Pro Music Apps

Jim from Way Out Ware has been keeping us up to date on the impending arrival of this exciting new synth app for iPad, and he has finally delivered the great news that SynthX is now live in the App Store.  Here is the rather amusing description of SynthX -

Beginner or pro, SynthX is great fun and candy for your ears and eyes.

You can chose to play using the intuitive XY mode that automatically makes every touch tuned to the selected scale, grid mode where you explore harmonies in a fun new way, and the keys mode that provides a standard piano keyboard.

Built using Way Out Ware’s award winning virtual analog technology and heavily optimized for the iOS operating system, SynthX delivers a great looking and sounding analog experience to the iPad.

A mathematically modeled synthesizer, SynthX contains no samples. As a result, it is very small in size, yet it has an extremely large and professionally design sound library.

An effects chain including distortion, flanger, delay and limiter are included. Additionally, a separate identical effects chain is provided to process an external signal connected to the iPad’s audio input.

SynthX has been designed from the beginning for the iPad and multi-touch. It has a comprehensive MIDI implementation using CoreMIDI including MIDI Note send and receive and MIDI Beat Clock LFO sync.

You can also record your performances within SynthX and use Sonoma Wireworks AudioCopy to share your performance with other iPad apps. It also supports iTunes file sharing which allows you to drag your performances in full quality into your favorite digital audio workstation.

Warning: SynthX can be habit forming. Please be sure to reserve time for it’s use.

P.S. No natural sounds were harmed during the creation of this app.

For more details on SynthX head to - http://www.wayoutware.com

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SynthTronica is the unique and revolutionary synthesizer for iPad. SynthTronica takes full advantage of iPad’s multitouch capabilities and delivers a powerful, clever and flexible way to make music.

*PROGRAMMABLE POLYPHONIC SPECTRAL SYNTHESIZER*

*92 ARTISAN SOUND PRESETS*

- Exceptional virtual analog sounds
- Astonishing vocal sounds including vocoder effects
- Unique looped grooves providing a full ensemble sound

*CREATE YOUR OWN PRESETS*
- Share them using preset importing and exporting

*DYNAMIC MULTITOUCH FILTER*
- Control up to 11 independent filters by intuitive touch
- Unique and unprecedented live expressive control

*FORMANT SYNTHESIZER ARCHITECTURE*
- Filters use complex time-varying spectral formants

*FORMANT EDITOR*
- Organize, edit and view formants in spectral form

*CREATE NEW FORMANTS IN SEVERAL WAYS*
- Import audio files (mp3, m4a, AIFF, WAV, et al)
- using the iPad’s microphone
- through SynthTronica’s unique Dynamic Multitouch Filter

*MULTIPLE KEYBOARDS*
-Two piano-style layouts and a unique grid keyboard

*RECORD AND MIX YOUR PERFORMANCES*
- Simultaneous recording and playback of mixes
- Bouncing

*SHARE YOUR MIXES*
- export SynthTronica recordings as 24-bit or 16-bit AIFF or WAV audio files

*EXPLORE MUSICAL SCALES*
- Display scale patterns on keyboards
- Over 70 scale choices

*POWERFUL INTERACTIVE SYNTH CONTROLS*
- Virtual analog synth front-end
- Reverberation

*CONTEXTUAL HELP*
- Nearly all interface elements have documentation by touch

For more details on this app - http://synthtronica.com

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iPad owners will be pleased to hear that the piano performance and lesson app 50in1 has been reworked for the larger screen! Grab it now while it’s on special! This new iPad version includes all of 50in1 Piano’s features plus CoreMIDI support. Also expect new lessons to be added in the future.

Learn to play the piano, create your own songs and even sing to your compositions! 50in1 Piano HD lets you do all that with one single app!

It combines a piano keyboard, 50 studio-quality instruments, 100 piano lessons, real-time effects, 100 beat loops and much more in a user-friendly interface.

FEATURES
• Photorealistic 85-key keyboard
• Instant positioning and resizing with gestures
• 2 keyboard row mode
• Key labels (Cs only, all keys, all keys colored)

• 50 studio-recorded instruments (sampled from real instruments)
• 100 piano lessons (from Mozart to Jingle Bells)
• 100 drum beats
• 18 demo songs
• Microphone recording

• 4 real-time effects:
• 6 reverb styles
• Delay with adjustable timing and feedback
• 3-band equalizer
• Pitch bend controlled via device tilt

• External hardware support (MIDI IN only)
• Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer
• Core MIDI

• iTunes file transfer: exchange your saved song with your Mac/PC via USB
• Detailed in-app user manual
• Low-latency, high-polyphony, battery saving audio engine

INSTRUMENTS
ELECTRONIC: Synth Strings • Synth Bass • Distorted Bass • Analog Bass • Fat Lead • Dirty Lead • Trance Lead • Blade Sweeper • Dream Pad • Sky Pad • Glass Pad • Choir Pad • Moog Pad • Synth Piano
GUITAR & BASS: Acoustic Guitar • Steel Guitar • Jazz Guitar • Clean E-Guitar • Lead Guitar • Drive Guitar • Power Chords • Acoustic Bass • E-Bass • Pick Bass
BAND: E-Piano • Organ • Saxophone • Harmonica
CLASSICAL: Grand Piano • Church Organ • Choir • Cellos • Strings • Harp • Brass • Trombone • Clarinet • Oboe • Flute • Xylophone
WORLD: Ocarina • Pan Flute • Shakuhachi • Accordion • Banjo • Sitar • Marimba
DRUM KITS: Drum Kit • Remix Kit • Sound Effects

