Now this looks really interesting. A new synth app has just arrived, called TubeSynth, and it comes with a warning too! I'm very keen to give this a try too.
New concept of electric music instrument/sequencer. A tube synth consists of several key wave forms which are smoothly connected. Its shape is formed by key waves which are converted in polar-coordinates.
- adjustable Interval duration of each key wave.
- adjustable pitch and amplitude at each key wave.
- Variety of interpolation methods to form waves.
- Adding harmonics and subharmonics with weight.
- Adding reverb.
WARNING!
Some waveform with rapid changes in sound pressure could be damageing to your ears at high amplitudes or for long periods. Please avoid using earphones or headphones when editing waveforms.
TubeSynth costs $2.99 on the app store and is universal:
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I bought this just before you posted your article on it. It turns out to be one of those apps that I seriously take a dislike to, and for one reason. Here’s a piece of an email I just sent off to the manufacturers (who have all probably gone home for the weekend):
“Where’s the documentation or help in tube synth? It’s my most frequent criticism on the app store feedback — app manufacturers thinking that they can charge me money for some unfinished product that has no documentation, no help, and no manual at all. This is not some guessing game, I’m the customer — I don’t expect hurdles and obstacles when I’ve given you my money.
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Without documentation, help or a manual, you’ll get a lot of criticism.”
I must entirely agree with my precessor.
No manual?
No midi?
The principle looks promissing, but needs lots of help...
I’ve had a good reply from the manufacturers! To quote some:
“Audiobus and IAA:
At the moment it doesn't have audiobus nor IAA function. i will work on this as soon as possible and update it.
MIDI:
TubeSynth doesn't work with midi. even you set base freq to 440Hz, its actual pitch doesn't much with midi pitch because the spectrum of the sound changes depending on its wave form. hence, i don't have plan to have midi input or output at the moment.
Clock rate of sequencer:
you can not change clock rate. All you can do is change durations of each block in "sequence edit"
i will consider about this function.
Shape Rotation:
It's just for graphical purpose and its speed has nothing to do with sound it make.
originally i was thinking to rotate it faster depending on frequency, but since each block can have a different frequency, i could not implement it.
Please accept my apology for not having instructions or documents, and I appreciate your opinion.”
To which I replied:
“You should quickly point out in the iTunes description that it has no implemented audiobus/IAA as yet, and also has no midi in/out. You may lose a small handful of sales over this, but those would be precisely the people who would have discovered the disappointment and left harsh negative reviews as a result (ie, one star: useless app, etc). To avoid disappointing those customers by not having them as customers initially would be a positive step.”
So, good response, and we’ll see where this goes. It is technically interesting, and if it can later fit into a conventional iPad audio recording workflow, might work for the occasional special effect here and there in our music.
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