2010
06/10
iSequence Music Sequencer Workstation Groovebox app for iPad
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iSequence For iPad

iSequence is a complete mobile music production environment designed to play and compose real music. ?Thanks to intuitive, single screen sequencer and 55 instruments built-in you can easily create, edit and mix your compositions just like in a “big” audio creation software.


iSequence is one of the most powerful music creation studio designed exclusively for iPad.

Thanks to intuitive 8-track sequencer, tons of instruments, flexible mixer with DSP effects you can easily program and record profesional loops, beats and melodies. Now you control every aspect of your music project.

MUSIC IN MOTION

The workflow is extremely fluid, you can now record tracks and control movement in real-time, edit them using step sequencer and automation editor, switch between instruments, tracks and views without stopping playback. You can compose, jam and mix at the same time!

INSTRUMENTS

- Use one of 160 built-in instruments: a collection of acoustic instruments, drum kits, pads, leads, sweeps and ambient atmospheres recorded with top classic and modern hardware synthesizers.
- Buy additional banks in the BankShop
- Play using adjustable piano keyboard or large drum pads
- Create custom instruments using built-in sampler.

REAL-TIME RECORDING AND PARAMETERS AUTOMATION

- Record as you play the notes. Change instruments and tracks without stopping playback
- Use metronome and “slow down” mode if you are not a piano virtuoso
- Record parameter changes as you move controls

STEP SEQUENCER

- 8 tracks and FX curves editor. Instruments are not bound to tracks, so you can play chords or use multiple instruments on a single track
- Edit music events using piano keyboard, drum pads and other controls
- Set note duration, panning, velocity and gliss
- Copy/paste, move and transpose selected area or patterns
- Arrange pattern sequences to create a complete song

MIXER AND EFFECTS

- Adjust tempo, master volume and beat shuffle
- Set level / mute or solo mode for each of the 8 tracks
- Route tracks to one of 5 configurable effect channels. Available effects: Filter, Reverb, Flanger, Delay, Ring Modulator, Equalizer, LO-FI crusher, live looper, Distortion.

SAMPLER

- Upload, record or paste samples to create custom instruments.
- Use sample editor to set a looping area, ADSR envelope, sample-mapping
- Powerful loop slicer and automatic tempo synchronization

SHARING FILES OVER WI-FI NETWORK

- Export your work as HSQ, MIDI or WAV
- Import samples and create custom presets
- Copy your tracks to the audio clipboard
- Import HSQ songs

The app is on sale until next update. Was $13.99 now only $6.99 for a limited time. Upcoming features: VA synth, sub-note resolution, full MIDI support.

iSequence HD - BeepStreet

2010
06/06
moxMatrix Sampling Groovebox For iPad
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moxMatrix turns your iPad into a unique electronic musical instrument. It’s a new kind of sampling groovebox!

Enjoy the vibrant intuitive interface and push your rhythmic and melodic musical ideas to the limit. It pulses under your touch and with your music.

Create loops that include 10 distinct sampled voices and two drum tracks with 12 drum samples each.

Use your own samples and create a truly unique beat. Simply drag them into the application when your iPad is connected to iTunes.

Each track can be customized with a sample set, transposition, scale, and mix volume. Assign distinct scales to each track, from melodic minor to the whole tone scale to the blues scale.

Store your loops in the pattern bank, capable of holding 32 separate patterns. Loops can be from one to sixteen measures long — that’s 256 beats!

Use your own sounds or use any of the several dozen included.

Engage JAM mode to improvise with all your tracks over a beat you’ve created.

moxMatrix represents a convergence of beauty of design, ease of use, and the iPad’s revolutionary possibilities. It’s our hope that this instrument helps you explore new musical ideas and achieve creativity in unexpected ways.

Buy it here mode of expression, LLC $4.99

2010
05/25
Electrify Groovebox For iPad
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Electrify Groovebox For iPad

ELECTRIFY is a virtual sample based Groovebox for your iPad. It was designed to combine the best features of existing hardware grooveboxes and the ease of use of software applications in one creative touchable app.
Features:

* 8-track sequencer with individual track lengths
* 2 chainable effect buses with 8 different effects (more to come soon)
* direct access to the track’s main parameters
* Easy to use step sequencer
* pattern matrix
* 7 parameters editable per step
* Professional Sample Library comprising more than 600 high quality samples provided by Mutekki Media.
* Import your own samples (wav/aif)
* Loop mode for playing stretched loops
* Sample editing: truncate, timestretch(pitch) / normalize
* Copy and Paste to other iPad apps
* Bounce patterns as wav
For more details on future improvements and development as well as bug fixes see the webpage. ELECTRIFY gets updated and improved frequently so stay tuned for more features to come. Your feedback is more than appreciated. Please send feature requests, bug reports and everything else you want to say using the contact form on the website.

ELECTRIFY is a virtual sample based Groovebox for your iPad. It was designed to combine the best features of existing hardware grooveboxes and the ease of use of software applications in one creative touchable app.

ELECTRIFY - Ingolf Koch