Composer and director Ned McGowan composes the first concerto for iPad in Orchestra. This is his attempt to prove that the iPad is a new and unique instrument that is unlike any other. There are also live visuals tied into the performance as well.
Here is quick peak at his concert. The premiere will take place on the 1st of June in the Doelen in Rotterdam, performed by the Sinfonia Rotterdam conducted by Conrad van Alphen with Keiko Shichijo as iPad soloist.
Performed by Keiko Shichijo on the iPad with the Sinfonia Rotterdam, conducted by Conrad van Alphen. This work is the 2nd in the Rotterdam Concerto series initiated by the Doelen and Sinfonia Rotterdam.
The app used in this concert is Geo Synthesizer by Jordan Rudess.
Brother is the brainchild of IDM producer and programmer ERik aka Humble from Norrköping, Sweden. This is a polyphonic cleaner brother of shapesynth, which comes with 4 preset waveforms. It is both capable of running on its own with background audio and core MIDI or as a slave to shapesynth. Brother comes with a kind if quirky sequencer loading tweets and converts them into sound, endless source of compositions. Capable of exporting to send with email, upload to soundcloud and MAPI audio copy.
Version 1.4 now universal app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.
+++ Adding Oscilloscope. Comes in two modes, normal and red/cyan colour anaglyph.
+++ Navigation bar default bug fix.
+++ Minor graphic bug fix.
+++ NEW slave algorithm. Now works between devices using bonjour and tcp.
+++ Saving tweets.
+++ Adding blank space silence mode.
+++ Setting for base octave.
+++ Introducing the Paul Collins navigation bar shift. Tadah! 🙂
+++ Polyphonic.
+++ Sine, Square, Triangle and Saw.
+++ Double Delay.
+++ Background Audio.
+++ Core MIDI.
+++ Virtual MIDI.
+++ Email.
+++ Soundcloud.
+++ MAPI Audio Copy.
+++ Shapesynth slave mode (Please make sure they both run on the same buffer size and midi channel.
Mobile Mood Machine (aka MoMoM ) is a brand new app by French IDM artist and programmer Julien Bayle aka Protofuse. Mobile Mood Machine provides a musical playground you can touch with your fingers.
Rules are really easy and minimalistic:
– touch the screen to create spherical creatures popping out sine waves sounds
– the more the touch is made at the top, the more the creatures pop out high pitched sounds
– the more the touch duration is, the more the sound popped it will have a long decay
– choose a Mood which consists in color gradient, sequences rules, scale
– choose to listen special designed soundscapes in the background or not
– adjust the delay and the effect of time over the age of those digital creatures
– enjoy !
Minimalism, Zen & Quietness are the main words that could describe this iOS application.
The Mobile Mood Machine ‘s engine works with circular buffers recording til 8 sequences represented by 8 colors.
Each sequence is repeated according to specific rules related to the current chosen Mood.
Some Moods are minor, some are major with a lot of time between sequence repetitions, some are hypnotically repetitive.
You can choose to make creatures becoming old. In that case, they will progressively disappear and their sounds will have a bigger attack til their end, when they will completely disappear.
Some Moods make them to be old faster, or slower.
You can also start it and choose the automatic induction mode of the Mobile Mood Machine
In that case, you just have to close your eyes, to let those waves envelope you into a sweet bubble of zen protection.
These sounds can cancel all annoying aggressive noises surrounding us every time.
Here are some possible uses:
– walking in the street
– being in the train
– trying to sleep
– before going to a boring meeting
– together with your loved one in relaxation or possibly romance
Moog is proud to announce that Animoog is the official synth app of this weekend’s world famous Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit. The Motor City is cited as the birthplace of techno and to celebrate its contribution to electronic music, Moog asked Juan Atkins, Kyle Hall, Mike Huckaby and Carl Craig- 4 of Detroit’s top techno producers – to create a unique preset pack for Animoog. If you can’t be in Detroit this weekend with Moog and the 100,000 other revelers watching the Godfathers of techno play at Movement 2012 then download this FREE Preset pack today and be with us in creative spirit.
As part of Moog Music’s birthday celebration honoring founder Bob Moog, Animoog for iPad is available for $9.99 through 5/29/2012.
Animoog, powered by the new Anisotropic Synth Engine (ASE), is Moog Music’s first professional polyphonic synthesizer designed exclusively for the iPad. ASE allows you to move dynamically through an X/Y space of unique timbres to create a constantly evolving and expressive soundscape.
