2012
02/08
Beat Slice App For Glitch Remix Effects
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Beat Slice App For Glitch Remix Effects

I originally wrote this review for Beat Slice version 1.0 by WeBothKnow but there has been an update since. There are now more songs bundled with the app AND he added a Phaser effect. This app allows you to mangle songs from your iTunes library. The concept is similar to the VST effects Dblue Glitch and Effectrix. A similar iOS app would be Steinberg’s LoopMash. It’s very simple to use and comes with a pretty good song by Vouga – I never lie. The interface is a grid which can be divided by 2,3,4,and 8 slices per measure on the iPhone/iPod and 2,3,46,8,12,16 on the iPad. You can create up to four patterns each 1 measure in length on the iPhone/iPod and eight patterns on the iPad. The iPad version also allows you to link a sequence of patterns and loop the sequence. I had a good two minutes of fun with this app but then it crashed on my iPhone 4. I then loaded it up on my iPad and that is when I noticed the additional features stated above. Some features I would like to see in a future version are : tap tempo with time-stretching like a Dj app, ability to save patterns, and audio export. Overall the effects are good. They lock up to the beat. You can get some decent results. Seems like the animation could follow the beat more accurately. Seems kinda clunky. The song in this video is “Time Change” by Jason Donnelly (Dj Puzzle)

The Reverser – does just that. Reverses the specified slice on beat. Sounds good.
Low n High – Pitches the specified slice up an octave or down an Octave. The High pitching also seems to stutter the audio slice as well.
Slicer – Stutter/Repeater effect. Can get up to as high as 64 note repeats (maybe even 128th notes I lost count lol). Hits perfectly on beat. Can even get triplets.
Electrify – Quick millisecond delay effect. Low and high settings.
LoFi – Filter effect. This one is more of a slider interface used to change the frequency.
Mute It – Rhythmic gating effect. Can get up to as high as 64 note gates (maybe even 128th notes I lost count lol). Hits perfectly on beat. Can even get triplets.
Phaser – Classic Phaser effect.

So if you’re looking for something similar to Dblue Glitch for the iPhone, iPod, and iPad OR something similar to Effectrix for the iPhone, iPod, and iPad this is your app. Use it at your next iPod Dj gig to create your own remixes on the fly.

Official description:

Crush it, Mix it, Slice it, Shift it.
Take a perfect good song from your music library and destroy it with style!
Beat Slice is an expressive remixing tool that allows you to take your existing music and transform it in multiple creative ways.

Built in effects include:
• Reverser: Reverse a beat
• low n high: Play a beat high or low
• Slicer: Cut it up and slice and glue it back together
• Electricity: Electrify the song with some shocking grooves
• Lo-Fi: Good old vinyl sound…
• Mute It: Skip it off and on like a DJ

Beat Slice is available for $4.99

2012
02/06
Bagpipes App For iPhone and iPad
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Bagpipes For iPhone and iPad

Universal Piper (UPiper) is a virtual instrument that reproduces faithfully the Sound of legendary bagpipes : An Irish Uileann Pipe, two Great Highland Bagpipes and a Galician Gaita. These sounds come from marvelous genuine Bagpipes that we recorded with great care.

The following video demonstrates Universal Piper along with the Fagerstrom TechnoPipes controller and a Line 6 Midi Mobilizer Interface.

You can use Universal Piper different ways:
– to play Bagpipe on your iPhone/iPad screen,
– to accompany you playing your practice with great bagpipe drones,
– to listen to electronic scores in MIDI or BWW format

Full Feature List :
– genuine natural and perfectly tuned bagpipe sound,
– start/stop the drones,
– pitch control of the bagpipe
– drone/chanter balance control,
– piano like keyboard,
– BWW and MIDI file reader with tempo and articulation control
– coreMIDI compatible devices supported,
– MIDI keyboard and practice supported (technopipe, red pip, mastergaita, degerpipe, e-pipe)

Universal Piper works with 4, 4-s generations of the iPhone as well as iPad. It also runs on 3GS versions but without midi device support.

