Sound Cells is an interactive generative music app. Just touch the matrix to create some moving cells and see them interact with each other and generate sound in realtime.
If a cell hits the wall, it creates a sound. If a cell ends up in the same location as another one, they change directions. You can remove cells by touching them or by hitting the cell removing button.
The app comes with the 2 different sounds, which can be controlled in realtime for very expressive effects.
Also the app can generate MIDI output, so you can hook up a midi capable instrument for endless possibilities.
On the newest version, it is possible to choose the scale that the app will use, the tempo and the key. This allows the app to be able to become a performance tool, where it can play along different musical settings.
This is a universal app and on the iPad, it will use the full available resolution for a rich visual experience.
What’s New in Version 1.2
Added ability to sync to external midi clock signal and support for background audio.
Magic Stave listens to you singing or playing an instrument and displays the notes played on a music stave and shows the note position on a piano keyboard or guitar fretboard.
Automatically detects the key signature you’re singing/playing.
Has a built-in tuner so you can see exactly how sharp or flat you are or tune your guitar to.
NOTE The free version does not allow you to use Magic Stave as a composition/ideas notepad. The midi recorder version will let you record detected notes as a MIDI file then export to GarageBand (or other sequencer) to hear it and see the music notation. Seems this company has used the same copy and detail information for both their free and paid version but the features are much different.
A brilliant tool for seasoned music professionals and beginners alike. Ideal for supporting you as you learn to read music or vocalists away from an instrument and want to know whether you’re singing in tune.
Learning to read music and not sure whether the note you’re playing is right? Magic Stave shows you the note you’re actually playing and you can compare that with the sheet music you’re reading to check you’ve hit the right note.
Are you a singer reading music? Magic Stave will display the notes you’re singing so you can ensure you’re hitting the right note! Magic Stave can tell you the key you’re singing in too!
Ever wondered how high or low you can sing? Magic Stave will show you instantly. Works great with all transposing instruments too.
Magic Stave is now a MIDI recording note pad too! Just play/sing your idea while recording and import the midi file into any Sequencer/DAW like Logic or Sibelius.
Magic Stave:
. Midi records detected notes.
. Auto detect key signature.
. Share Midi recordings via iTunes/Wifi/Website/Email
. Note History
. Displays notes on Grand, Treble or Bass Clefs.
. Displays notes in any major or minor keys.
. Displays notes on a piano keyboard.
. Display notes on a guitar fretboard.
. Displays note names and optional octave information,
. Displays the frequencies of detected notes.
. Cent Tuning Meter.
. Transposes detected notes up to 12 semitones up or down
. Will detect notes accurately and fast in the range C2 to C6
. Allows the configuration of the reference A frequency (just in case your piano is not quite in tune!).
Works with iPod Touches if you plug in a microphone too. Note that this app detects monophonic sounds (not chords).
mobileRhythm mR-7070 – Vintage Drum Machine for iPhone and iPod Touch.
Drum machine app with an unmistakable 1980’s look and sound.
History behind the Roland TR-707: It resembles the popular TR-909, and better yet, its hi-hat, cymbals, and clap sound almost identical to the TR-909. It has some other cool features not available on the 909. It has Matrix display which clearly maps out your pattern for you in an easy to read display panel.
For programming, it features a shuffle and flam effect and its programming abilities are very impressive. But it does have its limitations, the only adjustment you can make to each drum tone is volume.
App Features:
-MIDI in, out and MIDI clock out
-Precise tempo control with digital readout.
-4×16 banks for pattern storage.
-Individual faders for each drum sound.
-Multiple beat divisions for crazy time signatures with adjustable last step.
-Rock solid timing.
-Grid-view pattern display.
…And much more.
The hardware drum machines and beatboxes from the 1980’s have defined musical genres from House, Acid, Hip-Hop, right up to and including the latest Dub-step, Grime and other electronic music beats.
The mR-7070 works just like the original beatboxes, and anyone who is a fan of music will instantly recognise the classic sounds it produces.
Its easy to program even complicated beats and with plenty of storage space to store your creations.
MIDI settings are in the iOS settings app, and will work with any “CORE MIDI” interface.
Gliss lets you play sound files and mix them easily by drawing on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
With gliss you can load your sounds and draw them on the gliss sequencer in a quick, intuitive way that lets you make music on the fly.
Play your mix using a tempo or scrub through by tilting your iPhone. The agility of gliss allows you to improvise and perform using the iPhone as a controller and interface.
Launch gliss and experience an hybrid of a sequencer, a game, an instrument and a generative music system.
Put sound under your fingertips with 5 different colors to draw notes, sequences and sounds.
Users giving us less stars might have expected a cheap version of yet another 16 step sequencer. Be prepared for a different approach on sound creation!
List of features:
• 5 colors to draw different sounds / samples / voices
• sample upload via wifi
• sample playback in different pitches using various scales
• physical tilt-controlled playhead, which adapts movements of the hand
• physical randomization option: control random pitches with the phone’s tilt
• muting voices
• glissandi over several octaves
• free or grid enabled placement of notes
• drifting selections
• saving / opening of projects
• let your mp3s play in the background using iPhone’s standard iPod App
• multiple sheets to draw your sounds on
• Sample Sets: A new instrument, which takes a list of samples and puts them on the y axis. So instead of controlling the frequency, multiple samples can be played by one colour. This can be used to create beats and rhythms, because you can have one drum set on one colour. Currently samples are played back in full length, although they are represented only by one dot.
