Fanboy here.
“Apple was established on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne to sell the Apple I personal computer kit. The kits were hand-built by Wozniak and first shown to the public at the Homebrew Computer Club.” – Wikipedia
For more info: apple.com
This entry was written by , posted on February 6, 2013 at 8:34 am, filed under apple and tagged apple, Samsung. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Audiobus was released today. It allows multiple iOS music apps to work together. I have found many music apps to be useful but I usually just record one at a time into Ableton. Audiobus opens things up. I’m still not certain I want to be bouncing in and out of Apps but this functionality is certainly welcome. I’m also glad to see many developers working together on it. $9.99
“A Tasty Pixel in partnership with Audanika today launched Audiobus, a revolutionary new app for iPad and iPhone set to reinvent iOS music making with its ability to connect music apps together, just as cables connect audio equipment. Support for the app is already built into such leading iOS music apps as Rebirth, JamUp, NLog, Sunrizer and more, with over 750 more developers registered to implement Audiobus in their own music apps.” – audiob.us
For more info: audiob.us
This entry was written by , posted on December 10, 2012 at 6:42 am, filed under apple, iPad, iPhone and tagged AudioBus, Funkbox, iOS, SoundPrism. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Korg has released iPolysix an iPad version of it’s classic Polysix synthesizer. Unlike the original there is a step sequencer, drum machine, chordal mode, Soundcloud sharing and Kaoss type effects pads. About $15 USD.
“iPolysix is an analog polyphonic synthesizer that’s been carefully designed to take full advantage of the 7.9-inch display of the new iPad mini as well as the iPad. Bringing together a sequencer, drum machine, and even a mixer, it transforms your iPad or iPad mini into the ultimate analog synth studio. Pack an amazing set of early-’80s analog equipment into your iPad, and time-travel back to the dawn of polyphonic synthesizers!” – Korg
For more info: korg.com/iPad_Apps
This entry was written by , posted on November 26, 2012 at 7:12 am, filed under apple, iPad, synthesizer and tagged iPolysix, Korg, Korg iPolysix. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Take a look at the last post I did (link). See that video? Now check out the video above. I took the same sounds and put them into the Borderlands granular synthesis app. From a retro melody using analog hardware futuristic noise. I think it starts to get good around the 2:15 mark.
“Granular synthesis is a basic sound synthesis method that operates on the microsound time scale. It is based on the same principle as sampling. However, the samples are not played back conventionally, but are instead split into small pieces of around 1 to 50ms. These small pieces are called grains. Multiple grains may be layered on top of each other, and may play at different speeds, phases, volume, and frequency.” – Wikipedia
For more info: thehorrorist.com
This entry was written by , posted on October 21, 2012 at 5:39 pm, filed under apple, iPad and tagged Borderlands, granular, iPad, synthpop. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
iOS6 will be released today. While I still do the bulk of my pro-audio work on my iMac or Macbook Pro I am using my iPhone and iPads more and more. Yes the previous sentence shows my fruit company addiction. Nevertheless just recently I was recording some female vocals and to lead the chorus in I grabbed a sound from the iPad app Samplewiz. I did it without thinking much… it’s just part of my workflow now. iOS6 brings some nice new features as far as audio is concerned. Sonicstate has a good write up (here) on what’s coming but here’s three things: Audio and Video Sampling During Playback, Inter-app audio and Multi-route audio. These additions plus the recently approved AudioBus spec along with more powerful iOS devices mean you will soon be working with multiple audio apps at the same time in a big way. It’s going to be great to see what innovative apps are going to take advantage of all this.