Animoog captures the vast sonic vocabulary of Moog synthesizers and applies it to the modern touch surface paradigm, enabling you to quickly sculpt incredibly fluid and dynamic sounds that live, breathe, and evolve as you play them.
Visually captivating and sonically immersive, Animoog brings iPad based music production to the next level. Whether you are new to synthesis or a professional, Animoog’s unique user interface gives you the power to easily create a visually vibrant and sonically rich universe. It is the ultimate tool for total creative expression!
Animoog’s diverse library of timbres is derived from analog waveforms captured from classic Moog oscillators, both vintage and modern, and run through a boutique’s worth of high-end outboard and analog signal processors. These include modular synth panels, Moogerfooger pedals and more.
Animoog is the newest innovation in creative tools from Moog Music, the legendary electronic musical instrument company founded by Bob Moog in Asheville, NC.
** NOTE: IF NO SOUND from iPad speaker but headphone is working, this is an iPad settings issue. Go to the Settings app, General tab, set “Use Side Switch to: Mute” then turn switch on side of iPad on (Mute) and off again (Unmute). Then set “Use Side Switch to: Lock Rotation” to prevent problem in future. **
Key Features:
• Anisotropic Synth Engine (ASE) – An exciting new Moog technology that allows the user to move dynamically through an X/Y space of unique timbres to create an expressive and constantly evolving soundscape.
• Timbre page – Assemble unique sounds in the X/Y space from timbres of a wide variety of vintage and modern Moog synthesizers and pedals. Note: this is NOT simple sample playback.
• Polyphonic Modulation – Simply slide your fingers to control multiple modulation parameters in Animoog right from the keys.
• Polyphonic Pitch Shifting – Easily manipulate the exact pitch of each note in a chord by rotating or sliding your fingers.
• Delay Module – A classic analog style ping pong delay.
• Thick Module – From bit crushing to unison voice detuning and drive, this module adds depth, edge and character to Animoog’s already massive sound palette.
• Moog Filter – The classic four-pole Moog ladder filter with High Pass, Low Pass and Band Pass modes.
• Record Module – Record your performance and overdub new layers, or play along live. Transfer recordings between Animoog and any other apps which support the general pasteboard.
• Path Module – Direct ASE through Animoog’s X/Y space to create new expressive and shifting sounds that will blow your mind!
• Orbit Module – Control the rate of orbit in the X/Y space around the path you created for subtle to insane voice manipulation.
• Flexible Modulation Matrix – Amp, Filter and Mod Envelopes, LFO with infinitely variable wave shapes and sync, and four super flexible and assignable modulation slots.
• MIDI in – Use your Little Phatty or any other MIDI controller to control Animoog.
Animoog is available for the iPhone for only $0.99 for a limited time!
Animoog is available for the iPad for only $9.99 for a limited time!
TriqTraq Jam Sequencer for the iPhone. It is extremely fun and intuitive. Some say it’s like Nanoloop making love with an Electribe. I actually had reservations getting it originally because I thought it would just be like nanostudio, beatmaker2, or Sunvox, but less. It truly is unique and just feels creative. I enjoy all of the capability and great sounds come together quickly; very intuitively. I don’t regret getting this unique and expressive sequencer at all.
And now for something completely different… get into the flow of triqtraq, and jam out your tracks in realtime!
Are you a DJ or electronic music producer? You will find dozens of possibilities inside triqtraq to compose and tweak your beats on the fly.
Or are you just starting out making electronic music? Triqtraq is straightforward enough to get you good sounding results quickly.
Grab your iPhone and start to improvise; live, in your studio or on your couch. Pick sounds from the included sample library, or import your own samples to get that unique sound.
Triqtraq strikes the right balance between musical possibilities and limitations and lets you focus on the most important part of making music… having FUN!
KEY FEATURES
▪ create musical patterns fast and intuitively, by programming live or by using the ‘step edit’-feature
▪ automate parameters like pitch, filter, delay, decay and level in real-time
▪ change samples or sample kits on-the-fly while jamming
▪ edit multiple tracks simultaneously
▪ store up to 16 patterns and 32 samples per session
▪ specify the length of a sequence per track, or set the automation length for each parameter individually
▪ switch seamlessly between patterns
▪ use the loop range feature to create poly-rhythmic sequences
▪ use sounds from the 350+ factory sample library
▪ import your own sounds via iTunes file sharing
TriqTraq is available for $1.99 for a limited time!
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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