2012
07/30
Cool Looking Drum App For iOS
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Drumatron iOS Drums

Drumatron is a live performance instrument that looks kinda like Disney’s Tron. It comes with almost 100 sounds to choose from ranging from rock and dance drums, bongos and maracas, special effects and more. You can edit each pad’s sound, level, pitch and decay. Store up to 4 custom drum kits. Velocity control on each pad depending on where you hit the pad. Ergonomically designed for either one-handed use or using both thumbs with ease. With visual feedback and lighting effects that add more enjoyment especially in the dark. Pad 3 is linked to pad 4 so you can mute an open high hat on pad 4 with a closed hat on pad 3 if you wish.
All sounds designed exclusively for this app and created from real drums and high quality drum synthesizers.
Zero latency so no annoying little delays.

Creating a custom drum kit is easy. Select a drum pad, edit settings and then after you press the red colored save/load button to go into save mode, press one of the 4 memory locations to store and that is it. The save/load toggle mode will automatically switch back to load mode after you save.

Drumatron is NO LONGER AVAILABLE

2012
07/28
Magellan iPad Synthesizer
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Yonac Software Magellan Synthesizer For iPad

Yonac Software (the makers of Shredder, MiniSynth, and AirVox) have done it again with this cool new synthesizer for the iPad called Magellan. It comes loaded with x/y pad for effects like bit crusher, flanger, echo, distortion and more. Set your BPM for tempo sync effects, LFOs, and an arpeggiator.

“Magellan boldly travels waters where others have not dared to tread: Two independent polyphonic synth engines, with a total of 6 configurable oscillators. Polyphonic unison mode giving 24 simultaneous wave generators. Two filter banks per synth engine, each bank with its dedicated envelope and 11 unique filter types to choose from. FM synthesis module with blend and dedicated envelope. Dual LFOs in each synth with 4 freely assignable destinations each. Complete FX rack with modulation, time-delay, reverb and wave shaping effects. Dual traditional keyboards, as well as dual touch pad performance interfaces with individual parametric control over each voice. Built in arpeggiator for each synth engine, allowing you to run two different arps simultaneously, as well as a built analog-inspired polyphonic step sequencer, and much more!”

\\\ Synth ///

• 2 independent virtual analog synth engines running simultaneously

• 3 oscillators per synth engine; total of 6 realtime oscillators

• Osc unison stage w/ adjustable detune & width, up to 24 simultaneous wave generators for super-saw type effects

• Realtime PWM Modulation for osc 1 & 2


• FM module w/ dedicated blend, ADSR envelope, adjustable contour

• Oscillator 1>2 ring modulation

• Noise generator w/ adjustable tone
• VCA ADSR envelope

• Separate voice unison stage w/ settable stereo spread, detune

• Dual Keyboards w/ individual pitch & modulation wheels

• Dual Touch Pad controls w/ settable key & scale, individual voice parameterization
• Polyphonic, Monophonic, Poly/Mono Legato operation modes

• Glide

• Matrixpad modulation w/ configurable x/y destinations, synth out select, optional snapback

• Realtime oscilloscope displaying output signal (iPad 2 and 3)

• Synth coupling – allow running both synths by a single control interface

• Audio backgrounding

• Tap tempo

• 16 voice combined polyphony (8 voice combined for iPad 1)

\\\ Filters ///

• 2 filter banks per synth engine, configurable in series or parallel
• Dedicated ADSR envelope for each bank; selectable envelope curve, adjustable contour

• 11 Filter types for each bank:
• “Magellan” 24dB Resonant Low Pass
• “Victor” 24dB Resonant Low/High/Band Pass
• “Voyvoda” 12dB Low/High/Band Pass

• Formant, Comb, All-Pass, Notch filters
• True bypass

\\\ Modulation ///

• Dual LFO’s per synth

• Up to 4 freely assignable destinations per LFO

• Dedicated amp setting for each LFO destination
• 3 reset modes

• Adjustable phase & delay
• Frequency tracking

\\\ Arp ///

• Dedicated arpeggiator in each synth engine
• 10 arp patterns; Settable note value & gate; swing
• 6 octaving modes, plus settable note and octave repeats

\\\ Sequencer ///

• Analog inspired 16/32 step polyphonic sequencer

• 8 track poly output per pattern in 16-step, 4 track poly out in 32-step “link” mode
• Track wise selection of target synth engine

• Settable pitch, velocity, gate, octave per step

• 6 sequence direction algorithms for each pattern


• Swing
• Timeline for creating song length sequences w/ patterns

• Import/Export song files containing sequences

\\\ Chordmaker ///

• Dedicated Chordmaker module for each synth

• Create/save chord progressions, played by pressing a single key

\\\ Effects ///

• Comprehensive FX rack: Reverb, Stereo Delay w/ BPM sync, Phaser, Chorus, Flanger, Waveshaper/Distortion, Bitcrusher, Sonic Expander

