2011
09/07
Native Instruments iMaschine For iPhone
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iPhone iPod App

The first ever Native Instruments iPhone® and iPod touch® App is an intuitive and powerful beat sketchpad based on MASCHINE’s groove production studio concept. iMASCHINE is perfect for developing song ideas anytime, anywhere – Play and record drums on the 16 pads, jam a melody on the keyboard, sing on top of your loops via the built-in audio recorder or create your own unique sample banks from any source – With iMASCHINE the focus is always on the music. And when you’re done, you can finalize your track in the full version of MASCHINE or MASCHINE MIKRO or directly upload it to SoundCloud and share with your friends.

Key Features:

16 pads for playing the included drums and one-shot samples
Library includes 10 projects, 25 kits and over 400 individual samples (100 MB of WAV sounds)
Pad sampling mode: record your own one-shot sample through the built-in iPhone® microphone
Keyboard mode with two manuals for playing chords, bass and melodies
Note repeat function with 4th, 8th, 16th, 16th triplets, 32th for keyboard and drum pad mode
Audio recorder mode lets you record vocal ideas through the built-in iPhone® microphone
Assign any of the 4 groups to pad, keyboard or audio recorder mode (e.g. use it as pocket 4-track recorder)
Mixer page includes two send effects with Delay, Flanger, Chorus, LoFi, HP, BP and LP filters
The live-mode sequencer automatically detects the recorded loop length
Finished song idea can be exported with one touch as an audio file or uploaded to SoundCloud
Project (including samples) can be exported to MASCHINE for finalizing in your studio environment
Additional drum kits and instrument sounds can be easily purchased through the in-app store
Import your own samples via iTunes®

iMASCHINE will be available at the iTunes App Store for $ 4.99 / 3.99 € from October 1st.

2011
08/30
Make Beats From Found Sound Instantly
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RealBeat iPhone and iPod Touch App

RealBeat by Joerg Piringer app for Mac is now available for your iPhone and iPod Touch.

You can beat reality!

Record your voice, your fridge, your neighbour’s dog or let your iPhone or iPad speak and make rhythms out of the sounds immediately.

RealBeat concentrates on simplicity and fast results. No steep learning curve or cluttered screens! Get creative in an instant!

RealBeat is a sampler that enables you to record sounds and create rhythms out of them. It also features an easy way to let your device speak and use the sound as a source material for rhythms and loops.

* Sampler (record sounds easily)
* Text to Speech (let your device speak for you)
* Modify the sound (pitch, reverse, distortion, reverb, …)
* Sequencer (make rhythms)
* Patterns (modify the rhythm easily)
* Live effects (manipulate in realtime)
* Mixer
* Export sounds to other apps via Audio Copy
* Export sounds to your computer via iTunes
* Works with internal microphone

RealBeat offers simple and fast access to sampling and manipulating recorded sounds live or at home. Expect lots of fun with your own samples & sounds.

IMPORTANT: to sample sounds on an older iPod touch you need a microphone like a headset with a microphone.

RealBeat here:

2011
08/29
FourTrack Recorder For iPhone and iPod Touch
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FourTrack iPhone and iPod Touch App

FourTrack 2.0 by Sonoma Wireworks and Retronymns recorder for iPhone. Want to keep it simple? Try this app!

FourTrack 2.0 from Retronyms on Vimeo.

Features:

• Multitrack recording: use bounce for more than 4 tracks
• 16 bit, 44.1 kHz recording quality
• Pan Control: move tracks from left to right
• Timeline: seek to anywhere in a song instantly
• Latency Compensation: accurate to within 1ms
• Compressor-Limiter: fattens sound of output mix
• Bounce: mix song to track 1 and 2 of a new song to record as many tracks as you want
• Metronome: select tempo by number or tapping. Record along with real drums, including beats by celebrity drummer Jason McGerr (Death Cab for Cutie)
• Wi-Fi sync to a computer & import into any recording software
• Wi-Fi sync to RiffWorks T4 free to add effects, mix to WAV or OGG, post to RiffWorld.com for an MP3, capture pain and gain settings and more
• MasterFX: sweeten the sound of your recordings with a compressor-limiter and a 4-band parametric EQ
• AudioPaste from compatible AudioCopy apps including InstantDrummer, DopplerPad, Morphwiz, iShred, VoiceJam, and dozens more
• PromoTracks: download individual PromoTracks from a variety of artists directly into a FourTrack song to add more tracks, mixdown with effects, export and more.
• File Import – Import audio into FourTrack by opening an audio email attachment or by dragging audio files into FourTrack’s FileImport area in iTunes. Supports .wav, .mp3 and .aiff formats. This feature requires iOS 4.0 and iTunes 9.2 or above.
• AudioCopy – Copy a track or a mix in FourTrack. Name a copy to easily identify it in the AudioCopy history list of up to 12 items which includes audio previews. Paste to another track in FourTrack, to another song in FourTrack, to any AudioPaste enabled app, and to apps that support Apple’s general pasteboard: http://www.sonomawireworks.com/iphone/audiocopy/#apps
• Input Monitoring – Use FourTrack’s settings tool to enable/disable input monitoring. Input monitoring is enabled when a track is armed and in either Pause or Record mode. Playback of existing tracks overrides input monitoring. When input monitoring is on, sliders on armed tracks are enabled and control the monitor mix.
• GuitarJack Control Panel – Adjust the input settings of the new GuitarJack audio accessory for compatible iOS devices (not iPhone 4, iPod touch (4th generation or iPad). Select from 1/4″, stereo 1/8″ or both inputs simultaneously, and adjust input levels with 60dB of analog gain control. FourTrack remembers GuitarJack settings. Settings are maintained by the GuitarJack while powered, and it can be used by most apps that do recording or playback such as tuners, amp models, and more. When a stereo mode is selected, tracks will arm in pairs (1&2 or 3&4). GuitarJack features, guide, images, compatibility, and video: http://www.sonomawireworks.com/guitarjack
• TaylorEQ – Sonoma Wire Works teamed with Taylor Guitars to create an input EQ for enhancing the FourTrack recordings of Taylor Guitars or any acoustic instrument. Select from a range of Taylor body styles in basic mode, or select the Advanced tab to adjust the 6 band parametric equalizer manually.
• ARM Optimized Audio Engine – Hand optimized assembly code makes this the fastest running FourTrack release ever.
• Higher Resolution Graphics: Optimized for the iPhone 4 Retina Display.

