Twitter news from @sanodg
now the most english e-mailed moment in my life because of finishing KORG M01D for US and EU........
— Nobuyoshi Sano (@sanodg) September 10, 2013
Twitter news from @j_liljedahl
Screenshot of the coming web browser/downloader in AudioShare. pic.twitter.com/nen0WydJDA
— J.Liljedahl/Kymatica (@j_liljedahl) September 10, 2013
Twitter news from @onereddogmedia
Arctic ProSynth user guide pdf is now available http://t.co/CbudjWzvBT
— One Red Dog Media (@onereddogmedia) September 10, 2013
Twitter news from @onereddogmedia
Arctic ProSynth web site is now live http://t.co/RwjIuB92fO
— One Red Dog Media (@onereddogmedia) September 10, 2013
Spread PUC: Free your MIDI from the tyranny of wires! The only solution for MIDI & iOS
I am quite tempted by this indiegogo campaign, but there's plenty of time to decide, and I'm sure I'll be posting about it again.
Well I didn't think that Caustic could get anymore awesome, but apparently I'm wrong
It appears that there might be possibilities for Caustic to work with Patchfield the modular audio architecture for Android. This could be amazing. Of course, it isn't going to happen overnight, but even that it's possible opens up another range of music making opportunities for Android and that's a great thing as far as I can see.
Via Musical Android.
Via Musical Android.
Music 4.5 Smart Radio on the 24th of September
I thought that this might be of interest to a few people. Here's what this event is about:
Over in the US, Pandora has more than 70 million active listeners, and is seen as the market leader of the streaming-radio market, but the competition is fierce from newcomers as well as existing services developing new streaming radio or personalised internet radio products and apps.
Ranging from Apple’s iRadio, Clear Channel’s iHeartRadio, Last.fm, Songza, Sirius XM, Tunein, Last.fm, Slacker Radio, and Spotify using free mobile radio to convert users to its on-demand service, the market is expanding - and confusing.
What engages people? Strip out the tech, what is left?
Without the right content there is no business, no revenue.
Musician and composer Jonathan Segel, formerly with Pandora, says: “So the argument here should be: how much is one spin out on broadcast radio worth, versus how much one spin on internet radio is worth, for the songwriter. The internet stream goes to one person. The radio broadcast goes to many.”
What is the value of radio content? Is there a specific and intrinsic value to radio content? Is ‘traditional radio’ sustainable in the light of the increasing number of digital personal radio services, some amounting to no more than curated playlists?
Is it a case of ‘Drivetime DJ’ and ‘Breakfast DJ’ and forget the rest?
Are digital music services also aiming to entertain, inform and keep company?
How important is content, context and live connection versus distribution, access points and distribution technology?
What are the new content formats developing, and how are they being paid for?
Spot advertising, subscription, partnerships, promotions, and sponsorships – is there a sustainable business model, taking into account the music royalty structure, for the fiercely competitive internet radio? How to monetize the long-tail of internet radio? What do the new generation of branded content and transmedia monetisation models look like?
Full details at the Music 4.5 site:
If you're interested in going you can get a 10% discount by using the code: PALMSOUNDS
Over in the US, Pandora has more than 70 million active listeners, and is seen as the market leader of the streaming-radio market, but the competition is fierce from newcomers as well as existing services developing new streaming radio or personalised internet radio products and apps.
Ranging from Apple’s iRadio, Clear Channel’s iHeartRadio, Last.fm, Songza, Sirius XM, Tunein, Last.fm, Slacker Radio, and Spotify using free mobile radio to convert users to its on-demand service, the market is expanding - and confusing.
What engages people? Strip out the tech, what is left?
Without the right content there is no business, no revenue.
Musician and composer Jonathan Segel, formerly with Pandora, says: “So the argument here should be: how much is one spin out on broadcast radio worth, versus how much one spin on internet radio is worth, for the songwriter. The internet stream goes to one person. The radio broadcast goes to many.”
What is the value of radio content? Is there a specific and intrinsic value to radio content? Is ‘traditional radio’ sustainable in the light of the increasing number of digital personal radio services, some amounting to no more than curated playlists?
Is it a case of ‘Drivetime DJ’ and ‘Breakfast DJ’ and forget the rest?
