The music happens before your eyes. A plex consists of a network of nodes. Each node has a tone associated with it. When a pulse hits a node, nodes create pulses. The resulting chain reaction creates a noteplex song.
* Multisampled instruments and synths: Three complete drumkits — a Rhodes-like piano — multiple bass sounds — lead synths — strings — and more! Add your own samples to create an even more unique noteplex.
* Online sharing of plexes: Share your best work online and explore what other noteplexers are creating. Favorite your faves and see what’s getting attention.
* A natural interface: Zoom, drag, draw, edit. The editing panels can even be minimized so you can enjoy the display your creations make. noteplex lets you focus on creating.
Everything from drum loops to “Happy Birthday” to extended compositions can be created with noteplex. This radically different paradigm for music will push you to new and unexpected places creatively — and it’s fun, too!
Touch Remote for Omnisphere “Combining the physical advantages of the iPad’s touch surface with Spectrasonics’ powerful Omnisphere virtual instrument, the Omni TR app will create a true hands-on experience allowing musicians to activate patches, tweak filters, re-mix, bend and spin amazing performance possibilities from the innovative new ´Orb´ circular controller all with the tips of their fingers!”
Spectrasonics’ Eric Persing demos Omni TR at the NAMM Show.
‘Touch Remote’ Concept
The new iPad app introduces Spectrasonics ‘TR’ (Touch Remote) concept – combining the tactile advantages of the iPad as a performance-oriented touch surface, with the company’s powerful computer-based virtual instruments – creating a true hands-on experience for musicians.
“One of the big differences between software and hardware synths is the feeling of hardware that’s so wonderful,” says Eric Persing, Founder and Creative Director of Spectrasonics. “With the iPad and our new Omni TR app, we are excited to bridge that gap and bring the sense of touch to state-of-the-art virtual instruments like Omnisphere.”
Omni TR brings Omnisphere’s interactive features closer to the music creation process with the ability to create setups and sound modifications very quickly. The user’s fingers can activate patches, tweak filters, re-mix, bend and spin amazing performance possibilities from the innovative new ‘Orb’ circular controller.
Interface
With its high contrast interface, ‘Omni TR’ is perfect onstage for live performance or even in the studio where the iPad sits at the controller keyboard located away from the studio computer. Best of all, the Omni TR app is extremely easy to use, offering full two-way communication with Omnisphere with just a simple wireless connection to the computer running the plug-in.
Omni TR has 4 pages for different types of real-time control:
Main Page
The Main page mirrors Omnisphere’s unique Live Mode offering 8 patch slots with latching and trigger modes, individual mute and solo, and mixer faders. In this page alone, Omnisphere becomes a new performance instrument with the iPad sitting at the user’s controller keyboard. Patch names can be simply touched to be enabled, one or more at a time for layers and stacks. Users can also browse and select Multis and Patches directly from the iPad to instantly change sounds for a new song or live set.
The Orb Page
Omni TR was designed to make the iPad the ideal control surface for Omnisphere’s innovative new ‘Orb’ feature. The ‘Orb’ is both a remarkable sound manipulation tool and an intuitive performance interface — it can be thought of as a ‘circular controller.’ Now with a single gesture, the user can instantly customize the sound in Omnisphere. Best of all, the Orb automatically works with every patch a user has, there’s no setup necessary.
As the Orb moves and orbits around the concentric circles, it morphs between automatically generated parameter scenes in Omnisphere’s STEAM engine in a highly intelligent and musical manner, all patch
dependent — manipulating the sound in subtle or radical ways appropriate to that particular patch.
If the user doesn’t like what the Orb has created, a complete new set of manipulations can be chosen by simply rolling the “Dice” button, which instantly creates a brand new group of intelligent sonic modifications and effects to try. There’s no limit to how many serendipitous sonic variations the Orb can create – opening up the vast power of the STEAM engine to every user, regardless of synthesis knowledge.
The tactile experience of moving the cursor around the Orb space on the iPad with a finger to create variations in the sound is remarkably musical. Where standard controllers might change one or two simple parameters in a linear manner, the Orb morphs a host of parameters that are patch specific, and easily changed on-the-fly.
The Inertia slider of the Orb allows the user to create a ‘movement trail’ after letting go of the Orb, just like a ball might roll and bounce off the walls of a circular enclosure, adding a musical symmetry to the “performance” of an Orb interaction.
Users can also record their performance movements directly into the Orb and play the performance back in sync with their controller or host. The Orb’s movements and sonic results are saved within the patch, multi or the host’s session for later recall. The movement of the Orb can also be automated in the user’s host.
Controls Page
The Controls page features a touch-based pitch ribbon performance controller and 8 touch sliders assigned to groups of the most useful performance/editing parameters for each Omnisphere layer.
Jumbo View
The Jumbo page shows large patch names on all 8 parts, easily seen in a live stage performance situation.
AVAILABILITY: The new “Omni TR” iPad app is compatible with both Mac and Windows systems running Spectrasonics Omnisphere v1.5 or higher and will be available free from the App Store on February 15th, 2011 (pending Apple’s review).
It’s the Trombone for your iPad. Work a little slow? Friend to impress? Simply itching to learn? Whip out your iBone. XL A little big for your pocket, but easier to see and play than the original. Practice and learn scales and songs. Even play-a-long with music from your iPod library — accompany the lead, or take the solo spot. Don’t have a clue? Play-a-long with a tune from the iBone Songbook and let roboBone show you the way.
