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Introducing Tabletop



TableTop - Retronyms

iPads at the Apple Store

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miniSynth PRO price drop

Yonac's miniSynth PRO app drops from $9.99 to just $4.99.

miniSynth PRO - Yonac Inc.

iPads at the Apple Store

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Android Market 2.2 rolling out

Google rolls out the new Android Marketplace to 2.2 devices. The new market looks really good.

Sadly I'm on 2.1 :(

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Retronyms Releases Tabletop Modular Audio Environment for iPad


Tabletop is built exclusively for the iPad to be expressive, playable and fun. Both professional artists and those with no knowledge of music production can jump right in and start sketching out ideas or composing entire songs. Electronic musician Paul Salva says, “It took no time at all for me to acclimate. I had literally never touched Tabletop before, and within minutes I had some crazy stuff rocking.” To answer any questions about how the app or any of its devices function, Tabletop comes with a built-in user guide.


Users can expand their studio at any time, buying only the gear they need from a growing catalog. Tabletop is available at launch for a substantially discounted price of $4.99 and includes 9 of 15 available devices:
  • RS3 – Polyphonic Keyboard
  • Gridlok – Touchpad Sampler
  • M8RX – Tone Matrix
  • Filtr LP – Low-Pass Filter Effect
  • SpinBack – Turntable Player
  • Mr. O – Master Output
  • Goblin MX8 – Eight-Channel Mixer
  • T101-Triggerator – Sequencer/Master Controller
  • Recorder M2 – Input Recorder

The following devices not included in the launch special are available as in-app purchases:
  • Ekko – Delay Effect
  • Filtr BP – Band-Pass Filter Effect
  • Verve – Reverb Effect
  • Xpand – Chorus/Flanger Effect
  • Goblin MX4-FX – Four-Channel Mixer with Sends
  • XFade – Crossfading Mixer
  • In addition to the myriad of devices, some of Tabletop’s features include:
Nearly 300 unique sounds including multisample instruments, loops, and phrases. Record sequences, arrange into songs.
  • Adjustable quantization (pre- and post-record)
  • Recordable parameter automation
  • Overdub and replace record modes
  • Trigger sequences and patterns live
  • Sampling via internal mic and line in
  • Adjustable tempo via tap or dial
  • Import/export sounds via iTunes File Transfer
  • Support for imported .mid phrases
  • Undo history
  • 44Khz, studio-quality audio
  • WIST compatibility (Korg’s Wireless Sync-Start Technology)
  • Import sounds from dozens of apps with AudioPaste
The full list of technical specifications is available at http://retronyms.com/featurelist.html. Retronyms will continue to add features and devices, and the company plans to work with artists, developers, hardware companies, and producers who would like to contribute additional content. Interested parties should contact thirdparty@retronyms.com for more information.

Tabletop: Available in the App Store for $4.99.
Requires iPad or iPad 2 running iOS 4.2 or higher.

Tabletop by Retronyms at the app store:
TableTop - Retronyms

iPads at the Apple Store

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Teenage Engineering OP-1 Portable Synthesizer on eBay


Another OP-1 on eBay turns up. Not a bad price, $799. Still too much for me though.

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More news on Hokusai

Always good when a developer comments in with news:

We submitted Hokusai to Apple some time ago and are still waiting to hear back. Glad to hear people are keeping an eye open for it though! Definitely looking forward to it getting into people's hands!


@Anon, the free version of Hokusai offers similar tools to Monle (cut/copy/paste/fade/etc) but the upgraded versions will offer many more offline effects and features :)

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(Shruthi-1) Monosynth assembly

श्रुति-1 (Shruthi-1) Monosynth assembly from Justin on Vimeo.


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Freesoul's Sound

Freesoul, a regular commenter at Palm Sounds, has started his own blog featuring his music made with iOS.

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Mozilla building 'Boot to Gecko' mobile OS

Lots of sites had this news just the other day about Mozilla building a new operating system for mobile devices at least partially founded on Android.

It makes me wonder what this new mobile OS will mean for mobile music making. Whenever I hear, 'web only', or in this case, 'boot to web' it makes me wonder just how much scope there could be for mobile music here. I also wonder if this will be a competitor to Chrome, or an OS that you could make use of on an existing Android device.

I'm sure of a couple of things though. It's worth keeping an eye on to see how it unfolds, and also as it's from Mozilla it should be good as and when it sees the light of day.

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IO Dock MIDI Routing details


From the IO Dock support site.

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CLUB M01 vol.1 -TECHNO/ELECTRO-



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BM 2.1 iPad Screen Shot


This picture is from the Intua forum. Thanks to Legsmechanical for posting it in the Palm Sounds Forum.

BeatMaker 2 - INTUA

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UK Monotribe on eBay


I noticed this Monotribe on eBay, and as it was quite cheap I thought it might interest one or two from the UK.

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SampleLab App Overview



A useful overview of the SampleLab app.

Sample Lab - fotoh LLC

iPads at the Apple Store

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GrainBender sound samples

GrainBender sound demos by kuniklo

Some interesting sound design possibilities.

Via Synthtopia.

GrainBender - Burgerkone

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StompBox Controller for iPad, iPhone, & iPod touch



I can't remember if I've posted this before or not, but it is a useful and quick look at the Griffin Stompbox working with iShred Live.

iShred LIVE - Frontier Design Group

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PixelWave updates with some great new features

PixelWave from Alex (maker of the awesome Sunvox) has been updated with some great new features:
  • recording;
  • export to WAV (via iTunes File Sharing);
  • copy to pasteboard;
  • nine predefined waveforms;
  • changeable number of octaves (from 2 to 6);
  • option to disable the echo;
  • option to apply the Low-Pass filter (smoothing);
  • autosave.
Not bad at all for just $0.99.

PixelWave - Alexander Zolotov

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VoiceJam update

VoiceJam add a new inApp purchase:

Add shine to your voice with reverb modeled from VoiceTone R1. Choose from several different room simulations, from a clean studio sound to huge arena reverberations.

VoiceJam - TC-Helicon

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AirVox for iOS - Playing Scales



AirVox - Gesture Controlled Music - Yonac Inc.

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MONOMOD - Korg Monotribe Mod / Hack



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