Magellan is a bold professional analog modeling synthesizer for the iPad and iPad Mini. Not content with just one synth, we gave Magellan TWO independent polyphonic synth engines. Individually or together, they deliver a new powerful warmth to the sound of iOS music
What’s New in Version 2.1
This free upgrade, includes intelligent preset generation, two new effects, configurable FX signal flow, user-friendly additions to the preset system and more! This update also opens up Magellan as an FX processor you can use with Audiobus.
You also get two free patch banks that you can download by visiting the Yonac forum at www.yonac.com/forum. These banks are compatible with Magellan Jr. also, and use some of the new features.
• Smart Preset Aggregation with Windowed raNdomization (SPAWN)
— Uses specially designed artifical intelligence algorithms to generate new presets on-the-fly
— Makes decisions based on the user-specified tonality parameters, such as Bass, Lead, Pad or “Weird”
— Algorithms intelligently decide and generate over 100 synth-related parameter and over 80 fx-related parameters
— Generate arp patterns in any chosen scale, or in a random scale
— Use “Surprise Me” option to give complete control to the system
— Retains 16 most recent spawns in memory under the dedicated “Recent Spawns” bank
• Use Magellan as an effects processor in Audiobus connections!
• Two new free effects,
— HEXEq: a very powerful and highly configurable 6-channel parametric equalizer with 9 filter types you can choose from for each channel, including shelving, peak, band and more.
— VC-93 Compressor: a juicy compressor with built in I/O VU meters
• Change the FX signal flow via easy to use drag-n-drop interface. Allows you to experiement with any possible linear ordering.
• MIDI inlets for all the new features
• Master output meter with clipping indicators on the main panel
• Improved launch procedure
• Favorite presets bank to collect your preferred presets in a single place. Simply star or unstar a preset
to add or remove it from favorites.
• Recent presets banks
• Restore Factory Presets option, so you can reinstall factory presets without having to reinstall the whole app
• Various other improvements
The Table Metaphor
Ask a drummer or a percussionist what a wooden coffee table sounds like. He or she will reply that every inch of the table sounds differently. Some parts of the table will sound somewhat like a bass drum. Other parts of the table will sound more like a rimshot. Parts in-between will sound like a mixture of both.
A drummer or a percussionist placed behind a wooden coffee table will soon discover many different sounds the table has to offer and use it to create stunning rhythms. Much to the joy of the drummer/percussionist, and possibly to the annoyance of the other people sitting at the table. The table metaphor has been used in the creation of Drums by Asrodot. Using the real estate of the iPad screen it has been made sure that every pixel sounds just a little bit different, which makes drumming on the iPad come to life. Want to create drumrolls with subtle accents every third note? Now you can.
Choose Your Sound
This does not mean that Drums by Asrodot sounds like a coffee-table. The app comes loaded with six drum kits tailored for various styles of music. Watch the demo to get a taste of them all.
Features
Expressive
Quick and responsive action. Every pixel sounds just a little different.
Distortion
Increase gain to add a tube-like distortion that can dramatically change the sound.
Delay Module
With tweakable time, feedback and mix settings.
Customizable
Designed for both right-handed and left-handed drummers. Don’t like snare drums on the left and bass drums on the right? Just swap them around.
PPG WaveMapper is the second next-generation iOS based synth from Wolfgang Palm, who in 2012 released the PPG WaveGenerator to critical acclaim from both press and public.
In final development the PPG WaveMapper offers iPad users a second synthesiser to compliment the already loved PPG WaveGenerator from Wolfgang Palm. PPG WaveMapper allows the user the opportunity to create limitless sounds from this unique and powerful new technology.
PPG WaveMapper features the Sound Map, which maps the various sounds in a way to easily access and experiment with them, more importantly the PPG WaveMapper features a new synthesis system which maps the waveforms of a sound into a new kind of wavetable which preserves the sound characteristics better than classic Wavetable synthesis and at the same time allows for the manipulations which make WT synthesis so unique.
The Mapping window is the visualisation of a pool of programs on which “modules” float. Those modules represent certain parameters of the synthesiser engine and each module can be placed on one of 32 programs. The moment an item is placed on map then the parameters of that module will take on the settings of those parameters in the underlying program on the Mapping window.
People who do not posses synth-programming skills can use this mapping technology as a starting point to create complex sounds. For example a user can drag a string sound source onto a drum envelope, or a guitar sound onto a string envelope – the concept is simple, yet incredibly powerful.
Power users can delve deep into the back end of any sound using a full set of professional features;
▪New Sound map concept – create new sounds playful and experimental
▪3 types of synthesis – the optimal type for kind of each sounds
▪Classic wavetables – for the typical PPG sounds
▪Time compressed samples – more authentic sounds, allowing analysis of user samples
▪Pure samples – classic sample playback Analyzer – convert your own samples into the new format or into wavetables
▪3 oscillators capable for totally independent sound sources
▪90 sound resources – a huge sound palette, from real instruments to abstract wavetables
▪4 parameter editor pages – comfortable and detailed access to all the parameters
▪3 Noise generators, for audio and modulations
▪Ringmodulator
▪Classic 24 dB Lowpass Filter, combined with an overdrive simulation.
▪Dual amplifier, for versatile control of 2 audio signals as well as panning.
▪13 Envelopes, for independent control of pitch, waveform, filter and noise
▪gain and panning
▪4 LFOs – with 5 waveforms
▪Delay/Reverb effect
▪Arpeggiator
▪Schematic touch keyboard – Build your own keyboard, with the keys you prefer for your music.
▪Powerful sound browser – sorting by category, bank management
▪Virtual and Hard-MIDI in/out – sending/receiving keys and controllers.
▪Audiobus support.
▪10 min audio recording and Audio copy.
A Tasty Pixel announced AudioBus Version 1.0.2 today. This update focuses on improving performance with CPU hungry apps, especially on iPad 2 and iPad mini.
Here’s what’s new:
New preferences pane allowing users to choose between a 512 and 256 frame hardware buffer size. Please choose 512 if you’re experiencing stuttering audio. Choose 256 if you want the fastest response time for live play. Only iPad 3, 4 and iPhone 5 default to 256 now, all other devices to 512. Find out more in this blog post about hardware buffer size.
Apps are now sorted alphabetically in the input/output/effects pop-over windows.
New status bar in the Audiobus main screen, showing current hardware buffer size and battery status. We don’t want you to run out of juice in the middle of a jam!
Some minor bugfixes.
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