I wanted for this synth to support Core Midi before sharing it with you and now it does! I also don’t know another app that works seamlessly with Sphero.
Shape is a polyphonic synthesizer allowing the user to draw the shape of the oscillator waveform. The positive side of the oscillation is represented by 32 blocks and the negative side is its mirror, generating all sorts of possible raw retroish sounds. Shape is best experienced with akai synthstation 25.
Synth Arp & Drum Pad is an iPad app with arpeggiator and drum pad that allows you to easily play the internal synthesizer or any connected MIDI device and produce music with phrases having an abundant variety of musical styles. (The arpeggiator automatically plays the individual notes of a chord in a selected pattern.)
There are over 340 arppegiator patterns that can play phrases from all kinds of music genres like dance music, hip-hop, rock, pops, with one finger.
Use Synth Arp & Drum Pad to easily create fabulous phrases and enjoy a performance freely!
* This application is Core MIDI compatible. Wi-Fi communication possible with Yamaha MOTIF XF (body version 1.2 or above) Alternatively, use the MIDI Interface i-MX1 to communicate with all MIDI devices.
* A USB Wi-Fi adaptor, sold separately, is necessary for Wi-Fi communications.
New features in Version 1.1
– Audio mixdown of recorded songs
– Audio library (compatible with SoundCloud and AudioCopy)
– An additional 19 tones and 24 arpeggiator patterns
Functions:
Software Synthesizer
– Choose from 61 high-quality voices from a variety of instruments including 7 drum kits.
– Cutoff, resonance, attack, release, and portamento can be adjusted with the knob control. Setting tonal qualities is easy.
– Reverb, chorus, and variation effects can also be applied individually.
Keyboard Arpeggiator & Scale
– Choose from 342 arpeggio patterns from a variety of instruments.
– Control the swing, note length, octave range, and other characteristics for each arpeggio phrase in real time.
– Select and change the scale being played. That allows you to use Touch Control Function and you can modify the sound by sliding your finger vertically or vibrating your finger horizontally on the Keyboard.
– The velocity can be changed depending by adjusting the strength of the tap on the iPad screen, or use the ribbon controller displayed on the left-hand side of the screen.
Drum Pad
– For each of the 16 drum pads, you can assign 5 notes at a specific velocity which allows you to play chords with one finger as well as multiple percussion instruments.
– Separate notes can be assigned to the left and right sides of a pad along with their velocities for more intricate performances. The velocity can be controlled by the strength of the tap on the iPad screen.
– You can also use the built-in step sequencer of each pad, to easily create a rhythm track.
– The Learn function can be used to easily assign a chord to a pad using the keyboard displayed at the bottom of the screen or using the keyboard of an external MIDI device.
– There are 64 user templates that can be customized and saved.
MIDI Loop Sequencer/Recorder
– Overdubbing enables the blending of various layers of sound in one recording.
– In addition to standard recording, you can also record loops of varying lengths.
– Quantizing and recording speed can be adjusted, and a pre-count can also be set.
– It can be stored up to five songs.
Ribbon Controller
– Use the ribbon controller to change velocity, pitch, and assignable parameters.
Synth Arp & Drum Pad is available for $3.99 for a limited time.
Now you can put the legendary Simmons Clap Trap right in your pocket or backpack! The Clap Trap was an iconic 1980s “Handclap Synthesizer” whose unique sound can be heard across much of early electronica.
Clap Box is a perfect emulation of the original that includes modern enhancements like Core MIDI, microphone triggering and BPM matching. Just clap your hands or stomp your feet in real-time to trigger it. Simple, fun and inuitive, Clap Box is a great way to drop some instant retro into your productions.
Clap Box iPad App Screenshot
Clap Box Features:
• Universal app for iPhone and iPad
• Authentic emulation of the original Clap Trap
• Audio Trigger via your device’s built in mic – just clap your hands in real-time to trigger!
• Full MIDI support over WiFi
• Auto Speed triggers at BPMs up to 300
• “Humanize” function creates random variations
“Cryptoclash is a strange generative synthesizer, which translates letters into sound. By typing in a string of up to 20 letters (a-z), you set up the states of the sound engine, which are represented as roaming particles. Every time they collide, things can change. Use the accelerometers to change gravity, and tap on a ball to give it a velocity boost. Each time you choose the source string, you create a new sounding patch. Some sounds are noisier, and others more meditative; keep exploring and you’ll hear interesting new tuning systems (such as 26 notes per octave), and different amounts of synthesizer feedback.”
The description makes it look good. I put it to the test in the video below. Kinda lame but hey it’s free if you have a couple minutes to waste check it out.
