2014
06/17
Automatically Compose Harmonies From Melodies With HarmonyWiz
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HarmonyWiz iPad Harmonizer

HARMONYWIZ is an advanced harmonic generator which can create multi-part harmony, all just from inputting a single musical line. You can paint your music in or play it from a piano style keyboard. You compose it and HarmonyWiz will arrange it.

After an arrangement is created, the app provides harmonic analysis and displays a notation system known as Figured Bass.
Enter the Expert mode and you will have access to manage all the tracks in your arrangement with our editing tools.
Select different preset sound ensembles or create your own.

HarmonyWiz. Entertaining and fun for all ages, but also a valuable educational tool for music students and can be used for advanced editing by industry professionals.
This release of HarmonyWiz features the Baroque style and some of Jordan’s personal variations on its classical foundation.
The sounds in HarmonyWiz are from Jordan’s personal library. We also offer a great collection of additional sounds as In-App- purchases.
One can also enjoy just playing the great sounds of HarmonyWiz from the onboard or midi keyboard.

• HarmonyWiz offers a unique, assisted composition engine
• Place guide notes in any track including the melody or bass lines
• Force chords to have certain degrees or inversions
• Choose from five different harmonic styles: Baroque, Contemporary, Smooth, Free, And Open
• Non-harmonic tones such as passing notes or suspension notes
• Built in multi-touch keyboards in both chromatic layout and harmonic
• Supports the use of accidentals
• Supports simple and compound meters
• Supports major and minor keys
• Displays harmonic rhythm
• Multiple undo and redo
• MIDI in and MIDI out support
• AudioBus support
• AudioShare support
• Ten built-in instruments including orchestral and electronic sounds
• More instrument packs available for in-app purchase
• SoundCloud sharing

HarmonyWiz is available for $9.99

2013
12/13
Vulcan Harp For iPad
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Vulcan Harp

Fans of Star Trek™ can now play Mr. Spock’s Vulcan harp on their iPad! Replicating the alien instrument from the classic Star Trek™ series, the app is fully functional and features multi‐level sounds, cool effects, and the iconic design of the original harp. Use the sleekly styled controls to compose spacey music or play fascinating songs.

Whether you’re a Trek fan, musician, or just interested in playing a unique instrument, the app’s richly detailed appearance and wide‐ranging musical abilities make for an instrument unlike any other.

Features:
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• 15 vibrating strings – each identified, making it easy to play songs
• Distinct pluck dynamic where the sound occurs on release of a touch similar to a harp
• 5 instrument sounds from futuristic to the classic harp
• Large 6-and-a-half octave range in 5 octave banks
• Custom multi-level distortion and reverberation controls give you a wide range to experiment with
• Ability to select pentatonic scale (five notes per octave)
• One button background arpeggio (sequence chords)
• Rich, inlaid wood detail appearance on the harp and moving starfield background
• SoundCloud recording to share your creations
• Concise tutorial to locate controls

Looking for more information about the Vulcan harp app?
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Visit us online: startrekvulcanharp.com
Follow us on Twitter: @StarTrekHarp
YouTube video: youtube.startrekvulcanharp.com
Join us on Facebook: fb.startrekvulcanharp.com
Questions or suggestions? Email us at vulcanharp@shiverware.com

Vulcan Harp Background:
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The Vulcan harp is also called a Vulcan lyre, lute, lyrette, and lytherette.

The Vulcan harp is played in four episodes in Star Trek™: The Original Series: “Charlie X”, “Amok Time”, “The Way to Eden” and “The Conscience of the King”.

Spock and Uhura both play the Vulcan harp. Tuvok owns one in Star Trek: Voyager™, Melian owns one in Star Trek: The Next Generation™, and (mirror universe) Kira Nerys owns one in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine™.

Spock plays “Row-Row-Row Your Boat” on the Vulcan harp in the film “Star Trek: The Final Frontier™”.

The Star Trek™ Vulcan Harp app is licensed by CBS Interactive, Inc.
App created by Shiverware Interactive Software Developments, Inc.
TM CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.
TM & © 2013 CBS Studios Inc. Star Trek and related marks and logos are trademarks of CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Vulcan Harp is $1.99

2013
10/07
Stunning Harp App For iPad iPhone
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Harp App For iPad

Compatibility:Requires iOS 6.0 or later.compatible with iPhone4 or later,iPad,and iPod touch(5th Generation).optimized for iPhone 5

Handy Harp explains the complex mechanisms behind a concert harp through sounds and pictures, in an easy-to-use application where the design of harp pedals has been carefully recreated. Using the touch capabilities offered by the iPhone and iPad screen, you can manipulate these pedals easily, hear the changes of interval, and also watch the rotating discs prompting these changes.

