Borderlands Granular is a new musical instrument for the iPad.
NOTE: Borderlands Granular is designed for iPad 2 and 3. It will run on the iPad 1, but with potentially slower performance due to the heavy requirements of the audio processing.
Explore, touch, and transform sound with this new interface for granular synthesis, a technique that involves the superposition of small fragments of sound, or grains, to create complex, evolving timbres and textures.
Borderlands Granular emphasizes gestural interaction over knobs and sliders. Create, drag, and throw pulsing collections of grains over a landscape of audio files, or use the built-in accelerometer to sculpt sound with gravity. Record and share performances on the web.
Gain access to The London Symphony Orchestral and have them right at your fingertips with NOTION. Notion is a notation editor and playback tool for your iPad, giving you the convenience of an easy-to-use music creation tool right at your fingertips. An incredible composition app for any music lover, NOTION gives you the ability to compose, edit, and playback scores using real audio samples performed by The London Symphony Orchestra recorded at Abbey Road Studios. You can capture your musical ideas anytime, and with the mobility of the iPad, you can take this helpful application anywhere.
With a user-friendly interface and simple interactive piano keyboard, fretboard, and drum pad; NOTION makes it easy to get started composing your music. And, with NOTION’s abundance of advanced functions you can take your most basic ideas to an entirely new level right on your iPad.
In addition to the notation editor you can also hear your music performed with real audio samples, giving you the most realistic playback possible. NOTION comes bundled with piano and orchestral samples recorded by The London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios as well as popular instruments such as guitar, bass, and much more.
Begin your project by using the simple score setup tool or open your NOTION and Progression iPad files as well as import MusicXML, Guitar Pro, and MIDI files. You can continue to alter your score and playback using a palette full of articulations, expressions, and dynamics. Or create the perfect balance using the full-featured multi-track mixer with effects.
Once you are happy with your creation you can share your work with anyone by simply sending a file that they can use NOTION to view, hear, and edit your creation. Other options include sending MIDI or MusicXML files, or emailing a PDF file that can be viewed and printed anytime they want.
NOTION Features:
– Enter, edit, and playback notation, tab, or both
– Orchestral samples by The London Symphony Orchestra recorded at Abbey Road Studios.
– Piano, keyboards, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bass
– Clean and intuitive user interface
– Interactive piano keyboard for fast entry
– Interactive 24-fret guitar fretboard
– Interactive drum pad
– Quick and simple selection palette
– Distortion and reverb effects
– Full audio mixer
– Full range of orchestral functions and articulations including: Staccato, Flutter tongues, Trills, Vibrato, and much more…
– Full range of guitar functions and articulations including: bends, vibrato, slides, hammer on, pull off, mutes, whammy bar techniques, bass slap, harmonics, and more…
– Drag and drop cursor option
– Switch Instruments
– Transposition
– Insert text
– Lyrics
– Chord Symbols and Diagrams
– Quick “Undo” and “Redo” functions
– Chord and melody modes
– Easy delete and erase capabilities
– Enter and edit title and composer information
– Convenient file sharing
– Import .notion, MIDI, MusicXML, GuitarPro 3-5 files
– Email .notion, PDF, MusicXML, or MIDI files
– Search for tabs, MIDI, or MusicXML online from within the app
– Import from Dropbox
– In-Store app to add more instruments and gear
– Help Files
– And much more…
Multiple outputs on iPad. Multi-channel and multi-route audio is now possible with iOS 6 and up. This means that apps like Djay by Algoriddim can do independent stereo output to both the headphone jack, as well as via an HDMI or USB audio out adapter for the dock or lightning connector. That means Djs can pre-cue their music in djay on their headphone, before sending them out live over the other connection to their audience.
Djay iPad App iOS 6 Multi Channel Audio Routing
Musicians can now play their backing tracks on one set of stereo channels and have a click track routed to the headphone out puts for monitoring. You will have to sync the backing tracks with the click track but that is actually quite simple if you use the auto sync feature in Djay.
