I’ve been listening to a new podcast which covers mobile pro-audio apps called the Touch Sound Podcast. It’s well produced with news, interviews and plenty of good discussion. The hosts Nick Platers, Greg Pritchard, Sean Walker and Ashley Elsdon all know their stuff and talk for well over two hours. Highly recommended.
“In Episode #05 we talk about iOS and Mac OSX becoming one, TableTop, GrainBender Synth, Karajan, the upcoming Rhythm studio, VirSyn’s Addictive Synth, AirVox, Firestudio, Hokusai and tons more! Plus this week we interview two guests – John-Paul of Retronyms and Ian Bradshaw of Korg.” – soundcloud.com/touchsoundpodcast
For more info: touchsoundpodcast.com
This entry was written by , posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:04 am, filed under iPad, iPhone and tagged iOS, iPad, iPhone, podcast, Touch Sound Podcast. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
AirVox is somewhat like a Thermin, Alesis AirSynth or Roland D-beam for iOS. There are 49 presets to play with that take you through the different scales and available hand motions. $2.99 in the App Store (link).
“AirVox is a unique and precise musical instrument controlled without touch — only using hand gestures and motions. Interact with AirVox via the front facing camera. Our real-time computer vision technology “sees” your hands’ movements and turns it into musical notes and tones. YOU are the instrument! No previous musical experience is required to control Airvox. Its ease-of-use and many built-in features make music creation instant, and more importantly, fun! But AirVox is also a precision instrument. You can perform with the expression and phrasing usually heard in traditional instruments.” – yonac.com
For more info: yonac.com
This entry was written by , posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:57 am, filed under iPad, iPhone and tagged air, AirVix, iOS, synthesizer, Thermin, Yonac. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
You can sync a Korg Monotribe with another Monotribe. With the SyncKontrol iPhone app you can sync a Monotribe with an iPad and/or wirelessly with Ableton Live (or any DAW). I still can’t get over the fact you can get a fully analog groovebox for about $230. I hope these sell like crazy so Korg keeps on making analog synths and drum machines.
“SyncKontrol offers owners of Korg’s monotribe Analogue Ribbon Station precise tempo control, plus the ability to sync their monotribe to WIST (Wireless sync) enabled apps! SyncKontrol allows you to control the tempo and start/pause of the monotribe Analogue Ribbon Station via the audio output of your iPhone. The app also offers Tap Tempo, a Swing function, and WIST (Wireless Sync-Start Technology) to sync monotribe to WIST-enabled apps such as Korg’s iMS20, iElectribe and iElectribe Gorillaz(tm) Edition. In addition, this application receives sync from Mac based DAW software by receiving MIDI clock and play/stop commands via Wireless Network MIDI.”
For more info: korg.com/monotribe
This entry was written by , posted on July 20, 2011 at 4:38 am, filed under Ableton Live, drum machine, hardware, iPad, iPhone and tagged iPhone, Korg, Monotribe, sync, SyncKontrol. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Rhythm Studio from Pulsecode Inc. is going to draw comparisons with Propellerhead’s Re-Birth. However, if you check out the video above I bet you may still be interested. It looks pretty nice to me. What do you think? This app is not available yet.
“Rhythm Studio balances advanced features by using an easy to understand interface resembling real instruments. This means that one button does one thing just like it would with real hardware. Knobs turn, switches slide, and buttons press. You won’t get lost in abstract interfaces or design. Rhythm Studio is the next best thing to having the real hardware. Rhythm Studio includes a full 808 drum machine, 303 synthesizer, sample based synthesizer, XY style control pad, and mixer with FX.” – pulsecodeinc.com/rhythm-studio/
For more info: pulsecodeinc.com/rhythm-studio/
via Palm Sounds
This entry was written by , posted on July 18, 2011 at 5:31 am, filed under drum machine, iPad, iPhone and tagged iOS, iPad, iPhone, Propellerhead, Re-Birth, Rhythm Studio, Roland TB-303, Roland TR-808. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
If this was Air Keytar maybe they would have had my sale.
“Nintendo Wii proved that moving is more fun than pressing buttons, Air Guitar Move proves that moving is more fun than tapping and shaking your iPhone. Here’s how it works: Hold the iPhone in one hand like a guitar neck, strum the Ultimate Guitar Pick in the air with your other hand and, yes, you’re now playing air guitar.” – kickstarter.com/projects/iphoneairguitar
For more info: kickstarter.com/projects/iphoneairguitar
This entry was written by , posted on July 16, 2011 at 10:53 am, filed under iPhone and tagged Air Guitar Move, guitar, iPhone. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Monnix from Oliver Chesler on Vimeo.
