2015
09/01
MiMix Ver 2 Mixer For Audiobus
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MiMix virtual mixer for Audiobus

Unlike many of the other music app blogs this handy little app did NOT pass me by. I posted about MiMix back in April of 2015 and now here we are with a version 2 update and what an update! Now MixMix, the virtual mixer for Audiobus, features support for Audiobus remote, state saving (this is a really nice feature), virtual midi support, and much more. Please read on.

What’s New in Version 2.0
– Audiobus Remote support with customizable trigger setup
– State Saving support
– MIDI capabilities upgrade:
– Virtual MIDI port handling
– In-app settings
– Presets
– Knob Pickup
– Multi Solo option
– Remember Mute States option
– Latest Audiobus SDK (2.2.1)

MiMix virtual mixer for Audiobus

With MiMiX You can take total control of mixing of Your favorite Audiobus enabled apps’ outputs in the most convenient way. Just insert MiMiX into the Output Slot of Audiobus, even into multiple chains to mix the sound of the connected input or effect apps. You can even insert MiMIX into the input slot to send the mix to an other app, like a DAW to record the mix.

Features:

– Mix up to 8 Audiobus enabled apps including the system input or multiple channels of a multichannel input hardware
– Set the main mix volume level between -INF and +12dB
– Set the volume level of each input port between -INF and +12dB
– Set the panning or balance of each port (selectable)
– Mute any port
– Set any port to solo or several port in multi-solo mode
– Monitor any port or the main mix on the built-in oscilloscopes and VU meters
– Control the main mix volume and volume, balance, mute and solo for each port using a MIDI controller or a Core MIDI app
– Control the main mix volume and volume, mute and solo for each port using Audiobus Remote on a second iOS device
– Set the MIDI CC parameters of each control via MIDI learn
– Change the MIDI settings in-app
– Double-tap on each knob or slider to set its default value
– Check the saturation indicator for each port to check if the pots power reached 0dB
– Check the clip indicator on the main mix to avoid clipping.
– MiMiX supports Audiobus state saving feature
– MiMiX supports multi-output hardware devices, up to 12 stereo pairs
– MiMiX uses a 32 bit float engine so clipping can only occur at the main mix
– MiMiX is lightweight – minimal CPU usage and memory footprint

MiMix

2015
08/24
Write A Song With Your Voice And This App
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Got a song idea off hand? Bring it to life within seconds. Simply sing out your original melody and Melody Miner will generate various songs with unlimited sets of chord progression in different tempos. In each generated song, your voice will automatically be tuned to match the chords and instruments will play along.

* Easy To Use
– Open up the app, choose a tempo, and start recording.
– Play and navigate through generated songs with varied chord progressions, tempos, and settings.

* Editable Chord Progression and Tempo
– Pick a chord of your choice at any position. Almost all types of chords used in popular music are available.
– Allowed to change tempo after recording.

* Vocal Tuning Options
– Change the level of vocal tuning from Off to High.
– Enable or disable harmony effect.
– Allowed to increase overall pitch of vocal up to 12 semitones (1 octave)

* Backing Instruments
– Choose any combination of piano, guitar, and drums with bass.
– Four different basic patterns are selectable for piano and guitar.

* Share
– Share vocal track as MP3, AIFF, or MIDI file.
– Share via Email, AudioCopy, or other installed apps that support specified file format.

Melody-Miner

Are you a seasoned musician or a songwriter?
Then, Melody Miner will greatly assist you in all aspects while you are in an idea-developing phase. Besides ease of song-prototyping, it will even bring you new inspiration by generated songs.
Transfer output vocal as a MIDI or an audio file and continue working on your masterpiece on other applications seamlessly.

2015
08/21
Elastic Drums By Mouse On Mars
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The iPad Loops music app blog is proud to share news about apps from Oliver Greschke in collaboration with Mouse On Mars

If you are a fan of classic electronic music from the 1990s and on you might well be familiar with Mouse On Mars. Oliver Greschke and Mouse On Mars have a lovely iOS app company and one his hottest apps to date is Elastic Drums. Elastic Drums is most definitely a one of a kind in its class. Elastic Drums, is a music app with 6 channels of synthesized drum sounds, a step sequencer and 4 fx channels, all tweakable in an elastic way. The sound range is from classical analog beatbox sounds to the weirdest effect drone soundscapes.

What’s New in Version 1.6
– Added Audiobus Remote Triggers and a Jam view to jam with you current preset
– Added 2 new synth-engines: bass and drones
– Lots of great new presets from various users
– Polyrhythms possible with new in between time settings in each sequencer
– Improved Song editing: Move pattern by long tap and dropping somewhere else
– Improved Midi synchronization, especially outgoing sync
– Added Midi input channel
– Simplified synced audio recording
– Preset import works again

Elastic-Drums

Features:
– 6 synth channels with 12 different percussion synth engines (kick, snare, hihat, clap, tom, wobble, fm, fm4, square, grain, synth, drone)
– 12 parameters for each synth engine
– automation for each parameter via knob recording or velocity
– 4 send effect channels with 2×11 mono effects and 2 x 9 stereo effects
– automation for all of the 8 possible effect parameters via xy pad
– master effects (stutter, delay, compressor …)
– 16 step sequencer for the 6 channels, each with it’s own tempo multiplier & length
– record audio and export to Soundcloud or Audioshare
– email audio recordings and presets
– iOS 8 supported
– Audiobus supported
– Inter-App audio (IAA) supported with transport control
– Midi start/stop/sync

Because all sounds get generated in realtime, the app is cpu heavy! iPhones 5 and greater can handle it with no problem, on iPhone 4s effects 3 and 4 get switched off by the engine automatically to save some cpu power. iPhone 4 and iPad1 are NOT recommended!

