OrangeAid for iPad gives you a comprehensive Reason controller

I'm not a reason user, so I can't comment on if this is a good tool or not, but it looks like it's got a lot going for it. Here's the app's description:

OrangeAid turns your iPad into a control surface for Reason and Reason Essentials, giving you seamless integration with all your favorite Rack devices. Whether you're tweaking away in search of that new synth lead, making beats, recording or performing OrangeAid is ready to help.

• Create your own layouts to control your Rack devices, song files and play instruments the way you want, all from within the app.
• Parameter mapping is a breeze with OrangeAid. Just browse the built-in lists and tap to map!
• OrangeAid can follow the Master Keyboard input in Reason. Change tracks in the Sequencer and your rack layouts automatically change to match the new device.
• You can also use Reason’s surface locking to stay focused on a specific instrument or effect.
• Handy Transport, Track & Patch controls are always available.
• Super-fine parameter control for Knobs, Sliders & Pitch Wheel.
• Designed to take full advantage of Propellerhead Software's Remote technology for complete, two-way communication with Reason.
• Works alongside your existing hardware MIDI control surfaces & keyboards.
• Connect to Reason using Wi-Fi, MIDI over Bluetooth LE or with a wired connection using class-compliant equipment.

SUPPORTED RACK DEVICES
Instruments

• Redrum Drum Computer
• SubTractor Analog Synthesizer
• ID8 Instrument Device
• Dr. Octo Rex Loop Player
• NN-XT Advanced Sampler

Effects

• Scream 4 Distortion
• RV7000 Advanced Reverb
• Line 6 Guitar Amp
• Line 6 Bass Amp
• MClass Equalizer
• MClass Compressor
• MClass Maximizer
• MClass Stereo Imager
• DDL-1 Digital Delay Line
• CF-101 Chorus/Flanger

Utilities

• Combinator
• Matrix Pattern Sequencer
• Mixer 14:2
• Line Mixer 6:2

Other

• Sequencer
• Transport
• ReGroove Mixer

AVAILABLE WITH THE PRO UPGRADE
Instruments

• Kong Drum Designer
• Thor Polysonic Synthesizer
• Malstrom Graintable Synthesizer
• NN19 Digital Sampler
• External MIDI Instrument

Effects

• Pulveriser Demolition
• The Echo
• Alligator Filter Gate
• BV512 Digital Vocoder
• Neptune Pitch Adjuster
• RV-7 Digital Reverb
• D-11 Foldback Distortion
• ECF-42 Envelope Controlled Filter
• PH-90 Phaser
• UN-16 Unison
• COMP-01 Compressor/Limiter
• PEQ-2 Two Band Parametric EQ

Utilities

• RPG-8 Monophonic Arpeggiator

RACK EXTENSIONS
Support for individual Rack Extensions is available with separate In-App Purchases

• Audiomatic Retro Transformer
• A-List Acoustic Guitarist
• A-List Electric Guitarist - Pop Chords
• A-List Electric Guitarist - Power Chords
• Parsec Spectral Synthesizer
• Polar Dual Pitch Shifter
• Pulsar Dual LFO
• PX7 FM Synthesizer
• Radical Keys
• Radical Piano
• Rotor Rotary Speaker
• Softube Amp
• Softube Bass Amp
• Synchronous Effect Modulator

That’s only the beginning - support for more and more Rack Extensions will be added with regular updates.


WAIT - WHAT ABOUT THE MIXER?
Mixer support is coming soon, and there are many other features in the pipeline. If you have suggestions for new features or ways to improve OrangeAid, please get in touch!
Email: contact@soundzest.com
Twitter: @soundzest
Or you can use the feedback form in the app.

REQUIREMENTS
Compatible with iPad 2 or later and iPad mini or later. Requires iOS 7 or later.

Requires Reason 6.5 or later, or Reason Essentials 1.5 or later, with the accompanying OrangeAid Remote Codec installed (download from http://www.soundzest.com/support/).

Wi-Fi connection to a Windows PC requires 3rd-party software.

MIDI over Bluetooth LE requires a compatible iPad running iOS 8 or later, and a compatible Mac running OS X Yosemite v10.10. or later.

Wired connections require MIDI interfaces that support SysEx.

Visit http://www.soundzest.com/orangeaid/ for more information.

Reason, Reason Essentials and Remote are trademarks of Propellerhead Software AB. References or use of logos or trademarks do not necessarily constitute or imply an endorsement or recommendation by Propellerhead Software.

