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
09/26
iDelirium Voice Effects For iPhone
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iDelirium Voice App For iPhone and iPad

★iDELIRIUM, REMIX YOURSELF!★

Many instruments existed on earth since long time, the guitar, the piano, the drums and many others, and then iDELIRIUM arrived…

iDELIRIUM is a system of sound communication whose discovery has been made by two archeologists at the end of ’30s.

In 1938 two archeologist brothers discovered in Cerreto Guidi (Tuscany, Italy) four caves disposed in a triangular shape that were connected by a larger rectangular space. In the center of this area, there were laying giants monoliths made of an unknown metallic material. Some researchers made the hypothesis that this creation was made by Leonardo Da Vinci himself because of the vicinity with his hometown.

In 1979 the German archeologist Fredrick Schulz made further examinations of the site. He took a sample of this metal and sent it to a lab in Germany in order to get a precise date for the object. The results of C-14 tests were shocking, since they attributed the creation of the object to 5000 b.c. . The scientific community did not accept such a discovery and Dr. Schulz lost all his credibility to the point that he was forced to stop his research activity. In August 2011 the son of Dr Schulz, thanks to the generosity of an American millionaire believing in the existence of E.T. life, got new funds to continue his father’s research. In an evening of August while he was inspecting the caves he discovered an astonishing interaction between the feet pressure on the metal monoliths and his own voice propagation in the caves. By positioning his feet in well-determined positions he could control in an accurate way the echo of his voice on the rocks. The scientific community finally recognized the existence in this place of a communication sound system technically really advanced whose functioning and origin are still completely unknown.

iDELIRIUM is an app that reproduces in the most accurate possible way this incredible discovery. iDELIRIUM is a delirating alien instrument that allows to register and playback your own voice together with electronic sound effects and allucinating combinations of visual effects. The interface, that at first glance looks cryptic, it is in reality extremely easy-to-use.

The main features of the app are:

✔ Record/play your own voice together with preregistered electronic sounds by tapping colored buttons
✔ Start music loops at different speeds
✔ Handle the pitch and volume control of each sound
✔ Drum machine mode
✔ The creation of a rhythm is visually associated an hypnotic movement of colored squares.

Stay tuned and LISTEN TO YOURSELF!

★INSTRUCTIONS★
✔ Shake the device (Iphone) or use the central button (Ipad) to change between REC and PLAY mode
✔ One finger tap
– PLAY mode: play a sound on color buttons
– REC mode: start/stop sound recording on gray buttons
✔ Swipe up/down in play mode to accelerate/decelerate a loop
✔ Two finger tap in play mod to start a loop
✔ Long press
– PLAY mode: show volume and pitch shift controls
– REC mode: delete a sound
✔ Press corner buttons in play mode to access drum machine mode and bpm/pitch general controls

Credits:
Francesco Cricchio (Software Developer), Claudio Braccini and Luca Bellumore (Art Directors), Gianluca Mori (Sound Engineer)

iDelirium is available for $1.00

2011
09/26
SoundZen HD For iPad
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This popular iPhone app is now available for the iPad.

SoundZen is a new concept for music. It allows you to generate constantly evolving and changing music with no effort at all.

SoundZen uses a form of cellular logic to determine how your song evolves over time. It follows 2 simple principles:

1. When an arrow touches the edge of the grid, play a note.
2. If arrows collide they must turn 90 degrees for each arrow they collide with

You set up the app by touching any of the positions on the grid, touch it again to change direction and press play. Using the principles above, SoundZen will take you on a zen-like journey based on the input you gave. Sit back, relax and watch as your song changes right in front of you.

You can also save/load your songs and purchase new sounds from the store. After buying a new instrument you can change it by pressing the arrows above the instrument image.

SoundZen HD is available for $2.99

2011
09/19
SunVox Tracker For iPad
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SunVox iPad App

SunVox is a small and fast multi-platform pattern based sequencer (tracker) with modular synthesizers. With this program you can compose music anywhere. On any device. It also available (for free!) for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Maemo, PalmOS and Windows Mobile. THIS IS AN iPadLoops SITE FAVORITE FOR SURE, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Listen to tracks made in SunVox: http://sunvox.blogspot.com/

