2015
08/15
Audio Interface For iPad With Multiple Outputs and Inputs
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Apogee Audio Interface

The Apogee Quartet is a high quality audio interface for iPad with multiple outputs and inputs. DC power charges iPad Adequate power is essential for excellent sound quality. Thanks to a direct digital connection and an external power source, ONE can charge your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch while you record so you can work without interruption.

Apogee Quartet

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Features:
Four combination Line/Mic/Instrument inputs
Six balanced line outputs, +20 dBu maximum output level
One independent 1/4-inch stereo headphone output
Four microphone preamps with up to 75dB of gain
Eight digital inputs via ADAT/SMUX, 44.1kHz to 96kHz
MIDI input/output (USB-A type connector)
Low latency monitoring, complete input/output control with Apogee’s Maestro software (iOS and Mac)
DC power supplies charge to iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad
Selectable 48V phantom power, Soft Limit and phase invert
USB 2.0 audio with 24-bit/192kHz A/D and D/A conversion
Works with any Core Audio compatible app on iOS or Mac including GarageBand, Logic, Final Cut, Ableton Live, and Pro Tools.

Apogee Quartet for iPad

Input:
You get four combination input connectors (XLR and 1/4-inch) for connecting microphones, guitars and keyboards, or your favorite external mic preamps, compressors, and EQs. Quartet also includes eight channels of digital input via two optical connections (ADAT/SMUX) for connecting an additional analog-to-digital converter such as Apogee’s Ensemble.

Output:
Six balanced 1/4-inch TRS outputs offer an impressive range of possibilities. Listen and compare stereo mixes on up to three sets of speakers. Mix your audio or Final Cut video project in 5.1 surround. Quartet also features a studio-quality 1/4-inch headphone output, freeing you to adjust your headphone level separately from the main outputs.

MIDI:
There’s a single USB MIDI connection for your CoreMIDI-compatible keyboard, synth, or DJ controller. And for maximum convenience, this MIDI connection allows you to simultaneously connect Quartet and a keyboard or DJ controller to the 30-pin dock connector port on your iPad.

Apogee Quartet Audio Interface for iPad & Mac with Waves Gold Plugin Bundle + Free Yamaha HS5 Pair and 1/4 cables (Awesome Deal)

2015
08/15
MidiBridge MIDI Routing For iOS
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MIDI Routing For iOS

MidiBridge is the comprehensive MIDI tool that iOS is missing and absolutely essential for anyone using MIDI with an iDevice. It MIDI Routing For iOS.

A backgroundable virtual MIDI patchbay/router/manipulator that interconnects all MIDI interfaces (external, virtual and network) on an iOS device at a fraction of the cost of equivalent hardware.

HIGHLIGHTS
– Connect any MIDI in to any MIDI out (including merge and clone)
– Add full CoreMIDI compatibility to Synthstation 25 and Midi Mobilizer I
– Go wireless between any iDevice or connect to Mac or PC
– Interconnect just about any CoreMIDI virtual app
– Apply keyboard splits, velocity curves and other useful MIDI functions on any MIDI port

MIDI DEVICE SUPPORT
– All CoreMIDI physical devices
– Akai Synthstation 25
– Line6 Midi Mobilizer I
– CoreMIDI network (as a session originator or receiver to/from Mac or PC)
– CoreMIDI virtual ports (to/from other apps)

MORE FEATURES
– Runs in background
– Visual indication of connections, MIDI events received/sent/blocked and CoreMIDI network
– Full OMAC music app fast-switch support
– Support for H-Pi microtonal keyboards, including U-PLEX via USB
– Block/allow event filtering by type (Note/Program/Controller/Sysex/Aftertouch/TimeSong) and MIDI channel
– Initiates CoreMIDI network connections from iDevice
– Save/recall module presets
– Keeps track of MIDI interfaces and restores connections/modules automatically
– Streamlined efficient code passes/filters events very quickly

*NEW* – EVENT MANIPULATION (on every MIDI port)
– Velocity curve
– Keyboard range split
– Note remap
– Note transpose
– Velocity split
– Channel remap
– Controller remap

