2023
08/03
Flip Sampler Update Adds Looping Envelope
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Andrew Huang Flip Sampler

Flip Sampler, the sample-based music making app conceptualized by music producer and YouTuber Andrew Huang, has just been updated to version 1.4. This update adds new stock projects, over 100 new stock samples, and a much requested new feature, the Looping Envelope. Located on the revamped Sample tab, engaging the Looping Envelope means any selected portion of a sample can be looped while it’s playing. This allows for samples of notes or chords to be sustained indefinitely, as well as opening up a new world of sound design possibilities within Flip—from ambient/pad sounds, to granular glitching, to audio-rate looping which can turn any sample into a playable polyphonic synth voice. A “Fade” parameter crossfades the transitions between the loop points if a smoother sound is desired. Adding even more power, the loop’s start point, length, and crossfade amount can be automated from Flip’s Automation page. Like all of Flip’s automation lanes, each can have its own independent length, leading to fun and creative polymetric variations. Flip Sampler, now in its third year on iOS, also made a quiet Android debut in November 2022, and thanks to the feedback of its great user community many improvements have been made since. The 1.4 update adds Ableton Link support for Android devices (already present in the iOS version) making Flip Sampler one of only a few Android apps that provides support for this handy sync technology created by Ableton. Generally speaking, Flip Sampler is one of only a small handful of professional music making apps available for both iOS and Android.

Features:

– 9 track sampler
– 4 effects per track: Delay, Filter, Chorus, Bitcrush
– Graphic EQ per track
– Monophonic or up to 16-note polyphonic playback per sample
– Adjustable pitch, volume, playback direction, sample start and stop points
– Looping Envelope with forward, backward, both (ping pong) direction
– 19 automatable parameters per track
– Independent lengths for each automation lane
– Automation can be recorded via knob movements or drawn by hand
– Drum pad and keyboard input
– Full piano roll with 10 octaves, note velocity, editing tools
– Randomization over sample selection for quick inspiration
– Randomization over note position to create surprising variations
– Drag-and-drop song arrangement page
– Global reverb with individual track sends
– Mixing and mastering tools
– Powerful performance features for creating instant fills, pitch shifts, reverb sends, and global low or high pass filtering
– Export full track and stems
– Live recording of performances
– Metronome with tap tempo and swing/shuffle
– Ableton Link integration for easy syncing with other devices over WiFi
– Share projects and sounds via AirDrop, email, etc.
– Undo and redo

Flip Sampler is available in the App Store HERE

https://www.flipsampler.com/

2023
06/30
Caelum Audio Subscription Synth
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Caelum Audio SUBscription Synth

Free until July 21st.

To celebrate international joke day 2023, we decided to take a big step with our first synthesizer plugin; SUBscription. While based on a tongue-in-cheek pun about the current state and direction of the music tech industry, we actually ended up with a surprisingly excellent plugin that takes user-generated phrases (subscription codes) and converts them into unique waveshapes in a monophonic sub-synth.

– Create powerful, characterful bass sounds
– Unique and exceptionally high IQ text synthesis technique ^TM
– Reasonable subscription models
– Unequivocally superior, requires no review.

SUBscription

Upon entering a subscription code into our brand new text-to-synthesis engine, you are entering a world of sonic enrichment and fame, but you may have to make a deal with the devil.

Text Synthesis

Create characterful wave shapes using our experimental new text-to-synthesis technique. We have prepared every possible character combination (subscription code) because you’re weak and predictable.

Drive & Dirt

Boost the ever loving **** out of the synth with some crispy drive. Use the Dirt knob’s Rate modulation to thicken and filth up your tracks with noisy textures.

Filter

Carve your frequencies out with the 12dB/oct low-pass ladder filter. Much like the filter, we too will be filtering out any bug reports, requests or errors – our time is far more important.

Modulation

Add movement to your sounds with 2 envelopes, 2 LFO’s & 4 expression controls which are assignable to nearly every parameter. Unlike the fluid nature of modulation, we stand firm with our decisions – you just wouldn’t get it.

Product Aftercare

If you need support via email you’ll have to deal with harshly worded, incredibly frustrated developers and please note that all critical feedback of any nature will be met with serious scolding.

Available for iOS, MacOS, and Windows

Get SUBscription synth directly from the Caelum Audio website HERE

iOS app AUv3 from the App Store HERE

2023
03/28
Melodyne Style Pitch Correction App For iOS
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Vocal Tune Studio, pitch and time correction app for vocal recordings is now finally here on your iPhone or iPad! Use it as an Audio Unit effect inside your favourite DAW or in standalone mode. Get it now for a discounted intro price.

From popular effects to subtile correction:

Retune notes to achieve the popular auto tune effect or apply a more subtle correction. Besides pitch correction, notes can be corrected for timing and volume level as well.

