Pro Music Apps

Studiolab pro is a new all in one sample manipulation and sequencing app for iPhone/iPod Touch.

Here’s how developers Krasidy describe it.

Welcome to StudioLab Pro, Krasidy’s answer to mobile musicianship. Inspired by professional drum machines, samplers, and DAW surfaces, this application gives any user the ability to create a wide range of musical works from start to finish. This application combines the functionalities of several Krasidy apps to give you the power to make beats, record vocals, remix and much more.

Krasidy’s recording surface, sampler, and seamless drum machine sequencer capitalize on the modern sample era of music composition. These simple interfaces make StudioLab Pro the perfect tool for mobile music production.

StudioLab Pro Features:

Studio
-volume mixer
-latency detection/compensation (within 1ms)
-audio import/export
-lyrics notepad
-image album cover
-audio bouncing for infinite recording layers

Sequencer (Beat)
-16 to 64 steps (4 Bars)
-latency detection/compensation (within 1ms)
-adjustable tempo (50-200 BPM)
-adjustable Pads for independent volume levels and acute time signatures.
-mono/poly/gate settings
-volume mixer
-audio bouncing for infinite track layers
-wifi import/export

Sampler
-audio sampling/truncation
-pitch-shift
-automatic cue detection/cue movement
-touch-play interface
-wave visualization
-7 zoom modes
-granulation scratching
-realtime recording

Audio Store
-150+ drums and samples

Sharing
-sharing to Krasidy.com as well as other social media sites

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RadarBeats has been out for a couple of weeks now and although it took a little time to get used to the interface, it’s proving to be alot of fun.

The interface is along the lines of flourish and Loopseque, where you drop your beats onto a circle which has a play line rotating around like a radar.

To me it’s a great way of building rhythms quickly, and perfectly suited to the iPhone/iPod touch.

I’m sure aversion for iPad is on the way, but for now it’s just for it’s little cousins.

It comes in two flavours, Radarbeats and Radarbeats Pro

The quality of the video isn’t great but it’ll give you and idea of what the app can do.

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Musix is a fully-customizable multiple-layout isomorphic musical keyboard. Each hexagon on the screen is a note, and surrounding hexagons are harmonically related. Songwriters benefit by discovering new melodies and musical relationships. Novices find it easy to learn to play. Experienced musicians are rewarded with an intuitive interface. Shiverware presents Musix: the definitive isomorphic keyboard. For beginners, for experts, for you!

Grab a full rundown on the details here - http://www.shiverware.com/musix.html

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Sonoma Wire Works has given it’s multitrack recorder a huge update! Grab a full rundown here – http://www.sonomawireworks.com/iphone/fourtrack/

What’s New in FourTrack 4.0

• File Import: Import audio into FourTrack by opening an audio email attachment or by dragging audio files into FourTrack’s File Sharing area under Apps in iTunes. Supports wav, mp3 and aiff formats. FourTrack’s Sessions folder can now be dragged out of iTunes to the desktop. These features require 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.
• 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. 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 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

This could have so many applications, it is almost unlimited what you can put it to use doing. Add one of the audio recording accessories, and the results will be excellent! Make sure you head to the website to check out the demo videos to see it in action – http://www.pillandpillow.com/SoundYeah/

Record sounds and play them back with various effects.

Record:
- click any empty slot to record
- record using built-in mic
- record using headset
- record using custom cable*
- record from the sound played on SoundYeah
- use the “in vol” slider to control the line-in volume, use this to avoid feedback noise.

Play (switch to control mode by the bottom left button):
- tap to play once
- two finger click to loop
- three finger click to stop
- wind clockwise to play forward (scratching!!!)
- wind anti-clockwise to play backward
- drag out to loop in custom speed

Control (switch to play mode by the bottom left button):
- drag the circle to adjust the play region (can drag both end simultaneously)
- tap to play once
- two finger click to loop
- three finger click to stop
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- vol slider: control volume
- speed slider: activate loop and set speed
- beat slider: activate beat and set beat
- utility:
copy: copy the data in the playback envelope. The empty slot will display “paste”, the system will go back to normal in 5 seconds.
all: reset the playback region
trim: trim the clip inside the playback region, and release memory. *** The volume setting will be applied to the trimmed clip, using this trick can increase the volume infinitely.
del: delete a slot (without further warning)
- the settings will be remained when you change from edit mode to playmode

Memory:
- Sound Yeah stores 60 seconds of 32bit floating point data, at 44100 Hz.
- Sound and slider setting saved automatically when turn off

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expressionPad is a new kind of midi/synth controller. Continuous multi-touch support means you can control pitch bend, dynamics, and modulation with each touch, even as you change notes.

We’ve created a flexible and intuitive interface so you can focus on music. Watch our video and see for yourself!

Tune your expressionPad in fourths, fifths, or in guitar tunings such as standard or Open C.

expressionPad features a built-in polyphonic synthesizer so you can start making music right away. Experience the flexibility of polyphonic portamento — an electronic music first!

Connect to your music studio via Wifi MIDI. With expressionPad and our free moxMidi tool enables you to control Reason, Ableton Live, Logic, Garage Band, and more!

expressionPad is rounded out with all sorts of little touches: Color your expressionPad like a piano, or color it by pitch. Enable or disable touch parameters. Adjust global pitch bend and base amplification.

We’ve worked hard to make a clean interface, a clear synthesizer, and lightning-fast MIDI response. Push your musical ideas to new limits with expressionPad.

Get the latest on this app – http://expressionpad.com/

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Following on from the iPad only app, comes this slightly cheaper, universal version.

Knobs mini is a monophonic synthesizer for the iPad, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4G. It is designed to look like vintage music gear with a new dimension added to the controls. You can play the gesture area while switching panels and adjusting knobs. I suggest trying to alter the LFO and LFA first to start creating an interesting sound. Swipe the recessed and knurled grey knob to flip between all the available knob panels.

The following control knobs are available to adjust your sound:
Attack
Sustain
Release
Decay
Low Frequency Oscillator Rate
Low Frequency Oscillato Amount
Cutoff
Resonance
Arpeggio
Octaves
Rate
Arpeggio Step
Arpeggio Samples
Semitones
Oscillator SYNC
Glide
Oscillator 1 Volume
Oscillator 2 Volume
Wave 1 Octave
Wave 2 Octave
Modulation Destination
Modulation Source

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The latest in a growing list of music related apps from this is Japanese developer is this matrix style controller app.

We have challenged that the simple operation to compose music and various expression of the music are consistent. This is new type matrix sequencer with quick phrase transition.

As you know, a matrix style sequencer is very easy to compose music. However I feel it is monotonous gradually by listening for a short while.
I thought it needs the change of sequence pattern. Then we implemented this feature on 16 x 16 matrix. (16 points stereo sound)
You can make the eight various melodies per a matrix pattern moreover change the matrix pattern, sound, scale and tempo in real-time. Pressing direction buttons change melody into rhythm or rhythm to melody.
You will certainly meet unexpected new phrase!

Get a full run down on the features here – http://iphone.iiv.jp/

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Sonice is a musical matrix inspired by similar projects such as ToneMatrix. Sonice has the benefit of allowing you to add multiple instruments to a project to compose small yet complex pieces of music while maintaining the easy to use and familiar grid interface.

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This app intrigued us when it launched recently, but the cost has so far put us off downloading it. That’s no longer an issue thanks to the free version that has just launched.

It is a free version of BandSimulator. Please confirm details with web.
BandSimulatorFree edits the guitar pattern, the bass pattern, and the drum pattern, and cannot export audio.
The edit of chord is limited.

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