It’s easy:
1. Touch or blow to make a sound.
2. Slide your finger to change pitch.
3. Raise and lower the bell to change volume.
With iBone XL, you can cover the Trombone’s standard two and a half octave range plus a little more — slur up and down, slide in and out, and easily play way out of tune. It’s the closest you’ll get to the real thing.
No clue about the real thing? Pick a tune from the iBone Songbook, and let roboBone show you the way as you play along with the band accompaniment. Just tap the rings at the bottom of their fall to hit the right note at the right time.
iBone XL comes bundled with seven songs:
– 2001: Also Sprach Zarathustra with orchestra
– Aura Lee with piano
– Air (on a G string) with guitar
– Greensleeves with accordian
– Guantanmera with bass, bongos, guitar and drums
– Ride of the Valkyries with orchestra
– Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with piano
Additional songs can be purchased and downloaded. Some of these include:
– Sloop John B with Rhythm
– Man of Constant Sorrow with Banjo
– Carol of the Bells with Brass
– First Noel with Ochestra
– O Silent Night with Strings
– O Little Town of Bethlehem with Organ
and more! With more to come.
Whether you play Trombone and need something more portable, or you’ve never touched one but want to learn, iBone XL.
iBone virtual Trombone for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod. iBone XL for iPad.
Hall E is always a lot of fun at NAMM because it’s where you can find some of the latest experimental designs. In this case, not so experimental but definitely new the NAMM show.
Practice and learn scales and songs. Play-a-long with music from your iPod library …anywhere. Touch or blow to make a sound. Slide your finger to change pitch. Raise and lower the bell to change volume. Pick a tune from the iBone Songbook and see where to press as you play-a-long with the band accompaniment.
iMS-20 is an analog synth studio; a complete recreation of the Korg MS-20 synth, an analog sequencer, a drum machine, and even Korg’s Kaoss Pad technology. Plus, you can share your songs online via the SoundCloud!
iMS-20 is a complete music production app for iPad. It consists of a complete recreation of the legendary Korg MS-20 analog synth with the patching capability, plus a 16-step analog sequencer based on the Korg SQ-10, a six-part drum machine which can create drum parts by simply tapping the buttons, and a seven-channel mixer with 14 types of effects.
iMS-20 is a complete music production app for iPad, consisting of a complete recreation of the legendary Korg MS-20 analog synth with patching capability, a 16-step analog sequencer based on Korg’s SQ-10, a six-part drum machine with dedicated pads, and a seven-channel mixer with 14 types of effects.
In addition, iMS-20 offers dual Kaoss Pads allowing you to generate music by simply stroking the pad and moving your fingers over it. Experiment to come up with wild musical phrase! And with access to the SoundCloud audio platform*, you can publish your songs, or collaborate on ideas with people anywhere in the world from within the app!
*You will need to register for a SoundCloud account in order to publish data on SoundCloud. A variety of choices are available, ranging from a free account that allows up to two hours of data to be uploaded to a paid account that allows unlimited time. For details, refer to the SoundCloud website: http://soundcloud.com (English only)
∗When using SoundCloud, you must observe SoundCloud Ltd.’s terms of use, such as the prohibition on uploading songs whose copyright is the property of a third party.
[Specifications]
Components:
– MS-20 monophonic synthesizer: 1 unit
– Analog sequencer: 1 unit
– 6-part drum machine: 1 unit
– Mixer: 1 unit
– Song/Pattern composer: 1 unit
Analog sequencer:
– 16-step analog sequencer
– Control notes, volume, pan, parameters, and voltages via knobs
– Configurable steps (1-16) and sequence mode (6 types)
– Trigger out per channel or step position
6-part drum machine:
– 6-part/16-step drum machine
– Create sounds by sampling a single note from a built-in MS-20
– Controllable notes, volume and pan by knobs
– Configurable steps (1-16) and sequence mode (6 types) per a part
Mixer:
– 7-channel mixer
– Double needle meter indicates VU level
– Master effect (selectable from 14 effect types as below)
Song/Pattern composer:
– Compose a song or select a pattern, built-in mixer
– 16 patterns and 256 bars per a song
– Tempo setting (20-300 BPM) and Swing function
Other:
– Audio export function (Bouncing a song or pattern, and Real-time recording a performance: 16-bit/44.1 kHz stereo WAV format)
– Publish and share songs online with the SoundCloud audio platform
– Various template patterns by music genre are included
– Various template sounds by sound category are included
iVoxel is a combination of a voice optimized synthesizer and a vocoder. The vocoder part is based on the Matrix vocoder from VirSyn used by many famous artists – one of them the well known german group Kraftwerk. The channel filters used by iVoxel are based on the Sennheiser Vocoder VSM201 resulting in a rich and fat analogue sound characteristic.
The pitch follower and automatic tuning let you sing correct to a selectable scale.
You can use iVoxel in many different ways:
As a realtime vocoder talking into the microphone while playing tunes on the keyboard. The sound character of your voice can be changed in many different aspects like pitch, gender or breath noise. Use it to sing over your favorite iTunes song !
Record the analyzed spectrum of phrases and words from your own voice. Then use this voxel to play with your own voice on the keyboard or with the build in sequencer. Nearly 300 hundred prerecorded voxels are already included.
The output of your creations can be recorded to an audio file which you
can use with other Apps and programs for further processing.
Features:
• Realtime analysis/resynthesis of your voice
• 20+2 Channel vocoder
• Pitch Follower and automatic tuning correction to selectable scale
• Voice spectrum recorder (voxels)
• Nearly 300 prerecorded voxels included
• Play your vocoded voice live on keyboard. Drag for slides and vibrato.
• Polyphonic sequencer for notes & lyrics
• Voice optimized polyphonic synthesizer with up to 64 analog waves
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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