Furthermore, the application allows you to quickly display 45 chord types, 28 modes, and the associated pedal settings. It supports MIDI Wi-Fi, allowing you to transfer play data from your iPhone or iPad to a Digital Audio Workstation as well as pedal diagrams to softwares such as Sibelius and Finale.

Handy Harp can be used in many different contexts: for those who want to understand the mechanisms of the harp, for harpists who want to write a pedal diagram on their sheet music, for composers and arrangers who want to try out different kinds of glissandi, and many other situations.

Handy Harp is available not only in Japanese, but also in English and in French. Its goal is to provide an easy-to-use tool that will become the new best friend of harpists, composers of film music and orchestrators. This is the beginning of a new era for harp!

[28 modes, 45 pre-recorded chords]
45 chords are pre-recorded (in twelve tones), for a total of 540 possibilities. 28 modes are also available (in twelve tones) for a total of 336 pedals tuning possibilities. It is possible to save up to 60 additional pedal settings.

[Rule Types]
You can select two different types of rules when displaying the scales and octaves: one that is commonly used by harpists, and the other based on the piano keyboard.

[Irregular Tuning]
Usually, each note on a harp is tuned in flat, but in order to support certain types of music, Handy Harp also features irregular tuning, thus allowing you to perform pieces of contemporary music.

[Keyboard]
In order to check the status of the harp pedals, and in addition to a concrete display, a piano keyboard shows the select notes (using letters). This allows you to easily check the tuning of the pedals.

[MIDI Wi-Fi]
By connecting your device to a computer through MIDI Wi-Fi, you can transfer your play data in MIDI format to a DAW and record them. This function will prove invaluable to composers and arrangers who lost a considerable amount of time recording each harp section.

[Transfer your pedal diagram to a music notation software]
You can transfer pedal diagrams to music notation softwares such as Sibelius and Finale.

Handy Harp is available for $13.99

2013
04/17
UPDATE: Thumbjam Ver 2 3 Now Supports Jack!
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Thumbjam App icon

ThumbJam is a powerful musical performance experience. You get over 30 high-quality real instruments multi-sampled exclusively for this app. Hundreds of included scales allow you to effortlessly play in any style from rock to classical, whether you are a musical novice or a seasoned professional.

What’s New in Version 2.3

– ALL orientations finally supported on iPad.
– JACK support added, another way to stream audio and midi between apps. Get more info at http://www.crudebyte.com/jack-ios .

– fixed stuck sustain issue on second loaded instrument slot
– fixed some MIDI output issues with split screen between first and second loaded instruments
– fixed crashing issue in MIDI settings when VoiceOver is active

JACK is a free app to app streaming audio alternative to AudioBus. More about Jack here http://ipadloops.com/connect-audio-apps-for-free/

Even if you’ve only played air guitar, ThumbJam lets you sound like a pro. Pick an instrument and jam — with all the scales to choose from you’ll never hit a wrong note. The high quality instrument samples will make you sound like you just skipped years of music lessons.

For the performing musician, this app is awesome for soloing on an instrument you didn’t bring along. Play in any key, any style — go from a string ensemble to a wailing guitar. ThumbJam was developed and tested by musicians to feel and sound like a real instrument. You’ll be surprised at how expressive it can be, make sure to check out the videos and audio at thumbjam.com.

ThumbJam makes use of tilt and shake to add vibrato, tremolo, note bends, and volume swells for more realistic and expressive results. It supports up to five (eleven on iPad) simultaneous touches and up to 24 voice polyphony. Delay and stereo reverb add depth to the sound, and a resonant lowpass filter gives you more tone shaping power. Put on your headphones or plug in to your home stereo to experience some of the highest quality instruments in the App Store.

Build your own loops from the ground up or import your favorites and jam from there. Layer as many loops as you want, with different instruments for each. Export your loops as audio files or Ardour DAW sessions via WiFi. Copy and paste audio from other apps using Sonoma Wire Works AudioCopy/Paste as well the general pasteboard used by BeatMaker, via email, iTunes Document Sharing, or open directly in another application. Now supports both Audiobus and JACK to stream audio between other applications!

Want to jam with your friends? ThumbJam lets you broadcast tempo, key, and scale to other nearby devices via Bluetooth so you can be in sync live. Even better, you can use it as a MIDI or OSC controller over WiFi, with any CoreMidi compatible device, Akai Synthstation, or Line6 MidiMobilizer to control software instruments on your computer, other apps on the same iOS device with virtual MIDI, or play ThumbJam with other hardware or software MIDI controllers or apps!

The app includes a huge variety of scales, from western to eastern. Save your favorites for quick access, or create your own in-app. You can even import new scales in the Scala format for complete flexibility.

