2011
11/05
Game Boy NanoLoop For iPhone
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Gameboy NanoLoop For iPhone and iPod Touch

Nanoloop for iPhone combines sequencer, synthesizer and sampler in one package. It provides all functions for creating electronic music from scratch. This is the same Nanoloop that was developed for Nintendo Game Boy except it has more features.

What’s New in Version 3.18

– Send and receive .nan as email attachments

The “send” function now sends .nan files as actual attachments. Files can be handled like any other attachment, they can be saved on a PC and also be opened in the Android version and vice versa. This feature is only available on iOS 3.2 or higher. On older versions, you can still send files URL-encoded.

– Open .nan files anywhere

Nanoloop is added to the “open in” dialog. When you open a .nan file in Safari, Mail, Dropbox or any other app that can present an “open in” dialog, nanoloop starts and imports the file.

– Share .nan files with Dropbox and others

If file sharing apps like Dropbox are installed, there is a “share” function that allows to open .nan files in compatible apps.

– Share WAV Exports

If compatible apps are installed, an “open in” menu will appear after WAV export, allowing to open the exported file in any app that can open WAV files.

– Bugfix

Notes with very low volume are not muted anymore.

Features:

– Straight, minimalistic graphical interface
– Pattern-based stepsequencer
– 6 channels, each can be synth or sampler
– Song editor with loop function
– Synth with envelope, filter, lfo etc
– Sample on the fly
– Re-sampling
– Save function
– Sample-import via e-mail
– Copy & paste of samples
– File management via iTunes
– WAV-export
– Export to clipboard
– Send and receive projects via e-mail

Six example projects are included.

Sequencer

Built from ground up and specifically optimised for touchscreens, nanoloop’s stepsequencer is very fast and simple to use.

Synth

The simple but powerful synthesizer allows to create a great bandwidth of sounds, including beats, noises, basses and pads. Available synthesis types are:

– rectangular wave with filter
– FM
– LFSR noise generator

Each synth channel is three-voice polyphonic.

Sampler

Short samples can not just be used in a drum-machine style, but also be pitched and played as notes.
Samples can be recorded via microphone and from nanoloop’s own sound output.

Sample-Import

When iOS3.2 or higher is running on the device, you can up- and download samples (and also project files) in iTunes.
Alternatively, samples can be imported via e-mail. An online conversion tool is available at www.nanoloop.com.

Sample Copy & Paste

You can copy & paste samples to / from apps that support copy & paste of audio.

Share

With nanoloop for iPhone, you can send your saved projects to other nanoloop users and your own PC via e-mail. If nanoloop is installed on the recipient’s iPhone / iPod, she/he can simply tap on the file name in the received e-mail to start nanoloop and import the attached file so that it is available for editing. This makes collaboration very easy, multiple users around the world can work on the same project by simply e-mailing the file back and forth.

Export

Songs can be exported to a WAV file that is accessible via iTunes (simply drag & drop files in finder). The exported file is also copied to the clipboard so that it can be pasted in other apps that support pasting audio.

Alternatively, projects sent by e-mail can be converted to WAV audio files with just one click, using the nanoloop2wav desktop conversion tool (Mac OS X only).

NanoLoop is available for $2.99

2011
11/05
EnergyXT For iPhone, iPad, and iPod
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EnergyXT iPhone App

With energyXT for iOS you can create, record and work with your ideas on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch and then drag and drop the tracks into your DAW as midi and/or audio files.

energyXT for iOS has seamless integration with Dropbox and can export projects as a mixdown or as multi-track project to any DAW thats support midi and wav files.

Hilights:

– Samples provided by Loopmasters
– Soundfont import from Dropbox
– Three main views for arranging, recording and editing
– Unlimited tracks. 4 types: Drums, Synth/sampler, Chord and Audio (voice/guitar)
– Live playback and recording with multi-touch
– Send your mixdown (midi/wav) or multi-track project to dropbox
– Pattern based arrangement (intro, verse, chorus etc)
– Multi-track audio recording with “multi-take” option
– Drum sampler with filter
– Synth/sampler with vol, pan, envelope, filter, chorus and delay
– Playback and record chords with ‘trigger pads’
– Tempo and time-signature
– Shuffle
– Unlimited undo and redo

NO LONGER AVAILABLE

2011
10/31
SamplerSequencer HD
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Sampler Sequencer For iPad

SPECIAL PRICE (for a limited time): $1.99 instead of $3.99

“samplerSequencer HD” turns your device into a sampler sequencer for professional musicians and composers.
Just record a single sound / voice / special effect “LA notes,” using the samplerSequencer HD audio recording feature (using the internal microphone of the device) or import the sound into the device through synchronization (using the iTunes software for Mac or PC) or using copy / paste using the technology “iTunes File Sharing” and samplerSequencer HD will create for you the whole scale of sounds and assign them to the virtual keyboard (n octaves) of samplerSequencer HD, at which point you can record an audio track using the sequencer recording feature of samplerSequencer HD (the sequencer record for you every note played by you).
samplerSequencer HD operates with seven independent sound tracks, each with its own sampled sound (assignable to a track).
You can then record a track at a time (using the virtual keyboard or by writing different notes by hand) and then listen all the tracks together using the sequencer play feature.