Universal Piper (UPiper) is available for $3.99

2012
02/03
Pixound App For iPhone and iPod Touch
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Pixound App For iPhone and iPod Touch

Turn images and colors into music. A new form of entertainment has finally arrived! Pixound is a deep musical “toy” that lets you play any picture musically. It’s a toy, because it’s pure fun to play (at any age) and deep because this “toy” can be used to play seriously good music. Since there is no limit to what pictures you can play from art and graphics to photos and they can be combined with thousands of different musical settings, there is no limit to the music you can create and enjoy. You owe it to yourself to try Pixound.

Features:
• Play any picture from outer space to art masterpieces
• Play in any key or scale (over 60 scales/modes)
• Add Bass and Drums
• Add Song Progressions
• Select from over 127 instruments for four voices R, B, G and bass
• Save your own settings or load our advanced Presets
• Add Reverb and Chorus effects
• Much more and even more to come in updates!

Pixound is available for $0.99

2012
02/02
Randgrid App For iPhone
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Randgrid App For iPhone

Randgrid an app for making electronic music. It’s perfect for those who are familiar with analog synthesizers and sequencers.

The interface of Randgrid is based on classic analog synthesizers, drum machines and step sequencers.

You have a very powerful setup at your fingertips with two monophonic virtual analog subtractive synthesizers and fourteen sampled drum parts.

Note that the synthesizers are real and not based on samples, they are calculated in realtime and every parameter change immediately affects the sound generation.

The Randgrid Drum Machine is full of features. Use parameter locks to change it’s parameters for each step in the pattern (the same goes for the synthesizers of course). This lets you build the most dynamic complex beats you ever could dream of. You can alter parameters like panning, volume, flam, start/stop position of the sample (making it possible to play parts of the samples both forward and reverse), or the amount of delay/echo you want on each step in the pattern.

The advanced step sequencer is the heart of Randgrid, it lets you control virtually every aspect of the drums and synthesizers. Use parameter locks to change cutoff, resonance, envelope modulation, panning and many more parameters of the synthesizers for each step in a pattern.

Some of the great features are:

– 2x dual oscillator subtractive synthesizers
– 14x sampled drums
– stereo delay effect
– distortion effect
– Song sequencer
– Multiple patterns
– File manager
– Solo/mute groups
– Pattern randomizer
– Copy/Paste operations
– Parameter locks

Randgrid is NO LONGER AVAILABLE

2012
01/31
Jasuto Pro Synth For iPad
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Jasuto Pro Synth For iPad

Jasuto Pro allows you to visually construct your own synths/effects, and use them to make sequences all on your device! With the addition of a fully-featured sampler you can now record/resample/edit, and even create entirely new samples by drawing right in the app.

Jasuto Pro uses the relative position of nodes and their connections to control the sound. So the scene not only represents the synthesis structure, but also a custom multi-touch control surface. Motion can be recorded per node giving you rich, flexible automation.

Connections can be created automatically by simply dragging nodes around, or manually. Each wire can be double-tapped to allow even more control of each connection.

Jasuto Pro comes installed with more than 45 modules. Each of the modules have been hand-optimized for your devices CPU, allowing you to create extremely complex scenes.

Jasuto Pro has a built-in FTP server, so you can efficiently transfer files to/from your device using your OS or FTP client. Also the new scene browser has the ability to download/upload/rate user created content from the ever growing community!

Also available for iphone and ipod touch.

-anti-aliased oscillators with hard-sync, FM, PWM, PM.
-analog style filters (lp, hp, bp, ladder emulation).
-signal control (compressor, limiter, gate, follower).
-zoomable sampler editor with several loop modes (normal, 1 shot, ping, granular).
-ADSR envelope editor.
-multipage/octave sequencer.
-tape style analog delay.
-reverb, phaser, several waveshapers.
-resample/record the current playback.
-audio clipboard, compatible with both Intua and Sonoma.
-scene sharing with the interwebs.
-incoming OSC over wifi modules for notes and CC’s.

Jasuto Pro is available for $4.99

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