Elastic Drums is published by MoMinstruments, the instruments app label of Mouse on Mars and friends.

Plans for upcoming versions:
– Midi controller support
– Midi notes recording
– native screen size for iPhone 6, 6+
– new sequencer features (rolls, etc.)
– new synth engines (other percussions, sampler, etc)

Elastic Drums

2015
08/14
Live Loop Jam With Finger Pro LP-5
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Finger Pro LP-5 Drum and Bass Loops

This video demonstrates the Jungle DnB loop by our very own Dj Puzzle (founder of this iOS music app blog). These loops are available in the LP-5 iOS app “in app” store.

LP-5 is a 5-track loop player for iOS.

What’s New in Version 2.0
– Inter-app Audio effect hosting support
– Inter-app Audio host timeline sync
– Import Zip files to the user library (Full version)
– Launch scenes using a MIDI keyboard
– Track mixer control via MIDI
– Two new sound packs by Soundtrack Loops available for in-app purchase
– Various bug fixes

LP-5 is a 5-track loop player for iOS.

Designed for live arranging and remixing, LP-5 allows you to play audio loops from an intuitive launch grid, while automatic tempo synchronization keeps you in time with the beat.

Real-time time-stretching, IAA effect hosting, and MIDI connectivity make LP-5 a powerful tool for your studio sessions, live performances, or DJ acts.

KEY FEATURES

– Five individual tracks that synchronize to the current tempo, without affecting the pitch.

– 5×16 launch grid.

– Audio import from document providers (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, …), via “Open in…”, pasteboard, and iTunes File Sharing. Supported file formats include WAV, MP3, and many more. (Full version)

– Zip file import to the user library. (Full version)

– In-app store offering royalty-free sound packs.

– Universal support for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

INTER-APP AUDIO

– 2 IAA effect slots (Bus A/B).

– IAA generator node.

– IAA timeline sync support in both node and host mode.

MIDI FEATURES

– MIDI clock sync/generate support to play along an external MIDI sequencer, drum machine, or DAW.

– Scene launching from a MIDI keyboard.

– Mixer control via MIDI CCs.

– Hands-free scene trigger, tap tempo and start/stop by using a MIDI foot pedal.

– MIDI message routing to and from class-compliant USB hardware, other apps, and WLAN or Bluetooth LE wireless peripherals.

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2015
08/14
SoundScaper Experimental Sound Design For iPad
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SoundScraper experimental sound design app

The iPad Loops music app blog is proud to share news about SoundScaper by Igor Vasiliev

SoundScaper is an experimental sound mini lab for creating unusual soundscapes, atmospheric textures, drones, glitches and noises based on circuit bending ideas.

It manages to make some deep and complex DSP processing available to virtually anyone. I’m well impressed by both the concept and execution here. Immensely powerful, deep, and most importantly: musical – useful for sound design and composition. The diversity of textures and tones that are possible… very inspiring.

With this application you can easily experiment with creating new and unusual sounds from ordinary samples. For sound designers and those interested in creating ambient or experimental electronic music, with filtering and mixing of up to three oscillators, you can create excellent soundscapes, textures and drones for your music or for movie soundtrack or entertainment apps and games. With complete MIDI control this application is very comfortable to use for real-time sound creation and at live performance.

The oscillators, based on simulating schematics of actual 8 bit lofi sound playback chips, have circuit bending like controls that are ideal for making glitches, noises, crackles and granular sounds. Combined with the filtering and spatial mixing options, you can expand these sounds to deep and atmospheric textures. Finally you can add motion and continuous changes to your sounds via low frequency oscillators which can control the filter and mixer parameters.

Controls based on shorting and modifications of standard circuits of sound generating devices usually give random and unpredictable changes that can be very creative. The emulation of these kinds of controls within SoundScaper are very similar to the circuit bending principle but, additionally, have several advanced functions that are not easy to realize in actual devices. This allows you to make any changes in the virtual circuit on the fly and immediately hear the new sound without fear of the kinds of damage that might occur in a real device as a result of a failed modification.

Igor Vasiliev SoundScraper

What’s inside:

● Three sample-based oscillators with circuit bending like controls.
● Three LP, HP, BP filters and two range delay for each oscillator.
● Spatial mixer/reverb with side and distance for each sound source.
● Three low frequency oscillators for automation mixer and filters.
● Possibility to randomly generating parameters for each oscillator.
● Built-in library of natural samples grouped by categories.
● Scenes for storing and loading all operation parameters.

Additional features:

● Complete MIDI control for all faders, knobs and other modes.
● Advanced control panel for all faders and rotary knobs opened by double tap.
● Each sound source in spatial mixer has equalizer and individual reverb options.
● Possibility to download additional samples in different audio formats.
● Uploading samples thru Web access, audio clipboard, from another app and iTunes.
● Different color schemes available for the user interface.
● Detailed application description.
● Supports Audiobus with “State Saving” feature.
● Inter-App audio compatible.

Igor Vasiliev SoundScraper iPad

What’s New in Version 1.3
● Advanced control panel by double tap on the sound sources in mixer.
● Eight band equalizer for each sound source.
● LP and HP filters in reverb for each sound source.
● Additional reverb algorithm modes for sound sources.
● Built-in description updated.
● Minor bug fixes.

SoundScraper

  • 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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