Are digital music services also aiming to entertain, inform and keep company?
How important is content, context and live connection versus distribution, access points and distribution technology?
What are the new content formats developing, and how are they being paid for?
Spot advertising, subscription, partnerships, promotions, and sponsorships – is there a sustainable business model, taking into account the music royalty structure, for the fiercely competitive internet radio? How to monetize the long-tail of internet radio? What do the new generation of branded content and transmedia monetisation models look like?
Full details at the Music 4.5 site:
If you're interested in going you can get a 10% discount by using the code: PALMSOUNDS
Kickstarter projects and performances from the Music Hack Space this Thursday
More performances at the hack space's regular performance venue and a seminar on the two kickstarter projects that have come out of the space. Lots of good things from the music hack space this Thursday. Full details here.
Music App Blog reviews zMors
Another worthwhile review from the music app blog. This time of the new synth app zMors.
The First iPad Recording Studio on Indiegogo
This is an interesting idea and probably worth checking out as it's quite a brave thing to try to get funded. It only has 4 days left to go, so please take a look if you can.
Gestrument removes support for JACK
The latest update for Gestrument removes support for the JACK alternative to Audiobus. Here's the details of the update:
- Tweaks and improvements of audio engine
- Removed JACK support
- (These two things fixed the problem of Gestrument going silent at times.)
Twitter news from @onereddogmedia
Minor update to Molten is coming which adds Wi-Fi file sharing, sorry new Audiobus update released after I submitted so update coming later
— One Red Dog Media (@onereddogmedia) September 9, 2013
DrumStudio on the bus and MIDI too
DrumStudio gets an update. Here's what's new:
- Audiobus support
- Midi Clock Sync (sync playback with other apps, DAWs and devices)
ReBirth for iPad still on sale for 909 day (yesterday)
ReBirth for iPad is on sale for 909 day (yesterday) with its price down to $8.99, which is as close as you can get to actually $9.
Music App Developers Linkedin Group
If you're making music apps then you might want to take a look at this group on linkedin which might be of use to you.
So, what do we expect from tomorrow's Apple event?
There are plenty of rumours around, so I thought I'd round up a few and see what you think ...
- There's going to be a new iPhone and it'll be called the 5S.
- The new iPhone will be 6".
- It'll have a faster processor
- The home button will have a fingerprint scanner
- Apple will release a budge iPhone
- There will be a range of colour options for the new iPhone or the budget version
- Apple TV will be updated
- There'll be new iPads / iPad Mini etc
- Apple announce Logic for the iPad, (yeah, I don't really think so either)
- A new feature for OSX Mavericks will be that all iOS apps will run on your Mac
- Apple announces that it's buying Audiobus!
- Apply buys Blackberry and discontinues iOS completely.
Twitter news from @retronyms
Thanks all for the feedback and suggestions on the AudioCopy update. Added info to SDK install steps here http://t.co/fXlXob9o69
— Retronyms (@retronyms) September 9, 2013
Twitter news from @crudebyte
JACK & iOS 7: Please note,current JACK app 1.9.10.3 won't start on iOS 7.We recommend you to wait for the update of JACK before updating iOS
— Crudebyte (@crudebyte) September 9, 2013
Twitter news from @kickstarter
Everything you need to know about Kickstarter in Canada: http://t.co/yI45LjCiWi
— Kickstarter (@kickstarter) September 9, 2013
Twitter news from @bent_fm
#bent_fm lite version 2.0 is "Waiting For Review" at the App Store. #Audiobus and a few small bug fixes, coming soon! @AudiobusApp
— bent.fm (@bent_fm) September 9, 2013
Twitter news from @kickstarter
Kickstarter is now officially open to projects based in Canada! http://t.co/e5LPYZqYY5
— Kickstarter (@kickstarter) September 9, 2013
ChordPolyPad - Midi Chords Player arrives
ChordPolyPad is a chords player for Midi instruments, sequencers like Logic, Cubase, Live and all other Midi sequencers, or even virtual instruments installed on the same iPad. The chords can be played live from pads.
Although, ChordPolyPad is specially designed to operate in Midi, it has own internal sounds bank to use it independently.
