Portland that even the simplest circuit configurations can bring forth unprecedented levels of ROCK.
Anything new for the wait list?
It's Monday, is there anything that needs adding into the wait list? Let me know if there is, or just take a look and see what's coming up.
Anaphobia Mini 1.1 submitted
Here's what's coming:
- Audiobus support
- Updated UI
- Retina 4″ support
- Selectable audio buffer size (64, 128, 256, 512 and 1024 samples)
- Various improvements
Don't update Orphion
The crippled version is finally with us, so whatever you do, don't update your version. Just let it sit there doing nothing. Perhaps Apple will see the error of their ways at some point and relent and let us do interesting things with gestures, aside from the kind of gestures you may wish to make in their general direction at the moment.
And today's route on the (Audio)bus is ... (actually a rebuttal)
So, not mine, but one I'd try out for sure.
Here's the best of what happened this week, in the weekly round up
Another busy week for the mobile music world, although it does seem to have been a bit quieter, which might be simply due to all the problems with the Apple developer portal. Who knows.
Anyway, here are the highlights from the last week:
New apps:
Apps getting on the Audiobus:
Kickstarter campaigns in flight:
Generally useful:
Other interesting things:
Events:
Anyway, here are the highlights from the last week:
New apps:
- LH Grain arrived
- AUFX: Space arrives from Kymatica and is my app of the week
- djay 2 for iPhone arrives
- djay 2 for iPad arrives
Apps getting on the Audiobus:
- Super Manetron is now on the bus
Kickstarter campaigns in flight:
- The Battery Powered Orchestra Workshop is still looking for funding and is a great cause to support
- Miselu's C.14 has only just over a week to go now
Generally useful:
- Bossjock reviews several podcasting mic options. Well worth a read
- Music Apps Blog has a very good page of resources for iOS musicians
Other interesting things:
- Miselu are interested in hearing from their backers about what expansion options they want.
- If you're interested in cassettes then the cassette documentary trailer is available
- Matrixsynth turned 8 years old
- Sunsine announce effectus, 4 new stereo effects for Audulus
Events:
- Brighton Mini Maker Faire tickets now available
BPOW is getting close to its target ...
Another plug for this event ...
From the creator of the Molecule synth comes the Battery Powered Orchestra Workshop! In Portland on the 10th of August.
BPOW (Battery Powered Orchestra Workshop) is a 2-day interactive festival dedicated to the art of salvaged sound and DIY electronics. Encompassing two days of workshops, performances and culminating in a DIY public jam session, BPOW!!! wants to show Portland that even the simplest circuit configurations can bring forth unprecedented levels of ROCK.
Auria update
Auria updates. Here's what's new:
- Import from AudioShare menu item
- New CoreAudio mode settings. Allows choosing between legacy, standard and MultiRoute modes.
- New optional FXpansion plugins available: BusComp and ChanComp
- Various bug fixes. See our forum for more info
iOS Music and You interviews Alexander Randon, developer of Arpeggionome Pro
Well worth the read. Another nice interview from iOS Music and You.
guitarism - pocket acoustic guitar updated
Here's what's new:
- Triple Play renamed to Quadroplay
- Since it lets you play 4 instruments
- No more confusion with other "Triple Play" products!
Musical Android on Caustic 3.0 Alpha
Some initial impressions from Musical Android on the new version of Caustic which is in alpha at the moment. Sounds pretty amazing. I might have to dive in too soon.
And today's route on the (Audio)bus is ...
Quite good fun as it happens. Enjoyed playing with this one.
Developer of the week is: Audiobus !
As you all know what it does (I expect) there's no need to explain why, but I though it was worth saying. So Audiobus is my developer of the week this week as they've changed the way we do things in a big way and I hope that in the coming weeks and months we see Audiobus develop and bring us new ways to connect our apps and do even more interesting and extreme things!
Thanks Audiobus.
Thanks Audiobus.
