2012
10/04
Customizable Midi Controller For iPad
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Customizable Midi Controller For iPad

The beauty behind Beatsurfing is the fact that you can create your own custom midi controller straight from your iPad. No computer software needed to design and create your own layouts etc. The creators of this app have gone above and beyond by also giving you Ableton Live scenes that include samples and synths to get you started right away with some great tutorials to boot. Download them here http://beatsurfing.net/learn

Beatsurfing allows you to draw a 3-dimensional controller and use it in two different and complementary ways. You can tap it like you would with your regular MPC or any other beatmaking device, but the best and most innovative use you can make of it is definitely by surfing your fingers along routes, colliding with objects, triggering samples or effects. It’s all about movement, and bringing back this intuitive way to make music.

It can control any MIDI-enabled device (Software, Hardware, or even selected iPad apps through Virtual MIDI), features a very intuitive in-app editing system and integrates seemlessly in any existing Studio or Live setup.

Objects Behaviours can be set to link objects together and multiply the available commands on the surface of the iPad.

BEATSURFING #1: A Simple Demo from Vlek Data on Vimeo.

Beatsurfing was developed by Herrmutt Lobby & Yaniv De Ridder. It’s based on concepts Herrmutt Lobby developed for Hardware MIDI controllers (like the Beatfader and the MIDI scratch devices).

Released by VLEK. PR & Communication coordination by Julien Fournier.

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→ Draw your own controller
Work with the Controller you need, not the one you were given. Simply draw it on the screen with lines, polygons, circles and faders. Size, color, orientation and 3-Dimensional location are all yours to choose.

→ Surf!
Use the full potential of the iPad touchscreen: You can tap on the screen, but you better add the Surfing to your production and performance skills to integrate more of that human feel in your music.

→ Link any MIDI device
Dj, VJ, Production softwares, Hardware devices, and even selected iPad apps: you can route BEATSURFING to anything that allows for MIDI.

→ Objects Behaviours
Each object of your controller can be set to control the others. It creates a system of objects that allow you to add much more to a controller than what meets the eye.

→ Intuitive In-App editing
Forget about separated editing software, lenghty changes and whatnot. You can swap between the EDIT and PLAY modes at the tap of a finger. All your objects even remain playable when they’re be re-arranged!

Beatsurfing is available for $11.99

2012
10/02
Dubstep Loops For iPad iPhone iPod Touch Apps
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Dubstep loops for iPad iPhone iPod Touch

Soundtrack Loops announces Dubstep loops and samples formatted specifically for Looptastic, Meta.Dj, NanoStudio, Garageband, and Beatmaker apps

Each of the four loop pack construction kits comes with ten loops. You’ll get drums, basses, SFX, hi hats, and more. Formats include “.loop” for all Sound Trends Apps (Looptasic,Meta.DJ,StudioHD), “.bmkz” for Intua Beatmaker, and “.trg” for NanoStudio TRG-16 drum pads.

The Garageband pack is much larger and it includes a lot more loops and samples therefore the price is $22

Wicked Drops for iOS is available on iPad Producers webiste for $3.99 (TRG-16, Beatmaker, Soundtrends) and $22 (Garageband) HERE http://ipadproducers.com/store/beatmaker-beat-packs/wicked-drops-dubstep-kits/

Nano Studio

Beatmaker

2012
10/02
Dj Rig Dj App For iPad
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Dj Rig Dj App For iPad

DJ Rig is a full-featured, double-deck DJ mixing app for iPad. It provides instant song-playing from the device’s music library, automatic tempo sync and beat match, sample-based pads, automatic mixing and performance recording plus an arsenal of high-quality DJ effects. When used with the new iRig MIX audio mixer for iOS devices, DJ Rig provides the most portable professional setup for mobile DJs and musicians.

DJ Rig has many advanced app features found only in professional mixing software and hardware combined with the magic of the iPad multi-touch surface to give DJs a whole new level of expression and creativity with the convenience of total mobility.

The DJ Rig double deck comes with selectable waveform, turntable or digital jog interfaces, so no matter what type of software or hardware setup you are used to, you get them all in one single app.

DJs have all the tempo and sync controls they expect from a pro rig at their disposal, while the new waveform view, the drift meter and multiple deck modes provides instant visual feedback on track sync. You can even let the machine go, and DJ Rig will automix your entire sound library while you can focus on creating accurate mash and dramatic breaks.

The unique X-Sync feature (available when used with iRig MIX) enables anyone to automatically synchronize the app audio with any other external audio source like a second iOS device but also regular CD or MP3 players.

1 Direct Cue plus up to 4 cue points, 3-band kill EQ with band isolator, 18 high-quality DJ effects, an advanced looping section and direct access to the music library complete the deck controls for a truly complete mixing experience.

