2011
08/19
Compose Music With An iPad
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ezComposer For iPad

ezComposer by Yeinart

Let me introduce The most advanced composing app in the world. The smartest composing app. for ipad (and iPhone). This pro version supports ez Sequencer and this is incredibly easy because of the mouse like finger interface.

The user just arrange the chord progression and set the style for each instruments. The ezComposer Pro sequences midi notes instead of you. If the chords changed, ezComposer Pro immediately does midi sequencing automatically. The melody can be easily recorded by keyboard and it supports UNDO to cancel current recording. You can edit each note with ez Sequencer.

You can easily make moving music through the special composing system in the ezComposer Pro. ezComposer Pro supports 144 chords set and about 400s styles set for major instruments. What you need to make a song is just drag-and-drop the chord and style. No more midi sequencing in the smartphone.

ezComposer Pro is the only professional composing app. in various situation like in the subway, in the bed, when you walk …

First, arrange the chords and styles for each instrument, Second, record major melody using the velocity-aware keyboard. That’s all. It’s amazing app. You can also easily edit each notes with mouse-action-like smart midi sequencer, ez Sequencer.

Also it supports chord progression recommendation system based on 500s chords set for each key. Ofcourse, you can export your project as a midi file to use in your favorite sequencer like cubase, sonar, logic.

ezComposer Pro will be useful for
1. Beginners for midi composing
– who have no idea about midi sequencing
– who want to sequence various chords without chord knowledge.
– who want to make various chord progression
– You can open your project through exporting midifile and you can see the midi notes!

2. People who are interest in composing, and professional composers
– who don’t want to be bothered by ordinary midi sequencing.
– who want to see various chord progression
– You can sketch anyplace with the combination of various chord sets and style set

*** Features ***
+ Drag-and-drop based chord and style editing
– 144 chords : major, minor, 7th, 6th, m7, m7, m7-5, aug, dim, dim7, Maj7, sus4 chords
– 132 drum styles : 4 beat, 8 beat, 16 beat and various feel-ins
– 132 piano styles : Well-sequenced midi playing sets like professional pianist’s play
– 72 guitar styles : various sets from stroke to arpeggio (A1-1 ~ B9-3)
– 60 base guitar styles : various bass guitar styles (C1-1 ~ D6-3)
– Double tapping support to insert chord and style.

+ Chord recommendation system
– Next chord recommendation system based on current chord progression.
– instant chord progression guide
– 500s various chord progression for each Key(12 Major Keys, 12 Minor Keys)

+ ez Sequencer
– If you’re familiar with mouse sequencing, the ezComposer Pro will be the best app for you.
– In the sequencer, your index finger will be the mouse pointer and if you locate the pointer, then click the screen with middle finger like mouse click. It’s really natural and easy way to use sequencer.
– In other words, you can use your fingers as a mouse.
– It supports two fingers scrolling and three fingers actions like note length editing and velocity editing.

+ Keyboard and Drumpad
– Velocity-aware Drumpad : for drumkit, you can use drumpad to record drum notes!
– Velocity-aware Keyboard : 2-layered Keyboard.

+ Instruments
– 49 various high quality instruments with 16bit 44.1khz
– Standard, Jazz, Rock, House,…. 7 various drum kits.

+ Editing
– User-friendly made user interface and interactive instant help system
– midi file exporting
– Copy & paste
– Volume and pan control for each track
– midi tempo control
– Block the auto sequencing ( double tapping the the style editor )

2011
08/19
D-Pad iPad Drum Machine
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D-Pad iPad Drum Machine

D-Pad Drum Machine By MyElectronica

The design looks a lot like a Monome. Newly added Dubstep samples!

FEATURES:

D-Pad comes with 3 different sections: the mixer, the grid and the effect rack.

The Mixer offers you:

To individually change the Volume, the Pan and the Tune of each track
To play each track in live mode with dedicated pads, where changes and effects also apply
To record in live mode with a quantize functionality

The Grid allows you:

To have a full overview of the rhythm you are creating
To quickly assign events to each track with the multi-touch enable. Just swipe the pads with your fingers.
To easily identify when one or more tracks are in solo

The Effect view allows you:

To control which effect is applied on the whole track
To set each single parameters of each effect. Here again, the multi -touch enable allows you to modify many parameters at the same time.

D-Pad also comes with the great audio Mix-down feature: create a rhythm (with the sequencer or with the live mode) and record it. The corresponding audio file is stored in the document folder of the D-Pad Application.

