iPads at the Apple Store
New look to the Amidio site
Amidio have launched a new look to their web site and are adding content there. Also they've registered the site MAKEMOBILEMUSIC.COM, which looks like it could be a good place to visit when they've developed it a bit further.
GarageBand update, full details
Full details of Apple's surprising GarageBand update:
- Universal app designed for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch
- Create custom chords for Smart Instruments
- Support for 3/4 and 6/8 time signatures
- Reset song key without transposing original recordings
- Transpose songs in semitones or full octaves
- Additional quantization options for recordings including, straight, triplet and swing
- New audio export quality settings for AAC and AIFF (Uncompressed)
- Arpeggiator available in Smart Keyboard
- Adjustable velocity settings for Touch Instruments
- Numerous enhancements, including automatic fade out and improved audio import options
GarageBand update to universal
Apple have made their flagship iOS music app GarageBand a universal app so it works with the iPhone and touch. No idea as yet if this is iPhone 4S only but I'm assuming that it isn't.
Music Studio update
Largely a bug fix for music studio:
- Fixed SynthStation25 support
- Fixed AudioPaste
- Added Blue Mikey support
- HDMI audio output
- Bug fixes
Will Ubuntu come to mobile devices?
There have been a few articles about this following the Ubuntu Developer Summit. I'm not sure what it might mean for mobile devices as I've never been a Ubuntu user, but I'm guessing that it could have big implications for mobile music.
Anyone have any views on this or know more?
Anyone have any views on this or know more?
Open Music App Collaboration Group
I post these reminders every now and then as I really do think it's an important group for developers to get involved with. So, if you're a developer and not a member of this google group then get involved.
DrumTrack8
Good to see an update to DrumTrack8 at last. Here's what's new:
- Fix Retina Display color bug
- Removed pattern length mode
- Cleaner SoundCloud integration
How to Make a Noise: Analog Synthesis
Here are the details for How to Make a Noise: Analog Synthesis:
How to Make a Noise: Analog Synthesis looks at creating sounds using analog synthesis techniques. Analog synthesis works by taking a sound source and shaping it with a filter. This is a simple but powerful technique which allows you to create the warm, rich, energetic, and commanding sounds, and with some care you will find tones with detail, complexity, and delicacy. You will have heard these techniques used on many recordings and will immediately recognize the sounds they produce. After reading the book you will be able to create and control these classic sounds when you apply the techniques to hardware or software synthesizers.
How to Make a Noise: Frequency Modulation Synthesis
Another of Simon Cann's new books. Here is the description for How to Make a Noise: Frequency Modulation Synthesis:
Frequency modulation synthesis is capable of creating a broad, detailed, highly nuanced range of tones which can be controlled with a fine level of detail. The technique starts with a simple wave—usually a sine wave—which is then modulated by another wave. The interaction between the two (or more) waves creates and shapes the sound over time. FM synthesis offers an infinite range of possibilities and permutations: it is this range of choices which gives the broad array of tonal nuances that are available with FM. How to Make a Noise: Frequency Modulation Synthesis shows you how to create a broad, detailed, highly nuanced range of controllable tones. These principles can then be applied to any synthesizer with frequency modulation capabilities.
How to Make a Noise: Sample-Based Synthesis
A number of new books on iBooks from Simon Cann. Here's the details of How to Make a Noise: Sample-Based Synthesis:
Sample-based synthesizers can be used to create the sound of a full orchestra or individual instruments. They can replicate the sound of a full drum kit, delicate vintage gear, and specialist instruments. Samplers allow one musician to play the bagpipes, a shamisen, a lute, and a whole orchestra, all at the push of a button. As well as offering the facility to recreate the sound of real instruments with a high degree of sonic fidelity, sample-based synthesis also allows real sounds to be used as the basis for new sounds. These sounds can then be manipulated and mangled to create unimagined sounds with genuine complexity and depth. How to Make a Noise: Sample-Based Synthesis looks at how to create and control sounds--both realistic recreations of real instrument and creative warped tones--and the tools and techniques that are available to help shape your sounds.
Who's been missing for too long?
I was thinking about MooCow Music the other day and started to wonder about who we haven't heard from for a long time now.
Welcome to November
Well here we are in November. What a year it's been, and I expect there'll be a few more amazing apps or updates or both before the year's out.
So what more goodies are we hoping for before the year's out?
So what more goodies are we hoping for before the year's out?
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