DMT 162: Beyoncé (and more Beyoncé ), the most influential stories of 2013 and music apps innovation
Video description:
This week on Digital Music Trends I had the pleasure to welcome Glenn Peoples (Billboard), Darren Hemmings (Motive Unknown) and Michael Roffman (Consequence of Sound). We chat about Beyoncé's surprise album release and its potential impact on the industry, discuss the news stories that influenced 2013 and may also be relevant through 2014 and finally talk about the future of innovation for music apps and services using the iTunes best-of 2013 list as a springboard.
Quite how we managed to stretch these three subjects to well over 1h 10minutes is beyond me but it was a really fun show - you'll have to tune in to figure it out!!
This is the last news show for 2013 but there will be a couple of specials coming in the next two of weeks: an interview with The Echo Nest's CEO and a "DMT around the world in 2013" with some of the best interviews I recorded this year so look out for them!
Have a fantastic week and 'till next time.
VibraNode for iPhone
I've been meaning to mention / try this app for a little while.
VibraNode is an app that invites you to use our modern smartphones as objects that can strike our physical world and make acoustic sounding vibration music. By only using the vibration in the iPhone, everybody gets the opportunity to explore the thousands of physical objects that surround us every day and use them as resonators. Coffee cups, plates, cutlery and old casette tape covers are transformed into instruments and sound creators, and thus open up a potentially infinite orchestra of things that are ready to fill the world with acoustic vibration music.
VibraNode is created by Redia in collaboration with the composer and sound artist Morten Riis and The Danish Composers Society.
The app is free.
Ep.40: Thomas Ford, Soundrop (DMT 1-2-1)
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This week on the DMT 1-2-1 I chat with Thomas Ford, VP of Marketing and Communications at Soundrop. The startup allows users to discover music and chat with people from around the world through "listening rooms" and is available on Spotify, Deezer, iOS and Android.
We chat about the company's development, its expansion to Deezer, its initiatives on artist-lead listening rooms, potential monetisation avenues and much more.
I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time.
Andrea Leonelli
Miselu's C.24 Shipping update: "We are currently working towards shipping the first units the week of February 17th"
And they publish a bunch of photos of the production process. Interesting stuff ....
n-Track Studio Multitrack Recorder update brings 3rd party effects and more
This really is a great recording app and it's starting to be my go to app for anything that needs multitracking. Here's what's new in this update:
- Besides using 3rd party apps as synths, n-Track now allows using compatible 3rd party apps as audio effects
- You can now also send audio from n-Track to other apps via Inter-App audio
- MIDI clock and MTC sync (master & slave)
- Import and save tracks from/to Dropbox
- Direct upload your song to Soundcloud
- Improved responsiveness when scrolling and zooming the song
X-Mas - KORG Little Bits and KOMMANDER! (video)
Today is the last day before our Christmas holiday starts, which means we some office fun! Tatsuya Takahashi of KORG dropped by with the Little Bits synth kit and with the help of a Yamaha SHS-10 (with a very special demo tune), a midi to cv converter and the KOMA Kommander we made a very quirky version of Last Christmas by Wham - Little Bits style.
Have a great Christmas and a happy new year!
FL Studio Mobile HD 2.3 brings MiniSynth and more
Here's what's new:
- MiniSynth (incl. 70 presets)
- Modulation via accelerometer (new option in the keyboard setup)
- Transfer button in the in-app shop for emailing your purchases to another device
- Bug fixes
nils update brings a simpler level display
nils adding option of simpler level display, average buffer value. This option uses a much smaller footprint, maximising performance.
News from @ELECTRIFYAPP
I have implemented crashlytics into #Electrify NXT, so your crashes are reported right into my inbox. For the next update bugfixes first.
— Ingolf Koch (@ELECTRIFYAPP) December 21, 2013
Electrify NXT arrives
Electrify is back! Electrify NXT turns your iPad into a virtual Groovebox with drum loops, synths and effects. All in realtime! Create musical clips or load samples and loops from the 1600+ samples library and arrange them on the fly in the clip matrix. Create dramatic break downs and build ups with the performance effects.
Electrify NXT runs best on iPads with Retina Displays.
- Completely rewritten and vastly enhanced audio engine with Active Freeze Technology gives you the power to create clips with effects and stunning live performances.
- The all new session mode lets you perform with loops and clips by creating arrangements on the fly.
- New brilliant sounding polyphonic FM-style Synthesizer: Electrify NXT comes with a fully fledged frequency modulating synthesizer with 11 Algorithms and wave-morphing oscillators giving you endless sound possibilities.
- The new drumkit combines 8 samplers into one grooving loop factory.
- The powerful looper and slicer lets you deconstruct audio loops or rearrange your own clips beyond recognition.
- Electrify NXT comes with more than 1600 audio loops and one shot samples from the famous Inspire Audio Collection
- A huge load of effects spices up your loops and performances.
- Powerful parameter modulation: nearly every parameter of instruments and effects can be modulated by LFOs, Envelopes or by realtime parameter sequencing.
- Add that little extra portion of groove to your clips with Flexi-Groove templates.
- Use Electrify NXT with other Apps or your Keyboard. Audiobus, AudioCopy and Midi are integrated.
If Electrify was just the beginning, what is next? Electrify NXT. Next Generation Groovebox.
Please visit the website and the forums to post your feedback.
The app is priced at $19.99.
What's your favourite SoundCloud group?