Features:
- 16 chords pads
- 8 groups of 16 pads by preset (128 pads)
- Midi port and Midi channel assignable for each pad
- Customizable X/Y controller for each pad
- Velocity assignable for each chord note
- Strumming setup by pad
- Features copy and paste for pads and groups
- Draggable chords directly from library
- Searching for chords available in scales
- Random chords for instant inspiration
- Multitasking
- Internal sound bank
- Receiving Midi notes and control from external devices
- Send Midi to a virtual port that can be used as Midi input by other Core Midi compatible applications managing multitasking on the same device
- Presets manager
- Presets shared with computer using iTunes 9.1 or later
- Undo/Redo
Supported Midi connections:
- Midi Wifi Network (RTP Midi)
- Apple USB camera connection kit
- Any Core Midi compatible interface
Requirements:
- An iPhone or an iPad with iOS v5.0 or later
The app is priced at $8.99.
Caustic 3 App Demo Sneak Peek... (video)
Description:
"Here's a quick peek at the upcoming Caustic 3 App from SingleCellSoftware, as I demonstrate the power of the new synths and many tracks now available. I put this track together in just 2 hours."
Via Musical Android.
Experimenting with MIDI in using the SG20
Using my iPad to enter notes on the TRG Pro running miniMusic's NotePad app. The MIDI in works but doesn't play a note, just enters it in the score. Play back is fine though.
SG20 MIDI expansion module, MIDI out indicator
Just a brief look at the MIDI out expansion module for the SG20 sound module running on my TRG Pro handheld.
A brief look at what D-Pod 2 does (video of my old Palm OS drum app)
Having re-compiled this Palm OS app I thought I'd just check that it does what I expected it to do.
D-Pod 2: Test compile to make sure it still works
And it does! Ok, with a few little glitches, but it means that I can start making a few changes to my old Palm OS drum app.
Proof, if you needed it that Caustic 3 has gone into Beta
So it was time for me to update ... and I did
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.
Twitter news from @KoalaSANApp
A new update is coming. Version 1.2.2 is waiting for review by Apple. This update focuses on iOS 7 support, updates AudioBus support.
— KoalaSAN App (@KoalaSANApp) September 8, 2013
ReBirth for iPad on sale for 909 day
ReBirth for iPad is on sale for 909 with its price down to $8.99.
Unity Synthesizer update
Unity Synth gets a minor update:
- improved synth performance for newer iOS devices
- updated to AudioBus SDK 1.0.2 in preparation for iOS 7
Good morning, it's 909 day!
I've no idea if anyone else is celebrating and I don't know if I am either, but I thought you should know.
Cassette Store Day: Interview with Chemical Tapes
It's no secret that I have a little bit of love for tapes so I thought it would be great to round off today with an interview of one of my favourite tape labels, Chemical Tapes. Here's what Rob from Chemical has to say about the revival of the cassette.
For years people have said that the cassette is dead, but it seems to be making a resurgence. What factors do you think are driving the popularity of tape?
Certainly cost, I know in my case I wasn't very interested in releasing CDr's or being a netlabel and vinyl was too expensive to just jump straight into.
You have a fairly granular control over just how much you want to spend, personally from a design and aesthetic point of view we wanted pro-dubbed cassettes and pro-printed covers but you could choose to home dub and home print if you want so it becomes very feasible to have your own label or as an artist to self release a physical product and it not costing you a fortune.
There is also that nostalgic retro vibe that comes with cassettes for my generation, Much like vinyl it has that charm of analogue imperfection and the tangible listening experience that engages you, giving you time to properly connect and digest the music, perhaps the resurgence of the format is also a reaction to the insta-access of the digital age and the limited edition nature of cassette releases probably helps, small limited edition runs of artists that people are really into helps to generate that buzz.
Given that it is becoming more popular, why do you think more artists are looking to make their releases on cassette and what sort of artists do you think work best with the medium?
The sheer number of cassette labels out there gives lesser known or up-and-coming artists a chance to get a release out as opposed to a larger vinyl or pressed cd label. Due to the reduced costs tape labels can take more of a gamble. Ever since the cassette 'died' its still been a valid format in underground/experimental music scenes, it's generally these artists that embrace the format.
What makes a really good cassette release in terms of the content from the artist and the overall design of the package?