Complete specifications:

8 track Sequencer (bpm from 40 to 240)
4 bars: sequenced play mode, single bar edit, copy and paste between bars
Swing feature
Live pad mode with recording capability (length up to 32 bars or 64 seconds)
Volume, pan and tune adjustment for each individual track
Manage your sequence through the sequence menu
Kit selection menu
Mixer view, Sequencer Grid view and Effect Rack view
7 effects: Reverb, compressor, Filter LPHP, Delay, Bitcrusher, Phaser and 3 band EQ
Audio Mix-down to reuse your tracks in other audio applications (Wav files)
Info screen (touch the logo) with parameters modifications (mix-down and swing)

COMING SOON
Midi export
Midi sync
More effects

2011
08/17
Beatmaker 2 Beatpacks
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Beatmaker 2

Beatmaker 2 by Intua is a complete electronic music production studio for iPad. It was also the very first app to do this when the iPhone first came out.
Beatmaker 2 Screenshot

UPDATES:
– Native iPad interface
– Support for MIDI controllers through CoreMIDI, with MIDI learning and templates
– Instruments parameters automations (LFOs, envelopes, pads settings, etc.)
– MIDI export improved with Control Change (MIDI CC) messages
– New Master track with volume, pan, and 3 FX slots
– Audio input monitoring while recording
– New “Note Repeat” mode
– Pad copy & paste on the drum machine
– Improved memory management
– Info window for monitoring CPU, memory usage, battery and controlling the audio device
– SoundCloud API now uses OAuth2
– Reduce application binary size
– Add support for bluetooth speakers and headphones (A2DP compliant)
– Many improvements in every aspect of the application

Download Beatmaker Beatpacks

Here is a full list of features.

STUDIO:

– Create multiple instruments with Drum Machine or Keyboard interface
– 10 effect units to choose from: Reverb, Compressor, Filter, Delay, EQ, Flanger, Chorus, AutoPan, BitCrusher, Overdrive.
– 3 effect slots for each instrument, unlimited global effect racks
– Customizable Cross Controller for all effects, to manipulate multiple parameters at once
– CoreMIDI support: connect your MIDI accessories to control instruments, effects and mixer.

DRUM MACHINE:

– Up to 128 trigger pads: 16 pads over 8 different banks
– Chop Lab: Slice audio loops to automatically create new sound presets
– Control sound parameters on individual pad: volume, pan, mute, output bus, semitone, fine tune, reverse and autoscaling
– Low/high pass filter per pad with cutoff and resonance control
– Choose between various pad trigger modes: one-shot, hold & loop
– Customizable envelope (ADSR) control for each pad
– Exclusive groups and polyphony management
– “Live” modes: trigger, mute, reverse, velocity and tune spreading.
– Pad copy & paste

KEYBOARD SAMPLER:

– 128 keys keyboard with pitch wheel, double keyboard mode, note display and zoom controls
– Easily create your own instruments from any sample combination with the keygroup editor
– Volume and filter ADSR envelopes
– Low/high pass filter with cutoff, resonance and key tracking
– 2 LFOs with customizable amplitude, offset and rate (synchronizable), controlling volume, pitch and filter parameters
– Polyphony control, with up to 32 voices per keyboard sampler
– Legato play mode with customizable glide
– Keygroup controls: volume, pan, semitones, fine-tune, reverse and one-shot, hold, hold & loop trigger modes

MULTI-TRACK SEQUENCER:

– Create unlimited instrument and FX tracks
– Automations: Record, edit and replay instrument and effect parameters
– Record, draw, arrange and resize patterns along the timeline to build your song
– Compose and modify patterns with a piano-roll interface. Edit notes, parameters, and automations.
– Instrument and effect recording options: Quantize, take or partial undo, pre-roll, Overdub, note erasing.
– Includes multiple convenient tools such as zooming

WAVE EDITOR:

– Full-fledged wave editor with intuitive pinch and selection for manipulating samples
– Basic edition tools: trim, cut, copy, paste, with 8 levels undo/redo
– High quality time-stretching and pitch-shifting algorithms
– Audio tools: normalize, silence, reverse, fade in and out, cross-fade
– Record new samples from device microphone or plugged instrument
– Loop points and tempo/signature editor

MIXER CONSOLE:

– Realistic multi-track mixer with level meters
– Edit volume, pan, solo, mute and bus routing features for individual tracks

LARGE SOUNDBANK INCLUDED:

– 68 Drum Machine presets from all genres
– 111 Keyboard Sampler presets, from synthesizers to realistic orchestral instruments.
– More than 1800 quality samples to choose from

SHARING & GLOBAL OPTIONS:

– Native iPad & iPhone interfaces, Retina display
– Export your songs to Audio or MIDI files
– Transfer and manage your files from your computer using the integrated FTP server
– Import any songs from your iPod library to create new remixes
– Share audio content with more than 20 other music applications using the iOS pasteboard
– Upload your songs directly to your SoundCloud account
– User friendly file browser and manager, with sample, preset and project tagging for quick lookup
– Supports BeatMaker 1 kits and projects
– Compatible with iRig Mic and iRig Plug Interface for professional audio and vocal recordings

2011
08/16
Drum Synth And Sequencer For iPad
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Molten Drum Machine Logo

Molten by One Red Dog

Beats at your fingertips

Molten is a powerful and intuitive tool for creating percussive sounds and rhythm sequences. Using a revolutionary approach to grid based pattern sequencing that divides time to instantly add tuplets and fills to your drum programming. Unleash the potential of your beats on the iPad.