TÉHU LOOP SESSION #19, using TB Midi Stuff template
Maschine MKI+Maschine MKII+Ipad
Ipad Custom Template (TB Midi Stuff)
Ribbon controller to Polyvok Station VSTi
X/Y to controller Master FX (Delay+Filter)
One-shot samples, no pre-recorded loops
App of the week is: AUFX: Space
I do like apps from Kymatica and AUFX:Space is no exception. When I initially heard about AUFX:Space I wasn't sure how good an app could be that was just a reverb. I shouldn't have worried. This app is amazing. It has so much to offer, and the quality of the reverb itself is amazing.
So AUFX:Space is my app of the week, and I suggest that you give it a try.
So AUFX:Space is my app of the week, and I suggest that you give it a try.
Konkreet Labs: LEGACY Prototype Video # 5 - Visualiser
Video description:
"In this series we'd like to share some of our very first prototypes with you, that led to KONKREET PERFORMER.
konkreetlabs.com/overview/
Aii... The app is almost finished, and we are exploring ways to have the KONKREET graphics on a second screen for projection, over WI-FI! The Beta was used by Stephan Bodzin and Mark Romboy on their LUNA Tour 2011."
Konkreet Labs: LEGACY Prototype Video # 4 - Pinch & Fading
Video description:
"In this series we'd like to share some of our very first prototypes with you, that led to KONKREET PERFORMER.
konkreetlabs.com/overview/
This was an early try-out of throwing objects away to turn it off. The colourful floral circles were mainly for debugging, but isn't it cute!?"
And of course, what they ended up with was Konkreet Performer ...
Konkreet Labs: LEGACY Prototype Video # 3 - iPad synth note triggering
Video description:
"In this series we'd like to share some of our very first prototypes with you, that led to KONKREET PERFORMER.
konkreetlabs.com/overview/
Here we are exploring some throwing and bouncing of objects to trigger notes."
And of course, what they ended up with was Konkreet Performer ...
Konkreet Labs: LEGACY Prototype Video # 2 - iPod wifi & OSC
Video description:
"In this series we'd like to share some of our very first prototypes with you, that led to KONKREET PERFORMER.
konkreetlabs.com/overview/
These were our very first OSC and gesture tests."
And of course, what they ended up with was Konkreet Performer ...
Konkreet Labs: LEGACY Prototype Video # 1 - OF Bezier & onboard synth
Video description:
"In this series we'd like to share some of our very first prototypes with you, that led to KONKREET PERFORMER.
konkreetlabs.com/overview/
Remember this video is from early 2010, so the iPad didn't exist yet. So this lovely iPod was our first toy to explore gestures, generative graphics and sound. And well... we quickly realized NO ONBOARD SOUND!!"
And of course, what they ended up with was Konkreet Performer ...
Music Hack Space at the Elephant and Castle Mini Maker Faire
Just a short clip of this amazing music machine.
And today's route on the (Audio)bus is ...
Ok, a variation on yesterday, or rather, a build on yesterday, but again, loving the AUFX:Space addition in this. I can't stress enough how impressed I am with AUFX:Space.
djay 2 for iPad arrives
50% OFF - SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE - FIRST WEEK ONLY!
Ready to rock your next party? Introducing djay 2 - the next generation of the world's best-selling iOS DJ software and winner of the Apple Design Award has been redesigned from the ground up.
djay transforms your iPad into a full–featured DJ system. Seamlessly integrated with your music library, djay gives you direct access to all your favorite songs and playlists on your iPad. You can perform live, record mixes on–the–go, or enable Automix mode to let djay create a seamless mix for you automatically. Whether you are a professional DJ or a beginner who just loves to play with music, djay offers you the most intuitive yet powerful DJ experience on an iPad.
