2011
10/11
NodeBeat Audio Sequencer For iOS Devices
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NodeBeat App

NodeBeat Created by Seth Sandler and Justin Windle is an experimental node-based audio sequencer and generative music application for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Now supports coreMIDI and virtual midi. This means you can use it as a midi controller!

By combining music and playful exploration, NodeBeat allows anyone to create an exciting variety of rhythmic sequences and ambient melodies in a fun and intuitive fashion. From the professional to the novice, NodeBeat lets anyone explore creative music.

NodeBeat 2.0 controlling ThumbJam, NLogSynth Pro, Funkbox, Animoog, and Sunrizer from AffinityBlue on Vimeo.

New features:

– Core MIDI added! NodeBeat is now a MIDI Controller! Send to other iOS MIDI applications or to other MIDI receiving applications on your computer.

– Save and share multiple recordings. We removed the 1 recording save limit and now you can save all your recordings!

Audio Features

* Save/Load layouts!
* Pick from all 12 Key Signatures
* Choose from over 20 musical scales
* New 7 octave range
* Background Keyboard! Play the background like a musical piano.
* Some new drum sounds

Rhythm Features

* Increased Generators from a 4 step sequencer to an 8 step sequencer.
* Allow Generators to start on any beat
* Sync Generators to start on the same beat

Settings

* Clear Screen button for quick clearing
* Child Lock: Give children the freedom to play without accidentally launching menus.

Functions

Double tap on Generators AND Nodes to turn them on and off

NodeBeat 1.6.5 testing from AffinityBlue on Vimeo.

★ Features Include ★

-Adjustable Node Physics
-Drag & drop to add and remove nodes
-Pitch Shift Audio
-Adjustable Tempo (BPM) & Note Beat
-Creative Sound Sculpting: Echo, Attack, Decay, Release
-Audio Waveform Adjustment (Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth, Square)
-Drum and Octave (pitched) Generators
-Landscape and Portrait Views
-Stereo Panning
-Record and email audio file with compression
-Create Ringtones from recording
-Share Recording on SoundCloud
-AudioCopy to Another Application
-Background Audio support.
-Start/Stop Octave Generators by double tapping
-Sleep Timer for falling asleep to NodeBeat
-Shake to Clear Screen
-5 Finger Reset All

NodeBeat HD 1.5 – iOS Music Sequencer from AffinityBlue on Vimeo.

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★ Reviews ★

“This is a great app. Experienced musicians and laypeople alike can enjoy their music within seconds.” – AppAdvice.com

“Another bold step forward in iPad musical devices, which turns networks of nodes into bumping beats.” – Belinda Lanks – Fast Company’s Co.Design

“Relaxing and Fun. If you’re the sort who enjoys playing with meditative toys like tabletop Zen sand gardens, you’ll probably enjoy this relaxing and visually appealing sound app.” – Gianna LaPin – 148apps.com

“More than anything, it’ll be a calming oasis in the chaos that is a typical day in a modern city. If it all gets too much, as it inevitably does, just plug in your earphones and sculpt some sounds by moving around the nodes on the screen, simply making music and letting the ambient chimes wash over you. Until your boss tells you to stop messing around and get back to work, that is.” – Kevin Holmes – thecreatorsproject.com

“If you like generative, reactive or ambient music- Nodebeat HD is a vital addition to your app collection. It is easily on par with the likes of Bloom,Slewpi,Aura flux, Curtis, Reactable and the rest and is super user-friendly…You can get lost in this ambient world for hours if you are just into playing at home, but if you are part of the new wave of live performers that are using iOS devices for live performances then you too should grab this app! You will astound your audience with mesmerizing spaced out grooves like never before!” – Zac Laurent – www.evolutionarymusic.org

“Addictive – Like a Deep House or Techno version of Brian Eno’s Bloom and Trope apps. Uptempo ambient for headphones at work. Kids love it, too. One of the best generative music apps I’ve found.” – Top Review

NodeBeat is available for $1.99

2011
10/11
Halloween Sound Effects For iPhone and iPod
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Looptastic Free App

Want some Halloween sound effects for your iPhone or iPod Touch? Check out this set I produced for Sound Trends. It is available through the in app store for free if you have Looptastic on your iOS device.

