2012
02/06
Bagpipes App For iPhone and iPad
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Bagpipes For iPhone and iPad

Universal Piper (UPiper) is a virtual instrument that reproduces faithfully the Sound of legendary bagpipes : An Irish Uileann Pipe, two Great Highland Bagpipes and a Galician Gaita. These sounds come from marvelous genuine Bagpipes that we recorded with great care.

The following video demonstrates Universal Piper along with the Fagerstrom TechnoPipes controller and a Line 6 Midi Mobilizer Interface.

You can use Universal Piper different ways:
- to play Bagpipe on your iPhone/iPad screen,
- to accompany you playing your practice with great bagpipe drones,
- to listen to electronic scores in MIDI or BWW format

Full Feature List :
- genuine natural and perfectly tuned bagpipe sound,
- start/stop the drones,
- pitch control of the bagpipe
- drone/chanter balance control,
- piano like keyboard,
- BWW and MIDI file reader with tempo and articulation control
- coreMIDI compatible devices supported,
- MIDI keyboard and practice supported (technopipe, red pip, mastergaita, degerpipe, e-pipe)

Universal Piper works with 4, 4-s generations of the iPhone as well as iPad. It also runs on 3GS versions but without midi device support.

Universal Piper (UPiper) is available for $3.99

UPiper - Universal Piper

2012
02/03
Pixound App For iPhone and iPod Touch
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Pixound App For iPhone and iPod Touch

Turn images and colors into music. A new form of entertainment has finally arrived! Pixound is a deep musical “toy” that lets you play any picture musically. It’s a toy, because it’s pure fun to play (at any age) and deep because this “toy” can be used to play seriously good music. Since there is no limit to what pictures you can play from art and graphics to photos and they can be combined with thousands of different musical settings, there is no limit to the music you can create and enjoy. You owe it to yourself to try Pixound.

Features:
• Play any picture from outer space to art masterpieces
• Play in any key or scale (over 60 scales/modes)
• Add Bass and Drums
• Add Song Progressions
• Select from over 127 instruments for four voices R, B, G and bass
• Save your own settings or load our advanced Presets
• Add Reverb and Chorus effects
• Much more and even more to come in updates!

Pixound is available for $0.99

Pixound - Techné Media

2012
02/02
Randgrid App For iPhone
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Randgrid App For iPhone

Randgrid an app for making electronic music. It’s perfect for those who are familiar with analog synthesizers and sequencers.

The interface of Randgrid is based on classic analog synthesizers, drum machines and step sequencers.

You have a very powerful setup at your fingertips with two monophonic virtual analog subtractive synthesizers and fourteen sampled drum parts.

Note that the synthesizers are real and not based on samples, they are calculated in realtime and every parameter change immediately affects the sound generation.

The Randgrid Drum Machine is full of features. Use parameter locks to change it’s parameters for each step in the pattern (the same goes for the synthesizers of course). This lets you build the most dynamic complex beats you ever could dream of. You can alter parameters like panning, volume, flam, start/stop position of the sample (making it possible to play parts of the samples both forward and reverse), or the amount of delay/echo you want on each step in the pattern.

The advanced step sequencer is the heart of Randgrid, it lets you control virtually every aspect of the drums and synthesizers. Use parameter locks to change cutoff, resonance, envelope modulation, panning and many more parameters of the synthesizers for each step in a pattern.

Some of the great features are:

- 2x dual oscillator subtractive synthesizers
- 14x sampled drums
- stereo delay effect
- distortion effect
- Song sequencer
- Multiple patterns
- File manager
- Solo/mute groups
- Pattern randomizer
- Copy/Paste operations
- Parameter locks

Randgrid is available for $4.99

Randgrid synthesizer and drum machine - Retrolink HB

2012
01/31
Jasuto Pro Synth For iPad
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Jasuto Pro Synth For iPad

Jasuto Pro allows you to visually construct your own synths/effects, and use them to make sequences all on your device! With the addition of a fully-featured sampler you can now record/resample/edit, and even create entirely new samples by drawing right in the app.

Jasuto Pro uses the relative position of nodes and their connections to control the sound. So the scene not only represents the synthesis structure, but also a custom multi-touch control surface. Motion can be recorded per node giving you rich, flexible automation.

Connections can be created automatically by simply dragging nodes around, or manually. Each wire can be double-tapped to allow even more control of each connection.

Jasuto Pro comes installed with more than 45 modules. Each of the modules have been hand-optimized for your devices CPU, allowing you to create extremely complex scenes.

Jasuto Pro has a built-in FTP server, so you can efficiently transfer files to/from your device using your OS or FTP client. Also the new scene browser has the ability to download/upload/rate user created content from the ever growing community!

Also available for iphone and ipod touch.

-anti-aliased oscillators with hard-sync, FM, PWM, PM.
-analog style filters (lp, hp, bp, ladder emulation).
-signal control (compressor, limiter, gate, follower).
-zoomable sampler editor with several loop modes (normal, 1 shot, ping, granular).
-ADSR envelope editor.
-multipage/octave sequencer.
-tape style analog delay.
-reverb, phaser, several waveshapers.
-resample/record the current playback.
-audio clipboard, compatible with both Intua and Sonoma.
-scene sharing with the interwebs.
-incoming OSC over wifi modules for notes and CC’s.

Jasuto Pro is available for $4.99

Jasuto Pro modular synthesizer - Chris Wolfe

2012
01/31
Sound Cells For iPad iPhone and iPod Touch
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Sound Cells For iPhone and iPod Touch

Sound Cells is an interactive generative music app. Just touch the matrix to create some moving cells and see them interact with each other and generate sound in realtime.

If a cell hits the wall, it creates a sound. If a cell ends up in the same location as another one, they change directions. You can remove cells by touching them or by hitting the cell removing button.

The app comes with the 2 different sounds, which can be controlled in realtime for very expressive effects.
Also the app can generate MIDI output, so you can hook up a midi capable instrument for endless possibilities.
On the newest version, it is possible to choose the scale that the app will use, the tempo and the key. This allows the app to be able to become a performance tool, where it can play along different musical settings.

This is a universal app and on the iPad, it will use the full available resolution for a rich visual experience.

What’s New in Version 1.2

Added ability to sync to external midi clock signal and support for background audio.

Sound Cells is available for $0.99

Sound Cells - Big Robot Studios