WHAT'S NEW IN DJAY 2
New User Interface
- Multiple Performance Layers: easily switch between turntables, waveforms, and the sampler to take your DJ performance to the next level
- Single Deck Mode: rotate your device to focus on an individual deck with larger controls
- Parallel Scrolling Wave View: touch and interact with two songs side-by-side
- Colored Waveforms: visually find sounds, such as drums, vocals or base lines, using a frequency based color mapping
- Spectral Timeline: visually identify song structure, intro, chorus and verse for quick song navigation
- Slice Mode: turn the beats in the waveform into temporary hot cues and remix on the fly
- Slip Mode: scratch your music without interrupting the flow as it snaps back in time on release
- Beat-Grids: use auto-detected visual beat markers for precise cueing and beat matching
- Sample Player: tap any of the 12 sample pads to trigger sounds from the pre-bundled content
- Sample Recorder: record live from playing decks to create your own one-shot samples
- Custom Presets: assign samples, color-code individual pads and save it as a custom preset
- Song Queue: quickly build a playlist for requests and upcoming songs
- History Playlists: see what has already been played during your session and easily recreate a great mix later
- Instant Preview: tap and hold a song in the library to preview it before loading it to the deck
- Advanced Sorting: rearrange playlists by BPM, title, artist, or time
- Analyze Library: pre-analyze your library so BPM, waveforms etc. are instantly available when loading a song
- Full-Screen Mode: dynamically expand your library to browse songs more easily
- Light & Dark Theme: adjust your library theme for maximum readability depending on lighting
- Perfect Sync™: seamlessly blend songs together for a perfect transition or mashup
- Loop-FX: remix live by swiping across the XY-pad for beat-matched loops with simultaneous filtering
- Direct music library access
- Automix
- Audio FX: Flanger, Phaser, Echo, Gate, Bit Crusher, Filter
- Mixer, tempo, and EQ controls
- Looping
- Cue Points
- Recording
- Pre-Cueing with headphones (using Griffin DJ Cable or multi-channel audio interface)
- Advanced time-stretching (Key Lock)
- Automatic beat detection
- Auto-Gain
- Pitch-Bend
- iCloud integration to sync metadata
- AirPlay integration
- iTunes Store integration
- Support for all major audio formats (no support for DRM protected songs)
- Support for DJ MIDI Controllers: Vestax Spin 2, Numark iDJ Pro, Numark Mixdeck Quad, Numark iDJ Live, Numark iDJ Live II, ION iDJ 2 Go, Pioneer DDJ-WeGo, and Pioneer DDJ-Ergo
djay 2 for iPad supports iPad mini, iPad 2, iPad 3, and the new iPad 4 running iOS 6 or later.
the app is priced at $4.99.
djay 2 for iPhone arrives
50% OFF - SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE - FIRST WEEK ONLY!
Here's the app's details:
Ready to rock your next party? Introducing djay 2 - the next generation of the world's best-selling iOS DJ software and winner of the Apple Design Award has been redesigned from the ground up.
djay transforms your iPhone into a full–featured DJ system. Seamlessly integrated with your music library, djay gives you direct access to all your favorite songs and playlists on your iPhone. You can perform live, record mixes on–the–go, or enable Automix mode to let djay create a seamless mix for you automatically. Whether you are a professional DJ or a beginner who just loves to play with music, djay offers you the most intuitive yet powerful DJ experience on an iPhone or iPod touch.
WHAT'S NEW IN DJAY 2
New User Interface
- Multiple Performance Layers: easily switch between turntables, waveforms, and the sampler to take your DJ performance to the next level
- Single Deck Mode: rotate your device to focus on an individual deck with larger controls
- Parallel Scrolling Wave View: touch and interact with two songs side-by-side
- Colored Waveforms: visually find sounds, such as drums, vocals or base lines, using a frequency based color mapping
- Spectral Timeline: visually identify song structure, intro, chorus and verse for quick song navigation
- Slice Mode: turn the beats in the waveform into temporary hot cues and remix on the fly
- Slip Mode: scratch your music without interrupting the flow as it snaps back in time on release
- Beat-Grids: use auto-detected visual beat markers for precise cueing and beat matching
- Sample Player: tap any of the 8 sample pads to trigger sounds from the pre-bundled content
- Sample Recorder: record live from playing decks to create your own one-shot samples
- Custom Presets: assign samples, color-code individual pads and save it as a custom preset
- Song Queue: quickly build a playlist for requests and upcoming songs
- History Playlists: see what has already been played during your session and easily recreate a great mix later
- Instant Preview: tap and hold a song in the library to preview it before loading it to the deck
- Advanced Sorting: rearrange playlists by BPM, title, artist, or time
- Analyze Library: pre-analyze your library so BPM, waveforms etc. are instantly available when loading a song
- Light & Dark Theme: adjust your library theme for maximum readability depending on lighting
- Perfect Sync™: seamlessly blend songs together for a perfect transition or mashup
- Loop-FX: remix live by swiping across the XY-pad for beat-matched loops with simultaneous filtering
- Direct music library access
- Automix
- Audio FX: Flanger, Phaser, Echo, Gate, Bit Crusher, Filter
- Mixer, tempo, and EQ controls
- Looping
- Cue Points
- Recording
- Pre-Cueing with headphones (using Griffin DJ Cable or multi-channel audio interface)
- Advanced time-stretching (Key Lock)
- Automatic beat detection
- Auto-Gain
- Pitch-Bend
- iCloud integration to sync metadata
- AirPlay integration
- iTunes Store integration
- Support for all major audio formats (no support for DRM protected songs)
- Support for DJ MIDI Controllers: Vestax Spin 2, Numark Mixdeck Quad, Numark iDJ Live, Numark iDJ Live II, and ION iDJ 2 Go
djay 2 for iPhone supports iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch 4th and 5th generation running iOS 6 or later.
