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MiniMapper

Posted by Mikers On April - 21 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS

mzl.enukgnbn.320x480-75PPG MiniMapper is the latest development from the inventor of wavetable synthesis, Wolfgang Palm. It is a next generation synthesizer, building on the heritage of the PPG Wave keyboards.

PPG MiniMapper is an easy to use performance synthesizer with a wide range of sounds for iPhone and iPod Touch.

Compatibility And Hardware Requirements:
iPhone 4, 4S or iPod Touch 4 minimum, iPad users can run it as an iPhone App.

PPG MiniMapper comes with 10 pages:

• Sound Map – Manual Mode
• Sound Map – Accelerator Mode
• Sound Map – Magic Mode

• Arptor – Start/Stop/Record, Range, Up/Down/Random
• Audio Recorder / Keyboard Editor
• Modifiers Page – two X/Y controller with selectable routing

• System Setup – Number of Voices, Sample Rate, other constants
• MIDI Setup – In / Out and controller

• Preset Browser -
• Bank Manager – copy presets between banks

Key Features:

• New Sound map concept – create new sounds playful and experimental
• Map Recorder generates new programs on the fly
• Features the same audio engine that powers the highly popular PPG WaveMapper
• Arptor – a flexible Step Sequencer / Arpeggiator combination
• Schematic touch keyboard – zoom and scrollable
• Build your own keyboard, with the keys you prefer for your music.
• Powerful sound browser – sorting by category, bank management
• Virtual and Hard-MIDI in/out – sending/receiving keys and polypressure
• Sending/receiving the Icon positions and X/Y performers
• Audiobus support
• 10 min Audio recorder and Audio Copy
• Context specific help for all pages
• Easy data exchange between MiniMapper and WaveMapper

More info - http://wolfgangpalm.com/minimapper/

MiniMapper (AppStore Link) MiniMapper
Developer: Wolfgang Palm
Rated: 4+
Price: $3.99 Download Here

MicroBand

Posted by Mikers On April - 15 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS

Ok, so this doesn’t shine a patch on GarageBand to name just one, but for the asking price, it’s probably not a bad app to add to your collection..Especially if you cash strapped.

mzl.xzyllaag.480x480-75This is a simulation software of drum,guitar and paino,all in one ,you can learn some simple rhythm by the Teaching function.
Step by step and you will be able to play it in very little time.
Also,you can collocate rhythms for music that you like.
All the tones are sampled from the real environment. Connect with loudspeakers for creating shocking effect
Fantastic sound quality you will get when with the headset.Sound data is conveyed into the hardware sound card directly without any delay.
have built-in metronome

Built-in 2,000 chords at 5 Positions
Major functions of v1.0

* Touch response. Pluck the central place on the screen to make the loudest sound.
* Tone button. Press the strum to simulate the effect of mute string raking.
* Fingerboard Model is used to create melody
* 7 pieces of samples with the distributed functions, available for playing immediately.
* User-defined chords and chord families

MicroBand (AppStore Link) MicroBand
Developer: YuSheng Zhang
Rated: 4+
Price: $0.99 Download Here

Sketch Synth 2

Posted by Mikers On April - 9 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS

mzl.byvxrfoz.480x480-75Sketch Synth 2 – Shape and Sculpt sounds with a selection of pad based instruments, each containing an XY pad that controls 8 loops and 4 effects, possibly best referred to as a pad based rompler. The whole premise of Sketch Synth 2 is to make it easy for you to draw sounds and draw on effects to give your sounds geometric character without having to learn anything complicated, just push buttons and draw sound.

This first version ships with 5 instruments:
* Punisher – dark wobblers with dubstep drums
* Noise Valley – a range of windy and tranquil noises to sculpt
* Psycho Trance – fast upbeat arpeggiated synth sounds
* Falling Grace – darker trance patches
* Chip Tune – chirpy acidic sounds

In this first version you can use Sonoma’s Audio Copy & Paste technology to import and export loops to other iPad apps, you can also use iTunes file sharing to download files to your main computer.

Sketch Synth 2 (AppStore Link) Sketch Synth 2
Developer: Shape of Sound Limited
Rated: 4+
Price: $4.99 Download Here

TC-11 updated

Posted by Mikers On April - 9 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS

Some welcome new features in the latest update of TC-11… I Like!

mzl.ojtorngd.480x480-75TC-11 is the only fully programmable multi-touch synthesizer for the iPad. Choose from the 112 included presets, or build your own using touch controls, device motion, and on-board modules. Create music with the next evolution of synthesizer control!

What’s new -

New Features:
- Audiobus support
- Variable polyphony up to 11 touches
- Touch amplitude visualization
- 34 unique color sets
- Patch name display option in Performance View

Improvements:
- New, faster graphics engine
- Email and website link in Settings >> About

Bug Fixes:
- AudioCopy name fixed
- Sequencer keyboard view correctly hides
- Importing patch crash fix

TC-11 (AppStore Link) TC-11
Developer: Kevin Schlei
Rated: 4+
Price: $29.99 Download Here

Music composition aid

Posted by Mikers On April - 9 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS

mzl.dxlqjabn.480x480-75This is an awesome tool to learn music composing using your iPad! Please access below Youtube video guide to show you how to use this apps.