• New Scheduler. The new scheduler is much more accurate and makes it possible to set the tempo by BPM and different types of meters.
• Back to original sequence. With a double tap on the randomization button, you can restore the original sequence. In a similar way you can get back to a default tempo, which can be set in the preferences, by double tapping the tempo button.
• Recording. You can now record your perfromance. Double tap on the playback mode button to start recording.
• Sequence organisation. Tap on the sequence number and you get a table with all sequences of the project. Here you can also change the position of a sequence, duplicate or delete it.
• Change direction but keep tempo. When you lock the tempo, you can now still change the direction. This is the current default.
• Slightly re-designed user interface.
• Upload zip files of samples.
• Soundcloud support: Share your recordings on soundcloud.
• Free samples: download hundreds of samples from soundcloud’s OPLC sample library for free!
• Please note that earlier projects might not work a 100%. So make sure you backup everything.
JamUp is a guitar/bass multi-effect app, gives you a load of authentic guitar tones, sound-on-sound looping and 30+ modules right on your iPad and iPhone! JamUp is an iPadLoops staff favorite. Positive Grid have thought about everything for this app.
Powered by the newly developed multi-stage MESH Modeling engine, JamUp includes 6 historic amp models and 6 matched convolution speaker models, comes with classic and fuzzy stomp, spring and digital reverb, tangy modulations, tape and digital delays, filter, compressor, noise gate and other essentials.
What’s New in Version 2.0.0
– Tone sharing to share and download artist and user presets
– Griffin Technology StompBox support
– 64 slot preset manager
Each effect module can be accessed with a simple touch, there’s no digging through menus, no learning process and no hassles. A fully drag and drop signal path allows you to easily try out different pre and post arrangements, it provides a great and flexible way to create your own tone.
JamUp is born with great “play along” capabilities. The phrase sampler can capture loops and riffs and create instant sound-on-sound overdubs, it’s the easiest way to create a one-person-band sound in minutes. With the Jam Player, you can play along with any tracks from your iTunes library, plus, you can easily create a loop and control the tempo and pitch with built-in high fidelity time stretching engine.
Griffin StompBox – With four assignable foot switches and a 1/4″ effects pedal input jack, our StompBox allows musicians to use a compatible iOS device (i.e., iPhone, iPad or iPod touch) as a portable, programmable effects board and practice rig. StompBox effectively recreates the experience of an actual pedalboard.
Developed in partnership with Frontier Design Group (developers of iShred LIVE, iShred, Guitar, and other apps for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch), StompBox brings a new level of realism to iShred LIVE by replicating the performance-ready durability of pro-quality effects pedals.
Connect StompBox to your iPad or other iOS device with a built-in 1-meter heavy-duty dock cable. StompBox gives you a bank of four professional quality user-assignable foot switches. In back, there’s an industry-standard 1/4″ mono jack to plug in a volume or expression pedal.
StompBox is also great with Griffin’s Qscript. Qscript is a full-featured prompter app for iPad, perfect for scrolling scripts and speeches for speakers and on-screen talent. Just grab Qscript at the app store, load your speech or presentation, then use StompBox to start and stop scrolling through the text you’ve written.
JamUp Pro XT features:
– Ultra-low latency Multi-Fx processor & sampler for guitar and bass
– Supports 7 simultaneous amp + effects
– JamUp Pro XT includes 6 amp, 16 stomps & rack models
– Tone Sharing, to download artist & user presets, or share your own
– Drag and drop signal path for easy tone creation
– Realistic 3D interface for intuitive controls
– Pro-level phrase sampler with undo, start mode selection, synchronized metronome, audio file sharing
– iTunes Jam player to access your iTunes library, with time stretching (pitch/speed) engine, and loop feature
– 64 slot preset manager
– Built-in tuner/metronome
– MIDI controllable preset switch
– Audio Copy/Paste
– Support USB and headset interface
– Support Griffin Technology StompBox
– Updated Multi-Stage DSP engine
– Audio copy and paste for Sampler
– In-app purchase: 9 New Multi-Stage hybrid amp models
– In-app purchase: 13 New authentic effect modules
– JamUp Plug, iRig, Ampkit and most headset guitar adaptors
– Griffin Technology StompBox
– Alesis IO Dock, Apogee JAM, Griffin StudioConnect and most USB adaptors
Phrase Sampler
– Unlimited long sampling loops creation
– Easy record and overdub features
– Built-in synchronized metronome
– Auto-start modes: auto, manual, 4 beats
– Auto quantization feature
– Project save/load with BMP information
– Export and share your recordings
– Audio Copy/Paste
Jam Player
– Instant access to iTunes Library
– Create a loop to playback
– Control playback speed and pitch with time stretching feature
– Play alone capabilities with full multi-effect support
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).
You might know me from my royalty free loop packs and sound design. Some of the apps that contain my sounds are Synth One, EG Segments, Hammerhead, Retronyms AudioCopy, Audio Evolution Mobile, LP-5, iPRO.DJSAMPLER, Looptastic. My work is published by Roland, Antares, Magix, Soundtrack Loops, Sample Logic, Acoustica, Loopmasters and many more. Subscribe to our RSS feed below to get updated when new apps are posted.
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– With four assignable foot switches and a 1/4″ effects pedal input jack, our StompBox allows musicians to use a compatible iOS device (i.e., iPhone, iPad or iPod touch) as a portable, programmable effects board and practice rig. StompBox effectively recreates the experience of an actual pedalboard.