djay 2 for iPhone is priced at $0.99.
Musical Android reviews IKM's iRig Microphone
Want to know the outcome of this expansive review from Musical Android? You'll find it here.
vjay for iPhone is also free for now
Another no brainer. Why wouldn't you grab this while it's free?
vjay for iPad is currently free
Yep, vjay is free for now, grab it while you can, it'll only be free for a limited time now.
EarWizard is now universal
A nice update for EarWizard:
- EarWizard is now a universal app (optimized for iPad)
- Introducing Japanese translation
- Small bug fixes and improvements
Alchemy Mobile group on SoundCloud
A new group for Alchemy Mobile users on SoundCloud. If you're a user then post your sounds ...
Scotch Box Synthesizer - Synth effects
Erik Bell says ...
"Here are the "special effects" on my Scotch Box Synthesizer.
Demonstrated first is the capacitor; where one button produces sounds from it draining and the other from it charging. Then is the "Special effects Generator" which produces a rhythmic effect. Then the "Stepped Tone Generator" or "Atari Punk Console" which creates arpeggios from the input tone. Give it a high note and you'll get lots of results. Give it a low note and you'll just get one or two. Last up is a riff based on a combination of the capacitor and "Atari Punk Console." The riff is a happy accident I created late one night; and I hope many more happy accidents are waiting.
Every circuit on this contraption is based on designs by Forest Mims III, who writes books for beginning electronic enthusiasts. Check out his Wikipedia entry, you'll be amazed."
New Nexus 7 is coming, and?
Google have announced their new Nexus 7 which is coming soon, but what could it mean for anyone making music on Android? Not a huge amount from what I can read about it. Yes, it's got a faster processor, CPU is 1.8x and I think I read GPU is at 4x, which is impressive. But will the Android OS be able to deliver low latency any time soon?
Synth DIY UK 2013
Details of Synth DIY UK are available here. The event is this Saturday in Cambridge. It looks like Olivier from Mutable Instruments is going, and sadly, I can't again this year.
Wish I could! If you go, please let me have a few pictures.
Wish I could! If you go, please let me have a few pictures.
iOS Podcast Microphones: The Bossjock Approved Class of 2013
If you're looking for mics for podcasting with your iOS device then you have to read this post from Bossjock. There's lots of detail in here.
MIDI Designer Pro sale continues through this weekend
Excellent news, the MIDI Designer Pro sale continues through this weekend with the price down from $24.99 to just $11.99.
And today's route on the (Audio)bus is ...
Completely amazing! I love AUFX: Space. I'm taken aback by just how flexible an effect it is. Really, really good stuff.
QOTD: What would make you change platforms?
Let's face it, for the most part iOS is the go to platform for mobile music. Android is getting better, but it's still a long way behind in many ways. But what if that changed? What if some new hardware or software came along for a mobile platform other than iOS?
What is it that would make you decide to change over?
What is it that would make you decide to change over?