Whether you are an experienced musician, or someone just starting to make your own music, Music Composition Aid is here to inspire your talented creation

The music composition aid is based on templates derived from an analysis of a set of pop songs regarding their chord progression in terms of functional theory. The interface and the music composition aid were evaluated in a Thinking-aloud study with six users and analyzed with a qualitative approach.I use the sample-based audio library SoundBankPlayer by Matthijs Hollemans

This music learning apps come with following features :

•Selections of keys (C,C#,Db,D,D#,F,F#,Gb,G,G# etc.)
•Selection of templates (Creepy,Energetic Rock,Religious, American Folk etc.)
•Selection of modulate
•Metronome
•Chord progression
•Interactive graphical blinking chord to guide
you on next step

Music composition aid.Learning music composition with your iPad (AppStore Link) Music composition aid.Learning music composition with your iPad
Developer: Iapps Technology

Rated: 4+
Price: $0.99 Download Here

bismark LeftHanded

Posted by Mikers On April - 2 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS

Is there really any advantage to reversing the notes on  a keyboard? Haven’t all left-handed pianists all grown up learning to play the ‘standard’ layout on a piano? Well just in case you lefties feel like you’ve been hard done by, here is an app especially for you :)

mzl.jmvfrrmu.480x480-75There are various music apps for iOS.
But this app has an unique feature which they do not have.

Please see this app’s keyboard in screen shots. Left and right are reversed !
It may be better suited to left-handed. Also, it might be a new discovery for right-handed people.

It includes same synthesizer engine as bs-16i (single part only). It supports all standard MIDI messages, using pre-installed GeneralUser GS SoftSynth v1.44.sf2 (S. Christian Collins), you can play various instruments.

Moreover, this application supports Core MIDI output, so your play can be sent to other apps, and external MIDI hardware using Core MIDI compatible Interface like as IK Multimedia iRig MIDI, iRig KEYS, YAMAHA iMX-1, LINE6 MIDI Mobilizer 2, Apple Camera Connection Kit with USB MIDI Interface.

bismark LeftHanded (AppStore Link) bismark LeftHanded
Developer: Shun Murabayashi
Rated: 4+
Price: $1.99 Download Here

Neo-Soul Keys

Posted by Mikers On March - 20 - 2013 2 COMMENTS

StageWith the incredible success of our computer based versions of Neo-Soul Keys®, we felt it an obvious decision to bring our incredible electric piano libraries to the iOS. Despite the eagerness, we did not want to produce a sub-par app just for sake of making an electric piano library, so we worked directly with Apple’s engineers to bring to you, for the first time ever: SAMPLE STREAMING USING APPLE LOSSLESS CAF FORMAT. No other app that we know of offers real-time zone switching sample streaming with lossless compression. Many other sample library apps offer the samples to be loaded into memory, which obviously severely cripples the detail and amount of samples you are able to use. With sample streaming, we are able to use the same high quality sampling techniques, zone switching, and velocity layering, without sacrificing the quality similar to a desktop sample library. So what we did was load all of the electric piano effects samples in system memory, and dedicated the most important sustain samples to stream from the internal flash RAM. The results make for a high quality, low latency, and professional grade electric piano sound module that you can take with you and play live!

You see, many sound designers are trained in a certain way of sampling, by making things so tidy and neat. Every sample is perfectly cut, trimmed, and cross-faded to perfection. Unfortunately, this is not real life and it definitely is not what a real electromechanical instrument is suppose to sound like. It is in those uneven notes, blanks, quarks, splats, clanks, and mechanical nuances that really make you fell like you are playing a real living and breathing organic instrument. This is what we intended with Neo-Soul Keys® – a real world feeling and experience of playing a real electromechanical instrument. You even hear the pedal noises when the sustain pedal is being pressed and released. THAT IS HOW MUCH DETAIL WE PUT INTO OUR INSTRUMENTS! As a result, our Neo-Soul Keys® has been featured and licensed by none other than Steinberg®, who are the the inventors and creators of VST technology.

For more details - http://neosoulkeys.com/

Neo-Soul Keys (AppStore Link) Neo-Soul Keys
Developer: MIDIculous LLC
Rated: 4+
Price: Free Download Here

Chauliodus

Posted by Mikers On March - 15 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS

mzl.hiedfahq.480x480-75Chauliodus is a synthesizer that specializes in the bass.
You can play the bass line from built-in sequencer, external MIDI devices, external sequencers, and other iOS applications.
It is possible to change the parameters of the filter by using gyroscope; you can get interesting effects by shaking the iPhone or iPad.
You can also enjoy dubstep wobble bass since LFO rate is synchronized to the tempo, and settable by each step!