PIANO LESSONS
Air (Bach) • Alla Turca (Mozart) • Amazing Grace • American Patrol • Auld Lang Syne • Aura Lee • Badinerie (Bach) • Blue Danube • Bolero • Bridal Chorus • Can Can • Danny Boy • Eine kleine Nachtmusik • El Condor Pasa • Entertainer • Flea Waltz • Fossils • Four Seasons Spring • Go tell it on the Mountain • God Save the Queen • Goliwoggs Cakewalk • Greensleeves • Happy Birthday • Hungarian Dance No 5 • Invention 1 (Bach) • Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring • Jingle Bells • La Cucaracha • Little Brown Jug • Minuet • Moonlight Sonata • Morning Mood • Ode to Joy • Oh My Darling • Oh When the Saints • Old MacDonald • Piano Concerto 1 (Tchaikosvky) • Pictures at an Exhibition • Polonaise • Pomp and Circumstance • Radetzkymarsch • Reverie (Debussy) • Santa Lucia • Silent Night • Symphony No 40 (Mozart) • Symphony No 94 (Haydn) • Twinkle Twinkle Little Star • We Wish You a Merry Christmas • Yankee Doodle

BEAT CATEGORIES
Dance • DnB • DubStep • Electro • Techno • Trance • Hip Hop • Rock • Metal • Pop • Reggae • Jazz • March • Tango • Country • Folk • World

Check this video for the new CoreMIDI features

Just in case you missed it, a free update has arrived for the exceptionally narly iMS-20 virtual analogue synth/sequencer, which brings a whole new world of MIDI goodness to the table. Get it now, it’s a FREE update.

KORG Adds MIDI Control to Top-Selling iMS-20 App for iPad

iMS-20 Version 1.1 adds MIDI control capabilities by using the Apple Core MIDI features found in iOS 4.2, via the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit. KORG iMS-20 for iPad Version 1.1 is available now through Apple’s App Store (inside iTunes Store) at half-off the regular price until January 31, 2011. Current iMS-20 owners can update to Version 1.1 for free.

KORG iMS-20: Transform your iPad into a complete analog synth studio!

Product Highlights:

A complete recreation of the legendary Korg MS-20 analog synth

Built-in 16-step analog sequencer to control the sound

Music production studio with the MS-20 mono synth, a six-part drum machine, and a mixer

Kaoss Pad function allows intuitive performance and control

Publish and share your iMS-20 songs online with the SoundCloud audio platform

Grab a full rundown on the iMS-20 here - http://www.korg.com/ims20

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Following on from the equally unique prismatic electronic musical instrument, moxMatrix, developer Mode of Expression, has released noteplex which is said to offer a new and unique way for everyone to create and experience music, by creating it visually.  We’ll let them explain -

The music happens before your eyes. A plex consists of a network of nodes. Each node has a tone associated with it. When a pulse hits a node, nodes create pulses. The resulting chain reaction creates a noteplex song!

* Multisampled instruments and synths: Three complete drumkits — a Rhodes-like piano — multiple bass sounds — lead synths — strings — and more! Add your own samples to create an even more unique noteplex.

* Online sharing of plexes: Share your best work online and explore what other noteplexers are creating. Favorite your faves and see what’s getting attention.

* A natural interface: Zoom, drag, draw, edit. The editing panels can even be minimized so you can enjoy the display your creations make. noteplex lets you focus on creating.

Everything from drum loops to “Happy Birthday” to extended compositions can be created with noteplex. This radically different paradigm for music will push you to new and unexpected places creatively — and it’s fun, too!

Check the app’s site for updates – http://noteplex.com/

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One of our all-time favourite music apps has a brand new version, and it looks amazing! We’ll let them give you the details -

BeatMaker™ 2 : the most advanced mobile music workstation.
Combining music production tools that made the success of countless artists, BeatMaker 2 brings a powerful and easy-to-use composition interface for amateurs and professionals alike.

Build your own virtual home-studio creating multiple instruments, connecting them to a full-range of audio effects. Compose, record, arrange and transform your ideas into complete songs, ready to be shared with others.

Import your own sounds or use the included sound library: more than 170 high-quality instruments and drum presets from synthesizers to realistic orchestral sounds.
You can even import songs from your iPod library!

* STUDIO
- Create multiple instruments with Drum Machine or Keyboard interface
- 10 effect units to choose from: Reverb, Compressor, Filter, Delay, EQ, Flanger, Chorus, AutoPan, BitCrusher, Overdrive.
- 3 effect slots for each instruments, unlimited global effects racks
- Customizable Cross Controller for all effects, to manipulate multiple parameters at once

* DRUM MACHINE
- Up to 128 trigger pads: 16 pads over 8 different banks
- Chop Lab: Slice audio loops to automatically create new sound presets
- Control sound parameters on individual pad: volume, pan, mute, output bus, semitone, fine tune, reverse and autoscaling
- Low/high pass filter per pad with cutoff and resonance control
- Choose between various pad trigger modes: one-shot, hold & loop
- Customizable envelope (ADSR) control for each pad
- Exclusive groups and polyphony management
- “Live” modes: trigger, mute, reverse, velocity and tune spreading.

* KEYBOARD SAMPLER
- 128 keys keyboard with pitch wheel with double keyboard mode, note display and zoom controls
- Easily create your own instruments from any sample combination with the keygroup editor
- Volume and filter ADSR envelopes
- Low/high pass filter with cutoff, resonance and key tracking
- 2 LFOs with customizable amplitude, offset and rate (synchronizable), controlling volume, pitch and filter parameters
- Polyphony control, with up to 32 voices per keyboard sampler
- Legato play mode with customizable glide
- Keygroup controls: volume, pan, semitones, fine-tune, reverse and one-shot, hold, hold & loop trigger modes

* MULTI-TRACK SEQUENCER
- Create unlimited instrument and FX tracks
- Automations: Record, edit and replay instrument and effect parameters
- Record, draw, arrange and resize patterns along the timeline to build your song
- Compose and modify patterns with a piano-roll interface. Edit notes, parameters, and automations.
- Instrument and effect recording options: Quantize, take or partial undo, pre-roll, Overdub, note erasing.

* WAVE EDITOR
- Full-fledged wave editor with intuitive pinch and selection for manipulating samples
- Basic edition tools: trim, cut, copy, paste, with 8 levels undo/redo
- High quality time-stretching and pitch-shifting algorithms
- Audio tools: normalize, silence, reverse, fade in and out, cross-fade
- Record new samples from device microphone or plugged instrument
- Loop points and tempo/signature editor

* MIXER CONSOLE
- Realistic multi-track mixer with level meters
- Edit volume, pan, solo, mute and bus routing features for individual tracks

* LARGE SOUNDBANK INCLUDED
- 68 Drum Machine presets from all genres
- 111 Keyboard Sampler presets, from synthesizers to realistic orchestral instruments.

* SHARING & GLOBAL OPTIONS
- Export your songs to Audio or MIDI files
- Transfer and manage your files from your computer using the integrated FTP server
- Import any songs from your iPod library to create new remixes
- Upload your songs directly to your SoundCloud account
- Share audio content with more than 20 other music applications using the iOS pasteboard
- Supports BeatMaker 1 kits and projects
- Fully supports Retina display
- Native iPad version coming soon as a free update

* COMMUNITY
- WEBSITE: intua.net
- TWITTER: twitter.com/intua
- FORUMS: intua.net/forums

Head to the app’s homepage – http://www.intua.net/products/beatmaker2

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NanoStudio combines sampling, synthesis, sequencing and mastering in a single application, taking mobile music making to a new level.

The v1.13  update includes:

- Core MIDI via CCK on the iPad

- MIDI Thru on the SynthStation25

- Support for the new Line6 MIDI Mobilizer Firmware

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Synthmate : a musical synthesizer with a simple and elegant interface, programable controls including scales, wave type, lfo and yaxis control with a low-latency audio engine.

*  v1.1 is now available on the app store.

New features :

• Make recordings and playback performances. Sound files are saved as .wav files and accessible through iTunes file sharing.

• iOS4.2 Compatibility

Check the app’s home page for further details – http://www.synthmate.com/

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Why choose Electric Piano for iPad HD?

Highest quality sounds period!
4 (C2-C5) Full Octaves!
2 complete sound sets!
Full swiping control, anyway you want it!

That is more than any other piano app in the App store!

An electric piano is an electric musical instrument.

Electric pianos produce sounds mechanically and the sounds are turned into electronic signals by pickups. Unlike a synthesizer, the electric piano is not an electronic instrument, but electro-mechanical.

The sound of most electric pianos differs considerably from that of an acoustic instrument, and the electric piano has thus acquired a musical identity of its own, far beyond that of simply being a portable, amplified piano.

Now you can play electric piano full screen on your iPad!

Grab more details here – http://www.ekwintools.com/

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Whether you’re an experienced musician or a learner, Symphonix Evolution is a powerful tool that helps take your music to a whole new level. Create music by dragging notes directly onto the score, and record or playback via MIDI devices or using the inbuilt virtual synthesizer. Learners or musicians who play ‘by ear’ will appreciate the ability to associate note pitch with the notation.

Symphonix Evolution has numerous features, including:
* 16 track sequencer
* Support for external MIDI devices using the USB Camera Connector
* Wavetable synthesizer with GM/GS emulation
* Load and Save standard MIDI files
* Integration with email and web for easy file exchange
* Real time recording and conversion to notation
* Quantization of recorded input or MIDI files
* Complete online help to get you started

Use Symphonix Evolution to take your music studio with you wherever you go!

For more details, drop by the developer’s website - http://www.vinclaro.com.au/ios/symphonix/symphonix.htm

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