Here you will see someone controlling the Reason step sequencer with Lemur on an iPad. We found this video while scouring the web. Here is what the description said:
Adapted the stepSeq_4 module from the JazzMutant team to create a multi value step sequencer that triggers a granular combinator patch in Reason 6. This is definitely a way to obtain more musical results from the Lemur – Reason combination, but it lacks transport synchronization.
A unique instrument/control surface where you can learn every Major/Minor chord in 2 minutes. The hexagon note layout allows songwriters to discover new melodies and musical relations, as well, novices can learn how to play music. If you want more sounds than the built in instrument Musix offers Midi (DSMI) and OSC out to control anything you want.
“Anyone who loves music, regardless of skill level, owes it to themselves to experience Musix. Simply exploring the app will open musical doors you never knew existed.” – 148apps.com
NOTE: Musix is NOT meant to teach you how to play a piano! It is it’s own instrument that has many benefits over a piano. By playing you will learn real relations between notes and patterns within music.
The definitive isomorphic keyboard.
Musix is a fully-customizable multiple-layout isomorphic musical keyboard.
Each hexagon on the screen is a note, and surrounding hexagons are harmonically related.
WHY MUSIX:
– Learn how to play every major and minor chord in minutes
– Play along with your favorite song without practicing for years
– Learn one shape, play in any key
– Explore music by the relationship between notes
not by placement on an instrument
– Play along with your friends without being an expert
– Release the song in your head
FEATURES:
✔ Different Key Sizes
✔ Slide the keys to show the notes you need
✔ Multiple Instrument Sounds
✔ OSC/Midi Support
– Inter-note expressivity
✔ Preset Layouts
✔ Create Your Own Layout (iPad only)
✔ Play along with your favourite songs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
What this means is that once you have learned a pattern, say a chord
or a scale, that pattern is the same for all keys, even the dreaded
A-Flat! What’s more, you can learn to play melodies on a traditional
keyboard by playing them on the Musix keyboard and watching where the
sharps and flats go.
Songwriters benefit by discovering new melodies and musical
relationships. Novices find it easy to learn to play. Experienced
musicians are rewarded with an intuitive interface.
There are many isomorphic keyboards out there, from concertinas,
accordions, and “jammers” (which use the wicki-hayden layout) to
harmonic-table keyboards and more. You can have them all in one
application, and more besides.
Hexagonal isomorphic keyboards are defined by the harmonic
relationship between the keys. You can define the relationship in two
directions, say a major third and a minor third, and the third
direction is the difference of these two intervals (in this case, a
semitone).
Musix comes with a set of built-in layouts which use different
harmonic relationships between the notes. Each layout has its own
advantages and disadvantages. For example, the harmonic table layout
allows you to play a major or minor chord with one finger, by
touching at the intersection of any three hexagons. The Wicki-Hayden
layout puts all the white keys together. Try them all and find one
that works for you.
Musix has six real-time FM-synthesized instrument sounds. No wavetables
here. Each note sound is synthesized on-the-fly, meaning that you get
the full richness of bass and brightness of treble that the ipad
speaker or your headphones can generate.
You can change the size of the keys to fit your fingers and your
dexterity – start practicing with epic-sized keys and as you get
better you can make the keys smaller to give you more notes on the
screen. Keyboard layouts are fully customizable – create your own
isomorphic keyboard centred on any note. Remove the note labels for a
clean look.
TB MIDI Stuff is a generic modular MIDI control surface for iPad. You can create your own pages, or use the built-in MIDI keyboard (with Arpeggiator, modulation wheel, pitch wheel and accelerometer velocity), the built-in Pads controller (with customizable pads banks, accelerometer velocity, transposition, full velocity mode and repeat mode) or the 16 channels MIDI mixer (pan, volume and mute).
What’s New in Version 2.0.0
For TBMS v1.x users, please read the migration guide on our website before installing TBMS v2.0 !!!