What's New

• Layout auto-switching. Set OrangeAid to follow Reason’s Master Keyboard input, or use surface locking to control a specific device, and your Rack layouts automatically change to match.
• Layout Quick Picker. Open or add another layout without having to navigate to the Layout Organizer and back again.
• Super-fine parameter control for Knobs, Sliders & Pitch Wheel. While touching a control, move your finger off to the side (or above/below for the Horizontal Slider) to change the parameter value more precisely. The further away you move, the more precise it gets.
• Filter by Parameter. Mountains might be mountains in Zen, but buttons are not always buttons in the Rack. Sometimes they're really switches (yes, I’m looking at you Mr Combinator!) Use ‘Filter by Parameter’ in the controls list to find control types guaranteed to match a particular parameter.
• Bluetooth LE MIDI. If your iPad supports it, you can use Bluetooth LE MIDI to connect to a Mac running OS X Yosemite v10.10. or later.
• Transport, Track & Patch controls always available in the toolbar.
• Someone pointed out there are other colors besides orange. Yes, it’s true! And, as it happens, they’re quite handy for telling your Oscillator 1 from your Oscillator 2.
• Improved syncing between OrangeAid and Reason.
• Added support for devices in the full version of Reason with the OrangeAid Pro Upgrade In-App Purchase.
• Added support for Propellerhead Rack Extensions with individual In-App Purchases.
• iOS 9 compatibility.
• A thousand other little fixes & tweaks that all add up to make things better.

 OrangeAid costs $9.99 on the app store, plus IAPs as described above.

Modstep arrives, a massive sequencer for iOS on your iPad ...

Introducing Modstep, Modulation Monster and the first full-blown MIDI sequencer for the iPad. Modstep allows you to create music and jam with your iPad and your favorite IAA Apps, Mac and PC software and MIDI hardware as well as the internal drum sampler and synth. Use it as the centerpiece of your setup to create and perform music on the go, in the studio and on stage.

FEATURES:

• Full-blown MIDI sequencer with Step Sequencer and Piano Roll
• Unlimited MIDI tracks
• Audio and MIDI streaming directly via charger cable to Mac and PC using studiomux technology
• Up to 128 MIDI CCs per Track can be modulated
• Built-in drum sampler with filter, delay and reverb, fully modulateable
• Built-in synthesizer with filter, delay and reverb, fully modulateable
• Templates to control external MIDI hardware
• Template editor to create your own templates for IAA Apps, desktop Apps and external MIDI devices
• Supports all MIDI interfaces for the iPad
• Core functionality controllable via external MIDI controllers
• Works on all iPads (iPad 1 restricted to MIDI only)
• Trigger out
• Integrated IAA mixer
• Step Sequencer with active steps
• Use third party IAAs as instruments and effects within one app

Requirements:
iOS 8 or later
for audio and MIDI streaming to a Mac or PC, the studiomux server software is required: get the latest for free at studiomux.net

Modstep costs $19.99 on the app store:

djay Pro - Professional DJ App now on iPad (video)

Video description:

"djay Pro provides a complete toolkit for performing DJs. Built exclusively for iPad, djay Pro seamlessly integrates with your media library and Spotify, giving you instant access to millions of tracks. Pristine sound quality and a powerful set of features including high-definition waveforms, four decks, and video mixing give you endless creative flexibility to take your sets to new heights."

Algoriddim releases djay Pro for iPad

djay Pro provides a complete toolkit for performing DJs. Built exclusively for iPad, djay Pro seamlessly integrates with your media library and Spotify, giving you instant access to millions of tracks. Pristine sound quality and a powerful set of features including high-definition waveforms, four decks, and video mixing give you endless creative flexibility to take your sets to new heights.

FEATURES OVERVIEW

Powerful DJ Interface

• Jog Wheels
• Waveforms
• Four Decks
• Sampler
• Video
• Landscape & Portrait Modes

Spotify Integration

• Instant access to over 20 million songs
• Playlists, Songs, Charts, Browse
• Match: cloud-based song recommendations powered by The Echo Nest
• Instant access to BPM and Key information through the cloud
• On-the-fly playlist editing and song saving
• Drag & Drop from Spotify app
• Powerful audio streaming technology: ultra-low latency, advanced effects, on-the-fly analysis
• Video Integration
• Video library with pre-bundled content
• Video mixing and scratching
• Transitions
• Music Visualizers
• Visual FX
• Title & image overlays
• A/V recording
• Support for external displays and Airplay

Four Deck Mixing

• Horizontal / vertical layouts
• Crossfader assignments (left, right, thru)

Music Library

• Spotify + iTunes
• Video library
• History and Queue
• Instant preview
• Light / dark mode
• Expanded mode

Waveform Layouts

• Horizontal / vertical
• Two deck / four deck
• Variable zoom level

Sampler

• Live sampling and preset editing
• Pre-bundled content by Loopmasters
• Pre-bundled samples by DJQbert

Recording

• Live Audio Recording
• Live Video Recording

Automix

• Automatic, beat-matched mixes
• Queue and Playlist automation
• Automatic transitions
• Automix Radio powered by The Echo Nest

Advanced DJ Tools

• Sync
• Cue Points
• Looping
• Skipping
• Scrubbing
• Slip Mode
• Beat grid editing

Audio FX

• Over 30 state-of-the-art audio effects powered by Sugar Bytes (available via In-App Purchase)
• Up to three chain-able audio effects per deck
• XY-Pad and Instant FX