I've been posting a variety of the SoundCloud groups that I like, but of course I don't know every mobile related group. So, if there are groups that you'd like me to mention or just think are full of wonderful tracks please do let me know.
GRAVITY - 128 patches for Animoog
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128 presets (patches) for Animoog. The most amazing-crazy-unheard-cosmic-alien-scifi: pads, atmos & sfx - for your SCI-FI project!
The patches are available here: http://www.albaecstasy.ro/animoog-presets/
Mobile Music Sequencer - US gets a huge update in version 3
Here's what's new:
Yamaha's Mobile Music Sequencer enables composers to combine a range of phrase patterns and create musical compositions intuitively, following the flow of composition, from phrases to sections and from sections to songs.
Wherever you are, you can now sketch the outline of a composition. In addition, you can use the ingredients to delicately craft songs on a Yamaha synthesizer, or in Steinberg Cubase.
First, try loading the demo song (a number of demo songs are provided). Tap on the settings icon in the top right of the screen, select [Digital Sympathy] from the Presets under the File tab, and press the Load button to read in the song.
Create a song right away as follows:
Step 1-Create phrases
You can choose from a rich selection of 382 preset phrases (the phrase is the smallest unit in the structure of a composition). Under Phrase in the View screen, tap on a cell in which no setting has been made, then tap on the Select button on the left. To listen to a preset phrase, tap on its name. It is also possible to use real-time recordings made using the keyboard within an application, or user phrases which have been created using piano roll input. Using the powerful Loop Remix function, it is possible to divide selected phrases at specified intervals and then order them randomly, automatically insert rolls or breaks, and thus rework them into new phrases.
Step 2-Create sections
Combine multiple phrases together to create a section. Phrases are arranged in a vertical block and playback is turned on and off using the Section button at the bottom of the screen. The phrases can be managed as a single unit.
By specifying codes for individual sections, you can easily create variations. Using the Create command you can also create a succession of new sections based on the phrase that is currently being played back, which allows production to proceed smoothly.
Step 3-Create Songs
Put together complete songs by pasting together sections. This is easily accomplished by touching the Section area and then just dragging and dropping sections into the data area. Naturally, you can also input sections by recording in real time or by using the piano roll screen.
Advantages
* To ensure the smooth operation, iPhone 4S or higher or iPod Touch 5th Generation or higher is recommended.
Yamaha's Mobile Music Sequencer enables composers to combine a range of phrase patterns and create musical compositions intuitively, following the flow of composition, from phrases to sections and from sections to songs.
Wherever you are, you can now sketch the outline of a composition. In addition, you can use the ingredients to delicately craft songs on a Yamaha synthesizer, or in Steinberg Cubase.
First, try loading the demo song (a number of demo songs are provided). Tap on the settings icon in the top right of the screen, select [Digital Sympathy] from the Presets under the File tab, and press the Load button to read in the song.
Create a song right away as follows:
Step 1-Create phrases
You can choose from a rich selection of 382 preset phrases (the phrase is the smallest unit in the structure of a composition). Under Phrase in the View screen, tap on a cell in which no setting has been made, then tap on the Select button on the left. To listen to a preset phrase, tap on its name. It is also possible to use real-time recordings made using the keyboard within an application, or user phrases which have been created using piano roll input. Using the powerful Loop Remix function, it is possible to divide selected phrases at specified intervals and then order them randomly, automatically insert rolls or breaks, and thus rework them into new phrases.
Step 2-Create sections
Combine multiple phrases together to create a section. Phrases are arranged in a vertical block and playback is turned on and off using the Section button at the bottom of the screen. The phrases can be managed as a single unit.
By specifying codes for individual sections, you can easily create variations. Using the Create command you can also create a succession of new sections based on the phrase that is currently being played back, which allows production to proceed smoothly.
Step 3-Create Songs
Put together complete songs by pasting together sections. This is easily accomplished by touching the Section area and then just dragging and dropping sections into the data area. Naturally, you can also input sections by recording in real time or by using the piano roll screen.
Advantages
- Built-in software synth with 92 high-quality sounds (including 9 types of drumkit) enables faithful rendering of sequence patterns.
- Sound editing using filters, EG, and other effects
- Mixer function for each part
- Effects including reverb, chorus, and variations
- Additional phrases and sounds
- Four additional voice and phrase datapacks can be purchased directly using the application. (Dance Pop, Electronic, Hip Hop, R&B). Moreover, two additional song and phrase datapacks and one phrase datapack can be also purchased directly using the application.(Song and Phrase datapack: TeddyLoid/Mobile Conductor, access/Eien Dive, Phrase databack: QY Pack)
- In case your purchased pack can't be transferred to the app, please tap the ""Restore Purchases"" button at the bottom of the purchase screen.
- File export
- As well as a function for outputting standard general-purpose MIDI files, the application also includes a function for exporting files in an even easier-to-use format designed for Yamaha synths, in which characteristic sounds are specified in advance. (MOTIF XF, S90XS/S70XS, MOXF6/MOXF8, MOX6/MOX8, MX49/61, Tyros5 and MOTIF XS)
- Mix-down
- Audio mix-down of a song or a phrase and conversion of the song or the phrase to an audio file can be performed in real time.
- Compatibility with SoundCloud
- Audio files can be made compatible with SoundCloud and uploaded.
* To ensure the smooth operation, iPhone 4S or higher or iPod Touch 5th Generation or higher is recommended.
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