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.

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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
Live Loop Jam With Finger Pro LP-5
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Finger Pro LP-5 Drum and Bass Loops

This video demonstrates the Jungle DnB loop by our very own Dj Puzzle (founder of this iOS music app blog). These loops are available in the LP-5 iOS app “in app” store.

LP-5 is a 5-track loop player for iOS.

What’s New in Version 2.0
– Inter-app Audio effect hosting support
– Inter-app Audio host timeline sync
– Import Zip files to the user library (Full version)
– Launch scenes using a MIDI keyboard
– Track mixer control via MIDI
– Two new sound packs by Soundtrack Loops available for in-app purchase
– Various bug fixes

LP-5 is a 5-track loop player for iOS.

Designed for live arranging and remixing, LP-5 allows you to play audio loops from an intuitive launch grid, while automatic tempo synchronization keeps you in time with the beat.

Real-time time-stretching, IAA effect hosting, and MIDI connectivity make LP-5 a powerful tool for your studio sessions, live performances, or DJ acts.

KEY FEATURES

– Five individual tracks that synchronize to the current tempo, without affecting the pitch.

– 5×16 launch grid.

– Audio import from document providers (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, …), via “Open in…”, pasteboard, and iTunes File Sharing. Supported file formats include WAV, MP3, and many more. (Full version)

– Zip file import to the user library. (Full version)

– In-app store offering royalty-free sound packs.

– Universal support for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

INTER-APP AUDIO

– 2 IAA effect slots (Bus A/B).

– IAA generator node.

– IAA timeline sync support in both node and host mode.

MIDI FEATURES

– MIDI clock sync/generate support to play along an external MIDI sequencer, drum machine, or DAW.

– Scene launching from a MIDI keyboard.

– Mixer control via MIDI CCs.

– Hands-free scene trigger, tap tempo and start/stop by using a MIDI foot pedal.

– MIDI message routing to and from class-compliant USB hardware, other apps, and WLAN or Bluetooth LE wireless peripherals.

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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
08/13
Live Guitar For iPhone and iPad
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Live Guitar for iPhone and iPad

The iPad Loops music app blog is proud to share news about Live Guitar by Secret Base Design.

Live Guitar for iPhone and iPad is designed to support playing complex chords, arpeggios, and finger-style guitar lines on your iOS device. Because the iPhone and iPad are not shaped like the neck of a guitar, the app provides an innovative way of selecting chords, while also leaving enough room to play individual strings accurately and expressively.

Live Guitar For iPhone

Chords are organized in sets, which you can customize and change on a song-by-song basis. A single touch on the fretboard selects the first chord of a set; two touches selects the second, and so on. It’s possible to move quickly and accurately between fifteen different chords without needing to look at the screen. When playing guitar, switching between chords smoothly is critical; the app has been designed so that you can play music, not just notes. By making switching between chords quick and easy, you can play complete songs, rather than just noodling around, locked into a single scale.

Single string notes and strums can be played with touches or swipes; the organic sonic texture that comes from varying note intensity is obtained by adjusting where on a string you touch. The interface orientation on the iPhone gives more space between the strings, allowing you to play individual strings more accurately.

Sets of chords can be assembled quickly within the app — choose from standard chord constructions, with dozens of chord types, or select specific chord voicing from the standard-tuning guitar interface. Sets of chords can also be imported and shared easily using the built-in Twitter interface.

Live Guitar For iPad

MIDI connects your playing to laptop or desktop recording tools like GarageBand, Logic, Reaper, or ProTools. CoreMIDI, Virtual MIDI, and DSMIDI are all supported; you can choose the interface that gives you the best performance on your system. Live Guitar can send MIDI to the GarageBand app, as well as most other synthesizer apps.

Each string can be mapped to a different MIDI channel, to work with guitar tablature and transcription programs. Use Jam Maestro, Progression, or GuitarPro, and others — by using chords based on a standard tuning guitar, and a MIDI channel per string, you can capture every detail of your playing with ease.

Live Guitar has hundreds of sounds built in — guitars, basses, pianos, organs, and more. The app uses the acclaimed General MIDI SoundFont by Christian Collins, which can be found in many of the leading music apps. With support for Audiobus and Inter-App Audio, you can integrate Live Guitar with your other music apps, to add a natural and realistic guitar sound to your music.

Live Guitar

2015
08/13
Music Apps Blog
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Music Apps Blog

A Music App Blog For Today’s iOS Musician

iPad Loops was the first music apps blog to feature cutting edge music production apps and instruments apps by an actual professional in the music app industry. It was founded in 2010 by Jason Donnelly (Dj Puzzle). Donnelly was part of the Sound Trends team as their content producer and consultant. Most of the loops for Sound Trends apps (Looptastic, Meta Dj, Studio HD, and Gruvtron) were created by Jason. Sound Trends was later sold to Native Instruments.

This music apps blog focuses on useful professional level apps. It’s not just another database of every app or a new site for every tiny update. We want YOU to know about the latest and greatest music production apps and updates.

Check out our YouTube channel and subscribe for free loops, app reviews, and tutorials.

This is a great time for the iOS Musician. There are literally thousands of high quality professional music apps in the app store. You can find everything from synthesizers to audio mastering tools. It’s all there for you. Please feel free to use the iPad Loops contact form if you want some guidance and recommendations. We are here to help and inspire you!

So please follow the iPad Loops feed, twitter, and facebook for the latest music app reviews, news and tutorials for the mobile music producer.

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