Make your iPhone or iPod touch into a live remix and loop-based performance/production tool. Create non-stop mixes and new music tracks. Looptastic is great for adding spice to a DJ set or to pull out at your next party. Keep things grooving as you drag-and-drop loops, mix instrument parts, perform filter sweeps and stutter edit effects. Export your performance as an audio file to share with the world on SoundCloud. Includes 100 loops in major dance styles* plus you can get more via an in-app Loop Store. It’s a party in your pocket!

Looptastic has been featured in the What’s Hot section of the App Store.

“Looptastic Producer offers elite producers the most bang for their buck.” Wired.com, “Best Ways to Produce Music on an iPhone”

“You’ll be mixing like a pro.” Fox News

“A cool and intuitive remixing environment” Electronic Musician

“What an amazing app. The tempo / stretch control is completely seamless. This app has gone from strength to strength and I hope it keeps on going.” Palm Sounds

“Its so easy to perform different mixes in real time that saying it is smooth is a total understatement. A real winner! Good work guys!!” KeyWiz

“Deep [yet] easy to use.” AppCraver.com

Features
• Now includes 100 loops packaged as 10 remixable Loop Sets spanning Trance, Hip-Hop, Dubstep, Ambient, Breakbeat, Drum ’n’ Bass, Minimal, Progressive House and Reggaeton styles. *NOTE: Requires you download your Loop Sets from the Loop Store at no charge.
• Loop Sets include drum beats, basses, synths, effects and other crucial remix elements. Mix and match sets to fuel your own original mix!
• Load up to four minutes of CD-quality loops per set.
• Automatic beat synchronization makes loops of different tempos play in sync! The pitch stays the same–only the BPM changes.
• Manipulate the sound with any of 5 effects, including Low-Pass Filter, Stutter, Bit Crusher, Flanger and Delay.
• Perform and layer effects using the XY Touchpad Controller.
• Record your own DJ style mix/remixer performance (including effects) as a new track.
• Multitouch volume controls for each loop plus three mix zones and DJ style crossfader.
• Share your mix with the world via exporting to your SoundCloud account.
• Play up to 20 loops at the same time.
• One Shot mode plays samples without time-stretching — ideal for trigging samples on top of your tracks.
• Manually trigger loops using the innovative Scratch Strip waveform display for DJ effects.

2011
10/08
Olsynth Used By The Gorillaz
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A classic monophonic synthesizer with a clean and simple interface. Allows virtually infinite sound design possibilities.

olsynth is featured on the Gorillaz latest album “The Fall” (made completely with iPad apps)

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Olsynth Screenshot

olsynth 7 Settings Modules :

Dual oscillator with 4 waveforms : square , triangle, sawtooth, reverse sawtooth / Glide

Oscillator frequency fine tune

Modulation

Filter Module

Envelope – volume

Envelope – filter

Arpeggio

olsynth includes open source code from MobileSynth developed by Allen Porter

Get Olsynth for $6.99

2011
10/06
Loopy HD iPad Looping App
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Loopy HD by A Tasty Pixel

This is a looper that’ll come out to play, but get down to work when you want to get serious. While other music creation apps tend to be either powerful but difficult to learn, or easy to use but limited in features, Loopy doesn’t compromise. Loopy offers a sleek, expressive, instantly understandable interface that beginners can start using effectively straight away. It’s fun, right from the start. More advanced users, however, will not be disappointed by Loopy’s rich feature set, with extra features many other loopers just don’t have. Plus, a sophisticated interactive tutorial system lets users discover Loopy’s more advanced features at their own pace.

What’s New in Version 1.3

– Added support for Bluetooth pedals like the AirTurn and Cicada, and Bluetooth keyboards
– Added iPhone 5 support
– Enhanced support for alternative time signatures
– Improved clock length manipulation, with more flexible behaviour for “+” and “-” buttons
– Rearranged Settings screen for easier understanding
– Added “Cancel pending actions” MIDI action
– Keep MIDI device connections over multiple sessions
– Ask for a session name when saving for the first time
– Multi channel audio interface support
– Retina support (New iPad)
– Big improvements in punch in/out interaction and track gestures, generally
– Count-in quantize length setting
– Toggle track sync via MIDI
– SoundCloud update
– Added Japanese localization, and updated Italian one
– Many assorted interface and workflow improvements

Play along with our free loops from the free loops tab and import them into Loopy HD through iTunes. CLICK HERE

NOW you can now synchronize the clock across multiple devices, over a cable and over WiFi/Bluetooth, and across multiple apps on the same device.
This version also includes fully trainable MIDI control, so you can connect a foot switch or any other MIDI input device, and bind actions to any MIDI events.
Loopy HD on the iPhone now also allows you to display up to 12 tracks on-screen.