Audio Processing

• Advanced time-stretching (up to +- 75%)
• Pitch shifting (up to +- 1 octave)
• Audio mixing with adjustable crossfader curves
• EQ, panning, and highpass/lowpass filtering
• Audio Limiter

Audio Analysis

• BPM and beat detection
• Flexible beat grids with support for dynamic tempo
• Frequency-based colored waveforms
• Key detection
• Auto-gain / Normalize
• Multi-core batch analysis

Hardware Integration

• Native support for DJ controllers including Reloop Beatpad, Pioneer DDJ-WeGO, Numark Mixdeck Quad, Numark iDJ Pro
• Support for multi-channel USB audio interfaces

Optimized for iPad Pro

• Smart Keyboard integration (over 70 keyboard shortcuts)
• Advanced iOS 9 Multitasking integration (Slide Over, Split view, and Portrait modes)
• Full HD video capture and rendering (1080p)
• Support for 4K videos
• AirPlay Integration
• iPad camera integration
• 60 frames per second graphics rendering
• iCloud integration: syncs cue points, grid edits, and metadata with iOS and Mac versions of djay

djay Pro is compatible with any iPad running iOS 8 or later.

A Spotify Premium subscription and an internet connection is required to access the Spotify music catalog from djay Pro. A free trial of Spotify Premium is available to all djay Pro users.

To use songs from iCloud in djay Pro please download them first via the Music app. No support for DRM protected songs.

30% OFF LAUNCH SALE - FOR A LIMITED TIME. djay Pro is available now for $19.99.

Rytmik Ultimate ... is coming to an iPad and 3DS near you

This is such great news, on the 10th of December Rytmik Ultimate will arrive on iOS! Brilliant! It's one of those apps that has made me want to get a 3DS, although I've never got around to getting one. Now that DS-10 has come to iOS (as the iDS-10) and as of the 10th, Rytmik Ultimate too, I think that I no longer need that 3DS. Maybe ...

Anyway, here are the videos for the iOS (iPad) and the 3DS versions. We'll talk about this again on the 10th I guess.







"Rytmik Ultimate is a powerful pocket music station allowing you not only to play with samples and musical instruments but also to mix them together, shape them and create music clips or tracks for your Friday night set-list.

Release date: 10th December 2015.
Platform: Apple iPad, new iPad, iPad mini, iPad Pro"

Kuvert from Klevgränd Produktion AB has arrived for your iPad

Kuvert - Swedish Envelopes from Klevgränd produktion on Vimeo.

Kuvert allows you to draw five different envelopes. These envelopes control different effect parameters, and can be drawn freely or onto a grid. The envelopes are looped, while the incoming audio isn’t (unless you’re feeding it looped material of course). This is a powerful & fun way of altering your sounds to a whole new level, sometimes not even recognizable! Thanks to the looping nature of the plug-in, it will fit very well into any musical context. One way of using it would be to revitalize any looped material within a few seconds.

Noteworthy features:

• Volume envelope
• Low cut filter envelope (with resonance)
• High cut filter envelope (with resonance)
• "Glitch" envelope (alters timing)
• Delay send envelope (with tempo synchronised time, filter and feedback
• IAA (With tempo sync if host sends it)
• MIDI clock sync
• Load / Save presets
• Audiobus
• Documentation (on the product web page)

The current price is $4.99. but this will go up on Dec 1st to $7.99

Fugue Machine | multi-playhead sequencer has arrived

There's been a lot of furious comment about this and lots of people seem very impressed. I haven't had a chance to take a look as yet, but when I do I'll let you know what I think.

For now, here's the app's description from iTunes:

BACH IN A BOX.

FUGUE MACHINE is a tool inspired by composition techniques used in Baroque music and Serialism — e.g. Bach’s canons and fugues, and Schoenberg’s twelve-tone technique. The idea was to design a tool to manipulate a melody’s speed, direction, and pitch, as well as play multiple variations of the melody simultaneously.

As it turned out, the best implementation for this was to reimagine one of the most fundamental building blocks of all music sequencers: the piano roll.

THE PIANO ROLL, REIMAGINED.

FUGUE MACHINE is the world’s first multi-playhead piano roll. Create a musical sequence and play it back with up to four playheads at once — each at various speeds, directions, and pitches. You see the playheads dance over the music sequence, and hear the complex patterns that emerge.

It’s mesmerizing.

FUGUE MACHINE costs $9.99 (£7.99) on the app store (click below):

AnalogKit First Video, and other stuff about modular apps too

I first mentioned AnalogKit here in this post, which then prompted this second more general post about modular apps. At that point I hadn't seen this video of AnalogKit in action, so it was good to see this and get a proper feel for what the app can do.

Personally I don't think that the debate is over with modular stuff on iOS or indeed on any mobile device. More about that another time I think.

For now there's this video from Jakob Haq about AnalogKit which you might find interesting.