A complete rhythm synthesizer – this is the bit we REALLY like =)

Molten is built on a versatile synthesizer that allows you to play and process your own sound samples. The kits can be mangled, filtered and crushed using the multi-touch interface. Load and store your patterns and share them with your friends. Connect to pro music equipment with MIDI CC and clock sync (we also REALLY like this).


This video doesn’t really do it much justice. This thing can do a lot more than what you see here.

Features

Easily and quickly create rhythms with complex time signatures. Intuitively divide a note into tuplets. Sample based synthesis with user loadable samples. Each pattern has 8 instrument track. Global master effects processor including delay, reverb, EQ & compressor. Share your pattern compositions as audio or MIDI files or transfer patterns between Molten users

Get Molten for $4.99

2011
08/16
Arctic Keys Synth For iPad
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By One Red Dog

Arctic Keys By One Red Dog Media

Arctic Keys is a virtual analog synthesizer. With a newly incorporated Unison Mode technology and classic dual-oscillator subtractive synthesis design that gives you the sound creation flexibility we all know and love. With an easy to use user interface that just wants to be tweaked. The result is a truly professional instrument with an audio quality that rivals that of hardware synthesizers.

What’s new
Cool new Delay effect!
Unison Mode Technology
Improved the Unison mode detune of each voice

– FIXED: crash bug when setting polyphony voice count
– Performance optimistions for older hardware. I highly recommend that on iPhone 3GS & iPod touch 3rd gen that you set the polyphony to a maximum of 3 and/or lateny to 1024. Go to General Settings then select Arctic Keys to adjust these values.

Added external MIDI scales transformer, effectively making Arctic the Keyboard Scale controller. Set the scale in Arctic Keys, then any incoming MIDI notes are automatically mapped to that scale.

If you suffer audio breakups, try reducing the CPU usage by lowering the polyphony and/or patch complexity.

– Universal app designed for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch
– Two X-Y Pads with assignable modulation routing
– Keyboard scales
– Numerous bug fixes and enhancements including soft limiter and global audio engine settings

TWEAK
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With all the synthesizer parameters immediately available on one page, you get instant feedback as you tweak. The two LFOs each have three modulation destinations. Each LFO may also be free running or sync’ed to tempo and the timing rate adjusted. The modulation matrix allows for deep routing between the Mod Wheel, aftertouch and 16 x 4 analog-style gated step-sequencer. Quickly change pages to edit effects and sequences.

PERFORM
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The classic arpeggiator is complimented by the 16 x 4 gated step-sequencer. Play a note to trigger the sequencer. Step through a sequence to play short melodic lines or let it modulate the synthesizer. The different key gating options may be used to change how the sequence is triggered. Each of the 4 tracks has an assignable modulation destination and loop point. Along with traditional Pitch and Mod Wheels, adjust the velocity by tapping along the length of the key from top to bottom. Change the key mode to mono for retro lead lines. Adjust the size of the keyboard to suite your style or use a gesture to scroll through the octaves. Place the keyboard into Pitch mode and use multi-touch gestures to bend individual notes, while sliding up and down the keys to add aftertouch.

SHARE
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The live phrase recorder lets you save your performances as 44.1KHz 16-bit WAV files and as a Standard MIDI File. The MIDI File includes all the knob’s control change information along with the notes you play. Use Sonoma AudioCopy or Intua Audio Sharing to paste recorded audio directly into other apps. From within Arctic Keys, e-mail the patches you make, then open them directly and save into your patch library. Or share them with Wi-Fi and iTunes File Sharing.

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SPECIFICATION
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• Synthesis: analog modelling
• Polyphony: up to 4 voices
• Oscillators: 2 per voice, alias free, saw, triangle and square with pulse width, hard sync, ring mod, noise generator
• Filter: 1 multi-mode resonating filter with 4 filter types
• Envelopes: filter and amp ADSR envelopes
• Modulation: 2 LFOs with multiple wave shapes, sample and hold, 3 routable destinations per LFO, independently sync-able
• Effects: master effect processors: 3-band EQ, Distortion, Chorus, Stereo Delay
• Arpeggiator: classic arpeggiator with octave shift, MIDI-sync-able
• Sequencer: 16 x 4 gated step sequencer with multiple modulation destinations, MIDI-sync-able
• Keyboard: glissando, scroll, multi-touch poly pitch bend and aftertouch

FEATURES
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• KORG Wireless-Sync Start Technology (WIST)
• Sonoma AudioCopy
• MIDI Learn
• Live phrase recorder with audio and MIDI export
• File and patch sharing via iTunes File Sharing, e-mail and Wi-Fi
• Supports external MIDI in and out via CoreMIDI Networking and USB with the Camera Connection Kit
• Audio background operation
• Virtual MIDI Ports
• Open Music App Collaboration compliant

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iPad Synth by One Red Dog

Synths with built in sequencers are always useful! The UI looks shiny and fun. Nice work gents.

Arctic Keys is available for $4.99

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