Koushion + littleBits + Ableton + MicroBrute :: CV Step Sequencer
Video description:
"Koushion + littleBits combine to make a great CV Step Sequencer. Add Ableton Live and you also get some great tempo-synced effects. Applying all that to an Arturia MicroBrute results in some great sounds."
Vocaform 2 gets its first update in almost a year
It's great to see that Vocaform 2 has got its first update in nearly a year. It's only bug fixes and an Audiobus update, but even that's a good start. Hopefully it'll get more updates in the not too distant future.
Korg Monotron - DreamsOfWires (video)
Video description:
"I just picked up a very cheap Monotron from a certain online auction site, in the usual horribly grubby condition, so before I disinfected it thoroughly, I plugged it into Auria to check it worked and see how it sounded caked in reverb and delay. I recorded/filmed the results, then edited it down to about half it's original length, but the removed moments were much weaker. Effects are the stock reverb and delay bundled with Auria."
Tin Pan Rhythm gets its first update
Tin Pan Rhythm 1.0.1 arrives. Here's what's new:
- Sine wave instrument (swipe left/right on the piano or bass icons)
- Precise tempo input
- Tutorial tweaks
haQ attaQ 64 Nave haQ attaQ presets - FREE Download (video)
Click through to YouTube to get the link to the downloads.
Music Maker Jam updated
Music Maker Jam 1.2.5 brings four brand-new style releases:
- Future Oldschool
- Techno Vol. 3
- Electro Dub
- + the highly anticipated Trap Vol. 2
iSymphonic Orchestra 1.3.3 arrives
Here's what's new in version 1.3.3 of iSymphonic Orchestra:
- 15 new sounds available as optional in-app purchase "Arpa Sound Set", providing harps, harpsichords and further string and horn sounds (requires 1 GB additional SSD space).
- Metronome volume is now configurable.
- Fixed issue with CoreMIDI port names.
- Fixed some minor issues with the graphical user interface.
BIAS Amp Match Now Available On iOS (video)
bC16 mk5 modular still on eBay with a day or so to go
This rare bC16 on eBay has a day or so to go and still isn't at the sort of price I'd expect it to reach. Here's the description from eBay:
"I ordered a Chimera bC16 synth sometime around the start of Obama's first term. It arrived in January. In the intervening time, I have acquired more than enough gear and frankly want this albatross out of my house.
Patchable with mini banana cables.
Used by Throbbing Gristle & a bunch of fancy brits with the clout to get their synths delivered on time.
Absolutely mint condition. Includes MIDI Din adapter, power supply, inverter, 1/4" jack to 2mm banana cable, 10 mini banana (2mm) patch cables"
Chimera Instruments Ltd bC16 mk5 modular synthesizer on eBay
Don't forget that the Korg apps are all still on sale
I haven't reminded you, but perhaps I should. Anyway, here's a reminder for now, and I'll probably remind again as it gets nearer to the end of the month and the deals all end.
And lastly, and of course the reason for the whole sale, is the new iM1, which is at its introductory price of $19.99, it'll go up to $29.99 after the 30th of June, as will all of the above.
- iElectribe is on sale at half price, down from $19.99 to $9.99
- The iMS-20 is on sale at a third off, down from $29.99 to $19.99
- The iElectribe Gorillaz edition is also half price down from $19.99 to $9.99
- The Korg iKaossilator is on sale at 50% off, down from $19.99 to $9.99
- Korg's iPolySix is a third off, down from $29.99 to $19.99
- Gadget is down by 25% from $39.99 to $29.99
- Module is also 25% off, down from $39.99 to $29.99
- Their Cortosia tuner is half price, down from $9.99 to $4.99
And lastly, and of course the reason for the whole sale, is the new iM1, which is at its introductory price of $19.99, it'll go up to $29.99 after the 30th of June, as will all of the above.
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.
Astro_Space________ by VirusMech
Made with Figure for iOS. Don't have Figure yet? It's a fun, easy and bargain-priced music making app that anyone can use! Read about it here: http://ift.tt/1rywUnA
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Float lightly by Captain Figure
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Metamorphosis (MadeWithFigure) by Spaceboii
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Mile High by mikehrom
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Tomahawk by mikehrom
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Electro ashit at Amsterdam by deSintone
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7 days by Vasile Plesca
Сделано с Figure для iOS. У вас еще нет Figure? Это веселое, простое и доступное музыкальное приложение, которое может использовать каждый! Узнайте больше: http://ift.tt/1rywUnA
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Apartymm by Hanz
Fabriqué avec Figure pour iOS. Vous n'avez pas encore Figure? Cette application ludique de composition musicale facile à utiliser est à la portée de tous! Pour en savoir plus, lisez ceci: http://ift.tt/1rywUnA
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Ppp3 by Hanz
Fabriqué avec Figure pour iOS. Vous n'avez pas encore Figure? Cette application ludique de composition musicale facile à utiliser est à la portée de tous! Pour en savoir plus, lisez ceci: http://ift.tt/1rywUnA
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Cosmic shores by temaruk
Awesome image: "Good magical night zzZZ" by Prachanart Viriyaraks, used under CC BY / Cropped to fit. "Good magical night zzZZ" by Prachanart Viriyaraks - http://ift.tt/1eUIhWA CC BY: http://ift.tt/N3rZKX Made with Figure for iOS. Don't have Figure yet? It's a fun, easy and bargain-priced music making app that anyone can use! Read about it here: http://ift.tt/1rywUnA
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Tomahawk Chop! - Remix of Tomahawk by Mikehrom by TjTheEpicOne
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Constants by deadarmz
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Hey, quickly! by Dedkoff
Сделано с Figure для iOS. У вас еще нет Figure? Это веселое, простое и доступное музыкальное приложение, которое может использовать каждый! Узнайте больше: http://ift.tt/1rywUnA
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+ hm... by Dedkoff
Сделано с Figure для iOS. У вас еще нет Figure? Это веселое, простое и доступное музыкальное приложение, которое может использовать каждый! Узнайте больше: http://ift.tt/1rywUnA
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Tisuby by Dave Hethorn
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Sun Burns by deadarmz
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Kaoss Figure by Loopingstar
The twisted mutant offspring of iKaossilator and Figure :-)
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Matrice by deadarmz
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Istoric by Vasile Plesca
Сделано с Figure для iOS. У вас еще нет Figure? Это веселое, простое и доступное музыкальное приложение, которое может использовать каждый! Узнайте больше: http://ift.tt/1rywUnA
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MIme Type (Made with Figure) by Spaceboii
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Minion passage (Made with Figure) by Spaceboii
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Mind of my own (Made with Figure) by Spaceboii
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Seratonin (Made with Figure) by Spaceboii
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Madrid by Spaceboii
Thank you http://ift.tt/1AUrw7J http://ift.tt/1AUrw7L for your input!
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Usul's Theme [The lost 'Dune' tune] v2 by mntcrisis
2015-06-03 This one was very recently unearthed just outside of Schlockville, North Dakota.
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Flowers by luc97
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Remember the Palm Sounds T-Shirt?
Back in 2006 ... NotePad 1.4 was coming
Which is a Palm OS app that I still enjoy! Back in 2006 it was a big deal. You can read about it here.
What's your app of the week?
What's the app that's been most useful or the most inspiring this week? Or maybe just the app that's been your work horse for the last few days. Tell me which one it is and why.
SoundScaper 1.3 is here
The excellent SoundScaper has been updated to version 1.3. Here's what's new:
- Advanced control panel by double tap on the sound sources in mixer.
- Eight band equalizer for each sound source.
- LP and HP filters in reverb for each sound source.
- Additional reverb algorithm modes for sound sources.
- Built-in description updated.
- Minor bug fixes.
Filtatron 1.4.3 brings long awaited features and fixes
Here's what's new with Filtatron:
- Added support for landscape orientation on the iPad
- Replaced iOS settings section with an in-app settings menu on the About panel
- Added support for enabling/disabling background audio operation
- Added 'auto' audio input setting to let Filtatron automatically decide what the most appropriate audio input device is
- Fixed knobs slew rate setting, it wasn't being used by most of the knobs
- Added more slew rate options
- Fixes for very rare crashes in the audio pocessing
- Increased maximum buffer size to 4096
- Fixed interruption behavior from Siri
Get creative with drum patterns + commentary (video)
Video description:
"I love getting creative with drum patterns. Hours and hours of thumb-thumbing my surface and I never ever get tired of it! :)
Wanna have a go at remixing the track featured in this video? Visit my page at Propellerheads Discover: https://www.propellerheads.se/u/Foona"
Poolp arrives, a new sampler with lots of capability for mangling your sound
Poolp is a music app with 3 loopers, 3 send effects, 2 global fx all tweakable. Poolp allow you to record your own samples and change them in a drastic way.
SELECT INPUT
- Select source (Mic or Resample)
- Adjust gain
- Choose pre-roll ('record in 2 steps, 4 steps, or immediately)
RECORD & LOOP
- Record, Overdub with 3 samplers
- Change length : 1, 2, 4 or Free length
EDIT LOOP
- Change loop points
- Remove unwanted part
TWEAK
- Adujust volument and pan
- Change direction and speed (X0.25, X0.5, X1, X2)
- tweak filter resonnance and cutoff
MIX
- Adjust 3 effects send: Reverb, Delay, Distortion.
- Tune Global FX
- Reverb, Delay, Distortion EQ, Autopan
SHARE
- Save your session
- Record your mix and Share it via email
- Share loop with other audio app with audio paste.
FEATURES
- 3 synchronised loopers
- independant record length (1, 2, 4 bars and free) for each looper
- independant direction and speed (0.25, 0.5, 1, 2) for each looper
- one low pass filter for each looper
- volume and pan for each looper
- 3 send effects: Reverb, Delay, Distortion
- 2 Master effects: EQ, Autopan
- Audio input and resample (pre/ post effects)
- adjustable gain
- adjustable loop points per sample (trim)
- adjustable count in ('record in 2 steps, 4 steps, or immediately)
- Audio paste
- Audiobus
- global performance recorder
iConnectAUDIO4+ Tutorial - Using iConfig Mix Buses (video)
Video description:
"Understanding using mix buses inside of iConfig."
Final Touch - Using the Multi band compressor (video)
Video description:
"In this video, Berklee professor and online course author/instructor Andrea Pejrolo demonstrates how to effectively use the Multi Band EQ for your mastering sessions in Final Touch. We just added new Audiobus support, various bug fixes and more improvements to Final Touch.
Learn more about Berklee Online's Music Writing and Production with the iPad course. Now enrolling, Summer Term Starts June 29 : http://bit.ly/1E5TKa4"
Use Apple Watch to control Ableton Live (video)
I think that we're just going to see more and more of this in time ...
Video description:
"Can you control Ableton Live with Apple Watch? Yes you can, thanks to an iOS app called Watch Band. Here's a short video to prove it. It's flaky, laggy, and borderline pointless, but it's fun to try! www.ableton-live-expert.com"
VividTracker 1.4 arrives
VividTracker has added a really nice feature: AutoChord Instruments. Now it is easier than ever to use the AutoChord feature.
iMPC Pro 1.3 arrives
Here's what's new in iMPC Pro:
- Added Slice Loop mode to the Editor.
- Added support for sliced loops on pads.
- Added support for sliced loops from the Content Store.
- Added "Paste All" — now you can paste entire folders from AudioCopy with one tap.
- Fixed CloudSeeder "latest" feed.
- Various bug fixes.
- Improved integration with Content Store.
iConnectAUDIO4+ Tutorial - Exploring iConfig Patchbay and Mixer (video)
Video description:
"A walkthrough of the audio patchbay and mixer inside of iConfig."
On travel? Get GuitarCapo+! New version soon
Video description:
"The music in this video is made during testing of a new version of GuitarCapo+. Available soon. Get ready and download GuitarCapo+ now"
A new book from Clif at Apptronica: Drone, Glitch and Noise: Making Experimental Music on iPads and iPhones
It's great to see Clif get this book out and already it seems to be doing well. Here's what to expect in this book:
iPads and iPhones have found their way into the musical toolkits of many producers, composers, artists, and DJs. While many of these musicians use iOS devices to augment their existing music gear, for some, iPad and iPhone apps have replaced instruments, computer-based DAWs, or studios altogether.
Experimental musicians realize that iOS music is one of the most significant developments in the history of music. Multi-touch interfaces open up a whole world of possibilities for interacting with music apps. The small form factor of these lightweight devices allow them to easily manipulated in three-dimensional space, while specialized sensors such as accelerometers and gyroscopes enable apps to react to any type of motion.
Far beyond mimicking traditional instruments, desktop software, or hardware interfaces, the unique capabilities of iOS devices have enabled the creation of whole new instruments. There are hundreds of apps available today that offer ways of creating and interacting with music that were inconceivable five years ago.
Whether you're a veteran iPad musician, or just beginning to learn what music apps can do, you're sure to find plenty of tips and advice in this book to get you started or help you get to the next level. For readers just beginning to explore experimental music, there's an introduction to what it is and why it matters. For hardcore sound artists, you'll find the latest apps for doing new and terrible things to your sample collection.
You'll learn some good habits and figure out which rules to throw away on your way to becoming more prolific. You'll read about strategies for generating new ideas and removing creative blocks. Most importantly, you'll learn the best tools for creating new and exciting styles of music never before possible.
This book covers essential iOS music tools, music production workflows, midi controllers, futuristic synths, noise apps, soundscaping, glitching, effects automation, algorithmic composition, and more.
New app from humbleTUNE: strng (video)
Video description:
"Strng is a string synthesiser inspired by the karplus-strong alghorithm. The physical modelling starts with a short burst of noise that then guided by a tuned delay buffer and string tension filter, generates plucked string like sounds. No samples are used. Strng is 16 voice polyphonic and can be controlled with an in app 25 key chromatic keyboard or connect prefered midi controller through USB or Wifi. To further shape the sound two post effects are available, a ping-pong stereo delay and two channel resonant filter controlled by two LFOs."
Something new coming from mikrowave developer ...
Optimizing wave shaper and live sampling tool. Possibly releasing within next two weeks! #mikrowave #android #glitcher #update #synth
— Igor Zinken (@igorzinken) May 30, 2015DubFilter (universal), arrived a little while ago, sorry for missing that
I think I missed this for some reason. I can't think why though. Anyway, if you did, now we can both rectify that. Here are the details ...
The Dub Filter is a dual low-pass/high-pass 24/48 dB filter, with resonance and the exclusive Overlap parameter!
It contains a completely redesigned stereo sample player with LFO and scrubbing capabilities.
Main Features:
- Audiobus and Inter-App Audio support (sender and FX)
- State Variable Filter (Low-Pass and High-Pass) with resonance and overlap
- Built In Stereo Sampler with varispeed and scrubbing
- Control Manager LFO for all the Parameters
- Midibus, Virtual Midi and Network: 14 bit NRPN controllers
- File Manager, sharing common audio files via iTunes, Dropbox and AudioCopy
- Snapshots Presets Morphing Pad
- Post Fx Chain: Low-shelf Filter, High-shelf and Compressor
Tech Requirements:
- iOS7 or later
- iPad 2 or later
So, Borderlands was on sale until the end of the weekend, but now it's on sale again
Yesterday I let you know, rather late in the day, that Borderlands Granular was on sale until the end of the weekend, but now it appears to have gone on sale again (it actually went up in price and back down again) from $9.99 to $7.99, so who knows what's happening there.
A new app from Mr HumbleTune, Strng arrives ....
Strng is a string synthesiser inspired by the karplus-strong alghorithm. The physical modelling starts with a short burst of noise that then guided by a tuned delay buffer and string tension filter, generates plucked string like sounds. No samples are used. Strng is 16 voice polyphonic and can be controlled with an in app 25 key chromatic keyboard or connect prefered midi controller through USB or Wifi. To further shape the sound two post effects are available, a ping-pong stereo delay and two channel resonant filter controlled by two LFOs.
- String synthesis engine
- 16 voice poliphony
- Audiobus
- IAA
- Core MIDI
- 25 multitouch keyboard
- Save/Load
- Gain control
- Tune, Detune control
- ADSR Attack/Decay/Sustain/Release
- Noise (length, sample crush)
- Noise pre filter
- String tension
- Stereo ping-pong delay
- Two channel resonant low pass filter LFOs
Are you using Dropbox with your apps?
If you're not using dropbox then it's something you should to check out as loads of apps are now using it as a default for online storage and for a variety of other purposes too, and it works quite well in my view. If you're not using it you can get your own dropbox by clicking this link, and what's more you'll get an extra 500mb just for using this link (and so will I)!
Things you can do to help the world of mobile music: 9
If you can, then make videos of what you're doing and let everyone know that you've done them. Show how you use your apps and hardware. It will benefit lots of other users.
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