Well first and foremost its about the music, but many tape labels really push the boat out on the art and design front with super custom handmade packaging, when you only have for example 75 copies to worry about you can really go for it. Also these days you tend to see tapes released alongside the digital version, which is something I do and something I look for when buying from other labels myself. Its nice to have the limited edition physical object with the flexibility of the digital version.
What kind of artists are best suited to cassette releases and why?
As I mentioned before its generally the more experimental DIY music scenes who have enjoyed the format in recent years, it's these niche genres where artists, labels, and listeners are really open to ideas both old and new and are willing to try something different. But who am I to say, the beauty of the format is that anyone can do it, just know your listeners and make sure they're as into it as you are!
What's been your most successful release and why?
I think each release finds it's little corner of appreciation, obviously the more well known names tend to sell quicker and are more likely to get accepted by mail-order shops. I will only release music that I personally love, if it happens to sell well thats great, but it doesn't dictate what I put out.
What advice would you give to any artists looking to start releasing their material on cassette?
Don't expect to make a shedload of cash, oh and think about balancing your tracks between 2 sides of a tape, thats always helpful!
Do you think other more esoteric formats will start to re-emerge as cassette and vinyl become more popular?
I'd be surprised if any reach the level that those two have, it's cool to see the odd floppy disk or VHS release though. It's nice to know that people are still out there experimenting and doing their own thing with various formats from the past.
What's coming up next and what does the future hold for Chemical tapes?
We have two new releases that are almost ready, 'Sima Kim - Whatever' and 'Bastian Void - Phonics'. Two quite different tapes, Sima Kim's being lovely delicate post-classical ambience and includes two remixes from Wil Bolton and Hakobune. Bastian Void's is a serious retro dream-state synth album. We've also just had our first batch of t-shirts made up which I'm really happy with. We have more releases planned for the future and will continue to provide various doses for research purposes. We also hope to launch our 'sister' label Chemical Beats soon as well, this will be a vinyl based label for deep psychedelic techno experiments, both Andrew and myself have had a love of techno for 20 odd years so it will be nice to have a platform for that form of music too, we are currently in discussions with artists and are looking forward to seeing how it goes.
If you want to know more about Chemical tapes then you can find out all about their releases right here. It's well worth a look.
Mr Concreted0g's rather awesome gig rig ...
That's a nice set up for some live work
And a nice use of the pirate box too.
Want to know what's happening with AudioCopy? Here's what you need to know ...
Retronyms provide an update on what's happening with AudioCopy ...
Smart Copy & Paste.
AudioCopy makes it easy to paste sound in hundreds of compatible apps. Edit, preview, and loop — view metadata including tempo, source, and duration.
More than a Clipboard.
AudioCopy is a catalog for your sounds. Browse and audition all the sounds you’ve copied. Import sound libraries via Dropbox and iTunes, store sounds centrally for easy use in your favorite apps.
iOS 7 Ready
AudioCopy has been updated for iOS 7.
In order to keep some of the best features of AudioCopy in iOS 7, we added a free standalone app. This acts as a “sound pasteboard” and seamlessly serves all the copied content to 3rd party apps. The AudioCopy app doesn’t have to be tasked to the foreground during the process. It simply sits in the background and quietly serves the sound content to apps as they request it. If a user doesn’t have the AudioCopy app installed, AudioCopy/AudioPaste still work using the general pasteboard.
So that's something great to look forward to with iOS7
Bucephalus update
Bucephalus gets a big update. Here's what's new:
- New audio engine including new granular based synthesis
- New user interface
- Added Master FX (Compression and Soft Saturation)
- Added touch Gravity alongside accelerometer control
- ASR envelope filter added (Advanced upgrade required)
SeekBeats 1.0 - How To (introduction video)
Not sure if I've posted this before or not. However, one thing that is important to know is that it seems that MIDI sync is coming in a future version of SeekBeats. Excellent!
Music Hack Day Chicago announced
Always good to see the stuff that comes out of the MHDs. Details for the Chicago event later this month are available here.
Audio Tape HD
Another cassette focused app is Audio Tape HD. It's just a simple player app, but it's nice to look at, and strange how we focus in on making an iPad look like a cassette player that was a far lower quality audio device. Yet we still love them.
