2013
09/28
Collaborative music studio for iPad
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Cotracks

Cotracks is a collaborative music studio for teamwork on a single iPad. With Cotracks you can create multiple layers of loops and phrases using multiple instruments. Cotracks is designed to maintain your creative flow and is always ready to capture your ideas, regardless whether you are flying solo or collaborating with others.

Collaboration is where Cotracks really stands out. Everyone in your session has the ability to play and record at will without disrupting or being disrupted by the workflow of others. This lets you lay down the foundation of a tune within minutes and makes Cotracks the perfect and inspiring tool for brainstorming new ideas within a group.

The loops you create may be exported as separate audio clips or as a mixdown audio clip which you may then import and use in any audio software supporting the common wave audio format.

DESIGNED FOR VARYING NUMBER OF USERS

You can start off creating music in a single user mode. Later when your friend decides to join in, you switch to a two user mode. The interface layout will adjust enabling convenient access to the application from both sides of the table. Whenever another friend happens to join you, the layout will adjust again enabling access from all four sides of the device, letting you team up with up to three friends for a super creative music session. Whenever one or more members leave the session, it is as easy as a single tap to switch back to the smaller team or to the single user mode, letting the remaining members continue from where the others left off.

DESIGNED FOR VARIABLY SKILLED USERS

Cotracks offers lots of fun at the same time for both novice and advanced musicians with the help of scale based keyboard, flexible quantize, sequence sharing and editing capabilities. For example, a novice musician may grab a copy of a complicated sequence played by a more experienced friend and edit the instrument, sound and effects, record modulation controllers over the sequence and tweak the various playback parameters including key and scale. Essentially creating something new and exiting without necessarily playing a single note. Cotracks is all about giving everybody the means to contribute, which takes the concept of music collaboration to a new level.

It’s like playing with a band, but this time you can record and play back your own parts, in perfect sync with others, and create the constituents for a great track at the same time. With Cotracks the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

FEATURES

MULTITRACK SEQUENCER
• up to 12 instrument tracks
• beat synchronized playback and recording

INTERFACE
• comfortable access for multiple users
• instruments may be arranged in multiple orientations
• dedicated interface modes for single user, two users and four users
• switch between interface modes with a single tap
• access four instruments simultaneously
• independent playback control constantly available for each instrument
• keys and ribbon controllers for synthesizers
• Futucraft’s dynamic beat synced repeater control
• repeater lets you play and record complex beat synced rhythmic textures
• XY-modulation control

EDITING
• nondestructive quantize and transpose
• change the playback scale of recorded sequences
• drag and drop copying of sequences between instruments

INSTRUMENTS
• polyphonic synthesizer with dozens of high quality instrument presets
• monophonic bass/lead synthesizer with dozens of high quality instrument presets
• sample player with a library of professional quality samples from Inspire Audio
• programmable XY-modulation
• band-limited oscillators to ensure professional grade sound quality

FX
• stereo delay
• stereo phaser
• 2 equalizer units
• dedicated units for each track

FILE
• export each instrument to separate audio clip
• export all in one audio mixdown clip
• export and import sessions via iTunes in XML format for backup and sharing

SUPPORT
• on-screen help and tips
• online support integrated in app
• video tutorials

Cotracks is available for $4.99

2012
06/19
Sampler Sequencer For iPad
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Sampler Sequencer For iPad

Looking for a quick and dirty solution for recording samples and sequencing them? Your search is over. Turn the sounds of your world into amazing music and share it with your friends.

WerkBench is a new kind of beatbox that is part loop pedal, part drum machine, and 100% beat-making magic. It’s powerful, easy to use, and there is nothing else like it. Get ready to be inspired!

WerkBench’s unique power comes from two live-sampling step sequencers. Each step in the sequence holds its own sample that can be recorded and manipulated in real-time.

You’ll be making beats and cool rhythms in seconds… and all of the sounds will be unique to you!

What’s New in Version 1.03

Added user-definable scales for the pitch knobs in fancy controls.

Big improvements to audio quality! PItches and echoes are now much more sublime.

WerkBench features:

–“Fancy Controls” (pitch, lowpass filters, envelopes, and more!)

–Edit pitch and levels independently for each step!

–Funky lo-fi tape echo for spacey effects with a sweet real-time visualizer.

–The two sequencers can be chained to make a 32 step sequencer!

–Save and load loops.

–Export loops and recordings via Audio Copy, iTunes file sharing, and email.

–MIDI sync and MIDI trigger modes.

–Custom scales (never play a wrong note!)

WerkBench is available for $6.99

2012
01/12
Dingsaller Music Workstation For iPad
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Dingsaller Music Workstation For iPad

Dingsaller is a workspace for creating algorithmic compositions. Cool app for only $4.99

Patch together a complex graph of music generating nodes, synths, and effects and control them with a touch.