2011
08/29
Play Sound Fonts On iPad And iPhone
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Bismark BS-16i App

bs-16i is a 16 multi-timbral playback sampler. It supports SoundFont, and can be used for keyboard instrument, MIDI sound module, and MIDI player.

The sampler engine is ported from bs-1 / bs-16, which is developed as professional plug-in for Logic (Audio Units) and Cubase (VST instrument).

What’s New in Version 1.4

– Allowed loading 4 SoundFont files
– Added Virtual MIDI Port / Background support
– Integrated CoreMIDI implementation
– Added pre-install SoundFont by S. Christian Collins

Using SoundFont libraries, you can play with your great number of Instruments.
It supports all standard MIDI messages, using pre-installed GeneralUser GS SoftSynth v1.43.sf2 (S. Christian Collins), your iPhone and iPad can be used as a GM (General MIDI) sound module.

As a keyboard instrument, you can play with scalable keyboard, pitch bend wheel, and many control change controllers.

Internal MIDI player supports SMF (Standard MIDI File) format.

SoundFont and SMF files can be sent using internal Wi-Fi server. Also you can use file sharing functions of iTunes.

Moreover, this application supports Core MIDI Interface like as IK Multimedia iRig MIDI, YAMAHA iMX-1, LINE6 MIDI Mobilizer 2, Apple Camera Connection Kit with USB MIDI Interface, and LINE6 MIDI Mobilizer 1. With them you can communicate with other external MIDI hardware like as synthesizer, sequencer.

– internal WiFi server may be unstable for a part of environments. iTunes file sharing will be recommended.
– To load the specified soundfont file, the device have to ready free memory larger that file size of it.
– Internal player is not connected to MIDI Mobilizer’s MIDI output.
– According to the specification of MIDI Mobilizer, timing error may occur when a lot of messages are sent to the application. It can be fixed by using “Buffering” option in application’s setting menu.
– This application collects following information: Device name, OS version, User Location, SoundFont file name.

BS-16i is available for $8.99

2011
08/24
XENON Groove Synthesizer
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Xenon Groove Synthesizer

XENON Groove Synthesizer by iceGear

Cool synth with a wicked name. XENON includes highly tweakable polyphonic hybrid synthesizer, 2 x VA monophonic synthesizer, polyphonic PCM synthesizer, rhythm machine, sequencer, mixer and also includes over 350 preset sounds. For iPad and iPhone.

* Hybrid Polyphonic Synthesizer
(V.Analog, FM, Formant, PCM(112))
2OSC + FILTER + AMP + 4LFO + 8ENV
– 210 factory presets

* V.Analog Monophonic Synthesizer x2
2OSC + FILTER + AMP + 3LFO + 6ENV
– 45 factory presets

* PCM Polyphonic Synthesizer
OSC (112 PCM sounds) + FILTER + AMP + 3LFO + 6ENV
– 108 factory presets

* Rhythm Machine for six tracks
– 185 PCM rhythm sounds

* Pattern Sequencer
– 16 step Pattern Sequencer
– Real-Time Recording
– Pattern export as a wav file or copy to clipboard.
(compatible with Intua Beatmaker, GarageBand)

* Song Sequencer
– Make your own song using pattern.
– Song export as a .wav file or copy to clipboard.
(compatible with Intua Beatmaker, GarageBand)

* Mixer

* CoreMIDI Support (iOS 4.2 required)
– Support for CoreMIDI Compatible Devices (e.g. YAHAMA i-MX1)
– iPad with the iPad Camera Connection Kit
Support for external MIDI input via CoreMIDI compatible USB MIDI keyboard (e.g. KORG NanoKEY, AKAI LPK25, EDIROL UM-1G[Advanced Driver:OFF]) with the iPad Camera Connection Kit

* AKAI Synthstation25 Support
Support for Akai Pro’s SynthStation25 keyboard controller is included.

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