Deep editing:

Each individual note can be adjusted for retune time, retune amount, volume and the amount of formant correction. Artificial vibrato can also be added and adjusted to taste using the vibrato depth and rate controls and settings to adjust the time when the vibrato kicks in and the time in which it reaches the full vibrato depth to obtain a natural sounding vibrato.

Key and scale detection:

Vocal Tune Studio can detect the key and scale of a vocal recording automatically or a key and scale can be manually chosen.

Two workflows:

Choose between two workflows similar to popular desktop vocal tune software: start with either all notes quantised (corrected) or non-quantised. When choosing non-quantised, an additional Pitch Quantisation slider lets you move notes between their original sung pitch and the target pitch within the selected key and scale.

Time correction as a bonus for all audio material:

Aside from vocal pitch correction, Vocal Tune Studio also features a generic time correction/stretching mode which works on any type of audio material (not only vocals, but also guitars etc.). In this mode, any part of a recording that was played off-beat can be time corrected without affecting parts that were recorded in time.

Export MIDI:

Besides the host’s ability to render the effect to an audio file, the identified notes can also be exported as standard MIDI file.

Standalone mode:

Besides being a AUv3 plug-in, you can also run the app standalone. Record audio directly, import an audio file or paste an audio file from the iOS clipboard. After pitch and/or time correction, you can export audio to a FLAC file.

Note:

Vocal Tune Studio is also available within our DAW, Audio Evolution Mobile Studio and offers much higher integration there, not requiring to ‘record’ the audio first into Vocal Tune Studio.

Get Vocal Tune Studio in the App Store HERE

2023
03/24
Speldosa Wintergatan Music Box iOS
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Speldosa Wintergatan Music Box

Speldosa (Wintergatan Music Box) is an Audio Unit instrument, the result of a unique collaboration between Klevgrand and the Swedish artist Wintergatan/Martin Molin. Wintergatan has primarily worked in the physical world (the Marble Machine is probably the most astonishing example), while Klevgrand has performed its craft within the digital sphere. When these two worlds now meet, the result is something that both visually and aurally inspires the creation of new compelling melodies.

Speldosa (Swedish for “Music Box”) is the essence of the shared beliefs of Klevgrand and Wintergatan, and their fascination with minimalism. A simple melody played on a music box can contain an equal amount of emotional power as any symphonic work. There is something about the music box sound that never ceases to fascinate.

The instrument itself has been meticulously recorded by Wintergatan and transformed into a playable digital instrument plugin. It features four different models (Modern, Vintage, Antique, and Eternal = Reversed), two different Room models, and an algorithmic reverb.

Wintergatan about Speldosa:

“I created the sound by sampling a music box using an acoustic guitar as resonance box. I chose the best samples and it was instant magic. The Music Box went on to become the sonic signature for my two bands, Detektivbyrån and Wintergatan, both recognised for their unique sound. The Speldosa has been the secret sauce in my music career and i hope other musicians finds it as useful as I have.

There is a special quality to this exact music box sound that lifts it above the novelty feeling of a toy and turns it into a real music instrument. It just sounds so good, that’s really it. And it is a sound that makes you write music instantly – the music comes from the sound itself.

During the collaboration with Klevgrand, when they sent me the first beta version of the plugin, i ended up playing around with the sound for three hours, losing track of time. I wrote three songs that day when i was scheduled to actually do something else. That’s what the sound does to me, and i think it will do the same for others.”

Features:

– Four different music box characters
– Two room ambiences
– Spacious reverb
– Optional vibrato
– Output level

Get Speldosa in the App Store HERE

Kelvgrand website https://klevgrand.com/

2022
12/19
Pitch Drift Free Cassette Vibrato Effect
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Free vibrato app for iOS

Pitch Drift is a free AUv3 cassette style vibrato effect plugin by Baby Audio that introduces organic-sounding pitch fluctuations. It can range from subtle instabilities that make your instruments sound more natural and less sterile – to intense pitch drifting that will make your tracks clearly out of tune.

Controls:
Pitch Drift lets you control the depth and speed of the pitch fluctuations in a simple interface. It is powered by the “Drift” algorithm in Baby Audio’s Super VHS plugin and offers the same natural and pleasing fluctuation effect.

Inspired by real instruments:
One of the appeals of acoustic instruments is that they are never 100% in tune 100% of the time. These subtle pitch fluctuations compound when you bring multiple instruments together in a mix, making the music sound richer and more dynamic.

However, in the computer-era this concept is sometimes lost. Pitch Drift makes it fast and easy to break the spell of digital pitch perfection and get your tracks to vibrate a little more. It generally works best at subtle levels on sustained tonal instruments or entire mix busses. As a rule of thumb, the less sustained your source is, the faster you want the speed parameter to be set.

Get Pitch Drift here https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/pitch-drift-baby-audio/id1659406720

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