RECORD AND LAYER

– Six, nine, or twelve beautifully rendered circular loops, with simple yet powerful controls.
– Count-in, count-out and record chaining lets you keep your hands free to play an instrument.
– Overdub, to build beautiful, complex soundscapes from many layers.
– Support for tracks of any multiple or fraction of a beat, for flexible and expressive looping.
– Sophisticated audio or visual metronome to keep you in time – no matter what time signature you choose.
– Perfectly synchronized, low latency audio engine.

IMPORT & CONSTRUCT

– Import loops from your computer via iTunes, with support for AIFF, WAV, MP3, M4A, CAF and more.
– Bring in audio from many other audio apps with integrated MAPI AudioPaste, with support for Intua general pasteboard format.
– Imported loops are automatically fit to your beat, no matter what tempo.
MANIPULATE AND TWEAK

– Full stereo audio, with pan controls for each track to create custom stereoscapes.
– Fix up timing by twisting tracks around to line up the beat, or make funky sound effects with dynamic time shifting.
– Drag a track onto another track to merge tracks, and clear up a space.
– Live, dynamic tempo adjustment to speed up or slow down your creations, without altering the pitch.

PERFORM AND SHARE

– Record whole performances with in-app session recording facilities.
– Upload performances or single loops straight to SoundCloud, and post to Twitter or Facebook.
– Email audio clips (with automatic conversion to compressed AAC audio).
– Share audio with many other audio apps with MAPI AudioCopy.
– Transfer loops or performances to your computer via iTunes.

Loopy HD is available for $7.99

2011
10/05
iMaschine For iPhone
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iMaschine – THE GROOVE SKETCH PAD

iMASCHINE is an intuitive and powerful beat sketch pad for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad perfect for developing song ideas anytime, anywhere.

Play and record drums on the 16 pads, jam a melody on the keyboard, sing on top of your loops via the built-in audio recorder or create your own unique sample banks from any source – With iMASCHINE the focus is always on the music. And when you’re done, you can directly upload your track to SoundCloud and share with your friends, or finalize it in the studio if you own Native Instruments’ MASCHINE hardware.

iMASCHINE is a professional instrument designed for beat producers of all levels – you don’t need to have experience to create fresh beats. With its intuitive threshold-based pad sampling, note repeat, auto-loop length feature, professional onboard mixer with six studio effects and the unique audio recording function, iMASCHINE makes it easy to instantly create grooves whenever the mood hits.

Use the included drum kits and melodic sounds, all in professional WAV-format, or expand your library with the iMASCHINE Expansions – available directly from your device via the in-app store.

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iMaschine For iPhone Screenshot

About MASCHINE – the computer-based groove production studio

Create tight rhythms, harmonies and melodies in moments with MASCHINE – the highly enjoyable computer-based instrument that combines a pattern-based sequencer, professional sampler, multi-effect unit and VST/AU plug-in host. Everything is intuitively controllable via the fully integrated hardware – once you touch the tactile controller the fun and intuitive workflow takes over, allowing you to stay focused on what matters – the music.

MASCHINE is constantly evolving; the latest 1.6 free update makes it possible to plug any VST® or Audio Unit™ plug in into MASCHINE, with parameters auto-mapped to the controller so you can immediately start tweaking your sounds.

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Key Features of iMaschine:

* 16 pads for playing the included drum and one-shot samples
* Library includes 10 projects, 26 kits and 466 individual samples (170MB of WAV sounds)
* Pad sampling mode: record your own one-shot sample through the built-in iPhone microphone
* Keyboard mode with two manuals for playing chords, bass and melodies
* Note repeat function with 4th, 8th, 16th, 16th triplets, 32th for keyboard and drum pad mode
* Audio recorder mode lets you record vocal ideas through the built-in iPhone microphone
* Assign any of the 4 groups to pad, keyboard or audio recorder mode (i.e. have a pocket 4-track recorder)
* Mixer page includes two send effects with Delay, Flanger, Chorus, LoFi, HP, BP and LP filters
* The live-mode sequencer automatically detects the recorded loop length
* Finished song idea can be exported with one touch as an audio file or uploaded to SoundCloud
* Project (including samples) can be exported to MASCHINE for finalizing in your studio environment
* Additional drum kits and instrument sounds can be easily purchased through the in-app store

iMaschine is available for $4.99

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