2013
02/19
UPDATE: Samplr 1 2 1 AudioBus Improvements And More
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Samplr iPad Sampler

One of my all time favorite apps here. Samplr lets you make music and play with sound in a new and intuitive way by touching the waveform on the screen directly with your fingers. Explore the sounds melody and texture using the different play modes and create your music compositions with the gesture recorder.

What’s New in Version 1.2.1

Bugfixes:
• Fixed crashes when using Multitasking Gestures.
• Fixed loading of 32-bit (int) WAVE files.
• Filter can be reset when it becomes silent.
• Improved UI contrast.
• Manual corrections.
• Performance improvements.

Audiobus support improved:
• Recordings can be quantized to bars.
• Added support for buffer size changes.
• Fixed REC button not active when recording from a filter.

With an interface designed for live performance, Samplr gives the musician quick and precise access to all the instrument functionality at any time. Unlike other apps that try to recreate real life instruments or interaction concepts from traditional computers Samplr was designed from the very beginning for Multi-Touch devices.

Features:
• 7 different play modes: Slicer, Looper, E-bow, Tape, Scratch, Keyboard and Loop Player.
• 6 simultaneous samples (with 6 voices each).
• 5 sound effects per sample: Distortion, Filter, Amplitude Modulator, Feedback Delay and Reverb.
• Audio input recording and resampling.
• Background Audio to play along other instruments.
• Ready to use sample library.
• User manual included.

Compatibility:
• WAV and AIFF files supported.
• Audiobus Input and Output.
• Sonoma AudioCopy and AudioPaste.

Samplr is available for $4.99

2013
02/15
AudioShare Audio Document Organizer For iOS
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AudioShare Audio Document Organzier

THIS IS A MUST HAVE APP FOLKS! AudioShare is an audio document manager with powerful import and export abilities. I use it to download zip files and unpack them into my apps.

Organize all your soundfiles and midifiles on your device. Create folders, rename and move files and folders around, put everything where you can find it.

Use it to transfer files between apps and between your device and computer. For example, take a soundfile from your dropbox, open it in AudioShare and share it on SoundCloud. Or audiocopy sounds from your favorite music-making app and import into the AudioShare library for later sharing or copying into other apps. Or record your live-jam from other Audiobus-apps.

You can also record directly in the app, from hardware and other Audiobus compatible apps. Preview and play soundfiles with waveform display and looping, trim and normalize soundfiles, and convert to standard 16 bit 44.1KHz uncompressed WAV. With Audiobus, you can even play a file through Audiobus and record it back into AudioShare for external effects processing or sound-on-sound technique.

What’s New in Version 2.6
Major update!

• New Recorder with Inter-App Audio host and rec level fader
• Ability to use internal File Player as IAA source to process files, in real-time or offline rendering.
• Switched to Play/Pause and Rewind buttons
• Allow trim to be moved and loop to be toggled while playing
• Don’t auto start playing after moving cursor
• Web browser: m3u files should stream in the browser, not be downloaded
• Add 24 bit and 48 kHz options in Convert tool
• Move Audiobus connection panel position to right side
• Updated Audiobus SDK 1.0.2.2
• Add Audiobus Rewind trigger
• Disable recording until last one fully finished.
• Update users manual

More awesome features:
• Audiobus input slot support, you can now use AudioShare as an Audiobus source app!
• Trim tool, save selection to a new file
• Add iTunes music library import
• Added ‘Select All’ button in edit mode
• Name Audiobus recordings after input apps
• Show recording source (audiobus apps or hardware input)
• Allow user to edit filename extension
• Allow AudioCopy of midifiles

INPUTS
• Record external input (such as microphone) directly in app
• AudioPaste (Sonoma Wireworks and General pasteboard)
• “Open in” from other app
• iTunes file sharing
• Import songs from iTunes music library
• Audiobus: record the live output of other Audiobus-compatible apps!

OUTPUTS
• Playback directly in app
• AudioCopy (Sonoma Wireworks and General pasteboard)
• SoundCloud upload
• “Open in” another app (for example DropBox)
• Send by email
• iTunes file sharing
• Audiobus: play back soundfiles into other Audiobus-compatible apps!

• Show used and free disk space in About screen
• Improve AudioPaste item selection user interface
• Various minor improvements and fixes

AudioShare is available for 3.99

2013
02/14
UPDATE Figure v 1 4 Adds Support for AudioBus
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Propellerhead Figure iPhone App

When we set out to create Figure we knew an amazing sound was crucial to its function and simple enjoyment. Fortunately, we didn’t have to look far to find amazing sounds. Powered by Reason, our flagship desktop music production software, Figure puts our advanced Thor Polysonic Synthesizer and Kong Drum Designer in your pocket.

Playing bass, drums, and lead melodies on Figure all happens through the performance pads. These have been designed for touch control from the beginning. You can tap them like traditional keyboards or pad controllers or you can simply hold your finger down and let the rhythm wheels provide a pattern for you. You can easily tap into the sound-sculpting power of Thor’s filters, envelopes, and effects by adjusting each preset’s “Tweaks”. Don’t know what a filter or envelope is? No problem! Just move your finger along the same performance pad and listen to the changes in sound.

What’s New in Version 1.4
• SoundCloud Sharing – share your Figure tracks with access to Facebook, Twitter and more
• Introducing Audiobus support: Now you can stream live audio directly to other Audiobus-compatible apps!
• Background audio (in device Settings)
• Sort song list by Name/Date
• Bug fixes and performance improvements

Propellerhead Figure

Figure highlights
• Make songs with Drums, Bass and Lead Synth
• Play by sliding your finger across the play pad
• Always stay in key and on the beat
• No previous playing skills required
• Tweak and twist your track on the fly
• Sounding amazing has never been this easy
• The sound of Reason on your phone!

Truly designed for mobile user on the go, Figure gives you drums, bass and lead synth, controlled by an incredibly easy to use touch interface that gets you sounding great literally in seconds. Slide your finger across the play pad and hear your bass line play. Tweak the Rhythm, Range and Scale Step wheels to get the result you’re after. Programming drumbeats is just as easy. Set the rhythm and play the drums with your fingers. You won’t want to stop. You won’t believe how amazing you and your phone can sound.

If you are new to music making, getting started making great sounding tracks has never been this easy — and sounded so great!

If you are a seasoned musician – music creation has never been this fun!

The nitty gritty details:
• Bass & lead parts use Reason’s Thor synthesizer
• Drums powered by Reason’s Kong drum machine
• Play in different keys & modes. Set once or change on the fly.
• Increase the Shuffle to loosen up your beats
• Turn up Pump to add a club sound to your tracks
• Adjust levels using Propellerhead’s legendary mixer
• Save, browse and load song files
• Set length of loop (1,2,4,8 bars)
• Export audio to iTunes File Sharing

Figure is available for $0.99

2013
02/04
Update: Magellan 2 1 Synthesizer For iPad
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Magellan iPad Synthesizer

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

Magellan is available for $14.99

2013
01/30
UPDATE: AudioBus Ver 1 0 2
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Use multiple apps at together

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.

AudioBus 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.

More about AudioBus here

AudioBus is available for $9.99

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