You can find AnalogKit on the app store by clicking below

AnalogKit is another modular synth app for your iPad

Another modular iPad synth app on the app store. Well it's fair to say that this niche isn't too crowded so far. Of course there's Jasuto, Audulus and zMors Modular. And we shouldn't forget TC-11, Modal Pro, Thor, iVCS3, and of course, Modular. Ok, so there are a few, but that doesn't mean that there isn't room for another, and here's AnalogKit adding itself to the list. From the app's description (below) it seems like it has a lot to offer, although I haven't tried it out as yet, but the competition is very stiff indeed from the likes of Audulus and zMors Modular in particular, especially as Audulus 3 is coming soon.

Anyway, I'll let you make up your own mind. Here's what the app has to say for itself ...

AnalogKit lets you play, share, and build synths and effects in an incredible digital playground.

A music hacker's paradise, Analogkit is designed to be enjoyed by both seasoned synth aficionados and curious cable-wranglers. Whether you're into built-from-scratch effects pedals, synths, vocoders or even DIY games, AnalogKit allows you to build nearly anything you can dream of.

• Piece together controls, effects and signal generators into any gear you can imagine.
• 50+ included core components that can be combined to create endless possibilities of sounds.
• Share your creations with the community via the built-in Swap Meet, or browse, live-preview, and download gear built by other users.
• Compatible with many external audio interfaces so you can run AnalogKit as an effects board for mics, guitars, and other analog instruments.
• Full USB, Bluetooth, and WiFi MIDI support to let you use your favorite external controllers
• Advanced optimization algorithms enable you to run tens of thousands of basic modules in real-time on a modern iPad.
• State of the art anti-aliased oscillators provide the most authentic sound sources digital synthesis can offer.
• All the favorite toys from modular analog synths as well as digit logic components so you can build all the hybrid franken-synths your hardware modular friends could only dream of.

Under the hood, AnalogKit is anything but a toy. The process of putting things together with Analogkit is nothing less than an exploration of digital audio creation that's both revealing and powerful.

Like a supercharged electronics project kit, Analogkit lets you combine and wire things up in any way you want, rather than having to settle for adjusting settings on existing gear. Depending on what components you choose, it can be both a trippy generative app that's easy to lose hours with, or nimble and precise tool for building custom setups quickly.

Analogkit takes full advantage of its digital nature and lets you literally hook anything into anything, chain together as many of a thing as you like, and finally experiment like a kid again ...a kid that happens to have the best audio toy to come to the iPad yet.

Analogkit costs $9.99 on the app store

So it's true, the iPad Pro is a thing ... (and more about today's various announcements)

It was what everyone said was coming, and indeed it did come along. So what will we make of it? Is it a revolution, or is it just bigger, more powerful etc? Well the specs are impressive indeed. It's powerful. Four speakers are nice, but with the addition of the new 'Apple Pencil' it starts to look more and more like a Surface than an iPad. Except without an accessible file system of course. And actually how mobile will this be? It is big. Personally I've found the iPad Mini to be a better portable device for music making than the old format iPad. I'm not sure how this device is a step forward for mobile music making except in terms of its power.



As for Apple Pencil, didn't someone say something about your finger being the most natural pointing device? I seem to remember that from somewhere. Are we going backwards or is this just full circle.



As you can tell, I'm not sold on the Pro as yet. Not by a long way. However, the mini 4 does look like a nice upgrade, but not an innovation. Not in my book anyway.

Then there's the new iPhone ...





Force touch, or 3D touch as we're now calling it will bring some interesting developments, and that can only be a good thing. I like that. Faster is good too. But what does make me laugh is how Apple describes iOS9, "iOS 9 is our most advanced, intelligent and secure mobile operating system yet". What else would it be?

Anyway, I think the new S models are a reasonable step in the right direction. I won't be upgrading for a long time to come, but perhaps when iPhone 7 comes out.

Then there's the Apple TV and TVOS.



I had thought that there would be more mention of iOS integration, but no. Is that not on the agenda? Did I miss something? Maybe there'll be more to say about this later when it actually becomes available.

Of course the other news from Apple is that iOS9 is coming on the 16th. No doubt there'll be teething problems and then a swathe of updates on apps and also problems with music making. Just normal stuff really.

There was of course the Apple Watch, but I'm not going to mention that as I don't think that Apple sees wearables as viable for music making, and so far the attempts to do this haven't been ground breaking. I live in hope.

In other news Native released Reaktor 6. I'd wondered if they might also announce Reaktor for iPad, or iPad Pro, at least as a player. But sadly nothing so far. Again, I live in hope.

So it's been an eventful day. More will come out over time, but overall I'm not seeing real innovation coming forward. It doesn't feel like that to me.

BIAS FX arrives

We've been waiting and now it's here ...

BIAS FX turns your iPad into a world-class, guitar amp-and-effects processor. It gives you an endless collection of insanely great-sounding guitar pedalboards, ultra-high definition stereo rack effects, dual amps and dual signal chain. You can share and download users and artists signature guitar pedalboards from the cloud.

