2011
08/22
Touchable iPad Ableton Controller
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Control Ableton WIth You iPad

touchAble – control Ableton Live from your iPad

Navigate around your live set with the touch of a finger, tweak Lives mixer, instruments and fx with full automapping and unlimited tracks & parameters.
touchAble allows live users to walk away from their computer and perform live from anywhere within Wi-Fi range while keeping latency at a minimum.
Play your favorite synths with the unique double keyboard or record your rhythms with the 16 drum pads, including 5 velocity steps & octave selectors.
Extend your creativity with the multi dots XY Pad and record, play and morph your mouvements.
Access the most important transport and clip functions without losing focus on your set and tweak the same set with two iPads with the unique Dual-User-Mode.
do you need to adjust volume, launch a new clip and play a device? Don’t worry – a smart and intuitive screen menu empowers the user to arrange and switch modules on the fly.

touchAble does not require any midi-mappings as it uses LiveOSC to communicate directly with the LiveAPI.

Requirements:
Ableton Live 8 with latest update running on a computer on the same WiFi network
Windows XP, Vista, 7 with MIDI-YOKE or similar MIDI-utility installed
Mac OS X 10.5 or newer
touchAbleServer-software from our website www.touch-able.com

Installation could not be any simpler:

– Download touchAbleServer from our website http://www.touch-able.com and install it on your Mac or PC
– Enter your Hosts Ip-Address on your iPad
– Press connect.
– Within a few seconds your set will be ready.

FEATURES:

– Scrollable representation of your Session View in Live
– Clips, tracks & scenes with full color, name and status feedback
– Scalable Clipgrid from 4×2 to 15×8
– Access to arm, solo, mute & stop functions
– Access to Volumes, returns A-D, panning, monitors, resets, master & return volumes of up to 16 tracks at once
– Scared of clipping? Output-meters provide feedback of each tracks/masters/returns output-levels
– Choose between relative / absolute faders

– Access your vsts, audiounits and native live plugins or toggle them on & off from a scrollable overview
– Navigate and control unlimited parameters with bank switches
– Native Templates
– Snap Mode
-Toggle, Multitoggle, Fader & centered Fader available for live and max4live devices
– Never lose a parameter in the heat of a set: parameter name & value feedback directly inside the faders.
– Control 2 devices at the same time

– 128 note velocity sensitive Keyboard
– Perform with 2 keyboards in full screen mode

– 8/16 velocity sensitive Drum Pads with Access to all 128 Sample slots within Live

– 4 dots XY PAD controlling Mixer and Devices parameters including record and playback automations, bouncing ball fx, snapshots, morphing, save function

– Change parameters of clips : pitch, detune, loop, length, position
– Easy access to transport functions: play/stop, record, tempo, midi overdub, cue level, metronome, nudge up/down, midi record and launch quantization

2011
08/22
Mangle Your Audio In 2D
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Donut iPad App

Donut by Strange Agency

The Strange Agency is known for developing strange and unique audio apps. This iPad app is for recording and mangling sound loops.

You can use it like a phrase looper, by recording horizontally while using the step controls to step through vertical recording position. You can use it as a realtime processor by using ThruRecord mode. You can record and playback at completely differently speeds. You can even record backwards! You can record and playback diagonally across the Donut surface, creating glitchy staccato sounds. You can record and playback with multiple heads, recording or playing multiple positions at once. You can spread the heads vertically to access different portions of the Donut, or you can spread them horizontally to create an echo effect.

2011
08/19
Compose Music With An iPad
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ezComposer For iPad

ezComposer by Yeinart

Let me introduce The most advanced composing app in the world. The smartest composing app. for ipad (and iPhone). This pro version supports ez Sequencer and this is incredibly easy because of the mouse like finger interface.

The user just arrange the chord progression and set the style for each instruments. The ezComposer Pro sequences midi notes instead of you. If the chords changed, ezComposer Pro immediately does midi sequencing automatically. The melody can be easily recorded by keyboard and it supports UNDO to cancel current recording. You can edit each note with ez Sequencer.

You can easily make moving music through the special composing system in the ezComposer Pro. ezComposer Pro supports 144 chords set and about 400s styles set for major instruments. What you need to make a song is just drag-and-drop the chord and style. No more midi sequencing in the smartphone.

ezComposer Pro is the only professional composing app. in various situation like in the subway, in the bed, when you walk …

First, arrange the chords and styles for each instrument, Second, record major melody using the velocity-aware keyboard. That’s all. It’s amazing app. You can also easily edit each notes with mouse-action-like smart midi sequencer, ez Sequencer.

Also it supports chord progression recommendation system based on 500s chords set for each key. Ofcourse, you can export your project as a midi file to use in your favorite sequencer like cubase, sonar, logic.

ezComposer Pro will be useful for
1. Beginners for midi composing
– who have no idea about midi sequencing
– who want to sequence various chords without chord knowledge.
– who want to make various chord progression
– You can open your project through exporting midifile and you can see the midi notes!

2. People who are interest in composing, and professional composers
– who don’t want to be bothered by ordinary midi sequencing.
– who want to see various chord progression
– You can sketch anyplace with the combination of various chord sets and style set

*** Features ***
+ Drag-and-drop based chord and style editing
– 144 chords : major, minor, 7th, 6th, m7, m7, m7-5, aug, dim, dim7, Maj7, sus4 chords
– 132 drum styles : 4 beat, 8 beat, 16 beat and various feel-ins
– 132 piano styles : Well-sequenced midi playing sets like professional pianist’s play
– 72 guitar styles : various sets from stroke to arpeggio (A1-1 ~ B9-3)
– 60 base guitar styles : various bass guitar styles (C1-1 ~ D6-3)
– Double tapping support to insert chord and style.

+ Chord recommendation system
– Next chord recommendation system based on current chord progression.
– instant chord progression guide
– 500s various chord progression for each Key(12 Major Keys, 12 Minor Keys)

+ ez Sequencer
– If you’re familiar with mouse sequencing, the ezComposer Pro will be the best app for you.
– In the sequencer, your index finger will be the mouse pointer and if you locate the pointer, then click the screen with middle finger like mouse click. It’s really natural and easy way to use sequencer.
– In other words, you can use your fingers as a mouse.
– It supports two fingers scrolling and three fingers actions like note length editing and velocity editing.

+ Keyboard and Drumpad
– Velocity-aware Drumpad : for drumkit, you can use drumpad to record drum notes!
– Velocity-aware Keyboard : 2-layered Keyboard.

+ Instruments
– 49 various high quality instruments with 16bit 44.1khz
– Standard, Jazz, Rock, House,…. 7 various drum kits.

+ Editing
– User-friendly made user interface and interactive instant help system
– midi file exporting
– Copy & paste
– Volume and pan control for each track
– midi tempo control
– Block the auto sequencing ( double tapping the the style editor )

2011
08/19
D-Pad iPad Drum Machine
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D-Pad iPad Drum Machine

D-Pad Drum Machine By MyElectronica

The design looks a lot like a Monome. Newly added Dubstep samples!

FEATURES:

D-Pad comes with 3 different sections: the mixer, the grid and the effect rack.

The Mixer offers you:

To individually change the Volume, the Pan and the Tune of each track
To play each track in live mode with dedicated pads, where changes and effects also apply
To record in live mode with a quantize functionality

The Grid allows you:

To have a full overview of the rhythm you are creating
To quickly assign events to each track with the multi-touch enable. Just swipe the pads with your fingers.
To easily identify when one or more tracks are in solo

The Effect view allows you:

To control which effect is applied on the whole track
To set each single parameters of each effect. Here again, the multi -touch enable allows you to modify many parameters at the same time.

D-Pad also comes with the great audio Mix-down feature: create a rhythm (with the sequencer or with the live mode) and record it. The corresponding audio file is stored in the document folder of the D-Pad Application.

Complete specifications:

8 track Sequencer (bpm from 40 to 240)
4 bars: sequenced play mode, single bar edit, copy and paste between bars
Swing feature
Live pad mode with recording capability (length up to 32 bars or 64 seconds)
Volume, pan and tune adjustment for each individual track
Manage your sequence through the sequence menu
Kit selection menu
Mixer view, Sequencer Grid view and Effect Rack view
7 effects: Reverb, compressor, Filter LPHP, Delay, Bitcrusher, Phaser and 3 band EQ
Audio Mix-down to reuse your tracks in other audio applications (Wav files)
Info screen (touch the logo) with parameters modifications (mix-down and swing)

COMING SOON
Midi export
Midi sync
More effects

2011
08/17
Beatmaker 2 Beatpacks
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Beatmaker 2

