If you wanted to know how to put your own samples into figure, then here's how
Figure on the app store:
SuperCollider on iOS ... sort of
Loopseque The EPIC Guide for iPad (video)
I love Loopseque and haven't seen enough about it for ages and ages, so it's great to see this.
Loopseque on the app store:
Patterning user interface case study
Whilst this was posted a few weeks ago it still makes for an interesting read and a sort of comparison between Patterning and Rhythm Necklace. I'm not sure about his complaints, but then, each to their own I suppose.
It's an interesting read nevertheless (link to post).
If you don't know Patterning, you can find it here on the app store:
If you don't know Rhythm Necklace, you can find it here on the app store:
It's an interesting read nevertheless (link to post).
If you don't know Patterning, you can find it here on the app store:
If you don't know Rhythm Necklace, you can find it here on the app store:
PalmSounds on tapes ... Tape from Focusrite
Ok, if you wanted to be 100% accurate then this isn't cassette based, but it is tape based of course, reel to reel to be precise. Even so, it also goes to show just how tapes and cassettes have impacted how we think about recording.
PalmSounds and tapes ... Apps that are just a bit, well, cassettesque ... Audio Mastering Studio
Another app with strong ties to the world of the cassette is Audio Mastering Studio which is a great app and can give you just about any final mastering feel.
If you don't know it then it's worth checking out, especially on Cassette Store Day 2015:
If you don't know it then it's worth checking out, especially on Cassette Store Day 2015:
PalmSounds and tapes ... The Tascam PortaStudio App
PalmSounds and tapes ... The Amazing Akai Trackman
PalmSounds and tapes ... Apps that are just a bit, well, cassettesque ... AUFX:Dub
So I was thinking about apps that are in themselves a bit tape-ish, and I thought about AUFX:Dub, which specifically has tape simulation controls. I think this is quite awesome actually. It does amaze me that tapes have had such a big impact on how we think about things in music technology.
AUFX:Dub on the app store:
AUFX:Dub on the app store:
Palm Sounds and tapes ... Back in 2007: A little tape related find at CDM
So it seems that people have liked to use cassettes for all sorts of things, namely this find at CDM back in 2007. I've no idea if this went any further or not, but even if it didn't it, it was still a lovely idea.
MultiTrack DAW 4 appears out of nowhere and brings loads of new stuff
MultiTrack DAW is one of the best multitracks for iOS in my view and also one that's been around the longest, since 2011. Version 4.0 has appeared with no warning or teasing as usual and is packed with new features and fixes too.
New Features:
Bug Fixes:
New Features:
- Freeze tracks - drastically reduces processing for tracks with IAA effects, and frees up the plugins for use on other tracks.
- Loop Recording - allows continuous overwriting while it loops. Stop and undo after a good take.
- Smaller audio buffers - sizes of 64 are now supported for low latency monitoring.
- Rewritten audio engine for perfectly clean audio quality.
- Volume/pan adjustments are filtered and interpolated, no 'zippering'.
- Compressor uses exponential gain reduction metering.
- Long-Touch zipped song project icon now has 'Open in' button for sharing the zip.
- Final mixdown now uses loop markers as song start and end.
- Final mixdown won't overwrite older mixdowns with same name.
- All sorting/ordering uses numeric sort (Song, Shared, Inputs, IAA effects, generators, instruments).
- Silence rendered to IAA plugins when doing mixdown/copy operation, to flush out buffers.
- Wi-Fi web server lists songs in same order as shown in multitrack.
- Track and bin download filenames now contain the song name as prefix.
Bug Fixes:
- Fix an iPhone 6S bug with missing tabs (Export, Shared, and Upgrades).
- Fix iOS 9 bug with 2 finger pinch zooming sometimes popping back to another zoom level.
- Fix retina displays sometimes not able to open the Hotbox with a Long-Touch.
- Fix an Audiobus monitoring bug where no sound would be heard unless 'Input Monitoring' was on.
- Fix a bug when drag reordering 3 or more IAA track plugins.
- New Audiobus lib should fix the samplerate issues on iPhone 6S with internal speaker/mic.
- Fix a buffer size bug on cold start.
- Fix lights on compressor gain reduction meter being stuck sometimes when turning it off.
- SoundCloud fixes.
Music IO: Audio and MIDI over USB 1.4 is pretty impressive
Music IO: Audio and MIDI over USB, new features in 1.40:
- Support for multiple devices on the Mac; now connect as many iPhones and iPads as you like, to stream both audio and MIDI to any destination you wish (audio is limited to 4 iOS devices)
- Support for chains of up to four IAA effects apps on each track (up to 16 effects total)
- Support for PCs is now out of beta; connect musicIO to your PC desktop DAW, using the free VST available on the musicIO web site
- Bug fixes, stability improvements and performance enhancements
PalmSounds and tapes ... Celebrating the Philips PMC 100
The PMC 100 is the only synth I've ever known to be manufactured to include a cassette mechanism.
How awesome is that?
PalmSounds and tapes ... this is a lovely idea
My @BareConductive Mixtape Machine is coming on. It's the cassette and the Walkman combined! Only 12 songs mind. C60. pic.twitter.com/f9QbCZTTOd
— Greg Stedman (@differenting) September 12, 2015In fact, so much so that I might even give it a try myself.
Back in 2009: Toro Mini was on the way
Toro Mini was a lovely little app with some great sound presets in it. I think in some ways it paved the way for a number of other synths, but it didn't really get the attention it deserved, which was a real shame.
PalmSounds and tapes ... Back in 2013, in praise of the walkman
I actually still own this and it is still a lovely piece of engineering.
PalmSounds and tapes ... Back in 2010: A cassette stand for your iPhone?
I have to say I'm not entirely sure if this would've worked, but it was a nice idea.
PalmSounds and tapes ... This on Disquiet
Which was a beautiful idea, and quite inspired actually. You should take a look at the original post from back in 2010 here.
Welcome to Cassette Store Day 2015
I think that this is a big thing actually. Ok, it isn't as big as Record Store Day, but it is a big thing, and I like that. I have a special affection for cassettes. I always have done.
So today is going to be a lot about Cassette Store Day. I hope you enjoy it, I do.
So today is going to be a lot about Cassette Store Day. I hope you enjoy it, I do.
Blue Peter theme tune played on vegetables - CBBC (this is Dentaku and their Ototo board) ... (video)
I didn't ever think that I'd be posting a video from Blue Peter but here we go. I didn't expect to see Dentaku on CBBC, but here we.
I thought it was great though, and I'm really pleased to see the Ototo in action again. I'm still enjoying using mine too.
Here's the post from Dentaku about the whole thing too.
SoundPrism Pro gets an accessibility update
SoundPrism Pro gets a little update with UI improvements for blind and low-vision users.
midiSTEPs for iPad: sequencing music apps (iMini, iSEM, iElectribe and Sampletank) (video)
Video description:
"First jam with the new midiSTEPs midi sequencer for iPad. Here I am playing with iElectribe (receiving midi clock only), Sampletank (two channels, for bass and strings), Arturia iMini and Arturia iSem (synths). It is great for controlling MIDI hardware too."
So the AUFX series get some little updates, but the Drone synth is what I'm waiting for
You may have seen this before, but here it is anyway ...
GrooveCloud 1.9 out Now! New session browser with search function + mixer knobs fixes @MusicalAndroid1 @PalmSounds pic.twitter.com/k92xXPcPiG
— GrooveCloud (@theGrooveCloud) October 13, 2015BitShapeSoft iOS9 updates are coming ...
iOS 9 updates coming soon! Not included this round: multitasking. That's a shitload of layout work that's gonna take some time to get right.
— Bit Shape (@BitShapeSoft) October 13, 2015in 2009: A first look at the Tascam DP-008
This is still one of those devices that I'd love to own at some point although I know I have no real need for it at all. It's still quite lovely and they seem to retain the price quite well. Which is one of the reasons I haven't bought one to be honest.
Animoog 2.3 brings a bunch of updates
Here's what's new in Animoog 2.3:
- Support for Audiobus state saving.
- Support for configurable sample rates and buffers sizes, up to 96kHz/1024.
- Support for iOS 9.
- Better background audio behavior.
- Support for latest Audiobus version.
- Auto-scroll for timbre slots will now be canceled when there's a touch on the right table with categories.
[iOS] Thicket:Classic, SECTOR and Hexaglyphics Jam [iOS 8, iPad Air]
Thicket:Classic on the app store:
SECTOR on the app store:
Hexaglyphics on the app store:
NanoStudio, VALIUMcontrol Pack For Eden Synth, Outstanding (video)
Video description:
You can buy the VALIUMcontrol Sound Pack by Harison Zamperla here at his site.
https://sellfy.com/729815513802500
You will also find his other packs for NanoStudio there also.
Happy birthday Arctic Keys
Back in 2011 Arctic Keys first arrived on the app store. A big happy birthday to Arctic Keys from Palm Sounds.
Beautiful instruments made of the basic SunVox modules (video)
Video description:
"SunVox is a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern-based sequencer (tracker). It is a tool for those people who like to compose music wherever they are, whenever they wish. On any device. SunVox is available for Windows, OS X, Linux, Maemo, Meego, Raspberry Pi, Windows Mobile (WindowsCE), PalmOS, iOS and Android."
Diode-108 Drum Machine 1.4 brings more MIDI goodness.
Version 1.4 of Diode-108 Drum Machine adds MIDI sync out and MIDI note out to Diode-108's already existing MIDI in capabilities.
Back in 2008: The Stylophone was coming to your iPhone
Another app that's gone now, but back in 2008 it was great to see this come along to the platform. The original post on this is here.
FieldScaper 1.0 submitted to the app store!
I'm really looking forward to this app. Here's what to expect ...
"FieldScaper - Sound warp field recorder and scape constructor has been submitted for review.
Advanced field recorder combined with sound warp engine with a collection of ready to use dynamic presets for iPad and iPhone. Discover new ways to create and construct unusual and exciting sounds from any environmental audio recordings or samples recorded from other apps through Inter-App audio or Audiobus.
The main purpose of this advanced app is to shorten the way from recording samples to create spectacular soundscapes and in addition to use this app as glitch loop based effect in the real-time.
The FieldScaper consists of two main parts. The first part is the field recorder with special options for different ways of record environmental sound from microphone or record other sound sources. The second part is the scaper sound engine that with using dynamic presets can easily transform the most ordinary samples into something absolutely different. These parts connect with each other into one whole but you can use recorder or scaper separately.
The scaper sound engine contains three sample-based oscillators each with filters, delay, distortion and spatial mixer. The most of parameters can be assigned on individual low-frequency oscillators. With using the "Main effect" fader you can control several these parameters in different ranges. These features give you the abilty to create continuously changing, breaking and glitching sound forms and loop-based effects from ordinary samples of synths, guitars, voices or everyday sounds of the environment.
FieldScaper supports complete MIDI control for all faders, knobs and many buttons. You can change the parameters of oscillators, filters, delays and mixer by using any external MIDI controller or MIDI apps like sequencers. With the MIDI controllers this app becomes very comfortable to use at live performance."
midiSTEPs and midiLFOs by Arthur Kerns, Demo for iPad (video)
midiSTEPs on the app store:
midiLFOs on the app store:
Yonac's ToneStack 2.0 is coming
We (finally) submitted ToneStack 2.0 this weekend. Stay tuned for more info!
— Yonac Inc (@YonacSoftware) October 12, 2015Calculator Music: HoustonTracker 2 for the TI-82/83/83+/84+ (video) ... note, this is pretty awesom
Synthtopia and other sites picked this up and I have to admit that it really is a great story. I have to say that it reminds of the mode in Bhajis Loops that look like a spreadsheet so that if anyone caught you using it at work you could claim you were doing a spreadsheet on your PDA.
I love these kind of things, they just make me think about how awesome people are and how creative and making ordinary devices make music.
littleBits users rejoice, there's now an official littleBits app on the iOS store
I've been a littleBits user for some time now and have often wondered what they'd do in 'app' terms. This is a good start. It doesn't interface with your littleBits creations, but it does give you lots of suggestions and links to your littleBits online account.
I think that's a good start, but I hope it is just a start and that they'll add functionality to it over time.
For now, here's the app details from the store:
The littleBits App is your personal guide to unleashing creativity. Discover thousands of inventions, get inspiration for new projects, connect with the global littleBits community, access step-by-step project tutorials, and easily upload and share your own creations.
Learn how to make a blinking, buzzing, bumbling robot, a synth-keytar you can shred on, or the perfect way to automate your curtains to open with the sunrise.
- Get personalized littleBits project recommendations
- Explore thousands of inventions & instructions from people just like you
- Share your creations with other inventors in the littleBits community
- Earn badges by competing in community challenges and showcasing what you built
- Learn which inventions you can make with the Bits you own
- Manage your Bit inventory and build your collection
littleBits is a platform of easy-to-use electronic buildings blocks for you to create inventions large and small. These innovative building blocks snap together with tiny magnets, allowing anyone to build, invent, and prototype with electronics independent of age, gender and technical background – no soldering, wiring, or programming required.
The littleBits App is free on the app store:
Mobile music objects of desire: The NSP breakout box
BLOCKS - The World's First Modular Smartwatch (video), I know it isn't directly music related, but ...
I still have a hope that there will be some kind of wearable / smartwatch idea that can deal with music in a meaningful way, and, this seems to be a good contender. Let's see what it looks like on Tuesday when it launches on Kickstarter.
FieldScaper - Sound warp field recorder and scape constructor (video)
Video description:
"Advanced field recorder combined with sound warp engine with a collection of ready to use dynamic presets for iPad and iPhone. Discover new ways to create and construct unusual and exciting sounds from any environmental audio recordings or samples recorded from other apps through Inter-App audio or Audiobus."
iSymphonic Orchestra 1.6.6. brings new Vento Sound Set
Here's what's new in iSymphonic Orchestra:
- Added new "Vento Sound Set" with 18 additional sounds as optional in-app purchase, which provides various wind instruments; bassoon, clarinet, flute, english horn and various ensembles. (requires 480 MB additional SSD space)
Back in 2007: A first hint at Android?
Strange to think of Android not being around, but back in 2007 here was the first hint that Google might be planning their own mobile OS. Here's the original post.
Mogees back on Kickstarter!
So Mogees are back on Kickstarter again and seem to have already done really well!
midiSTEPs - midi step sequencer toy from Art has arrived
Something new from Mr Kerns, the maker of the awesome FunkBox, and Little MIDI Machine apps. So this is bound to be good ....
Here's what to expect:
midiSTEPs is a powerful but fun MIDI step sequencer app that sends MIDI note and CC messages to other music apps and external synthesizers. It was designed to be super easy to use in a way that's similar to the SH-101 sequencer, where you can just quickly enter a few keyboard notes and you're ready to hit play. At the same time, it also incorporates many ideas from other classic and modern sequencers, allowing you to set control values per step, mute and skip existing steps, switch between multiple patterns and parts, sync and link patterns in various ways, and modify your sequences.
midiSTEPs was designed from the ground up as a touch-based iPad sequencer app, so it's super easy and intuitive to enter, edit and play sequences.
midiSTEPs features:
- 64 step sequencer based on the classic SH-101 sequencer
- Set note, chord or rest per step
- Set accent and tie per step
- Set CC, velocity, length parameters per step
- Mute and skip individual steps
- Set start and end points within sequence
- Edit individual steps
- Transpose, loop or one shot, start and pattern sync options
- Four independent sequencer parts with 16 patterns each per set
- Parts can have different speeds, lengths, sync and trigger options
- Pattern Mix page with clip-launcher style pattern triggering
- External MIDI clock sync with clock shift adjustments and swing
- Easy to set up CoreMIDI configuration and MIDI mapping
- Easy to use touch interface designed specifically for iPad
midiSTEPs costs $9.99 (£7.99) on the app store now (click below):
Well this sounds encouraging ...
Very excited about upcoming updates to MicSwap and MicSwap Pro!... @AppStore #iosmusic #recordingapp #idrtg https://t.co/QBFhBzro3Y
— MicSwap (@micswap) October 7, 2015Fugue 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):
EGSY01 Analog Synth gets an update
EGSY01 Analog Synth has added MIDI Learn functionality to map all knobs and slider to your external MIDI controller.
Something new coming from the maker of FunkBox
My second MIDI app got through app review! It's a MIDI step sequencer inspired by an old favorite, the SH-101. It will be released tomorrow.
— Art Kerns (@artkerns) October 10, 2015A new video from Arpeggio ...
Give Arpeggio a Good Home from Tangible Instruments on Vimeo.
They're getting there, a bit closer every day.
Throwback by pantsofdeath
Well, this is a bit of a throwback - sounds like something I would have done three years ago. It's OK I guess but (rules being rules) I had to get it done so I could get on with the next thing. Spent a massive amount of time looking fr vocal samples for this and failed to find anything suitable..
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AX37b's last 8 minutes of life by pantsofdeath
Image by the totally awesome Russian artist Waldemar von Kazak. This is a quick xynthesizr experiment with a bass part and some randomly created notes over the top, heavily FX processed. Drums from ielectribe and Diode-108. Two improvised 16 bar animoog parts played over the top. The finished piece put me in mind of a self aware robot/android having a quiet moment of introspection as it's circuits burnt out and failed, found this image and thought it fit pretty well.
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Pianimoog test 1 by lordsatri
Improvised Animoog solo played on 20150409 with the 'MM-DN vcochords' preset using an M-Audio KeyRig-49 as controller. Single take, no overdubs. This will be a track on an upcoming album. See animoog.org/satri
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Magic_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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Bitwig 1.3 and Microsoft Surface (videos)
I think that BitWig and the Microsoft Surface has the potential to be something really amazing. So I thought that these videos would be worth a look.
Chvrch Keys by mikehrom
boom bap | octave bass | arpaccio | 128 bpm | A-Em http://ift.tt/1JZ07iA
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Stuntman Mike by brewmeisterbean
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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Vossom by Bashinteroth
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/16XygCL
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CanWire by Bashinteroth
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/16XygCL
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Lunar Dance Floor by Bashinteroth
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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Hara-hara ochiba by gimuneman
iOSアプリ、「Figure」で作られた. 詳しくはこちら: http://ift.tt/1rywUnA
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Aka tonbo2 by gimuneman
iOSアプリ、「Figure」で作られた. 詳しくはこちら: http://ift.tt/1rywUnA
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