You can also record your own instruments using a built-in or attached microphone, or from file import.

Included instruments:

+ Cello, Violin, Viola
+ Upright Bass (plucked and bowed)
+ Several drumkits
+ Darabukka
+ Djembe
+ Electric Guitar
+ Electric Bass
+ Trumpet
+ Trombone
+ Tenor Sax
+ Flute
+ Low Whistle
+ Acoustic Guitar
+ Hammered Dulcimer
+ Mandolin
+ Cittern
+ Grand Piano
+ Drawbar Organ (2 types)
+ Rhodes
+ Pipe Organ
+ Synth Strings
+ Synth Choir
+ Theremin
+ Sawtooth Waveform
+ Sine Waveform
+ Triangle Waveform
And from Jordan Rudess:
+ JR Zendrix
+ JR Smooth Steel

Thumbjam is available for $8.99

2012
12/17
Band In A Box Type App For iPhone iPad
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Like Band in a box for iphone ipad

SessionBand is a new composition tool for creating musicians. It doesn’t take a of musical ability to create something with SessionBand but it does take a good ear.

Now anyone can create pro quality music in minutes with the world’s only chord-based loop app. With over 80,000 perfectly played audio loops created by the UK’s best session musicians and producers, SessionBand instantly converts the chords you select into great sounding music – wherever you are and whatever your level of ability.

What’s New in Version 2.1
– ‘Live’ recording. Record ‘live’ playback straight to audio. Includes all the real-time mixer, tempo, looping and transpose changes you make. Customise your music in a whole new way!
– ‘High-speed’ recording. Quickly record your saved tracks to audio
– Email audio. Export your tracks in m4a audio format via email – together with .sbf files so others can import into their SessionBand
– iTunes file sharing in WAV format
– AudioCopy support. Paste your music directly into other music apps
– Auto-transpose. Instantly change the key of your entire track
– Stability improvements and bug fixes from version 1
– Plus Style delete function, Edit zoom, Online help and more

So whether you’re making music for a living or just for the love of it, you’ve got everything you need to create, play, practice, jam and share in one amazing app.

A simpler way to make great music
•Start by selecting a musical style from a choice of 71 (20 diverse styles are included with the initial download)
•Select any chords in any key and watch them instantly turn into pro quality musical audio loops
•Stretch or shorten loops as you wish
•Build up your songs…in minutes. Any chord. Any key
•Hit ‘Play’ at any time to hear SessionBand play your track

Mix and ‘Flip’ tracks in real time
•’Flip’ your track instantly between totally different musical styles – and listen to your R&B track with a Reggae vibe or your Deep House track in Dubstep
•Mix and arrange your track on the go
•Speed it up with the touch of a button
•Slow it down just as easily


THIS TUTORIAL IS VERY HELPFUL

Get the UK’s best musicians and producers working on your songs!
•Draw on the talents of the UK’s leading session musicians and producers
•Benefit from the people who record with some of the world’s biggest stars including Mariah Carey, Kylie Minogue, Leona Lewis, Mel C, Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Sugababes and Cheryl Cole
•Get access to over 80,000 audio loops they have created exclusively for SessionBand

Make music where you want. When you want
•Now you can create, play, record, rehearse, jam, sing and share wherever you are
•Once you’ve downloaded SessionBand, you don’t need internet access to make full use of it. It’s truly designed for the mobile user on the go
•Create the music you want, from cutting-edge Guetta-style Pop/Dance, through authentic Deep House to Britpop or Bluegrass
•Save your songs and share them with the world

Anyone can sound great with SessionBand!
•Creating your own pro music really is easy with SessionBand
•You don’t need any musical knowledge to create professional tracks with it
•A simple and intuitive interface makes the process of building up songs child’s play. (We should know – we tested it on them as well!)
•Chord preview function lets you audition the chord of the loop you are about to insert. If it doesn’t sound right, simply audition another one until you’ve got the one that suits your song
•Use copy and paste to speed up the song-building process
•Help tutorials on every screen overlay clear instructions if you do get stuck

Get more for your money
•The initial download includes 20 full sets of audio loops covering a wide range of 20 different styles. These range from Acoustic, Blues and Dance all the way through to Hip Hop/Rap, Rock and Urban/R&B

•All SessionBand loops are copyright free so you can include them freely in your music whether its for commercial release or just for fun

•Fall in love with SessionBand then choose additional multiple loop sets from a wide range of add-on ‘Style Packs’ available via in-app purchase

•’Style Packs’ range in price and are available in the following broad genres: Acoustic, Blues, Country/Folk, Dance/Electronic, Hip Hop/Rap, Latin, Piano, Pop/Electropop, Rock and Urban/R&B

SessionBand

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