Beatmaker 2 by Intua is a complete electronic music production studio for iPad. It was also the very first app to do this when the iPhone first came out.
Beatmaker 2 Screenshot

UPDATES:
– Native iPad interface
– Support for MIDI controllers through CoreMIDI, with MIDI learning and templates
– Instruments parameters automations (LFOs, envelopes, pads settings, etc.)
– MIDI export improved with Control Change (MIDI CC) messages
– New Master track with volume, pan, and 3 FX slots
– Audio input monitoring while recording
– New “Note Repeat” mode
– Pad copy & paste on the drum machine
– Improved memory management
– Info window for monitoring CPU, memory usage, battery and controlling the audio device
– SoundCloud API now uses OAuth2
– Reduce application binary size
– Add support for bluetooth speakers and headphones (A2DP compliant)
– Many improvements in every aspect of the application

Download Beatmaker Beatpacks

Here is a full list of features.

STUDIO:

– Create multiple instruments with Drum Machine or Keyboard interface
– 10 effect units to choose from: Reverb, Compressor, Filter, Delay, EQ, Flanger, Chorus, AutoPan, BitCrusher, Overdrive.
– 3 effect slots for each instrument, unlimited global effect racks
– Customizable Cross Controller for all effects, to manipulate multiple parameters at once
– CoreMIDI support: connect your MIDI accessories to control instruments, effects and mixer.

DRUM MACHINE:

– Up to 128 trigger pads: 16 pads over 8 different banks
– Chop Lab: Slice audio loops to automatically create new sound presets
– Control sound parameters on individual pad: volume, pan, mute, output bus, semitone, fine tune, reverse and autoscaling
– Low/high pass filter per pad with cutoff and resonance control
– Choose between various pad trigger modes: one-shot, hold & loop
– Customizable envelope (ADSR) control for each pad
– Exclusive groups and polyphony management
– “Live” modes: trigger, mute, reverse, velocity and tune spreading.
– Pad copy & paste

KEYBOARD SAMPLER:

– 128 keys keyboard with pitch wheel, double keyboard mode, note display and zoom controls
– Easily create your own instruments from any sample combination with the keygroup editor
– Volume and filter ADSR envelopes
– Low/high pass filter with cutoff, resonance and key tracking
– 2 LFOs with customizable amplitude, offset and rate (synchronizable), controlling volume, pitch and filter parameters
– Polyphony control, with up to 32 voices per keyboard sampler
– Legato play mode with customizable glide
– Keygroup controls: volume, pan, semitones, fine-tune, reverse and one-shot, hold, hold & loop trigger modes

MULTI-TRACK SEQUENCER:

– Create unlimited instrument and FX tracks
– Automations: Record, edit and replay instrument and effect parameters
– Record, draw, arrange and resize patterns along the timeline to build your song
– Compose and modify patterns with a piano-roll interface. Edit notes, parameters, and automations.
– Instrument and effect recording options: Quantize, take or partial undo, pre-roll, Overdub, note erasing.
– Includes multiple convenient tools such as zooming

WAVE EDITOR:

– Full-fledged wave editor with intuitive pinch and selection for manipulating samples
– Basic edition tools: trim, cut, copy, paste, with 8 levels undo/redo
– High quality time-stretching and pitch-shifting algorithms
– Audio tools: normalize, silence, reverse, fade in and out, cross-fade
– Record new samples from device microphone or plugged instrument
– Loop points and tempo/signature editor

MIXER CONSOLE:

– Realistic multi-track mixer with level meters
– Edit volume, pan, solo, mute and bus routing features for individual tracks

LARGE SOUNDBANK INCLUDED:

– 68 Drum Machine presets from all genres
– 111 Keyboard Sampler presets, from synthesizers to realistic orchestral instruments.
– More than 1800 quality samples to choose from

SHARING & GLOBAL OPTIONS:

– Native iPad & iPhone interfaces, Retina display
– Export your songs to Audio or MIDI files
– Transfer and manage your files from your computer using the integrated FTP server
– Import any songs from your iPod library to create new remixes
– Share audio content with more than 20 other music applications using the iOS pasteboard
– Upload your songs directly to your SoundCloud account
– User friendly file browser and manager, with sample, preset and project tagging for quick lookup
– Supports BeatMaker 1 kits and projects
– Compatible with iRig Mic and iRig Plug Interface for professional audio and vocal recordings

  • 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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