Monnix is a new synthesizer for iOS devices. I created a little video above showing off what it can do. It’s another app I can see having plugged into my audio interface and an Ableton channel. Good for a background sweep or possible an intro. It’s fun to use and I really like the interface. Available now in the App store (link).
“This live performance synthesizer uses three points of touch to control the distribution of up to 16 harmonics, allowing for unique sound effects. Movements can be played back in the Replay page and the pitch altered by tilting the device forward. The Sample & Hold screen freezes the partials according to the selected tempo. FM ratio, jitter and envelope parameters can be set in the remaining pages, allowing for a wide variety of sonic mayhem.” – chrisjeffs.com
For more info: chrisjeffs.com/monnix/
This entry was written by , posted on July 15, 2011 at 5:11 am, filed under iPad, iPhone, synthesizer and tagged Chris Jeffs, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Monnix, synthesizer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Cambox from Oliver Chesler on Vimeo.
I was in my car awaiting the day ahead of me. I had some time to kill so I jumped onto the iTunes Apps store to see if there was anything new and interesting. Cambox is basically a video Casio SK1. When I was in high school (1986) I had a SK1. I quickly recorded “Fuck You!” on it and my friends and I drove around the suburbs hanging the SK out the window playing random FUs to anyone who could hear us. A few car chases and close fights and then we were bored with it. I’m happy Cambox is in my life to annoy the hell out of everyone I can. I hope you enjoy my little video test above. I love this App greatly.
“Each sound you make stores a piece of video into a box. You can film yourself singing, whistling or doing crazy faces. You can also capture your friends, your dog, or anything else.” – billaboop.com
For more info: billaboop.com/en/cambox
This entry was written by , posted on June 22, 2011 at 3:56 pm, filed under iPhone and tagged Cambox, iPhone. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
OscilloScoop is another music creation App for iOS that shows off a unique and interesting interface. I really like it when he changes the view by switching to landscape mode.
“The interface consists of a single pane and three rotating (or oscillating) “crowns.” To interact with these, simply touch them as they spin to carve (or scoop) out the surfaces, modifying the generated sound. The top crown controls the pitch of the melody, while the middle and bottom units control filter-application and volume, respectively.” – appadvice.com
Download on the App store: itunes.apple.com/us/app/oscilloscoop…
This entry was written by , posted on May 3, 2011 at 4:33 am, filed under iPad, iPhone, synthesizer and tagged iOS, OscilloScoop, sequencer, synthesizer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Slewpi is similar to MIT’s Singer Fingers but instead of samples it uses an synth engine. You draw with sound. Different colors, thicknesses and locations on the iPhone screen represent different sounds. This is a fun music App for kids and adults alike. There’s no reason you couldn’t find use for this in your music productions.
“Slewpi is a new type of app that lets you create music and synthesized sound and animation by painting on the screen with your fingers. Slewpi is super easy to use, just paint with your fingers and choose different colors and brushes to change the strokes and sounds. Slewpi records what you do and plays it back in a loop. Choose different brushes to change the visual style as well as the sound of your strokes in real-time. The different brushes correspond to different synthesizer waveform and vibrato settings allowing you to create new and diverse audio/visual compositions.” – slewpi.com
For more info: slewpi.com
This entry was written by , posted on April 24, 2011 at 8:09 am, filed under iPhone, synthesizer and tagged iOS, Slewpi, synthesizer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Here’s a little piece of sunshine in the form of an iPhone App. Launch Barcodas and scan a barcode into it using the iPhone’s camera. It will turn the barcode into a musical sequence. You can change the tempo of your new audio sequence and share it on Facebook. Now I finally have something to do other than filling my cart while shopping in the supermarket.
“The barcodas app scans any ean (8 or 13) or upc (e or a) barcode and turns it into a musical pattern in a user-selectable harmonic scale. Imagine walking into a supermarket filled with thousands of tunes to discover, supermarket symphony! Share the barcodes you love listening to on Facebook, so all your barcodas friends can scan them too.” – nr74.org/barcodas.html
For more info: nr74.org/barcodas.html
This entry was written by , posted on April 19, 2011 at 4:59 am, filed under iPhone and tagged Barcodas, barcode, iPhone. 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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