Midibridge

COMMON USES
– Drive most CoreMIDI apps (eg. Animoog, GarageBand, SampleTank, BeatMaker) from a Synthstation 25 or original Midi Mobilizer
– Connect Geo synth to SampleTank (see Jordan Rudess on youtube)
– Filter out active sense messages from instruments
– With a powered hub and Apple CCK, connect multiple USB class compliant MIDI devices and route between them
– Connect your battery operated keyboard/drum controller (or SynthStation) to your iDevice and connect wirelessly to perform cable-free
– Connect a MIDI transport surface wirelessly to your computer and move around your studio controlling your DAW transport
– Duplicate MIDI events from one external device to another and to a remote MIDI destination wirelessly at the same time
– Use as an inline MIDI filter, cloner, merger or splitter
– Connect apps that have CoreMIDI network support but no virtual MIDI support to virtual ports by connecting to ‘localhost’ to create a loopback virtual interface (see our website)

MidiBridge

2015
08/15
LoopTree Looper App For iOS
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LoopTree

The iPad Loops music apps blog is proud to announce news about LoopTree by Coding Cod Ltd

LoopTree is an exciting new breed of looper that brings more fun than ever to creating live music! Record and group practically unlimited vocal and instrumental loops using a powerful, layered interface that gives you unrivaled control over the music you create. Get your creative juices flowing and evolve your loops using the built-in filter and multi-touch beat repeat.

LoopTree solves the problem of destructive merging by instead combining your loops into layers. You retain individual control over your original loops and you can also control them as one using the new layer.

LoopTree-Looper-For-iOS

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS

• Audiobus Remote
• Audiobus triggers
• Unlimited number of loops (practically!)
• Non-destructive layering
• Beat repeat – sample, repeat and reverse loops
• Filter – add variety with an LPF, BPF and HPF

RECORDING

• Normal recording – fixed or multiple length loops
• Chained recording – select multiple tracks to record loops back-to-back
• Layered recording – equivalent of non-destructive overdubbing

LOOP LENGTH

Within a session, all loops are a 2^n multiple of the shortest loop (2x, 4x, 8x, etc). This makes it really easy to set the loop length whilst recording.

EASY TO USE

• One-finger volume/pan control on individual or simultaneous loops
• Group control – group tracks into layers; parent tracks control all layers of child tracks.
• MIDI Control
• Quantize options
• Metronome – create custom accented rhythms

SHARING AND IMPORT

• Support for IAA, Audiobus, Audiobus Remote
• AudioCopy – copy session recordings and combined loops
• AudioPaste – start your session with pasted audio
• Share sessions and recordings via email, iTunes and SoundCloud

AUDIO INTERFACES

LoopTree works well with headphones, but for truly outstanding quality, we recommend using a USB audio interface. We have tested the following interfaces:

• Behringer UCA222 and 202
• Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 (includes MIDI)

LoopTree

2015
08/14
SoundScaper Experimental Sound Design For iPad
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SoundScraper experimental sound design app

The iPad Loops music app blog is proud to share news about SoundScaper by Igor Vasiliev

SoundScaper is an experimental sound mini lab for creating unusual soundscapes, atmospheric textures, drones, glitches and noises based on circuit bending ideas.

It manages to make some deep and complex DSP processing available to virtually anyone. I’m well impressed by both the concept and execution here. Immensely powerful, deep, and most importantly: musical – useful for sound design and composition. The diversity of textures and tones that are possible… very inspiring.

With this application you can easily experiment with creating new and unusual sounds from ordinary samples. For sound designers and those interested in creating ambient or experimental electronic music, with filtering and mixing of up to three oscillators, you can create excellent soundscapes, textures and drones for your music or for movie soundtrack or entertainment apps and games. With complete MIDI control this application is very comfortable to use for real-time sound creation and at live performance.

The oscillators, based on simulating schematics of actual 8 bit lofi sound playback chips, have circuit bending like controls that are ideal for making glitches, noises, crackles and granular sounds. Combined with the filtering and spatial mixing options, you can expand these sounds to deep and atmospheric textures. Finally you can add motion and continuous changes to your sounds via low frequency oscillators which can control the filter and mixer parameters.

Controls based on shorting and modifications of standard circuits of sound generating devices usually give random and unpredictable changes that can be very creative. The emulation of these kinds of controls within SoundScaper are very similar to the circuit bending principle but, additionally, have several advanced functions that are not easy to realize in actual devices. This allows you to make any changes in the virtual circuit on the fly and immediately hear the new sound without fear of the kinds of damage that might occur in a real device as a result of a failed modification.

