2015
04/01
Medly Music Composition App For iPad
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Medly is a FREE and easy way to get your musical ideas down. Simply draw in the notes and select from various sounds. Use the preset drum patterns to accompany your melodies and chords.

What’s New in Version 3.2.2
◆◆◆ Best of App Store 2016 ◆◆◆

New Future Bass Pack!
– 16 new instruments
– 4 are LFO based instruments
– Free download for Band Pack purchasers

4 New Essential Pack Instruments
– 2 new Vox synths
– 2 new high quality pianos

A few more notes:
– “Made In Medly” feed features user-made songs (posted to SoundCloud)
– Updated mastering settings
– Bug Fixes

Medly takes a new approach to the way music is made, letting both seasoned and new musicians make epic music. Just pick your instruments and start drawing notes.

UNIVERSAL SUPPORT
Use Medly on your iPhone, iPad, and iPad Pro. Medly supports all screen orientations and sizes, including Split View and Slide Over.

READY TO HANDLE YOUR MUSIC
Medly breaks up your song into Sections that you can easily pick up, move, delete, copy, and link together to make loops. Then arrange your Sections, using up to 8 instrument tracks, to make epic music.

112 INSTRUMENTS
Start off with 12 free instruments, and unlock 100 more across a variety of genres in the Medly store.

SHARE AND PLAY
Quickly upload your song to SoundCloud, or share it as a video*, audio, MIDI, or Medly file. You can also connect Medly to other apps using Audiobus, Inter-App Audio or play in time using Ableton Link.

MIXER & EFFECTS
Change the volume of each track and apply effects and filters to make to customize your sounds. You can also add fades and automate volume and effects over time.*

MEDLY FOR APPLE WATCH
Open, play and control Medly songs right from your wrist. Perfect for running in the background and using Inter-App Audio or Audiobus.

3D TOUCH SUPPORT**
Use 3D Touch to quickly create and open a song from your iPhone home screen, or Peek & Pop your Albums and Songs. You can also press harder when drawing notes to make them louder.

Medly is free. Additional sounds can be purchased via in-app store.

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
05/19
Chordassist Chord Finder For iPhone
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Chordassisst iPhone App

Do you have trouble playing chords? Or creating chord progressions? If you’re struggling with chords, then this composition assistant app could be the solution to these problems and more. It’s packed with features, such as a single-finger performance screen, a suggest feature based on a chord progression database, the ability to change voicings of chords and enter user-made chords.

Main Features:
– Play chords with a single finger on the performance screen.
– Get suggested next chords based on a database of chord progressions on the suggest screen.
– Make your own chords on the chord entry screen.
– Change the voicing of chords on the edit voicing screen.

Included Sound Sources:
– Grand Piano
– Electric Piano

Other Features:
– VirtualMIDI OUT compatibility. The app can be connected to other synth apps or Macs to be used as a virtual keyboard.
– Created chord progressions can be managed with saving and loading features.
– Sharp and flat conversion.

Please Note:
– There is no automatic performance feature.
– There is no record or play feature.
– The chord suggest feature is orientated towards popular music. (The current version is major key only.)

Chordassist is NO LONGER AVAILABLE

2013
04/09
UPDATE: Symphonix Evolution Ver 2 0 Adds Audiobus
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Symphonix Evolution Musical Composition App For iPad

Whether you’re an experienced musician or a learner, Symphonix Evolution is a powerful tool that helps take your music to a whole new level. Create music by dragging notes directly onto the score, and record or playback via MIDI devices or using the inbuilt virtual synthesizer. Then print your music to share with others in your group. Learners or musicians who play ‘by ear’ will appreciate the ability to associate note pitch with the notation.

What’s New in Version 2.0

Thanks everybody for all your continued support! We’re finally ready with Version 2.0

New and improved features:
* Audiobus support!
* It is now possible to record from a specific position
* Undo and Redo the last 50 editing changes
* Introducing Markers, which make it possible to quickly navigate anywhere in the song
* New Selection options for Merge and Quantize
* Digital Audio Recording allows 8 tracks of audio to be stored
* A new and more powerful Lyric Editor
* New Guitar Tab and Fret views
* Make your own custom Synth Panels for creating MIDI controller surfaces
* Improved Track Manager screen
* Support for custom Time Signatures
* Added a Synth Gain Control to increase playback volume
* Piano Roll enhancements
* It’s now possible to store multiple external controller profiles
* Use an external MIDI Clock for recording as well as playback
* New controller inputs for setting the selection and marker positions
* New options when creating a new song
* General stability and user interface enhancements

Bugs Fixed:

* Fixed rotation display bug for volume and AirPlay indicator
* Fixed for lyrics in SMF Type 0 files being split across multiple tracks
* Fixed crash when selecting tracks while a song is playing
* Repeat measure symbols did not print
* Fixed crash when attempting to send email but mail is not configured
* The Synth Reset button now works across all channels and not just the current track
* The File “side panel” was sometimes drawn underneath other windows
* Rhythm panel and chord view did not dismiss when switching to Sheet Music view
* Fixed bug where the Drum pad was not drawn correctly if the app was closed while the pad was open.

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Symphonix Evolution has numerous features, including:
* 16 track sequencer
* Full 88 key piano display mode
* Support for external MIDI devices using the USB Camera Connector or Core MIDI devices
* Retina display support
* Wavetable synthesizer with GM/GS emulation
* Over 260 high quality instruments
* Virtual MIDI support
* Load and Save standard MIDI files
* AirPrint support for printing your sheet music
* Integration with email and web for easy file exchange
* Real time recording and conversion to notation
* Quantization of recorded input or MIDI files
* Chord editor and matching
* Dropbox support
* Rhythm Generator for custom drum patterns
* Tap Tempo
* Complete online help to get you started

Symphonix Evolution is available for $12.99.

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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