All new advanced multi-effects engine
Positive Grid's approach engineering BIAS FX with a no-compromise mindset, from a detailed touch in distortion emulation to the double precision algorithm in chorus, we strive for the best possible sound quality. A huge collection of newly developed, high-definition pedal and rack effects are included: gate, boosters, overdrive, distortion, fuzz, equalizers, tremolo, phaser, flanger, chorus, octaver, compressors, delays, spring and plate reverbs—everything a guitar player needs for massive tone, with all the flavor of both modern and vintage stomp boxes. Throw all that together – it is pedalboard heaven, but without the hassle of hauling around dozens of stomps in a heavy metal box and fumbling with a snakepit of cables. Show up at the studio or gig, boot up and play!

Insanely powerful, yet easy to use
BIAS FX is the most powerful processor ever designed by Positive Grid, yet its simple drag-and-drop interface makes it extremely easy to use. Dual amps provide the resonance and vibrancy of playing through two real amps set up together in wide stereo. When integrated with BIAS AMP (separate app), you can select a different preamp, power amp, cab, mic and eq for each of the two amps. Patch everything together, including all pedals and rack effects, in any order you wish in dual signal paths running in parallel.

Download pedalboard from the cloud
There are already hundreds of pedalboard configurations available on ToneCloud for you to own, and the banquet keeps getting bigger and bigger: Positive Grid are currently working with professional artists, producers, and engineers from all over the world to create a massive, ever-growing library of extraordinary virtual pedalboards and rigs for BIAS FX. Browsing and downloading from that library is a snap: All the effects and amps in each setup can be seen at a glance, because they’re stored as Pedalboard-like snapshots. Simply scroll through the online images to select the presets of interest, then tap or click to download.

Inter app audio routing engine
BIAS FX integrates a brand new inter-app audio routing engine, you can easily insert any Inter-App-Audio compatible audio apps in BIAS FX’s dual signal paths, just like connecting audio effects app with virtual cables. BIAS FX makes it easy to go nuts with your audio apps.

Key features:

• Extremely intuitive operation
• Unrivalled, component-level simulation, analog-like sound quality
• 12 classic BIAS amps, import any amp models from BIAS AMP
• 25 high-quality effect pedals with brand new sound-processing algorithms
• 5 ultra-professional rack processors that sound like high-end analog gear
• Full integration with BIAS AMP gives you unprecedented control over designing your own fully customized amps
• Dual signal path and dual amp processing
• Brand new splitter switches between and combines dual signal paths, adjusting the level and frequency range for each path to give you more tone-shaping possibilities
• Live View mode lets you recall any preset with a single tap and toggle on/off any single effect or category of effects
• Pedalboard View shows all the effects and amps in the currently loaded preset at once
• Global Settings optimizes BIAS FX’s output to sound the best in any environment—including sending to a mixer, amp head or combo or stack power amp—by letting you EQ and selectively deactivate the app’s preamp, tone stack, power amp and cab separately for each destination.
• Inter app audio routing engine lets you insert other compatible audio apps in any place in your BIAS FX signal path

BIAS FX is $29.99 on the app store now:

Enkl is a new mono synth for your iPad

A new mono synth for your iPad ... Enkl has a very intriguing design style. Here's the app's description:

This fully featured monophonic synthesizer can create a huge variety of sounds. Fat basses, stabby leads, glitchy noises, old style chip tune sounds (including arpeggios), weird percussion, you name it. Enkl does the job!

Enkl comes with 93 high quality factory presets, all crafted by professional music producers. Of course it is possible to create new ones and save.

The Extended Keyboard makes Enkl really fun to play in standalone mode, choose scale, key and hit it off!

With Inter App Audio, AudioBus and MIDI support it’s easy to connect the app to other DAW apps, MIDI generator apps or external devices.

When it comes to MIDI, Enkl supports both MIDI IN and MIDI OUT. It’s even possible to play other MIDI compatible instruments with the Extended Keyboard.

Noteworthy features:

• Realtime rendered audio - no samples involved
• Two separate oscillators with separate LFO’s
• Oscillators can generate Triangle, Sawtooth, Square or Noise waveforms
• Oscillators can be summed or multiplied together
• Each LFO has its own ADSR and modulates its oscillator’s pitch or volume
• High cut and low cut filter with resonance (also controllable via MIDI)
• Chiptune-style arpeggiator
• Legato mode
• Ping-pong delay as a post effect
• Three band EQ as a post effect
• MIDI support (including IAA MIDI and Virtual MIDI)
• Extended Keyboard for live performing (also sends MIDI to any output port)
• Local on / off
• Pitch bend, Modulation, Low Cut, High Cut and Resonance controllable via MIDI
• Comes with 93 factory presets
• Documentation within app
• Inter App Audio support
• AudioBus support including state saving

Enkl costs $5.99 on the app store now:

Holderness Media brings us Johnny, a Multiwave Tremolo Effects Processor for iPad

Johnny is a highly versatile stereo multiwave tremolo effect designed for Audiobus and Inter-App Audio, perfect for adding everything from classic guitar amp style tremolo to pulsating, rhythmic multiwave modulation effects for guitar, synths, voice and more. Harmonic Tremolo modes create vintage phaser and univibe like tones, you can also modulate the rate of the main LFOs with a second LFO for interesting speed sweep effects.

