2012
02/06
Bagpipes App For iPhone and iPad
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Bagpipes For iPhone and iPad

Universal Piper (UPiper) is a virtual instrument that reproduces faithfully the Sound of legendary bagpipes : An Irish Uileann Pipe, two Great Highland Bagpipes and a Galician Gaita. These sounds come from marvelous genuine Bagpipes that we recorded with great care.

The following video demonstrates Universal Piper along with the Fagerstrom TechnoPipes controller and a Line 6 Midi Mobilizer Interface.

You can use Universal Piper different ways:
– to play Bagpipe on your iPhone/iPad screen,
– to accompany you playing your practice with great bagpipe drones,
– to listen to electronic scores in MIDI or BWW format

Full Feature List :
– genuine natural and perfectly tuned bagpipe sound,
– start/stop the drones,
– pitch control of the bagpipe
– drone/chanter balance control,
– piano like keyboard,
– BWW and MIDI file reader with tempo and articulation control
– coreMIDI compatible devices supported,
– MIDI keyboard and practice supported (technopipe, red pip, mastergaita, degerpipe, e-pipe)

Universal Piper works with 4, 4-s generations of the iPhone as well as iPad. It also runs on 3GS versions but without midi device support.

Universal Piper (UPiper) is available for $3.99

2012
02/04
Melody Music Maker For iPad
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Melody Music Maker For iPad

Melody Music Maker transforms every simple melody into a well composed and correct arranged master piece. Everything you need is a bit of time and an idea for a melody. The remaining part will be handled by this app. It is your private arranger and composer in one.
What have Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and Ray Charles in common? They could not read scores but nevertheless their songs captured the world. With Melody Music Maker you are walking in the trails of these super talents. You can fully focus on one thing: the melody that you enjoy, without taking care for the notes and theoretical correctness. Colors guide the user through the composition of the song. In real-time the Melody Music Maker will provide you with options for well sounding chord progressions.

* Seperate MIDI channels for chords and lead voice
* x and y controllers over lead voice area to control sound changes as you play
* Sync out for synchronization with arranger keyboards, sequencers, music work stations, etc.

Melody music maker has the following features:
* This app adds theoretical composing knowledge to your musical ideas
* Presets provide you with suggestions for theoretical settings like root key, scale, tempo, etc.
* 127 sounds to enrich you composition with the right voice
* Modulation and glide features to enrich your sound
* Record several takes on top of each other
* Wizard function, improves the timing of your recording

Melody Music Maker IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE

2012
02/02
Free NI Reaktor Template For iPad Lemur
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Free NI Reaktor Template For iPad Lemur

Antonio Blanca is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to interface design. He’s created Lemur templates for many popular Reaktor factory ensembles. We present here three of these beautiful and unique creations which are sure to inspire musicians, composers and sound designers alike. They come bundled with adapted “Lemurized” versions of the original Reaktor ensembles allowing for full Lemur control via OSC. Sound designers Richard Devine, Antonio Blanca and Miguel Isaza have contributed sound examples to further enhance your Lemur multi-touch experience. Best of all, AB Lemur Bundle is completely free of charge.

This Lemur Template is available for free at http://liine.net

Lemur is available for $49.99

2012
01/31
Jasuto Pro Synth For iPad
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Jasuto Pro Synth For iPad

Jasuto Pro allows you to visually construct your own synths/effects, and use them to make sequences all on your device! With the addition of a fully-featured sampler you can now record/resample/edit, and even create entirely new samples by drawing right in the app.

Jasuto Pro uses the relative position of nodes and their connections to control the sound. So the scene not only represents the synthesis structure, but also a custom multi-touch control surface. Motion can be recorded per node giving you rich, flexible automation.

Connections can be created automatically by simply dragging nodes around, or manually. Each wire can be double-tapped to allow even more control of each connection.

Jasuto Pro comes installed with more than 45 modules. Each of the modules have been hand-optimized for your devices CPU, allowing you to create extremely complex scenes.

Jasuto Pro has a built-in FTP server, so you can efficiently transfer files to/from your device using your OS or FTP client. Also the new scene browser has the ability to download/upload/rate user created content from the ever growing community!

Also available for iphone and ipod touch.

-anti-aliased oscillators with hard-sync, FM, PWM, PM.
-analog style filters (lp, hp, bp, ladder emulation).
-signal control (compressor, limiter, gate, follower).
-zoomable sampler editor with several loop modes (normal, 1 shot, ping, granular).
-ADSR envelope editor.
-multipage/octave sequencer.
-tape style analog delay.
-reverb, phaser, several waveshapers.
-resample/record the current playback.
-audio clipboard, compatible with both Intua and Sonoma.
-scene sharing with the interwebs.
-incoming OSC over wifi modules for notes and CC’s.

Jasuto Pro is available for $4.99

2012
01/31
Otomata For iPad
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Otomata For iPad

Enjoy the mobile version of the generative music application that millions enjoyed through the web, with your iOS device!

If you want to see what Otomata is about, play with it through the web player first: http://batu.in/otomata

Otomata is a generative musical instrument that anyone with or without a music training can enjoy. You just need to create an initial scene on the cellular grid by tapping on the screen (simple as that!), and Otomata will generate and play endless melodies with beautiful visuals for your enjoyment.

When you are satisfied with your piece, you are able to share it with the world using your favorite social networking site, using just your mobile device.

This version of Otomata has:

* 40 hand picked musical scales for you to play with
* Flexible tempo
* Loaded with best presets chosen by the Otomata community
* Preset Load/Save support
* Twitter and Facebook integration to share your music with the world
* Support for playing your endless pieces when you lock your device. Press play, lock your device and do your thing with a soothing and constantly evolving musical background!
* HD graphics for Retina display

Otomata will surprise you with your musical skills (whether or not you think they actually exist).

Otomata is available for $0.99

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