2012
01/06
Professional Vocoder For iPad
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Professional Vocoder For iPad

Voice Synth is a specialized synthesizer for creative voice sculpting

✭✭✭ Ideal tool for creative voice expression ✭✭✭
Voice Synth is much more than your average voice changer app. Create and design your own incredible voices that live, breathe and evolve in real-time as you play. Sound like famous pop artists, “deep” movie voices (“Soon… in this theatre”), a close harmony choir, a robot, a church organ, a baby, lion, guitar, old telephone or anything else you can create. Sing in the mic and become a true artist by tweaking the controls of the vocoder, sampler, pitch and formant shifter, automatic tuning and harmony arranger, distortion, delay, stereo chorus and reverb.

✭✭✭ Voice Synth is a smart instrument ✭✭✭
We spent more than a year designing easy controls optimized for voice sculpting. So you don’t have to deal with the technical complexity of conventional vocoders or synthesizers:

✔ Intuitive voice design: you can tweak every aspect of your voice separately. No experience required, your ears will guide you
✔ Intuitive interface: no scrolling through menus, all voice controls and display information are always available
✔ One app, two interfaces: a dedicated interface designed for iPad and a compact interface for iPhone and iPod without any loss of features so you can create anywhere you go.

What’s New in Version 2.1

* Retina graphics for iPad 3
* Preset Library with over 100 factory presets and unlimited user presets
* Import/ export presets
* Extended equalizer panel with 8 quick presets and stereo VU meters
* Info center with improved news notification badge
* Fixes issue with M4A encoding on iPhone 4S and iPad 2/3
* Fixes issue with sound output becoming silent
* Fixes issue with hanging MIDI notes
* Improved noise resilience for use with noisy headsets

NEW IN VERSION 2.0
* Completely revised sound engine with 2×32 bit 44.1 kHz processing
* Improved reverb
* In-app help (in addition to in-app demo video)
* Improved recording process for samples and performances
* Performance recorder with FF/rewind/pause
* Audio copy/paste to/from iOS pasteboard
* Full MIDI support (Core, Virtual, Network) to control keyboard and effects
* Compatibility audio/MIDI via the dock connector (e.g. Alesis IO Dock, Apple Camera Connection Kit)
* Export recordings in uncompressed WAV format, and M4A format with improved compatibility (PC/iTunes/VLC)
* Export recordings to iTunes file sharing and other apps
* Multitasking support for fast app switching
* Visual sample editor to set start, end, loop and trigger method

✭✭✭ The ideal addition to any project ✭✭✭
Create improved, bizarre, funny, scary or out of this world voices:

✔ Enrich your movie or YouTube video
✔ Enrich your own music by adding your voice
✔ Add famous autotune effects in your musical compositions
✔ Sound like a virtuoso with the tune mode assistant: sing in key and create multiple voices in musical harmony
✔ … or any other voice effect you might need as a DJ or announcer for a live performance

* IMPORTANT NOTE *

1) Some users reported issues with the built-in mic (no sound or noise)

2) We are investigating and resolving this issue!

3) If you experience this, use a headset with included microphone (e.g. standard Apple headset)

Thanks for your patience

✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭

TECHNICAL SPECS
✔ All effects applied simultaneously, polyphonic, in real-time with low-latency

PLAY MODES
✔ Live: voice transform as you speak (headphone only)
✔ Repeat: autorecord/replay
✔ Sampler: record in sampler bank, replay with keyboard

SAMPLER
✔ 8 banks of 10sec

RECORDER
✔ 8 tapes, record/replay performance
✔ Export by email

PRESETS
✔ 8 programmable, 8 factory presets

KEYBOARD
✔ 2.5 octave (iPad), 1 octave (iPhone/iPod), shift +/- 3 octaves
✔ Auto key hold and sampler trigger
✔ Low/high register to add brilliance

VOCODERS
✔ 24 bands, 5th order filters
✔ Natural: recreates your own voice
✔ Robot: no intonation, extra harmonics
✔ Breath: hiss-like

EQUALIZER
✔ 24 bands, adjust +/- 12 dB, VU 0 to -80 dB
✔ Autobalances overall volume
✔ Produces deep “loudness” and shallow “telephone” voices

PITCH SHIFTER
✔ 8 octaves
✔ Chromatic and harmonized
✔ Produces squeaks (ultra-high pitch), babies/ducks (high), tenors (low), lions (ultra-low)

FORMANT SHIFTER
✔ Adapts voice spectrum, range +/- 1 octave
✔ Changes headsize from child to giant

TUNE MODE
✔ Alters pitch
✔ Fixed: robotic
✔ Free: normal
✔ Inverse & double: weird voice
✔ AUTO: always sing in tune

SCALE SHIFT
✔ All 12 major/minor musical scales
✔ Harmony synthesis of multiple voices
✔ Produces choirs and rich 70’s vocoder sounds

CLASSIC EFFECTS
✔ Auto Gain 0-30 dB, distortion, stereo panning
✔ Delay, Stereo Chorus and Reverb

SLEW RATE
✔ Special vocoder reverb
✔ Produces plucked strings, wind, thunder, storms

VoiceSynth is available for $2.99 for a limited time.

2012
01/03
Creating Loop Sets In Meta.DJ
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Creating Loop Sets In Meta.DJ

Revolutionary app for the iPad Meta.Dj iPad. Comes with Dj Puzzle‘s (the owner of this site) remix of Power by Jah Boogie, loops, and more!

This is a video to show how easy it is to create your own Loop sets in meta.DJ by Sound Trends.

Basic meta.DJ for iPhone is free, and it’s spec is below. However, if you do the in-app upgrade to the Full version you will get:

MORE CONTENT
• OVER 3X’s more beats for drumtron
• OVER 7X’s more Presets for SaMPL3R
• 130 more Loops in 13 Easy to use Loop Sets

OVER TWICE AS MANY EFFECTS!
Upgrade to the full version to get High-Pass Filter, Gate, Stutter Loop, Stutter Stepped, Bitcrusher, Flanger, Glitchy Repeater, Reverb, Pan and Compressor

HEADPHONE CUE AND HARDWARE CONTROL
Master your mix with headphone cueing and iDJ Live control using knobs and platters!

This download for meta.DJ for iPhone Free INCLUDES:

• iTunes LIBRARY INTEGRATION
Easily pull in any track from your iTunes library.

• EZ CUE/LOOP PRESETS
Set-up Cue points and Looped regions of your tracks as easy to use Presets. Auto-loop lets you throw in a loop on the fly and work it down to the sub-beat, bounce loop level. Work some effects on your loops to make it rise, then hit the drop.

• AUTOMATIC TEMPO/BPM MATCHING
meta.DJ analyzes your iTunes tracks, shows you the BPM, and can conform tracks to play back at whatever master BPM you select. Or turn it off if you just want the track to play at it’s original tempo.

• TWO VIRTUAL DEVICES – YOU CHOOSE WHAT TO USE!
Add any two virtual devices anytime. YOU decide between Track Decks, drum machines, synth parts and loop-based smart instruments and add them any time in your set.

• drumtron for INSTANT, DYNAMIC BEATS
A new take on the drum machine built for performance. You control the intensity/energy level of every drum part (kick, snare, etc) to push the mix or make ’em chill.

• SaMPL3R for a SPRINKLING OF SYNTH
Based on grüvtron, you get a smart instrument for getting quick access to arpeggios, bass parts and more in ANY key at any tempo.

• LOOPTASTIC
Mix and manipulate loops using a Looptastic device based on Sound Trends’ best-selling loop performance app Looptastic.

• COOL EFFECTS UNDER XY PAD CONTROL
You get EQ, Filter, Delay and Stutter Gate effects, up to four (4) effects per device. Upgrade from the Free to the Full version for even MORE effects.

• LOOP STORE
At the airport and at the last minute wish you had some cool, new House loops? Just go to the in-app Loop Store and select from offerings (some even free) that include loops from indie dance producers and established library companies (like beatport, Sonic Reality, AMG and others).

• CROSSFADER
’nuff said!

HAVE AN iPAD? THEN you WANT meta.DJ for iPad, which was carefully crafted for all your iPad has to offer.

meta.dj for iPad is available for $19.99 (iPhone “lite” version free)

2012
01/01
Auld Lang Syne On iPad
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Auld Lang Sang On iPad

Legendary keyboardist from rock band Dream Theater wishes everyone a happy new year. His gift to you is a short performance of Auld Lang Syne which he performs on his iPad app MorphWiz.