In addition to Audiobus and Inter-App Audio, Johnny can process external hardware by connecting a professional USB audio interface such as the Apogee Jam or Apogee ONE, and many more compatible USB interfaces. You can also use the built in headset microphone. Guitarists can use the effects live by connecting the output of their audio interface to an amp.

Johnny supports USB MIDI interfaces via the Camera Connection kit, Bluetooth MIDI (iOS 8), Virtual MIDI and WiFi connections. The MIDI Learn function lets you easily assign your MIDI controller's knobs and sliders to control Johnny's effect parameters.

For more info and video demos visit: http://johnnyfxapp.com

Check out our entire FX series including Caramel, Crystalline, Echo Pad, Stereo Designer and Swoopster!

COMPATIBILITY:

• requires iOS 7.1 or later
• iPad 2, iPad Mini 1st gen or newer
• Audiobus compatible (Effect, state saving)
• Inter-App audio compatible (effect node)
• Compatible with DAW apps such as Auria, Cubasis, Garageband and Multitrack DAW
• compatible with USB audio interfaces
• Core MIDI (USB, Virtual, Wifi)
• MIDI over Bluetooth (iOS 8, receiver)

FEATURES:

• Control Left and Right channel Tremolo Rate, Depth, Shape, and Multiwave parameters to produce everything form subtle tremolo to wildly modulated stereo tremolo effects.
• Multiple modes including Classic Tremolo and Harmonic Tremolo.
• Modulate the rate of the main LFOs with a second LFO for interesting speed sweep effects.
• BPM synced tremolo including MIDI clock sync, independent per channel or linked.
• Audiobus compatible with state saving
• Inter-app Audio compatible
• Core MIDI compatible, works with any MIDI controller via MIDI Learn

Johnny works with just about any professional iOS compatible USB audio interfaces. Here is a list of interfaces that have been tested and verified to be compatible:

• Apogee Jam and Jam96k
• Apogee Mic and Mic96k
• Apogee ONE for iPad/Mac
• Apogee DUET for iPad/Mac
• Apogee QUARTET for iPad/Mac
• iConnectMIDI2+
• iConnectMIDI4+
• iRig
• iRig HD
• iRig iMic
• Focusrite Scarlett series (*requires USB hub)
• Focusrite iTrack dock
• Alesis io2
• Alesis IO Dock
• Behringer UCA202
• many more 

 Johnny costs $4.99 on the app store

LK - Live Controller arrives

LK - Live Controller is a sofisticated remote controler application for music software and hardware, featuring a tight integration with Ableton Live. Easy costumization with 4 independent modules, intuitive use, creative tools and ways to control or compose makes LK a powerful companion for any electronic musician.

See what’s inside:

• Control almost every aspect on Ableton Live, from composition to automation, clips, tracks, devices and much more with LAUNCHPAD.
• Get the MPC feel on your touchscreen with MIDI PADS, featuring an arpeggiator and chorder.
• Extensive control through 128 parameters with MIDI Controler.
• Three dimensional parameter tweaking with X/Y pad

For detailed operation information and requirements please visit www.livkontrol.com

The app is free

R0Verb multi delay-line space machine arrives

R0Verb multi delay-line space machine is here and it looks particularly cool actually.

This audio effect filter is a hybrid between a simple reverb and a very complex delay. R0Verb consists of up to 50 separate delay lines, and puts you in charge of every single delay with controls for volume, pre-delay, feedback & high shelf. It can be used for everything from simple delays to complex spaces, whatever your mix needs. It also has a nice Randomizer if you're feeling lucky!

Features:

• Up to 50 parallel delays*
• Every delay has parameters for volume, pre-delay, feedback, delay time & a high shelving filter
• Randomizer - creates a space with user-defined bounds
• Multi-select and edit several delay-lines in one gesture
• Post 3-band EQ
• IAA and Audiobus2 compatible
• Comes with a few factory presets for inspiration
• Load / Save user presets
• Remember IAA hosts (will automatically load last used settings when a host reconnect)
• Documentation

* When using a lot of delay-lines this app consumes quite a bit of CPU. If you experience audio glitches and stuttering we recommend reducing the number of active delay-lines. iPad 2 or later is recommended, iPad 4 or later is preferred.

The app costs $3.99 (which is a bargain I think)

DFX - Digital Multi-FX arrives today ...

50% off for a limited time!

DFX is a powerful real-time Quad Multi-Effects Processor for iPad. With an intuitive and beautiful user interface for easy playability and instant fun.