Apple bringing new products this Autumn and into 2014 ... So?
From their earnings call yeterday Apple have said that they have new products on the way to us for later this year and into 2014. All great, but what? And, more importantly, what will make the biggest difference for mobile musicians?
Whilst speed is always good I really want to see more innovation from them. Yes, iOS7 is nice and I'm sure there'll be things in there which will help (inter-app audio?), but I don't want to buy my next iPad just for the speed bump. I want more. What that is, well I don't know as yet.
What would you like to see, and what do you think will make the biggest difference for mobile music?
Whilst speed is always good I really want to see more innovation from them. Yes, iOS7 is nice and I'm sure there'll be things in there which will help (inter-app audio?), but I don't want to buy my next iPad just for the speed bump. I want more. What that is, well I don't know as yet.
What would you like to see, and what do you think will make the biggest difference for mobile music?
Support the BPOW!
Another plug for this event ...
From the creator of the Molecule synth comes the Battery Powered Orchestra Workshop! In Portland on the 10th of August.
BPOW (Battery Powered Orchestra Workshop) is a 2-day interactive festival dedicated to the art of salvaged sound and DIY electronics. Encompassing two days of workshops, performances and culminating in a DIY public jam session, BPOW!!! wants to show Portland that even the simplest circuit configurations can bring forth unprecedented levels of ROCK.
Palm Sounds flickr group
I've posted about this before recently as I've been wondering about this group. Should I revive it? Would anyone like to be involved too? I think that now that flickr have beefed up their account limits it'd be a lot easier.
So, if you'd like to put your mobile music pictures in the group, click here and I'll add you.
So, if you'd like to put your mobile music pictures in the group, click here and I'll add you.
The App Store turned 5 so here's 5 things I'd like them to do ...
I know it was a little while ago, but here are a few simple things that I think would make the app store a bit easier to use ...
- Upgrade pricing - I don't think it should be beyond the abilities of Apple to introduce this. I know it would almost certainly add complexity and in some cases it wouldn't be popular with users, but it could help developers to continue to support apps with new features rather than the current process of having to issue a whole new version on a big upgrade.
- Make wish lists accessible on the iPhone and iPad. I love my wish list on iTunes but it would be so much better if I could see it and add to it on my iPhone.
- More categories. Just having music is not enough. I'd like to see it split down into more categories and perhaps have one just for cat pianos and similar apps, so I can avoid those. At the very least we should get a music production category.
- More price points and simpler pricing.
- Allow users to go back to a previous version. I think it would be much easier if we could downgrade apps on our devices. Not just when things go wrong, but for use with older devices too. Of course this would be especially useful when iOS7 brings auto updates.
Windows Mobile app of the day: Griff (Promo film)
For a variety of reasons I was feeling a bit retro, so I thought I'd show some love for Griff for the ancient Windows Mobile.
Enjoy ...
The business of apps: The History of App Pricing, And Why Most Apps Are Free
An interesting piece from the flurry blog about app pricing. Certainly of use to developers, but also might be of interest to users.
Really getting back into Reactable
Do you ever get the situation where even though an app is really good and worth using you just don't use it for no good reason at all?
Well I sort of had that with Reactable Mobile for a while now. Using it again with Audiobus has reminded me just how much you can do with it and how interesting an app it is.
It does make me think about other apps that I'm just not using to their capacity, or have ended up overlooking. So perhaps I need to have a hunt around?
Harmonizer from binaura (video)
Althought this isn't mobile it is from binaura who makes some very nice Android apps.
Here's the description:
Harmonizer is a musical instrument for studying diatonic scales through harmonic motions. Diatonic scales are serving as the basis for a wide range of music including folk songs, jazz, classical music. This instrument introduces modal scales, pentatonic and a few of the different minor / major structures. Harmonic motion is based on simple trigonometric pendulums (sinus, cosines, etc) that describes really organic motions. The goal of Harmonizer is to collide these two concepts and see what happens.
Try it yourself: http://www.binaura.net/stc/wrx/Harmon... (note: code is using Canvas & WebAudio. It has been tested with latest Chrome, Firefox, Safari (on OSX 10.7.5))
Hands on demo of the Korg Kaossilator 2
Thought I'd post this as I'm just getting to grips with my K2 and I found it interesting.