What’s new:

New RingMod Node
Tempo Increment Controls

Key Features:
– Synths and Sampler Instruments
– Digital Effects
– Pattern Sequencer
– Random Note Generators
– Touch and Tilt Controllers
– MIDI Input and Output
– Recording
– Audio Copy / Paste
Tim Bolstad Web SiteDingsaller Support
What’s New in Version 1.61

– Chord Node – Automatic chord and arpeggio generation.
– Note passing now handled on independent thread.
– Improved node sizing and layout.

Dingsaller is available for $4.99

2011
12/29
Brainwave Sequencer For iPad
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Brainwave Sequencer For iPad

Brainwave is a clip based MIDI sequencer. Bring your melodies and drum beats into life with the streamlined and intuitive MIDI clip editor. Assemble and arrange entire songs with the Arrangement editor. Control up to 16 instruments using the built-in sampler. Use the built-in audio samples to quickly get up and running, or use your own samples for even more creative sounds. Then produce and export MIDI files to be imported to your favourite Digital Audio Workstation software. All this inside of an ergonomic and minimalist user interface that will help get your inspiration to fruition.

What’s new in version 1.3:

Compiled and tested for IOS 5.1
Added a new demo song (Struhkcher)

MIDI and Audio support

Now plays back in the background and mixes with other audio apps
Add support for program change, bank select per instrument
Properly support MIDI input for MIDI clock

New instrument capabilities

Added panning per instrument
Re-calibrated the audio engine volumes
Added new samples (drums, bass, pads and ProKeys 88)
Fixed existing sample to remove some clicks

Improved User Interface

Panning the timeline now scrubs the timeline
Removed unnecessary buttons (rew, ff, add, event info, song info)
Clip browser in the clip editor
Open Song info by touching the song name
UI revamp for the Mixer view and instrument editor
New help interface

Drive up to 16 instruments
* built-in sampler with 16 voices
* volume envelope
* loop points and loop modes (once, loop, ping pong)
* transpose offset to tune samples
* built-in samples or user samples, through iTunes sharing
* drum pad mode allowing for 16 individual samples to be mapped to drum pads
* mixer interface to solo/mute and adjust track volume

MIDI Clip Editor
* 16 ticks per beat
* up to 256 clips per song
* sequence melodies and beats in the clip editor
* sequence all instruments in the same clip
* fine control over note length and velocity per note or for a selection of notes
* copy a note sequence from one instrument to another
* make a copy of a MIDI clip to create new variations
* unlimited length
* looping mode to easily iterate on a clip

Song Arrangement
* quick start with built-in templates
* sequence and layer MIDI clips
* reorder clips to organize the visual layout

Interoperability
* export as multi-track MIDI file to your favourite DAW
* manage songs and samples via iTunes sharing
* email songs
* open songs from other applications

Connectivity
* Connect to coreMIDI network session

NO LONGER AVAILABLE

2011
12/02
StepPolyArp Arpeggiator For iPad
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StepPolyArp Arpeggiator For iPad

StepPolyArp is a Midi step polyphonic arpeggiator. The arpeggiator does not play any sound itself, it transmits Midi notes to a Mac or a PC to be used in combination with any sequencer, virtual instrument (VSTi, Audio Unit) or Midi synthesizer.

What’s New in Version 2.0

• New Midi engine improving accuracy
• Automatic chaining patterns
• Internal sound bank

The arpeggiator can transform chords into sequences of notes played one after the other in several ways. A matrix polyphonic step modulate arpeggiated notes in time and pitch. The main controllers (velocity, modulation, panning, volume, aftertouch, and pitch bend) are also programmable through a step editor. The integrated keyboard automatically adapts to the selected musical scale.

Features:

1 to 32 steps programmable matrix
16 patterns by preset
11 configurable transposition lines
Features copy and paste
8 octaves virtual keyboard
Multitasking
Receiving Midi notes and control from external devices
External Midi sync (Midi Clock)
Midi over wifi latency compensation
Internal routing of inputs, outputs and Midi sync
Send Midi to a virtual port that can be used as Midi input by other Core Midi compatible applications managing multitasking on the same device
Velocity, modulation, pan, volume, aftertouch and pitch bend step controller
Customizable step controller Midi datas
The arpeggiator and keyboard fit the selected scale
6 arpeggiator modes
1 random mode
1 chord mode
Unlimited number of saves
Random patterns creation
Presets manager
Presets shared between computer and iPad using iTunes 9.1 or later
128 Undo/Redo levels
Lockable keyboard (latch mode)
Notes repeating by Midi event
Adding Midi event “previous” and “last”
The number of the notes played can be used directly by a Midi event
A Midi event can be deleted by double tap
A new setting allows a “Program Change” received by Midi to change the pattern instantly without waiting for the end of the loop
Deleting a pattern is less sensitive to avoid accidental deletion

Supported Midi connections:

Midi Wifi Network (RTP Midi)
Apple USB camera connection kit
Any Core Midi compatible interface
Line 6 Midi Mobilizer (Midi sync not supported)
DSMidiWifi (Midi sync not supported)

StepPolyArp is available for $11.99

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