Entirely rebuilt, TB MIDI Stuff v2.0 adds a lot of new features like :
– Universal App (can open TB MIDI Tiny Stuff pages)
– Up to 128 pages can be opened at the same time (even on iPad 1st Gen !!!), organized on a 2D pages canvas
– Visual Control Selector
– Variables (Application, Page, User and Control)
– Brand New Controls : Pick List and Piano Keyboard (with Arpeggiator Track on each)
– Full RGB colors on controls
– Custom Image Backgrounds
– Custom Tooltips on Sliders
– Gyroscope support with compatible devices (Pitch/Roll simulation on iPad 1)
And more…
New OSC message kind : Splited X/Y messages
Page Editor : Select All
Control Settings : MIDI messages arrays unifications
Multitouch XY Pads (up to 5 touches)
Add shapes on Modern Drum Pads (Rectangle, Arrows, Ellipse, Diamond & Hexagons)
New page category : Keyboard
Wicky-Hayden note layout pages
Reduce memory footprint (remove memory manager which is obsolete)
More features:
– Bi directional SysEx
– OSC messages In/Out
– The Missing Link™ In/Out (zero configuration with its native drivers, TB MIDI Stuff does all for you !!!)
– Brand New Control : Jog Wheel
– New Pages Manager
– Pre defined scales on Value Notes
– Memory Manager
– Reduce Memory Footprint
– System Messages
– Song Select Messages
– Multi-bytes SysEx values
– Text values SysEx : Labels can be dynamic with SysEx and/or OSC messages (received only)
– Numeric entry for MSB/LSB on RNP/NRPN
– New Horizontal gesture on Knobs & Jog Wheels
– Brand New Control : Jog Wheel
– Increased accelerometer update rate
(The Missing Link is a trademark of Jabrudian Industries LLC)
More great features:
Checksums on SysEx
Touch Messages on sliders, faders, knobs, ribbons & XY pads
XY Touch Tracking on drum pads
Y Touch Tracking on Piano Keys
Steps on sliders, faders, knobs, ribbons & XY pads
“Value Notes” : transform every slider, fader, knob, ribbon & XY pad into small keyboard with user defined range and scale
Min/Max sliders on RPN/NRPN messages was replaced by number field.
Vertical Ribbon
Label Rotation
Controls filter on value displayers (TB Stuff only)
Speed up launch time
Minor fixes and improvements
The built-in page editor lets you create your own pages. It contains some useful stuffs like pasteboard, undo manager, multi selection or z-order managment. The built-in keyboard, the pads controller and all drum pads in your custom pages can use Accelerometer Velocity for notes On messages. All pads (including drum pads) can fire multiple notes to create “one hit” configurations (each note can use or not the accelerometer velocity). You also can create any pads banks you need for the pads controller. All pages and pads banks can be shared via iTunes with a desktop computer.
TB MIDI Stuff use CoreMidi : you can use any supported device, like the native WiFi driver or the camera connection kit with an external sound card. Each page can use a different CoreMidi driver. Also works with Virtual MIDI Ports applications capable.
Controls can use the iPad accelerometer as input (even faders and knobs), in each dimension (X, Y, Z or, for XY Pads, a mix of them).
The application library contains :
– Rotary sliders
– Horizontal sliders
– Vertical sliders
– Horizontal faders (with different colors)
– Vertical faders (with different colors)
– Mixer knobs (with different colors and flavors)
– Drum Pads
– XY Pads
– Value displayers
– Rounded rects
– Labels
– Fix crash when you try to load pages on iOS 4.3
– Fix virtual MIDI port naming
– Add 4 virtual MIDI Out ports
Each control can drive simultaneously multiple MIDI messages like Control Change messages (single 7bits and coarse/fine 14bits), RNP/NRPN messages (7 and 14bits), Pitch Bend messages, Program Changes messages, Note On/Off messages.
You can open up to 32 pages simultaneously. You can change pages with three fingers swipe gesture, manage the pages order, open multiple instances of the same page and change the MIDI Out driver or the MIDI Out channel (or both) without entering the editor for each instance.
Swipe shortcuts (1, 2 and 3 fingers) let you access quickly to the MIDI keyboard, the pads controller or the 16 channels mixer.
TB MIDI Stuff contains some demo pages and 7 pads banks. For the pads banks :
– Default Bank
– Drum Kit (GM)
– Fifth
– Major Chords
– Minor Chords
– Simple Chord Generator
– Velocity
Lemur – the legendary multitouch MIDI/OSC controller returns. The iPad killed JazzMutant’s business so they figured “if you can beat em join em” makes more sense. All these major artists can’t be wrong: Daft Punk. Björk. Nine Inch Nails, Deadmau5. M.I.A., Justice, Hot Chip, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Orbital, Richie Hawtin, The Glitch Mob, Matthew Herbert, Joris Voorn, Stephan Bodzin, Modeselektor, Alva Noto, Richard Devine, Gui Boratto, … you? Is it worth the 49 bucks? You tell me!