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS
• iTunes music library integration
• Spotify integration (requires Spotify Premium and internet connection, FREE 7 day trial is available for djay 2 users)
• Automix
• Audio FX: Flanger, Phaser, Echo, Gate, Bit Crusher
• FX Expansion Packs powered by Sugar Bytes (over 30 additional audio effects available via In-App Purchase)
• Mixer, Tempo, Pitch-Bend, Filter and EQ controls
• Looping & Cue Points
• Colored HD Waveforms™
• Live Recording (iTunes only)
• Sampler with included sound packs by Snoop Dogg, DJ QBert, Milk & Sugar, and more
• Single Deck Mode
• Pre-Cueing with headphones (using Griffin DJ Cable or multi-channel audio interface)
• Advanced time-stretching (Key Lock)
• Key Detection and Matching (requires iPad Air or iPad mini with Retina display, or better)
• Automatic beat detection
• Auto-Gain
• iCloud integration to sync metadata
• iTunes Store integration
• Support for Inter-App Audio and Audiobus (iTunes only)
• Support for all major audio formats (no support for DRM protected songs)
• Support for AirPlay and Bluetooth devices
• Support for DJ MIDI Controllers: Pioneer DDJ-WeGO, DDJ-WeGO2, DDJ-WeGO3, DDJ-ERGO, Vestax Spin 2, Numark iDJ Pro, Mixdeck Quad, iDJ Live, iDJ Live II, ION iDJ 2 Go, Reloop Beatpad, Casio XW-J1, Philips M1X-DJ
What’s New in Version 2.7.8
• Added status bar interface for Reloop Beatpad and Beatpad 2 controllers
• Improved scratching performance using Casio XW-DJ1 controller
• Improved VoiceOver support
• Fixed issue where new recordings would not appear in recording panel
• Other bugfixes
iPulsaret for iPad brings all the powerful Density/Pulsaret (Mac/Win standalone) Granular Synthesis tools to the world’s most popular tablet. http://www.densitygs.com
iPulsaret is a new real-time software capable of all time-domain varieties of granular synthesis. A genuine granular playground able to generate a wide range of usual and not so usual effects: time/pitch shifting, time/pitch jittering, intricate textures, grain fountain/pulverizer, recording and manipulation of buffers, dynamic envelope shape and many more. iPulsaret for iPad will give you all the basic and advanced tools you need to manipulate sound in subtle and surprising ways. All these features are packed in an optimized, user-friendly, visually sharp interface that is easy to access when fast-improvising live, composing in a studio, or sound designing at home and on the go! You will have the power, freedom, and flexibility to create like never before – on your iPad! iPulsaret allows you to load from some built-in sound samples, record audio directly with your iPad mic and/or add your own WAV, AIFF files via iTunes.
With iPulsaret it is possible to capture the stereo output (of granulation) into the documents folder while play the keyboard or moving granulation parameters in real-time.
Control and shape grains, anytime, anywhere with iPulsaret for iPad.
– 16 Polyphony Voices
– ADSR Note Envelope
– Aftertouch Y scrubbing
– Snapshots Presets and Snapshots Morphing Pad
– Documents folder sharing via iTunes
– Sonoma Audio Copy and Paste
– Dropbox Supports
– Sound File and Snapshots rename
– Granulation Wave source: Prototypes WavePad, Trainlet and Sampled Sound
– Grain Envelope Deformation
– Grain Glisson sweep
– Grainlet linkage
– FX chain: Echo, Ring Modulation, Lowpass Moog Diode Ladder and High Shelf filters, Reverb FDN and Dynamic Compressor/Expander
– Record audio directly with iPad mic
– Auto load audio after recorded ( on/off ) in Grab Audio
– Capture Master Audio Output
– Run Audio in Background
– Sliders and Knobs double tap switch to Default/Last values
– Sliders and Knobs Fine step increment/decrement
– Fine exponential Slider
– Settings: AfterTouch Y step
– Settings: Load last UI state
– Settings: Polyphony Grains Overlapping Controls
– Settings: Sampling Rate and Buffer Size
– Quick Help embedded
– etc.
The interface combines the feeling of a nine string bass guitar with the black and white color scheme of a piano keyboard so even guitarists who play by ear will always know what notes they’re playing.
What’s New in Version 2.0
‣ New synth technology with totally new samples: Slap, Jazz Finger style, and Synth Bass sound.
‣ Dynamic samples change tone with different touch force
‣ Lower latency
SPECIAL FEATURES
1) Velocity-sensitive dynamics are more accurate than garage band
2) Unique vertical scrolling of strings allows real time access to the full range of notes without opening menus or pressing buttons
3) Specialized tunings make it easier to play on small screens
4) Fast touch response
5) MIDI
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