What’s New in Version 1.7.2

* now XM and MOD files (formats of old trackers) can be loaded without the converter, through the Main Menu -> Load Song; you can find hundreds of these files on this site: modarchive.org;
* extended list of effects for XM/MOD to SunVox conversion;
* new std. pattern effect 30 – use it to stop playing the song;
* new controller in the Reverb module – “All-pass filter”; use it to enable/disable output all-pass filter;
* new controller in the Reverb module – “Room size”;
* added autorepeat mode for the following buttons: HLD (clear current note), OFF (insert Note OFF), INS (insert), BCK (backspace);
* added eight layers for the modules; for example you can place some complicated drum chain on the first layer, and all other synths – on the second layer; layers can be visible together or separately;
* new function “Scale” in the Module menu: use it if you want a smaller or bigger module size for the current project;
* changing the size of the modules by mouse wheel (scroll wheel);
* new module – WaveShaper;
* new module – MetaModule; with this module you can include some external .sunvox song to your project and use this song as synth or effect;
* new options in the Preferences->Recording: Pattern fit to grid, Note quantization, Controller quantization;
* new option in the Preferences->MIDI: Ignore velocity;
* empty parameter of the vibrato effect 04 is now treated as “use previous parameter value”; works only for songs created in SunVox 1.7.2 and higher;
* new option “Smooth frequency change” in the Analog Generator; enabled by default; disable it if you want to use arpeggio effect 08;
* velocity map in the MultiSynth module;
* improved CPU Usage Monitor with scrolling and module selection;
* maximum number of pattern tracks has been increased from 8 to 16;
* maximum Echo delay length increased to 4 seconds;
* new controller in the Echo module – “Delay units” with different available modes (ms, Hz, ticks, lines);
* new controller in the Filter module – “LFO frequency units” with different available modes (ms, Hz, ticks, lines);
* new controller in the Flanger module – “Vibrato speed units” with different available modes (ms, Hz, ticks, lines);
* new controller in the LFO module – “Frequency units” with different available modes (ms, Hz, ticks, lines);
* new controller in the Vibrato module – “Frequency units” with different available modes (ms, Hz, ticks, lines);
* new controller in the Vibrato module – “Set phase”;
* new simple examples: MIDI_out, waveshaper, velocity_map, reverb2, reverb3;
* new instrument in instruments/bass directory: analog_bass;
* new instrument in instruments/pads directory: synth_violin;
* new instruments in instruments/keyboard directory: piano14, piano15, space, space2;
* new instruments in instruments/various directory: electric_guitar, noise_slide_up, electro_drum_loop;
* keyboard instruments piano04.wav, piano05.wav has been replaced by piano04.sunsynth, piano05.sunsynth;
* sound engine optimization;
* many bugs fixed.

[ Key features ]
• Modular interface.
• Highly optimized synth algorithms.
• Flexible architecture: SunVox can working on variuos devices with completely different CPUs;
• WiFi export/import;
• Multitrack WAV export;
• MIDI IN/OUT;
• Mic/Line-in recording.

[ Built-in synthesizers & effects ]
• DrumSynth with 120 unique synthetic drum sounds;
• FM synthesizer;
• Generator (saw,triangle,square,noise,sine);
• Kicker;
• Sampler (supported formats: WAV, XI, AIFF);
• SpectraVoice (FFT-based synthesizer for deep and beautiful pads);
• Amplifier;
• Side Chain Compressor;
• DC Blocking Filter
• Delay;
• Distortion;
• Echo;
• 3Band equalizer;
• Filter (Low-pass, High-pass, Band-pass, Notch);
• Flanger;
• LFO;
• Loop (for glitch effects);
• Reverb;
• Vocal Filter (for human voice simulation);
• Vorbis Player;
• Vibrato.

SunVox is available for $4.99

2011
09/19
SoundGrid Matrix Sequencer iPad
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SoundGrid Matrix Sequencer

SoundGrid is powerful yet easy to use matrix sequencer for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, allowing to create melodies in a moment and wherever you are. It was inspired by famous Tenori-on by Yamaha and popular ToneMatrix web app. Folks that have bought this app seem to be pleased with it. The price is good for what you get.

Video shows app for iPhone. It is also available for iPad.

Even if you have never composed music, you will find SoundGrid simple and exciting to play with and will start creating unique compositions in minutes with just the tips of your fingers. Then easily share them with other users and in turn browse, download and rate their creations. You can also record tracks and live performances to audio file, upload it directly to SoundCloud or export to a computer. For more experienced users SoundGrid offers advanced features and has everything you need to create longer and rich compositions and live performances.

** Please also check our application SoundGrid Live! – it’s similar to SoundGrid but focused on live performances and has more performance modes.

Check out these songs made with SoundGrid



= FEATURES =
✔ Up to eight 16×16 matrix layers with up to 8 patterns per layer with different melodies
– Song Mode to automatically play one pattern after another
– Live Play Mode made specially for live performances
– Draw mode to play sounds as you multi-touch or draw over the screen

✔ Various instruments
– More than 20 instruments available with high-quality stereo samples
– Download and install additional instruments right from the app for FREE (no additional in-app purchases)
– Web Console to create instruments with your own samples

✔ High quality fast audio engine
– Real-time sound effects: Amp Envelope, Delay and Lowpass/Highpass/Bandpass/Notch resonant filter
– True 128 note polyphony with all effects turned on (on iPhone 4, older devices have lower limits)

✔ Share your compositions with other users, browse, download and rate their creations

✔ Recording to audio file
– Directly upload to SoundCloud, send via email or download using Web Console
– Export in WAV, AAC and ringtone formats

✔ Adjustable project tempo, adjustable looping range for each pattern, pattern randomization, switchable musical scales, patterns copy/paste

✔ Easily load projects with graphical previews

SoundGrid is available for $2.99

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