\\\ Recording & Sharing ///

• Built in tape deck for recording app audio

• Metronome

• Export audio files via email, SoundCloud
• Export/Import audio files via WiFi, Intua or Sonoma Audio Copy / Paste

\\\ MIDI ///

• CoreMIDI

• Virtual MIDI, both vMIDI In and vMIDI Out ports
• Control Magellan w/ external MIDI controllers

• Synth-wise MIDI In channel select

• MIDI Out w/ settable channel or omni

• MIDI Learn w/ over 80 control destinations

• Save MIDI CC configurations to file for later use

• Sync w/ external MIDI clocks to control sequencer, arp modules

\\\ Presets ///

• Over 242 factory presets
• 34 presets and a song designed by Sunsine Audio

• Export/Import presets, banks via email or iTunes; Create/save unlimited banks & presets

Magellan available for $4.99

2012
07/26
Free Node Synthesizer App For iOS
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Free Node Synthesizer App For iOS

Network of nodes make a novel sound.

Each node has a distinct tone. Tapping a node makes it “excited” and it makes a different sound. Once the node is tapped, it is ready to connect it’s edge to other nodes (indicated by surrounding circles). The excitement of nodes are spread via edges. The cycle of the edges will produce an interesting sequence of sounds.

***Unfortunately, this app does not run properly iPodTouch 2ndG or earlier due to hardware limitation.***

SYnC SYnTHE is available for free.

2012
07/26
Drum Synthesizer For iOS
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Drum Synthesizer For iOS

MoDrum for iOS is a virtual analog drum machine with a 32-step grid sequencer, plenty of sound-sculpting parameters, a tempo-matching delay effect, dynamic compression, reverb processor, sophisticated MIDI support, audio looper, performance recorder, and more.

This is a beat-making app that features real-time synthesis of drum sounds that range from TR-808 style to real. As a synth and not sampler, sound characteristics can be tweaked from authentic to affected.

What’s New in Version 3.5

– Stereo Processing (Pan)
– Reverb Processor (iOS 5+)
– x0x style Handclap Synth
– Rimshot “Drive” parameter
– Bass Drum “Time” parameter
– Allow manual Start/Stop while sync’d to external MIDI clock
– OMAC Fast Switch sender support
– Audio Sharing via “Open in…”
– Various bugfixes and improvements

Key Features

• 11 real time operating synth modules (NO SAMPLED SOUNDS are used):
– Bass Drum: Tune, Pitch, Time, Click, Decay
– Snare Drum: Tune, Tone, Muffle, Decay
– Low Tom (*): Tune, Noise, Decay
– Mid Tom (*): Tune, Noise, Decay
– High Tom (*): Tune, Noise, Decay
– Rim Shot: Tune, Drive, Decay
– Hand Clap (*): Tone, Decay
– Cowbell (*): Tune, Decay
– Cymbal: Color, Tone, Peak, Decay
– Open Hi-hat: Tone, Peak, Hold, Decay
– Closed Hi-hat: Tone, Peak, Decay

• Integrated Audio Looper for tempo-synchronous playback of backing tracks or sampled phrases (iOS 5+). Sound files can be imported via pasteboard, “Open In…”, or iTunes.

• Programmable sequencer with 32 steps and global accent pattern
• Beat clock with tap tempo and rhythmic shuffle (swing)

• Dotted eighth delay effect unit

• Hard knee dynamic range compressor

• Tube amp overdrive effect processor

• Reverb processor (iOS 5+)

• Audio Snapshot Recorder for live recordings (iPad only)

• MIDI Clock sync/generate
• MIDI Note in/out (GM drum mapping)

• Comprehensive MIDI routing capabilities:
– Connect to virtual MIDI ports provided by apps running in the background
– Connect to nearby iPads, iPhones, Mac OS X and Windows computers
– Connect to compatible MIDI hardware attached to the dock connector

• Wireless MIDI via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi WLAN using Apple’s built-in CoreMIDI network driver
• Wired MIDI using the USB Camera Connection Kit for iPad with class-compliant USB hardware
• Wired MIDI using a Core MIDI interface built for iOS

• Wireless Sync-Start via Korg’s WIST

• Energy-saving Background Audio/MIDI Processing

• OMAC Fast App Switching support

• WAVE file export and extensive sharing options:
– “Open In…”
– Pasteboard (compatible with BeatMaker and Garageband for iPhone/iPad)
– AudioCopy by Sonoma Wire Works
– E-Mail
– iTunes File Sharing

• Including twenty patterns by DJ/producer Myagi (www.popandlockrecords.com)

• Pattern Shop

• Universal support for iPod touch, iPhone and iPad

MoDrum is available for $5.99

2012
07/25
Mangle Audio On Beat With ExtraSlice For iPhone
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ExtraSlice iPhone App

ExtraSlice by Strange Agency allows you to juggle beats, chop, screw, shuffle, dice, and slice audio loops on the fly. They also make one of my very favorite apps called MegaCurtis.

ExtraSlice For iPhone

ExtraSlice For iPhone

ExtraSlice is available for $0.99

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