The sampleSequencer “all tracks view” and “selected track view”, the ability to manually enter a note or put it through the virtual keyboard, the ability to delete unwanted notes through the hash function, to touch a note and change its position, length and the type of the note (note shift), the possibility of including sequencer events such as pitch bending and many other features make samplerSequencer HD a professional sequencer like the most popular sequencers for Mac or PC.

The software is able to read the common audio files (WAV, MP3, CAF, etc. …) so you can create your own sound (you only need one audio file) using standard wave editor for Mac or PC and samplerSequencer HD will create automatically for you the musical instrument.
You can also import a song from the iTunes library on the device and by controlling “SAMPLE START POSITION” you can select a sound by extracting it from the same song: samplerSequencer HD will automatically create the complete musical instrument for you.
You can import a song from iTunes and assign it to a track, and using the other tracks you can play your track over the imported song… the sequencer will play the song combined with your sound tracks.

With samplerSequencer HD you will have in your pocket the smallest sampler and sequencer that exists!

samplerSequencer_HD Screenshot

samplerSequencer_HD Screenshot

Features:
– Import any sound and samplerSequencer HD generates for you the entire scale of sounds (n octaves)
– Storing infinite sound samples using the archive of sound (“Samples Archive”) of samplerSequencer HD
– Virtual Keyboard
– Control for increase / decrease the keyboard octave (usable in real time)
– “Bending control” to change the sound in real time
– “Sample Start Position” control:
you can remove the initial part of a sample (ex. silence) by specifying the start time instant of the sample (CUT FEATURE)
– “Sustain Pedal” control
– Multi keyboard voices (64 entries)
– Default “GRAND PIANO”sample
– Possibility of “registration” of musical patterns during live performances:
enabling the recording, samplerSequencer HD record to an audio file the music played with the keyboard by the user (pressing a key on the keyboard to play, after registration, your live performance)
– MUTE function to turn off unwanted tracks (PLAY MUTE feature)
– Independent VOLUME for each track (SEQUENCER MIXER)
– Function touches a note and change its parameters of position, duration, and type of the note
– Function touch / drag to remove one or more notes or events
– Metronome
– NOTE QUANTIZATION for selected track
– SEQUENCER PLAY LOOP from start position (PLAY FROM) to end position (PLAY TO)
– EDIT WINDOW FOR EVENTS

2011
08/30
Make Beats From Found Sound Instantly
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RealBeat iPhone and iPod Touch App

RealBeat by Joerg Piringer app for Mac is now available for your iPhone and iPod Touch.

You can beat reality!

Record your voice, your fridge, your neighbour’s dog or let your iPhone or iPad speak and make rhythms out of the sounds immediately.

RealBeat concentrates on simplicity and fast results. No steep learning curve or cluttered screens! Get creative in an instant!

RealBeat is a sampler that enables you to record sounds and create rhythms out of them. It also features an easy way to let your device speak and use the sound as a source material for rhythms and loops.

* Sampler (record sounds easily)
* Text to Speech (let your device speak for you)
* Modify the sound (pitch, reverse, distortion, reverb, …)
* Sequencer (make rhythms)
* Patterns (modify the rhythm easily)
* Live effects (manipulate in realtime)
* Mixer
* Export sounds to other apps via Audio Copy
* Export sounds to your computer via iTunes
* Works with internal microphone

RealBeat offers simple and fast access to sampling and manipulating recorded sounds live or at home. Expect lots of fun with your own samples & sounds.

IMPORTANT: to sample sounds on an older iPod touch you need a microphone like a headset with a microphone.

RealBeat here:

2011
08/29
Play Sound Fonts On iPad And iPhone
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Bismark BS-16i App

bs-16i is a 16 multi-timbral playback sampler. It supports SoundFont, and can be used for keyboard instrument, MIDI sound module, and MIDI player.

The sampler engine is ported from bs-1 / bs-16, which is developed as professional plug-in for Logic (Audio Units) and Cubase (VST instrument).

What’s New in Version 1.4

– Allowed loading 4 SoundFont files
– Added Virtual MIDI Port / Background support
– Integrated CoreMIDI implementation
– Added pre-install SoundFont by S. Christian Collins

Using SoundFont libraries, you can play with your great number of Instruments.
It supports all standard MIDI messages, using pre-installed GeneralUser GS SoftSynth v1.43.sf2 (S. Christian Collins), your iPhone and iPad can be used as a GM (General MIDI) sound module.

As a keyboard instrument, you can play with scalable keyboard, pitch bend wheel, and many control change controllers.

Internal MIDI player supports SMF (Standard MIDI File) format.

SoundFont and SMF files can be sent using internal Wi-Fi server. Also you can use file sharing functions of iTunes.

Moreover, this application supports Core MIDI Interface like as IK Multimedia iRig MIDI, YAMAHA iMX-1, LINE6 MIDI Mobilizer 2, Apple Camera Connection Kit with USB MIDI Interface, and LINE6 MIDI Mobilizer 1. With them you can communicate with other external MIDI hardware like as synthesizer, sequencer.

– internal WiFi server may be unstable for a part of environments. iTunes file sharing will be recommended.
– To load the specified soundfont file, the device have to ready free memory larger that file size of it.
– Internal player is not connected to MIDI Mobilizer’s MIDI output.
– According to the specification of MIDI Mobilizer, timing error may occur when a lot of messages are sent to the application. It can be fixed by using “Buffering” option in application’s setting menu.
– This application collects following information: Device name, OS version, User Location, SoundFont file name.

BS-16i is available for $8.99

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