Back in 2006: My post on the Chronology of Palm Music on Tam Hanna
I'd all but forgotten this piece I'd written for Tam Hanna's blog.
In need of some retro toy keyboard love?
If so, visit miniorgan, and you'll find your fill of toys, keyboards, calculators and other unlikely music making objects.
It's pretty awesome actually.
It's pretty awesome actually.
Please support the BPOW! (Battery Powered Orchestra Workshop)
I mentioned this yesterday, but as I think that stuff like this is really important you're going to hear a lot about it from me ...
From the creator of the Molecule synth comes the Battery Powered Orchestra Workshop! In Portland on the 10th of August.
BPOW (Battery Powered Orchestra Workshop) is a 2-day interactive festival dedicated to the art of salvaged sound and DIY electronics. Encompassing two days of workshops, performances and culminating in a DIY public jam session, BPOW!!! wants to show Portland that even the simplest circuit configurations can bring forth unprecedented levels of ROCK.
Miselu's C.24 still has over 2 weeks to go on kickstarter
All the $99 units have gone, but the $149 units are still really good value so it's well worth a look.
Molecule Synth and Monotron
Sorry about the poor video quality, I should've made sure it focused in before I started, but I really liked the results so I kept it.
Soft circuits workshop at the V&A
I posted about this workshop before, but as it's coming up this weekend I thought it might be a good idea to remind you in case you were thinking of going along.
Echo Pad - Multi Effects Processor update
Here's what's new in version 1.4.6:
- updated graphics
- new Wow and Flutter slider emulates subtle pitch shifts that occur on vintage tape echoes due to slight mechanical tape speed fluctuations, worn tape, etc.
- To access Wow and Flutter, touch and hold the BLUE control ring for 0.5 second. Touch and hold again to hide the panel of sliders.
- minor bugfixes
effectus - 4 stereo effects for audulus
Sunsine Audio is pleased to announce Effectus - 4 Stereo Effects for Audulus.
Effectus contains 4 stereo effects ready for standalone or Audiobus use.
Shifter -
Shifter contains a pitch shift section as well as a ring mod section. Both can be used independently or mixed together as well as mixed with the original signal. This is the free demo instrument.
Binary (Chop) and Binary (RIng) -
Binary is an amplitude modulator or gate device, and comes in two flavors. Binary (Chop) allows exploration of slower speed stereo gating effects while Binary (Ring) brings the amplitude modulation into the audio range, producing ring modulation effects with a different tone than the "traditional" ring modulation in Shifter produces.
Mothra -
Mothra is a sequenced and filtered reverb. Each input is individually fed through a network of distortion devices, simple low pass filters, and reverbs which are then delivered to a 16 step sequencer providing strange stereo and resonant spaces which can be "stepped" through.
Time Gap -
Time Gap is a filtered stereo delay with cross feed between the left and right channels. A simple high pass filter is followed by three delay units with two resonant low pass filters placed between them, delays can be cross fed at two points in the signal chain.
- 4 Stereo Effects
- 5 .audulus files
- Easy Installation Instructions
Available from - www.sunsineaudio.com
Audulus on the app store:
AUFX:Space from Kymatica arrives
A new app from the maker of the great BitWiz and AudioShare. Here's the detail:
High quality real time reverb audio effect.
This app is the first in the AUFX series, a collection of simple and powerful audio effect apps.
High quality real time reverb audio effect.
This app is the first in the AUFX series, a collection of simple and powerful audio effect apps.
- High quality 32-bit DSP engine.
- A multitude of parameters to tweak to get a wide range of sounds.
- Process hardware input/output
- Process other apps through Audiobus (input/filter/output slots supported).
- Ready for the future inter-app audio standard.
- Save and load user presets.
- Comes with several bundled presets.
- Fully MIDI controllable, including Virtual MIDI.
- Background Audio.
- Record the result directly in app.
- Email recordings or export to AudioShare audio document manager app.
- Access user presets and recordings through iTunes File Sharing.