MorphWiz is the second app to bear the Jordan Rudess name. MorphWiz is partly inspired by the Haken Continuum Fingerboard, a radically innovative and revolutionary MIDI instrument that Jordan uses on stage and in the studio with Dream Theater.

Like the Continuum, Jordan Rudess’ MorphWiz is a vertical grid based musical instrument that allows a whole new level of expressive control!

If you’re a beginner, you’ll love experimenting with all of the presets, but if you’re a professional musician, you will soon be blown away by one of the coolest methods of controlling sound that you’ve ever laid hands on.

Jordan states, “Our goal was to create an instrument that would allow the seamless morphing of the audio and visual domain while delivering a seamless musical experience. I believe the iPhone/iPad multitouch platform opens up a whole new world of creation of electronic musical instruments and we’re proud MorphWiz is our first major offering. My experience and involvement with the Haken Continuum and extraordinary Bebot app brought to life an advanced pitch control system that is still uncharted territory for many in today’s music instrument world. This is the heart of MorphWiz.”

MorphWiz video tutorials:
http://www.morphwiz.com/tutorial.html

Over 80 Jordan Rudess-created patches

FEATURES:

•Assign audio waveforms as visual shapes to the grid and morph between them with your fingers on the grid or the accelerometer
•Advanced pitch control allows the player to round the pitch of the initial attack of any note. It also recognizes when your finger stops after a slide, and rounds your notes to the nearest diatonic pitch
•Rounding pitch on initial attack and/or after a slide
•Independent control for up to 10 simultaneous notes
•Finger Vibrato Effect (FVE) where you can achieve vibrato even when lock pitch is selected and the pitch is snapping to the grid!
•Velocity Controlled Animation (VCA) in sync with your musical performance
•Trippy full-color, animated particles, fire, and ring effects visually radiate under your fingertips and contain real time pitch information
•Choose from a wide variety of scales and chords to assign to the playing surface with easy customization
•Choose to display names of notes or intervals to help guide you
•Performance controls include octave shift, pitch lock on/off, record to delay buffer on/off, infinity delay setting on/off, and multi-function slider
•Unison detuning effect with separate pan control for that classic analog thickness
•FM (Frequency Modulation) synthesis can be assigned to the vertical grid or accelerometer
•Wave Sync Synthesis (WSS) can also be assigned to the vertical grid or accelerometer
•Adjustable note attack and release time
•Infinite-Track Loop (ITL) recorder features user-selectable measures and beats.
•Reverse play
•FX include digital delay, stereo chorus, and tremolo
Jordan Rudess: Wizdom Music, LLC Web SiteMorphWiz Support
What’s New in Version 1.1.2

– added VoiceOver labels to all controls
– updated graphics rendering to improve performance
– updated pitch handling code to improve performance and eliminate glitches

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM IPADLOOPS!!!

MorphWiz is available for $9.99

2011
12/29
Brainwave Sequencer For iPad
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Brainwave Sequencer For iPad

Brainwave is a clip based MIDI sequencer. Bring your melodies and drum beats into life with the streamlined and intuitive MIDI clip editor. Assemble and arrange entire songs with the Arrangement editor. Control up to 16 instruments using the built-in sampler. Use the built-in audio samples to quickly get up and running, or use your own samples for even more creative sounds. Then produce and export MIDI files to be imported to your favourite Digital Audio Workstation software. All this inside of an ergonomic and minimalist user interface that will help get your inspiration to fruition.