“Live, app-to-app audio streaming for iOS. No hardware required.” – audiob.us
For more info: iOS6, AudioBus and Sonicstate
This entry was written by , posted on September 19, 2012 at 10:08 am, filed under apple, iPad, iPhone and tagged AudioBus, iOS. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Yesterday, Apple showed off iOS 6, Mac OSX Mountain Lion and new Macbook Pro’s with Retina displays. None of the upgrades will mean much specifically for musicians. The new Macbook Pro is of course lust worthy but be carefully you loose the Firewire port. An adapter will keep your audio interface working but it’s worth mentioning. Mountain Lion continues to push the idea of files being stored with their own apps (now also in iCloud). I’m old school and like pushing my files all around between different Apps but Apple knows for beginners it makes more sense to do it the new way. Making the same file and changes to the file instantly available on iOS and Mac OSX also pushes developers to make compatible Apps that work on both platforms. I wouldn’t mind seeing more of the great iOS music stuff on Mac OSX. Everything is getting a lot slicker. A native Notes app that syncs across iOS & Mac OS (goodbye Simplenote/Notational Velocity?), a night mode for the Phone that looks excellent, built-in turn by turn GPS with new Maps and Passbook. Passbook stores tickets to concerts, movies, flights and will be another good step in eliminating paper. Later in the year we are sure to see a new iPhone and maybe some TV product. Yes I am still a fanboy.
“iOS 6 gives you more features to make the things you do every day even better.” – Apple
For more info: apple.com
This entry was written by , posted on June 12, 2012 at 2:39 am, filed under apple, iPad, iPhone and tagged apple, iOS 6, Macbook Pro. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Did anyone who reads this blog think I could resist ordering the new iPad? It’s becoming more like a real computer. It’s already several unique musical instruments and I’m sure with more power we will see more audio innovation. For anyone just getting an iPad for the first time here’s a small selection of a few extra fun music apps to get you going: SoundyThingy, FunkBox, SynthX, The Badlion’s Garage Synth, SoundPrism, SampleWiz, sir Sampleton, Polychord, ZX Plectrum, abcdefg, Moog Filatron, Voicejam, LaDiDa and Scanner911.
“The A5X chip with quad-core graphics drives four times the pixels of iPad 2 yet it delivers the same smoothness and fluidity iPad is known for.” – apple.com
For more info: apple.com/ipad
This entry was written by , posted on March 9, 2012 at 6:13 am, filed under apple, iPad. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I thought he was awesome. Bravo!!!
“Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.” – Apple.com
For more info: apple.com
This entry was written by , posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:18 pm, filed under apple. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
The new iPhone is upon is. You shouldn’t care if the number five is part of it’s name because it’s a nifty upgrade. The thing that has me the most interested is Siri. If it works accurately and quickly it could be as big as a step as multi-touch was. Talking and touching think about it. The future is creeping up around us. Will we be saying, “Load sequencer. 4 bar loop…” soon?
“Siri on iPhone 4S lets you use your voice to send messages, schedule meetings, place phone calls, and more. Ask Siri to do things just by talking the way you talk. Siri understands what you say, knows what you mean, and even talks back. Siri is so easy to use and does so much, you’ll keep finding more and more ways to use it.” – Apple.com
For more info: apple.com/iphone/features/siri.html
This entry was written by , posted on October 4, 2011 at 7:09 pm, filed under apple, iPhone and tagged apple, iPhone 4S, Siri. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
With the Magma ExpressBox 3T there really is little reason to buy a Mac Pro. Use your PCIe cards with an iMac. This is great news for musicians wanting to upgrade old tower macs but keep their DSP and interface cards.
“ExpressBox 3T provides an ‘outside-the-box’ solution for using PCIe® cards with Thunderbolt-equipped computers. High-performance flows are possible by connecting a Thunderbolt equipped computer to a Magma ExpressBox 3T containing PCIe cards such as video capture, media transcoding, audio processing, and fast data storage. And because Thunderbolt is also based on DisplayPort technology, you can daisy chain a high-resolution display with your Magma ExpressBox 3T.” – prweb.com
For more info: magma.com/thunderbolt
This entry was written by , posted on September 7, 2011 at 8:30 am, filed under apple, hardware and tagged apple, PCIe, Thunderbolt. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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