Specifications:

Implemented Features:
- OSC x 2
Saw Wave / Square Wave
- SubOSC x 2
Square Wave / Sine Wave
- Glide
- Filter x 1
LPF/BPF
Manipulate the CutOff Frequency and Resonance by using gyroscope.
- EG x 2
- LFO x 1
- FX
Delay
Over Drive
- Real-Time Recording
- 16 steps Pattern Sequencer
- 300 bars Song Sequencer

Others:
- Wireless Sync-Start Technology (WIST) is supported.
- AudioCopy is supported.
- CoreMIDI is supported.(MIDI in only)
- Supported background playback.
- Universal support for iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad.

Chauliodus (AppStore Link) Chauliodus
Developer: Sobal Corporation
Rated: 4+
Price: $2.99 Download Here

Music Studio update arrives

Posted by Mikers On March - 15 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS

audiobus_graphMusic Studio offers a complete music production environment for the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch with features and a sound quality previously only known to desktop applications and expensive audio hardware.

Here’s the list of new features:
• Audiobus support: Now you can send and receive live audio directly to/from other Audiobus-compatible apps! See http://audiob.us for more information.
• iPhone 5 Retina Display graphics
• 24 audio inputs supported (requires a class-compliant audio interface)
• VirtualMIDI compatibility improved
• Minimum required iOS version is now iOS 5.1
• Bug fixes
Music Studio (AppStore Link) Music Studio
Developer: Alexander Gross
Rated: 4+
Price: $14.99 Download Here

iMini

Posted by Mikers On March - 12 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS

mzl.rhgsrbut.480x480-75iMini is a recreation of the classic 1971 Minimoog™ synthesizer, one of most iconic synthesizers of all time.

Based on the TAE® technology found in our award winning Mini V software, iMini offers a level of sound quality never before found on the iPAD as well as over 500 sounds by leading sound designers.

We have also partnered with the Bob Moog Foundation so that a portion of each sale goes to support their work in music education via the Dr. Bob Sound school program, making available the archives of Dr. Bob Moog and funding the dream to build the Moogseum.

The Minimoog™ synthesizer was made famous by artists and bands such as Stevie Wonder, Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, Keith Emerson, Devo, Jean Michel Jarre and more. We now bring the features and sound of this classic to the iOS platform.

The iMini not only recreates the look and feel of the most legendary synthesizer, it does it with unparalleled sound quality. iMini is based on the award winning Arturia Mini V software that was created in partnership with Dr. Robert Moog himself, back in 2003. Thanks to this heritage, continuous research and refinements over the years, iMini comes with amazing sound quality and a large collection of preset sounds created by top sound designers such as Klaus Schulze (Tangerine Dream) and Geoff Downes (Asia).

What will you do with it?
First you can play the iMini’s numerous sounds from the iPad keyboard. You can create your own sounds and start building your personal sound palette.
If you are an owner of the Arturia Mini V software on your Mac or PC, you can import and export sounds between your laptop or desktop Mini V and iMini.

You can also control iMini from a MIDI keyboard via CoreMIDI and integrate it into your studio or live performances.

But this is not all; iMini is ‘Tabletop Ready’. Tabletop is a free iPad application that allows you to integrate iMini into a full studio of devices. With Tabletop you can build an entire song, with drum machines, FX’s, sequencers… and of course the inimitable Minimoog™ sound.

Tabletop Ready™
The connect page is also your avenue to open up a whole new world of possibilities with iMini via Retronyms Tabletop application.
Tabletop™ is a free app for your iPAD that allows you to integrate iMini into a complete studio environment. In Tabletop you can use multiple instances of iMini; record your performance into a real-time sequencer; automate any of the parameters; add effects; process other modules through the iMini filters, etc. Tabletop also features number of in app purchase options to add more effects and instruments from other 3rd party companies.

Features include
Classic Minimoog™ sound.
3 Oscillators
24db per octave filter.
Simulated headphone jack/external input feedback.
2 Assignable XY pads
Chromatic or tuned scale keyboard modes
Polyphonic mode
Full featured arpeggiator
Repeat
HOLD and MEMORY latch modes
Octave span
5 note order modes
Speed and sync controls
Virtual Analog Chorus
Virtual Analog Delay
Owners of both the iMini and Mini V software apps can transfer sounds from one platform to the other via iTunes.
Full user MIDI mapping of panel controls.
Supports WIST sync with other iOS devices.
‘Tabletop Ready’
Soundcloud seeder (via Tabletop)
Render to .wav file (via Tabletop)
‘Audiocopy’ to paste your audio into another iPAD application. (via Tabletop)

The Minimoog™ name used here is a trademark of the respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Arturia. These trademarks are used solely to identify the products whose sound and features were modeled during the development process.

iMini (AppStore Link) iMini
Developer: Arturia
Rated: 4+
Price: $9.99 Download Here
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