In praise of the cassette, and in particular, the walkman
Whilst I rarely use this I still love the engineering.
Twitter news from @camelaudio
Alchemy Mobile 2.1 now includes song sharing. Join our Mobile songwriting contest to win an iPad Mini and more! http://t.co/mLPMEKNvTC
— Camel Audio (@camelaudio) September 3, 2013
'Tape' by focusrite, not cassette, but reels are good too
So, even Focusrite likes the feel of old tape! Ok, not cassette in this instance, but still tape. What is it that fascinates us with this format?
Any suggestions for how the weekly round up could be better?
So, what could I do better on the weekly round up? Do you have any suggestions? Anything that really annoys you? Or, is it just totally amazing already? Whichever it is, please let me know.
Connect to Palm Sounds on Linkedin
If you're a developer or a musician, or whatever, connect on Linkedin if you're a Linkedin user of course. You can find me here.
Good morning, today is Cassette Store Day
So you can expect some cassette related posting today ... but you probably knew that already right?
What are you making this weekend?
So, it's the weekend, what are you planning to make? Music? Apps? Templates? DIY? If you're doing anything cool and want to share it just let me know.
Details of Pulse Code Inc's Modular arrives and the release date is ...
Some interesting stuff on Android fragmentation
I really hadn't realised just how fragmented it was if this post is to be believed. The most interesting diagram is the comparison with iOS.
Twitter news from @AudioEvolution5
Audio Evolution Mobile 1.9.0 released with loop playback fix, set loop markers from region, cleanup project and more!
— Audio Evolution (@AudioEvolution5) September 6, 2013
Music App Blog: DIY send effects the Auria way – using Auria, Audiobus and iOS effects apps to create DIY send effects
Another interesting post from the always useful Music App Blog. This time on DIY send effects the Auria way – using Auria, Audiobus and iOS effects apps to create DIY send effects. Well worth a read.
Miki's track, "Use your imagination"
Miki has a nice description of how this track came about and a comment on mobile vs desktop music making.
All interesting stuff.
Kapture: the audio-recording wristband
I do like the idea of a life recorder and this seems like quite a good design, although I'm not sure of having one on my wrist.
MIDI Designer Pro still on sale
MIDI Designer Pro is still on sale with the price down from $24.99 to $14.99.
Alchemy Mobile songwriting contest
This contest has got some really amazing prizes and you've got until the end of this month (September) to enter.
Full details of the contest are on the Alchemy site.
Nice Yellofier update
Yellofier updates. Here's what's new:
- Allow recording into an additional user soundbank:
- Switch between user bank A/B with selector in RECORD/SLICE screen.
- Switch between user bank A/B with the soundbank button in pattern edit screen.
- Allow pitch transpose of each step to create melodies:
- Hold step to popup transpose value, drag up/down to adjust.
- Allow pause/resume while recording.
- Improved design of RECORD/SLICE screen.
- Allow tapping the loop-symbol directly to toggle looping mode.
- Use long-press to preview samples in the pattern edit screen.
- Don't reactivate app in the background in some cases.
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
CDM tells us about: Patchfield Architecture ... Android Gets Patchable Audio
Audiobus updates for iOS7, but there's more coming ...
Audiobus updates to work with iOS7 but that's all for this release.
However, here's what they say that they have in store:
With iOS 7 just around the corner, we’ve just released an update to the Audiobus app that addresses some issues. We highly recommend updating now to stay compatible with our community of apps.
We’ve been working hard at Audiobus HQ on a significant Audiobus app update (among other things!). Keep your eyes peeled for these in our next update: Audiobus connection presets, multi-channel input device support, and a third thing that we’ll tell you about later on.
Via the Audiobus blog.
However, here's what they say that they have in store:
With iOS 7 just around the corner, we’ve just released an update to the Audiobus app that addresses some issues. We highly recommend updating now to stay compatible with our community of apps.
We’ve been working hard at Audiobus HQ on a significant Audiobus app update (among other things!). Keep your eyes peeled for these in our next update: Audiobus connection presets, multi-channel input device support, and a third thing that we’ll tell you about later on.
Via the Audiobus blog.
New expansion pack for iMASCHINE
RAW WORKS is the third in a growing series of signature Artist Expansions exclusive to iMASCHINE.
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