“The central idea behind this work is that of the musical cryptogram, where letters are turned into notes; but the sound engine here avoids such a direct and obvious mapping for a combination of physics engine (thank you Box2D), live coding, sonification, finite state machines, Markov models and feedback FM.”
Drum Loops HD is a great way to add live acoustic drums to your musical projects. This app allows you to choose from approximately 700 drum loops (488mb) for only $10. You get 7 styles all based on what is needed to program a great track. The bpms have been carefully chosen and are commonly used tempos in modern music production so that you won’t have to time stretch them too much to get your desired BPM. All loops, fills, and hits can be copied directly to your pasteboard for use in multi-track app that support copy/paste.
Some apps that support copy/paste are Garageband, FL Mobile Studio, NanoStudio, Studio.HD, Beatmaker 2, and Groovemaker.
All loops have been cut into in either 2 or 4 bar loops and have been recorded simultaneously in two explicitly different microphone settings; a ‘modern’ (close miking with room ambiance) setting of 14 mics and a ‘vintage’ mic setting of in total 5 mics around the set. This means that you can use different sounds for verse/chorus/bridge/intro (with fills to glue it together) by either using the same loop in different sounds or using different loops for the respective parts of your song.
A separate chapter has been included with cymbal hits, cymbal hits with kick, cymbal rolls and endings (big fills) to complete a full drum part played by a real drummer.
Drum Loops HD has over a 1000 real drum loops, fills & samples to use with your digital audio workstation – a.o. Garageband, Auria, Cubasis, Music Studio, Multitrack Daw – (plus AUDIOBUS SUPPORT). Nothing is programmed or synthesized, but played live by Hans Eijkenaar, Holland’s first call session drummer. All recorded with state of the art modern and vintage mics and automatically looped within the app.
Drum Loops HD Features Include:
* Full drum loop library for anyone making music on an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch!
* Copy/paste to your favorite multitracker!
* Perfect drummer to play along with when practicing your timing on any instrument (all grooves loop perfecty in app itself)
* Performed, recorded and built only for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
* Many styles in many bpms (check content list) including unique Jazz loop library!
* Two sounds for all loops,fills and samples in every style and tempo (modern and vintage).
* 4/4, 6/8 loops and shuffles, brushes loops, loops in straight time and shuffled time.
* Uncut, not time stretched, not chopped but actual high end recordings.
* Audio quality: 44.1 khz, 16 bit (cd). For copying to any multitracker including GB.
* All loops and fills actually played in all bpms, by a living and breathing drummer!
All 8 styles are cut into either 2 or 4 bar loops and recorded with two different mic settings, a ‘Modern’ with 14 mics and a unique ‘Vintage’ setting with 5 old school mics placed around the sets.
Every style comes in a wide range of tempos including:
* Ballads- 5 loops and 3 fills at 60, 66, 72 and 78 bpm (beats per minute)
* Pop/Rock- 5 loops and 3 fills at tempos ranging from 80-170 bpm, in 10 bpm increments
* Funk/Hip-Hop- 5 loops and 3 fills at 80, 90, 100, 110, 120 and 130 bpm
* Dance/DnB- 5 loops at 120, 130, 140, 160 and 180 bpm
* Soul- 5 loops and 3 fills at 100, 110, 120, 130 and 140 bpm
* Brushes- 5 loops and 3 fills at 60-130 bpm (10 bpm increments), plus 2 crashes and 1 crash+kick!
* 6/8 and Shuffles- 5 loops and 3 fills at 75, 85, 95, 110 and 130 bpm
* Jazz, 3 loops and 2 fills at tempos ranging from 100-280 bpm, 20 bpm increments
* Tom Loops in 4/4 and 6/8 for completing your intros, bridges and other creative ideas
* Jazz kit sampled, long list of samples of perfectly tuned Jazz set, including 22″ Old K
* Pop kit sampled, long list of samples of the set used in
pop/rock and other chapters
With all of these choices, you have a real, live drummer at your fingertips to add to any piece of music. And, to make your track complete, ending drum fills (pop and jazz), crashes and double crashes are incuded to make your track the real thing!
Drum Loops HD is not just great for creating music, but it’s also perfect for practice sessions. If you need to learn a new style or work on your rhythm and timing, just pick a loop and play along. Practice makes perfect, and the Drum Loops HD drummer is perfect every time! And the upright bass player can study with a swinging jazz drummer!
Don’t settle for an app that gives you programmed drum-like sounds. Download Drum Loops HD now and put a real drummer in your GarageBand!
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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