What’s new in version 1.3:

Compiled and tested for IOS 5.1
Added a new demo song (Struhkcher)

MIDI and Audio support

Now plays back in the background and mixes with other audio apps
Add support for program change, bank select per instrument
Properly support MIDI input for MIDI clock

New instrument capabilities

Added panning per instrument
Re-calibrated the audio engine volumes
Added new samples (drums, bass, pads and ProKeys 88)
Fixed existing sample to remove some clicks

Improved User Interface

Panning the timeline now scrubs the timeline
Removed unnecessary buttons (rew, ff, add, event info, song info)
Clip browser in the clip editor
Open Song info by touching the song name
UI revamp for the Mixer view and instrument editor
New help interface

Drive up to 16 instruments
* built-in sampler with 16 voices
* volume envelope
* loop points and loop modes (once, loop, ping pong)
* transpose offset to tune samples
* built-in samples or user samples, through iTunes sharing
* drum pad mode allowing for 16 individual samples to be mapped to drum pads
* mixer interface to solo/mute and adjust track volume

MIDI Clip Editor
* 16 ticks per beat
* up to 256 clips per song
* sequence melodies and beats in the clip editor
* sequence all instruments in the same clip
* fine control over note length and velocity per note or for a selection of notes
* copy a note sequence from one instrument to another
* make a copy of a MIDI clip to create new variations
* unlimited length
* looping mode to easily iterate on a clip

Song Arrangement
* quick start with built-in templates
* sequence and layer MIDI clips
* reorder clips to organize the visual layout

Interoperability
* export as multi-track MIDI file to your favourite DAW
* manage songs and samples via iTunes sharing
* email songs
* open songs from other applications

Connectivity
* Connect to coreMIDI network session

NO LONGER AVAILABLE

2011
12/29
Lemur Community User Library Templates
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Lemur Community User Library Templates

Liine has provided an iPad Lemur community. It’s for trading and sharing iPad Lemur templates.

Search from the following parameters:

Type Module, Template

Resolution iPad, iPhone, Legacy

Style Control, Change, Effects, Notes, Rythmic, Sequencer, Timbral, Utility

Software Ableton Live, Cubase, Logic, MaxMSP, MIDI, Modul8, OSC, Traktor

Lemur Templates User Library

Rock solid standard
Major stadium-touring acts use Lemur on stage. The original hardware version was introduced to the public in 2004 and Lemur software now benefits from nearly 10 years of development. These are just two of the reasons Lemur is the name cited when talking about multitouch control.

Control anything
Lemur is a professional iOS controller app that doesn’t cut any corners. It lets you control anything, any way you want. Total flexibility means it can go as deep as you need it to. Lemur can control DJ software, live electronic music performance software, studio production software (DAWs), VJ software, visual synthesis software, stage lighting and more. In fact, any software or hardware that can be controlled by MIDI/OSC can be controlled by Lemur.

A controller unequalled
Lemur has often been imitated but never equalled. The physics engine, which can make faders and balls bounce, is entirely unique: allowing anything from a slight organic feel to absolutely chaotic modulations. Lemur goes deep: it comes with more than twice as many objects as comparable apps. Options for adjusting the look and feel of objects are vast, and connection to your gear is simple.

User Library
Access templates from top artists and the Lemur community. Some of these are actual templates used on stage, others are pure studio or creative tools. Share your own or simply browse the library and download whatever suits your needs. Liine has a Lemur community user library online. Sign up, tag, and trade Lemur templates. http://liine.net/en/community/user-library

SPECIFICATIONS

– Objects
Fader; Multislider, Range; Multiball; Knob; RingArea; Switches; Pads; Custom Button; Container; Breakpoint; Leds; LemurMenu; Monitor; SignalScope; SurfaceLCD; Text

– Physics
Hated physics at school? Now you’ll love it! The behaviour of many Lemur objects can be affected by powerful and easy to use physical models which can make your controller bounce, rebound and oscillate. Make your controller come alive.

– Scripting
There’s absolutely no need to dive into scripting if you don’t want to. But if you’re the type who likes to get their hands dirty then there’s a powerful scripting engine inside Lemur. Harnessing this power will allow you to build extremely dynamic templates.

– Editor
The Lemur editor, is a cross-platform (OS X/Windows) interface builder. It allows you to create new Lemur templates or edit existing ones. The drag & drop interface makes it easy to use. It allows you to create anything from the simplest set of faders to the most complex groovebox with no hassle.

– Connectivity
Simply connect your iPad/iPhone to your laptop over Wi-Fi and make the connection! Lemur also supports CoreMIDI allowing you to use hardware interfaces such as Alesis’ iO Dock or the iConnectMIDI or class-compliant USB MIDI interfaces (with a camera connection kit). You can even control up to 8 computers from one iPad with Lemur!

Get Lemur

  • 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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