Professional DJ Features:

Double Deck
• Direct access to iPod library and playlists with instant play
• Multiple deck modes including accurate lifelike waveform display, vinyl and digital interfaces.
• Deck controls: Volume, Pitch, 3-Band Kill EQ with band isolator and Crossfader
• Multiple output configurations for virtually any audio setup including headphone monitoring
• Professional pitch control section with drift meter for fine BPM adjustments
• Live recorder lets you record full mixing gigs, export and share.
• Supports all major digital audio formats including MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF
• 3 crossfader curves for customizing fades
• Auto level detect and track level adjustment for the perfect balance between decks
• Crossfade filter allows fading between decks with bass or high filters for smooth and perfect transitions

Mix & Scratch
• Tempo Sync
• Beat Match
• Fast BPM detection and beat map analysis
• AutoMix lets you automatically mix the entire music library and playlists
• 5 visual cue points per song (1 built-in plus 4 available as an in-app purchase)
• Auto CUE for automatic first beat positioning.
• Advanced looping section with continuous loop surface, customizable loop and slip mode
• Accurate scratching engine modeled on real deck behavior with CloneDeck™ technology for scratching with cut-to-the-beat
• X-Sync mode detects the BPM from external audio sources in real-time and automatically syncs the audio/tempo of internal decks to external devices (when used with iRig MIX)

DJ Effects
• Effects deck with 18 effects: Delay, Flanger, Crush, Filter High Pass, Filter Low Pass, Filter Band Pass, Compressor, Wah, Phaser, Fuzz, Reverb, Stutter,Noise, Tail, Brake, Spin, Twist Up and Twist Down (6 available for in-app purchase, Low Pass Filter included as Free FX)
• XY touch interface
• All effects are BPM-synched
• Multiple controls
• Extra filter available

Sampler Machine
• On-the-fly sampler machine
• 9 pads matrix with assignable pads
• 15 sound banks available (8 built-in plus 7 available for in-app purchase)
• Live sampling functionality
• Individual pad adjustment for pitch and volume

Dj Rig for iPad is available for $19.99 here

2012
09/24
Vocal Harmonizer For iPad
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Vocal Harmonizer For IPad

Transform your voice into a choir with up to four voices. Harmony Voice is a pitch shifter and harmonizer with professional features including automatic tuning correction. A real-time visual intonation-display gives you feedback of the tunes you sing. You can sing and Harmony voice will add up to four voices according to the chords you play with the piano keyboard. Instead of playing the chords yourself you can let Harmony Voice play the chords automatically to enrich the sound of your voice in a musically pleasant way. The voice character can be adjusted in a way that you can turn a female voice into a male voice and the other way round. It’s a vocal harmonizer for the iPhone and iPad.

What’s New in Version 1.1
– Improved engine with reduced latency
– Adjustable Noisegate to suppress background noises.
– New mode for automatic scalic harmony generation
– Keyboard option to select key hold mode.
– Realtime pitch display was broken on some devices with iOS6.
– Kraehenbuehl harmony mode was somewhat broken and is now fixed.
– Reduced lag on keyboard display.
– Record button now accessible with opened keyboard.

Features:

• Four part realtime Harmonizer / Pitch corrector
• Different Harmonizer modes:

– Manual harmonization by playing chords with up to four notes while singing
– Automatic harmonization ( Kraehenbuehl )
– Play base note and Harmony Voice adds appropriate chords
– Directly play the tunes for up to four voices with the keyboard.

• Select key note and scale for harmonization and pitch correction.
• Harmonies can be in just ( Barbershop ) or tempered tuning.
• Mix your original voice with the harmonized parts.
• Change the voice character.
• Play background track from your iTunes library.
• Hi-end reverb effect for room simulation.
• Chorus and Delay effect.
• Use a CoreMIDI compatible Interface to control Harmony Voice with a MIDI Keyboard.
• Audio recorder with Metronome.
• Upload to SoundCloud and File Export.
• Audio pasteboard for exchange with other Apps

Headphones are required to avoid feedback. Headsets with mic work great, for best quality we recommend IK Multimedia’s iRig Mic.

Harmony Voice is available for $5.99

2012
09/24
Bleep Chiptune Drum App For iPhone
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Bleep Chiptune iPhone Drum App

The maker of SID 8 bit desktop synthesizer and the 8bit Studio app Alkex Instruments has produced another fun app. Bleep is a wavetable drum machine with midi.

Draw pitch and wavetable modulation to create chip-tune sounds and effects, then sequence them to make retro video game like beats.

You can create 12 sounds per song and save up to 8 songs that you can switch, shuffle and randomise on the fly.

Midi support enables you to trigger your sounds with a midi device.

Bleep is NO LONGER AVAILABLE

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