We are curious. We like new experiences. We welcome unexpected discoveries. And... we are musicians. It was an obvious choice for us to develop for the iPad the multi-effects that we wanted, that we needed for our thirst for sound. Four powerful and multipurpose chained effects, driven by trackpads for fast and easy sonic explorations. Like a million of pedal boards on a device.

Plug in any audio source, a guitar, a bass, a microphone, a DJ mixer. Or play your favorite iOS synth or drum machine with Audiobus or Apple Inter-App Audio. Or why not playing a track from your iTunes Music Library. Select one, two, three or four effects amongst 35 hi-quality digital audio effects and explore endless sonic possibilities. Delays, echos, reverbs, filters, tremolo, autowah, compressors, distortions, vocoders, resonators, etc… more possibilities that you can imagine.

At last, but not least, DFX is also a great little sound design machine. Just select one of the built-in tone synthesizers on the first effect and let your imagination build new sound landscapes at the tip of your fingers. We have had a lot fun making ours in the Factory presets.

No in-apps, no ads, no fuss. DFX is simple, intuitive and fun. No user guide required

Specifications:

• From the makers of DM1 - The Drum Machine
• Designed by Jonas Erikson
• 10 effect categories
• Delays : Sync Delay, Ping Pong, Tape Delay
• Reverbs : Metal box, Hall, Descent, Reflections, Freeze,
• Filters : High Pass, Low Pass, High Shelf, Low Shelf
• Phase : Phase Flux, Vibe Chorus, Phase Shift
• Modulation : Wave Tremolo, AutoWah, Envelope Follower, Ring Modulator
• Distortion : Wave Shaper, Bias, Raw, Bit Crusher, Synthizer
• Voice FX : Vocoder, Resonator, Formant Simulator
• Pan : Stereolizer, AutoPan, Leslie
• Dynamics : Noise Gate, Compressor
• Instruments : High Tone Synth, Bass Tone Synth
• Audiobus compatible
• Audio Inter-App compatible
• 4 playable trackpads with real-time waveforms
• Live Effect Swapping
• Live recording
• Recordings manager
• Recordings exporter
• Built-in Countdown
• Built-in Tone Synths (high and bass)
• Built-in Output Limiter for a controlled output
• Built-in Metronome
• Tempo Synced animations
• Effect Solo Mode
• iTunes playback
• Presets Manager (factory & user)
• Fullscreen Favorite Presets for fast live access

The app costs $1.99 today

Casio brings us the CZ App for iPad

Well it has arrived, Casio's first 'real' music app. Here are the details ...

This app reproduces the functionality of Casio’s best-selling CZ-series models, such as the CZ-101 (first released in 1984), and also includes new functions.
Featuring a built-in 4-part PD (phase distortion) sound source, its 36
waveforms are capable of generating an extensive and diverse range of sounds. The created tones can also be played on MIDI-compatible instruments.

The PD sound source system
Phase Distortion (PD) works by distorting a sine wave when it is read so that various different waveforms are produced.At the time, it was a ground-breaking system for generating waveforms other than simple sine waves.

An extensive parameter set to allow richly varied sound creation
Two block configuration systems are provided for each of the DCO, DCW and DCA

• WAVE FORM (DCO1/DCO2)
• Parameters to set basic waveforms.　
• KEY FOLLOW
• One Key Follow feature (DCW1/DCW2) controls waveforms based on the upper and lower extent of the keyboard's register while the other Key Follow feature (DCA1/DCA2) controls the envelope duration based on the keyboard's register
• DETUNE/LINE SELECT
• CZ-series synthesizers allowed users to choose from 4 types of line output (1, 2, 1+2 or 1+1) depending on the purpose. Using 2 DCOs allowed the use of detuning to fine-tune the pitch shift in the two systems to within ±4 octaves, which is useful not only in creating a chorus effect, but also for producing sounds with specific harmonics emphasized.
• RING/NOISE MODULATION
• Ring modulation can be used to produce metallic tones that include non-integer harmonics, while noise modulation is effective in creating percussion-like sounds.　　
• ENVELOPE GENERATOR
• An envelope generator is provided for each DCO, DCW and DCA core block in the two systems, which makes it possible to vary the tuning, tones and volume over time.

Play along to your favorite audio files
You can use the keyboard to play along to audio files on an iPad.

Multi-play mode combines keyboard layouts toallow new ways of playing
The new performance interface lets you can combine 2, 3 or 4 keyboards, or even flip the layout so that other people can play along with you.

Supports external MIDI instruments and inter-app collaboration

• Inter-App Audio
• Audiobus compatible (input only)
• Playable using an external MIDI keyboard(via a third-party MIDI interface, an Apple Lightning-USB camera adapter* plus USB cable, or the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit* plus USB cable)

CZ App for iPad costs $19.99

MonoStereo Synthesizer arrives and it's free too

MonoStereo Synthesizer is a free full-featured analog mono synth with oscillator panning.

Why another mono synth?
Well, because I thought it would be fun to make one! This one does have one thing you rarely find, and that's oscillator panning. With this you can create some nice effects using an LFO for the pan and also create wide stereo lead sounds easily!