What’s New in Version 3.2.1
– Fix ephemeral MultiBalls label display
– Improve object labels horizontal offset
– Improve resolution menu alignment in Editor
– Improve text alignment in Editor property pane
– Improve Editor tree display
– Fix Mac MIDI input
– Fix Lemur MIDI input
– Fix tabbification of Containers containing Containers
– Change gamma on small fonts
– Improve font gamma
– Improve font alignments
– Revert Knob object to thicker lines
– Improve fonts dpi and use same fonts in all apps
– Invert page button colors
– Rewrite CoreMIDI wrappers
– Fix variables corruption when passing invalid parameters to
MIDI script functions
– Fix skipping of certain Daemon packets
Previous updates:
OSC targets revert to IP instead of saved hostname
Interface names now displayed in tabs
Multitasking bug fixes
OSC handling bug fixes for very long strings and lists
Support for SysEx messages up to 256 bytes
Scripted lists length limit increased to 256
Knob object bug fix
Z variable bug fix
Rock solid standard
Major stadium-touring acts use Lemur on stage. The original hardware version was introduced to the public in 2004 and Lemur software now benefits from nearly 10 years of development. These are just two of the reasons Lemur is the name cited when talking about multitouch control.
Control anything
Lemur is a professional iOS controller app that doesn’t cut any corners. It lets you control anything, any way you want. Total flexibility means it can go as deep as you need it to. Lemur can control DJ software, live electronic music performance software, studio production software (DAWs), VJ software, visual synthesis software, stage lighting and more. In fact, any software or hardware that can be controlled by MIDI/OSC can be controlled by Lemur.
A controller unequalled
Lemur has often been imitated but never equalled. The physics engine, which can make faders and balls bounce, is entirely unique: allowing anything from a slight organic feel to absolutely chaotic modulations. Lemur goes deep: it comes with more than twice as many objects as comparable apps. Options for adjusting the look and feel of objects are vast, and connection to your gear is simple.
User Library
Access templates from top artists and the Lemur community. Some of these are actual templates used on stage, others are pure studio or creative tools. Share your own or simply browse the library and download whatever suits your needs.
– Physics
Hated physics at school? Now you’ll love it! The behaviour of many Lemur objects can be affected by powerful and easy to use physical models which can make your controller bounce, rebound and oscillate. Make your controller come alive.
– Scripting
There’s absolutely no need to dive into scripting if you don’t want to. But if you’re the type who likes to get their hands dirty then there’s a powerful scripting engine inside Lemur. Harnessing this power will allow you to build extremely dynamic templates.
– Editor
The Lemur editor, is a cross-platform (OS X/Windows) interface builder. It allows you to create new Lemur templates or edit existing ones. The drag & drop interface makes it easy to use. It allows you to create anything from the simplest set of faders to the most complex groovebox with no hassle.
– Connectivity
Simply connect your iPad/iPhone to your laptop over Wi-Fi and make the connection! Lemur also supports CoreMIDI allowing you to use hardware interfaces such as Alesis’ iO Dock or the iConnectMIDI or class-compliant USB MIDI interfaces (with a camera connection kit). You can even control up to 8 computers from one iPad with Lemur!
This app is similar to the D Beam controller by Roland (found on their MC-909 groovebox) and the Alesis Air FX in the way that it allows you to control midi devices by moving your hand in the air.
MidAir is a unique midi controller that uses the iPhone or iPad camera and the SkyTouch system to track your coordinates. A virtual 3D trackpad!
MidAir incorporates CoreMidi technology to seamlessly interface with your Mac or PC to control your favorite audio programs.
GarageBand, Logic, Live or any program designed for Midi input works perfectly with MidAir.
Just Wave Your Hand!
Front-Facing Camera required
MidAir is optimized for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. Improved detection for the iPhone 4 coming soon.
iPad Loops is an iOS music production blog dedicated to exposing the best iPad apps musicians, producers, and Djs. This is not a database of every app. It is, however, one of useful recommendations from someone with many years in music production. I try to update it on a daily basis (ok sometimes every two days) and I do my best to post useful apps only. My name is Jason Donnelly (Dj Puzzle).
Some of the apps that contain my sounds are Synth One, EG Segments, Hammerhead, Retronyms AudioCopy, Audio Evolution Mobile, and iMPC Pro. My work is published by Roland, Antares, Magix, Soundtrack Loops, Sample Logic, Acoustica, Native Instruments, The Grammt Museum and many more. Subscribe to our RSS feed below to get updated when new apps are posted.
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