Igor Vasiliev SoundScraper

What’s inside:

● Three sample-based oscillators with circuit bending like controls.
● Three LP, HP, BP filters and two range delay for each oscillator.
● Spatial mixer/reverb with side and distance for each sound source.
● Three low frequency oscillators for automation mixer and filters.
● Possibility to randomly generating parameters for each oscillator.
● Built-in library of natural samples grouped by categories.
● Scenes for storing and loading all operation parameters.

Additional features:

● Complete MIDI control for all faders, knobs and other modes.
● Advanced control panel for all faders and rotary knobs opened by double tap.
● Each sound source in spatial mixer has equalizer and individual reverb options.
● Possibility to download additional samples in different audio formats.
● Uploading samples thru Web access, audio clipboard, from another app and iTunes.
● Different color schemes available for the user interface.
● Detailed application description.
● Supports Audiobus with “State Saving” feature.
● Inter-App audio compatible.

Igor Vasiliev SoundScraper iPad

What’s New in Version 1.3
● Advanced control panel by double tap on the sound sources in mixer.
● Eight band equalizer for each sound source.
● LP and HP filters in reverb for each sound source.
● Additional reverb algorithm modes for sound sources.
● Built-in description updated.
● Minor bug fixes.

SoundScraper

2015
08/10
Live Looper & Vocal Effects Processor For iOS
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Live Looper & Vocal Effects Processor
VoiceJam Studio is a Looper, Vocal FX Processor, and Audio/Video performance recorder.

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What’s New in Version 1.6.00

Added two inApp purchases for advanced / live touring musicians:

1) TRACK PALETTE

One touch access to 4 extra looping tracks, all with independently assignable sync, wave touch, and filters.
Talk Mode & Mic Mute: The talk button instantly mutes the loop output and switches your voice to dry-through, allowing you to talk to your audience without changing any configuration or stopping your loops. The Mic Mute button mutes your microphone input when you’d like to perform with your recorded loops without any voice input. (Requires iPhone 5 and better or iPad 4 and better to run all 8 loops at the low latency setting).

2)EXTERNAL CONTROL
Fully configurable preset driven external MIDI control of almost all Looping features. Supports 3rd party MIDI keyboards, control surfaces, bluetooth MIDI controllers, 3rd party apps — anything that can generate Core MIDI Events.

Live Looper & Vocal Effects

LOOPING:
Record up to 4 fully independent loop tracks with up to 8 minutes per loop. Loops are automatically synchronized using industry proven sync modes: Beat Sync, Loop Sync, Serial Sync, and Free. Sync modes can be used in any combination across all loops.

VOCAL FX:
50 Vocal Effects from TC-Helicon – the leader in vocal processing – offering a full pallet of production quality effects giving you real-time control of the vocal path at your fingertips. These effects include, Hardtune, Gender Bending, Chorus, Flange, Transducer, Distortion, Delay, Reverb, Echo, Doubling and Micromod, just to name a few.

RECORD YOUR PERFORMANCE:
Capture your total performance and never lose the groove. Sing through FX, create and layer loops, evolve them, tear them down, mix, filter, trigger, and scrub them at will. Every aspect of your performance is captured including audio, video and all your app-interface interactions. Share the resulting music video with your friends, your fans, and the world on Facebook, YouTube or SoundCloud.

CONNECT WITH OTHER APPS:
VoiceJam Studio takes you to the leading edge of looping with the ability to connect with other apps through Apple’s Inter-App Audio, AudioCopy, and AUDIOBUS. It also synchronizes to external MIDI devices. This means that you can choose your favorite drum app to start your beat, go to your guitar app to lay down your chords, and stream all of this into VoiceJam Studio to continue to build more depth into your performance.

Features:
– Pro Vocal Effects from TC-Helicon
– Variable-speed tape scrub, Reverse, and Stutter loop FX
– 4 fully independent stereo loop tracks
– Up to 8 minutes per loop
– Unlimited overdubs
– 4 levels of undo/redo per track
– Performance audio and video recorder
– Share your music to Facebook, YouTube, SoundCloud, or your local camera roll.
– Audiobus Connectivity
– Inter-App Audio Connectivity
– iOS 8.3 Compatible – iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad (iOS 8.0 minimum)
– MIDI sync support
– Metronome with stick, kick drum, shaker, tambourine, cowbell sound effects
– Stereo sound with pan and level control for each track
– Gentle to extreme pitch autocorrection
– Gender bending
– Micromod choruses & flangers
– Transducer fx and distortion
– Independent EQ filters per track
– Single-tap fade-in/fade-out automation
– Save your music for later

VoiceJam Studio and live looper

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