The synth is completely free with no in-apps. If you feel the need to pay something for it, go see a gig by a local band! If that doesn't cover it, buy their t-shirt! (or their CD if you have one of those CD-players we used to have 3 years ago)

Features:

• Minimalistic size, fast loading time and CoreMIDI Support!
• 3 Oscillators with customisable waveform (sine, square, saw), phase, level, detune and pan
• Lowpass and Highpass filters
• 2 LFO's with customisable targets from filter values to oscillator panning and detune
• Filter and Amp Envelopes
• Portamento (almost named that 'Glide' but came to my senses. Portamento is portamento!)
• Delay and Chorus effects (very basic, I know)
• A few presets
• Saving and loading your own sounds
• Virtual keyboard

The app is free ...

Sparkle - Advanced Cross-Synthesis arrives for your iDevice

Another thoroughly intriguing app arrives from apeSoft. I can't wait to try this out!

Here are all the details of the app ...

Sparkle is a tool for advanced spectral hybridizations made of several algorithms that operate on frequency domain. By means of envelope preservation and phase-sync processing it can creates high-quality sound transformations.

The basic idea is to transfer the temporal structure of a sound (source) onto another sound (target) of which the spectral properties are preserved.
Simply put, you can take a voice and make it sing a Beethoven’s symphony!

Sparkle costs $6.99 on the app store today.

Oriental Strings arrives for your iPad

Oriental Strings is the latest app from the developer of iSymphonic Orchestra. Here's all you need to know ...

Oriental Strings is a professional sound module app for oriental keyboard players and for musicians who simply want to resemble the typical sound of the Middle East in their songs. Connect an external MIDI keyboard to your iPad by using the Apple USB camera adapter or another adapter supported by Apple, or launch Oriental Strings as virtual instrument directly within your favourite DAW app on your iPad!¹

This app supports Apple's "Inter-App Audio" System (requires iOS 7 or higher) and the "JACK Audio Connection Kit" (up to iOS 6.1.3) for audio & MIDI connections from/to other audio apps!

The sounds of Oriental Strings were exclusively recorded with players who are professionally dedicated to oriental style of music. Typical string instrument sounds for the arabic genre are covered by this app. Besides rather exotic instruments like the Chinese erhu, typical western string instruments were used as well, but since the players of the recording sessions are focused on oriental music, those western instruments sound completely different than you might be used to from western orchestra players.

The sounds of this app were once again created by Kurt Ader, nominated as sound designer of the year for the upcoming NAMM winter show.

32 Sounds are included with this App:

• Chinese Erhu 1 - 3
• Chinese Erhu Trill
• Turkish Strings 1 - 4
• Arabian Strings 1 - 3
• Tremolo Strings 1 - 5
• Spiccato Strings
• Oriental Spiccato Strings
• Oriental String Quartet 1 - 3
• Oriental Staccato Strings
• Arabian Solo Strings 1 - 3
• String Quartet
• Oriental String Ensemble 1 - 5
• Slow Oriental Strings

There is no in-app purchase in this app. So all sounds and all app features are immediately available to you as one buy.

General Features:

• Scale tuning editor, which allows you to adjust the standard well-tempered scale to all kinds of oriental scales (save and restore them as presets at any time).
• Low latency disk streaming.
• Polyphony up to 140 stereo voices.²
• Configurable audio latency down to 5 ms.
• Integrated effects with 18 presets.
• 16 parts.
• MIDI velocity response curve editor to fine tune the feeling of your MIDI keyboard.
• App can keep running in the background, so you can play on your keyboard while e.g. using Safari or another app to display scores or surfing the Internet.
• Supports Apple's "IAA" system for audio & MIDI streaming between other apps (iOS 7 or higher).
• Supports "JACK Audio Connection Kit" for audio & MIDI streaming between other apps (up to iOS 6.1.3).
• Virtual on-screen piano keyboard with velocity support, scalable & scrollable.

MIDI Player / Recorder:

• Record, save and load your songs in standard MIDI file format.
• Unlimited amount of tracks.
• Configurable target MIDI channel per track.
• Unlimited recording and playback length.
• Open MIDI (.mid) files directly from other apps (i.e. from Safari, Mail).
• Download or upload MIDI files with iTunes.
• Load your favorite songs as MIDI files from the Internet, and watch at the virtual keyboard how to play it.
• Metronome.
• Use the "Tempo Zoom" dial knob to i.e. slow down playback at any time and learn your favorite songs more easily.

¹ For more informations about supported adapters and MIDI keyboard devices, please visit our product website.

² Some sounds are using several voices per note. Polyphony depends on the exact device model being used. You find a polyphony table on our product website.

Anti-Spy Commitment: We take your privacy very seriously. None of our apps contain so called „spy” behaviors and we committed ourself to a very high privacy standard. For more informations about our privacy commitment, read our „Privacy Policy for Mobile Apps”.

Oriental Strings costs $54.99 on the app store: