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A reasonably priced SU10 today. SU10 at eBay

And here's some weird pricing for TuneStudios ...

TuneStudios turn fairly regularly on eBay, but this one is priced at £150! I thought that perhaps it had belonged to someone famous, but no, it is just expensivve! In fact you can buy a new one from Amazon for less than this.

TuneStudio at eBay

This auction for another TuneStudio is for only £70!

TuneStudio at eBay

This last TuneStudio is going for just £49.99.

TuneStudio at eBay

Aphonium promo code give away UPDATE

My previous post about the Aphonium promo give away head an error, the email address should read palmsounds.comp@me.com. My apologies!

As a reminder, the question is:

How many versions of Aphonium are available on the app store?

Send your answer to palmsounds.comp@me.com by 7pm GMT tomorrow 29th of May.

Remember that promo codes only work in the US version of the iTunes app store.

Aphonium at the app store:

ZOOZbeat - Mobile Music reCreation receives the Music Video Award at ACM CHI 2010

Great news. ZOOZbeat - Mobile Music reCreation receives the Music Video Award at ACM CHI 2010.

Always good when a mobile music application gets an award and makes mobile music more mainstream. Well done Zoozbeat!

Aphonium promo code give away

Another great app promo code give away! Today I have 10 promo codes to give away for Aphonium. To enter the competition all you have to do is to answer this question.

How many versions of Aphonium are available on the app store?

Send your answer to palmsounds.comp@me.com by 7pm GMT tomorrow 29th of May.

Remember that promo codes only work in the US version of the iTunes app store.

Aphonium at the app store:

PatternMusic for iPad continues to be free

Just a quick note to say that I've been in touch with Richard the developer of PatternMusic for both the iPhone and iPad, and the iPad version will be free for the foreseeable future! Excellent news, and thanks Richard!

PatternMusic at the app store:

Arduinoboy in a soap dispenser

Via Matrixsynth.

Looptastic HD update

Looptastic HD for iPad gets some small improvements:

The plot now indicates the play position even when the loop is inaudible.
There is no longer silence at the beginning of an exported recording.
The help screen is updated.
Now includes support for bluetooth headsets

Looptastic at the app store:

Darren in the bath with Nanoloop!

A couple of excellent pictures in a very strange place to make music. Apparently "the bath gives me great natural reverb" according to Darren!

Rebirth update

I know that the Rebirth app for the iPhone has provoked a lot of debate since launch. It has just got an update though. Here's what's new:

Added two new mods: Sid Station and Semx
Auto rotates to any orientation
Better performance
Fixes to a few bugs

Rebirth at the app store:

Jasuto 1.2.2 on the way

Jasuto Pro 1.2.2 has been submitted. Here's what's coming:

The sequencer supports odd loop lengths, independent rates (up to 64x the tempo!), and trigger resets now.
Transposing of sequencers now scale properly.
Fixed the .wav case sensitivity issue.
Fourier transform modules (FFT, iFFT, Band, Bands) for some spectral fun! Check out the new Spectral category which contains a Vocoder example!
Recording/Resampling now only listens to the selected Speaker modules, if nothing is selected then it records everything (just like the current default behavior).
Fixed a browser tabbing issue that would popup after saving a scene.
Much better sounding Noise module.
Sonoma AudioCopy/Paste 1.1.
Sequences/Motion now start on the initial note on loading.
Fixed a bunch of number editor bugs, and yes, you can now enter 0!
You can now disable motion smoothing on nodes when dragging them around in the scene. The option can be found in the Motion menu under Smooth.
Replaced the screensaver with something a little less arbitrary, a spectrogram!

Jasuto Pro at the app store:

RjDj welcomes the iPad in Europe with the Rj Voyager EURO SPEZIÄL.

A nice iPad day touch from the great people at RJDJ! Read what's coming in the update here.

Monle on Sale

Monle is on sale for just today. The price is down from $9.99 to $4.99

Monle at the app store:

ReelDirector update

ReelDirector gets a BIG update making it much more friendly for the 3G and Touch user. Here's what's new:

iPad support
Tutorial/demo project to help you get started
Import videos on iPhone 3G and iPod Touch with copy & paste
Pan & Zoom of videos
Rotate videos
Mix videos of different resolutions and orientations in single project
More options for text placement, fonts and styles
No limit on number of photos in single project

ReelDirector at the app store:

Toro Mini 1.1 price still at $1.99

Toro Mini 1.1 has been submitted to Apple. When it is approved the price will be going up to $2.99, so get it now if you haven't already at the current price of $1.99.

As a reminder here's what's coming in the new version:

Low- and hi-pass filters
New oscillator wave
Recording Console with playback function and export through computer web browser
Totally rewritten keyboard handling allowing for slide and faster response
Slight redesign of the GUI with two new skins

Toro Mini at the app store:

miniSynth Pro update

miniSynth Pro gets another update:

Major feature addition: now allows independent assignment of the Mod Matrix axes to 30+ control destinations
Introduces independently configurable "snapback" for the Mod axes
Improvements to patches display
Replaces "Toggle Overlays" button under menu with "Prefs" button. Prefs button will display a brand new preferences panel wherein user can toggle keyboard note overlays and configure the new modulation matrix.

Yonac at the app store:

Voice Band update

Voice Band gets an update after a long time. Here's what's new:

Added new instruments available through in-app purchasing
Improved auto-pitch tracking
Improved overall sound quality
Added Voice Monitor control which lets you mix in your real voice for better pitch control while recording
Fixed bug with saving/emailing songs
Added tutorial videos in help section

Voice Band at the app store:

Palm Sounds Big Birthday Competition

Anymore entries for the Palm Sounds "Strangest Place You've Made Music" competition?

To enter, all you have to do is email in a picture of yourself making music somewhere strange. It could be high up, under the ground, in a jungle, but please, no pictures on the toilet!

The best picture (as judged by me) will get a copy of Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking which is a great book on circuit bending an electronic music making, and I will happily send it to the winner wherever they live in the world.

So send in your pictures as soon as you can this week. Each one sent in will get featured on the blog as well!

Synth from Retronyms update

Synth from the Retronyms has been updated and now includes:

A pitch-bend wheel
An optional upgrade giving a Patch Editor for creating new instruments

I'm looking forward to seeing what the patch editor is like and how similar it is to DopplerPad.

I played with this app a little last night when I finally got my iPad sync'd. Synth is a very nice synth, so a good patch editor is going to make it excellent for $0.99 / £0.59.

Synth at the app stpre: