Pro Music Apps

BeepStreet have just sent word that an exciting update is coming soon for the Sunrizer synth app. We have two words for you…. Step…Sequencer!

This is not the final list of feature, but a taste of what to expect anyway.

The Step Sequencer will include the following features:

- Configurable sequence length and tempo
- Support for chords and velocity
- Different playback modes (eg. you can play sequences one by one or play differently timed sequences the same time)
- Ability to render sequences as a perfect loop

All good so far, right? We’ll keep you posted as more details come to hand.

If you don’t have this great sounding virtual analog synthesizer app already, grab it now while it’s 50% off!

Sunrizer synth
Developer: Jaroslaw Jacek

Rated: 4+

Price: $4.99 Download Here

For those that have longed for a pocket friendly version of Arctic Keys, the wait is over with the arrival of a universal version, which means if you already own it on iPad, you now download and use it on an  iPhone and iPod touch for no extra cost.

From One Red Dog’s website -

This brings the poweful synthesis engine from the iPad to the iPhone. All of the features of the iPad version have also been preserved. This includes SoundCloud uploading, Sonoma AudioCopy, real-time recording, file sharing via Wi-Fi, iTunes and email, as well as the synth features. At the same time I’ve added two X-Y pads for finger tip control with assignable modulation routing. The piano keyboard can also be locked to major and minor scales.

For a full run down on this killer synth app head here - https://www.onereddog.com.au/

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Seline 2.0 Ultimate is based upon the award-winning concept of the original Seline HD, but is so much better in every way.

The application has evolved from the “concept” to the “real workhorse” level and is now a very powerful musical tool, for instant production of tons of first-class musical ideas. The melodies can now be recorded to .WAV/.M4A and MIDI simultaneously. Hardware, virtual, wireless MIDI in/out, as well as Audio Copy/Paste are fully supported. There are 30 built-in instruments, 6 drones, 8 drumloops, and more downloadable content is available through the built-in app SHOP.

Seline is a great live performance and improvisation music instrument that will keep you playing for hours, even if you haven’t touched any music instrument before. The sound is altered on the fly with a dozen of subtle AI algorhythms that add unbelievable expression, character and life to your music. Drones (chorded synth pads) are generated on-the-fly based on the complex analysis of your melody line and provide an excellent background layer for your melody.

Symbiosis of research, technology, and passion… Seline is the latest, most innovative and best-sounding music instrument for the iPad, aimed at easy creation of complicated, soulful, intricate melodies, backed with lush soundscapes. Record them all, and you’ll never run out of musical ideas!

FEATURES

+ Advanced CrystalClarity HD sound engine
+ ioGrid 2.0 – ergonomically designed playing surface
+ Easy note-to-note pitch bends and velocity/filter controls
+ Playing expressive, soulful melodies has never been so easy before
+ 30 factory instruments, 6 drones, 8 drumloops
+ Automatic backing track – drones (chorded pads) generation
+ Support of playing drumloops for overdubbing or just having fun
+ Instant transposition controls, A/B setup switching
+ 4 FX: Grand Stereo Reverb, Dub Delay , Lush Chorus, Grit Crusher
+ MeloDist – Advanced “singing distortion” feature
+ 30 included scales + custom scale creation
+ Record to .WAV/.M4A/MIDI, overdub, file manager
+ Find your recorded files in iTunes / Apps / Seline Ultimate page
+ Full MIDI compatibility (Record to file/Hardware/Virtual)

For further details head here - http://amidio.com/

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Here’s just a quickie not to miss out on….

4Pockets are having a 24 hour Valentine “Share the Love” sale on their stellar apps.

Aurora Sound Studio down from $9.99/£6.99 to   $0.99/£0.65
Aurora Sound Studio HD down from $39.99/£27.99 to    $9.99/£6.99
Meteor Mult Track Recorder down from $19.99/£13.99 to   $9.99/£6.99

Don’t be shy now, and give the gift of music to someone you care for!

For more info and links - http://www.4pocketsaudio.com/

OSX/iOS users of the virtual analogue synth by Tempo Rubato, NLogSynth, can now pick up a brand new set of patches and drum loops created by Matthias Sauer at App Sound for just a pocket full of spare change!

SYNTH ESSENTIALS is a sound collection for the NLOG Synths
by TEMPO RUBATO: NLogSynth PRO (iPad) and NLogPoly Synth
(AU-Plug-in / Standalone). In addition you find some audio-loops
for your musical inspiration. The drumloops are selected from
our product BEAT KONSTRUKT.

Beside fat analog synths from vintage to current pop and electronic music
the sound set contains fascinating hybrid patches – presenting you the best
of digital and analog world. Another highlight are the arpeggiator patches
which allow quick starting into your music production. Some of the presets
are very useful for keyboard player using the iPad on stage. And yes, take
advantage of the xy pad for modulating all the patches of
SYNTH ESSENTIALS.

CONTENTS

96 Patches, 3 Banks, 1 Showcase Bank,
1 Performance Bank, 20 Audio-Loops (AIFF/WAV)
Showcase Bank – best of SYNTH ESSENTIALS
Live Performance Bank – set for traditional live musicians

Cost: 4,99 Euro (excl. VAT)

Check some audio demos:

http://soundcloud.com/app-sound/sets/synth-essential-for-nlog/

Check out some of the patches -

Check out demos of the VST plug-in version -

For more details, and ordering info - http://www.app-sound.com/Tempo_Rubato.html

It’s been a busy year already for Wooji Juice, with two big updates for their sweet sounding synth, Grain Science. Below are the new additions just added in V1.2

Grain Science is a beautiful synthesiser for iPad. Designed for musicians, soundscape artists and SFX engineers who want to go beyond our Sylo Synthesiser, Grain Science is built on similar principles of granular synthesis, but is vastly more powerful. Unlike many “experimental” granular apps, Grain Science mixes it up with traditional synthesis techniques to make an exciting new hybrid synthesiser.

What’s new in v1.2

• New: Chorus FX unit
• New: Pulse Width Modulation blend mode
• New: Wave list shows a count of how many instruments use each wave
• New: More musician-friendly BPM system, goes up to 180bpm with 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 and 1/32 options (old system can still be selected)
• New: Multiple-octave chord arpeggiation
• New: Swipe to delete unwanted audio from wave & audio import lists
• New: “Reed” built-in wave
• New: 6 additional built-in instruments
• New: Tube Resonance Bass can be programmed. Note: It can bite! Slow, gentle programs are recommended, unless you want artefacts!
• New: UI improvement — swap FX units by dragging them around by their names
• New: Setting to choose whether recording is hold-to-record or tap-to-start/tap-to-stop
• New: Mini VU meter on recording button during recording (or, in hold-to-record mode, tap to toggle on/off)
• New: Cropping selections now snap to zero-crossings for smoother results
• Improved: Easier to see when a cropping selection is about to begin
• Improved: Avoids “popping” while installing/uninstalling FX units
• Improved: Slightly more useful naming for newly-created instruments
• Fix: Crash bug when mapping certain kinds of parameter in otherwise-unmodified instruments
• Fix: Issue with reverb resetting itself after re-opening Grain Science
• Fix: Control Mapper shows the same names for Tube Resonance parameters as on their FX dials
• Fix: Issue with Control Mapper Auto-Reset not always auto-resetting to the correct value
• Fix: Issue with Single-Shot grain mode

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I realise we focus mostly on the serious music making apps out there, but this one is just too cute not to mention. It’s basic concept is a dual synth that you can play around with by sliding your fingers around the screen. It’s free, and there are in-app purchases for addition ‘sounds’, but don’t expect to get your hands dirty in freaky filter land, it’s just not that sort of app. Oh they’ve thrown in a few drum loops too, or you can play your own tunes, just to give you some backing to ‘noodle’ along with. Catalogue this one under ‘ light hearted fun’!

Everybody’s favorite musical pugs are back – this time for FREE!
Definitely the puggiest two voice synthesizer on the app store. Dress your pugs up in costumes for different voices – everything from a snowy wonderful bleepy voice to a swampy Pugstep rumble. Give them hats for beats – mix and match for thousands of variations!
Be sure to check out Pugs Luv Beats, the IGF nominated “strangest game in the iOS store”, for more musical pugginess.

 

 

 

Play with the colors and find the composer in you!
You recognize this? You picked up a melody that keeps going on in your mind. You can hum it but can’t write the notes down unless you are a well educated musician. Playing it on a keyboard is even more difficult. At least up to now.
From now on there is the melody music maker. This great piece of software makes a composer out of everyone. It transforms every simple melody into a well composed and correct arranged master piece. Everything you need is a bit of time and an idea for a melody. The remaining part will be handled by this app. It is your private arranger and composer in one.
What have Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and Ray Charles in common? They could not read scores but nevertheless their songs captured the world. With Melody Music Maker you are walking in the trails of these super talents. You can fully focus on one thing: the melody that you enjoy, without taking care for the notes and theoretical correctness. Colors guide the user through the composition of the song. In real-time the Melody Music Maker will provide you with options for well sounding chord progressions. With this method great songs are created in no time, songs that can keep up with the ones of your idols.
With Melody Music Maker it is fun to express intuitively your musical ideas, they grow as you play.

Melody music maker has the following features:
* This app adds theoretical composing knowledge to your musical ideas
* Presets provide you with suggestions for theoretical settings like root key, scale, tempo, etc.
* 127 sounds to enrich you composition with the right voice
* Modulation and glide features to enrich your sound
* Record several takes on top of each other
* Wizard function, improves the timing of your recording
* Seperate MIDI channels for chords and lead voice
* x and y controllers over lead voice area to control sound changes as you play
* Sync out for synchronization with arranger keyboards, sequencers, music work stations, etc.

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If you are fond of music and knows all about music apps for iOS, you will be delightful to find out that the second major update of Rhythm Studio for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad has beed just released. The app features such handy novelties as:

- New analog modeled synth with two oscillators modeling analog waveforms, a 24db resonant filter, oscillator sync and ring modulation
-New FX with Phaser, D-Verb, S-Verb, Amp Distortion, 2 band Equalizer and Auto Filter.
- Improved navigation with a zoom button and panning which snaps to each device.
- Full multi-touch allows users to control and move as many knobs and switches as they want.
- New ST-1 sound patches provided by professional music producer and Senior Sound Designer, Red-Eye.

Rhythm Studio takes the classic software to a whole new level making it a must-have for musicians of all levels. The app has been well received in the world music community reaching number 1 for the iPad music category in 12 countries and staying at the top of the iPhone and iPad charts for weeks upon release. The second major update takes music recording experience to the whole new level, introducing new instruments as well as improved controls that provide the smoothest recording experience then ever before.

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Animoog is Moog Music’s first professional synthesizer for iOS devices, and was the first music app in history to hit number one in the App Store on the day of release. Additionally, in the 2011 App Store Rewind, Apple named Animoog one of the best apps of the year.

Powered by Moog’s new Anisotropic Synth Engine (ASE), Animoog allows you to move dynamically through an X/Y space of unique timbres to create a constantly evolving and expressive soundscape.

Animoog captures the vast sonic vocabulary of Moog synthesizers and applies it to the modern touch surface paradigm, enabling you to sculpt incredibly fluid and dynamic sounds that live, breathe, and evolve as you play them.

Visually captivating and sonically immersive, Animoog brings iPad based music production to the next level. Whether you are new to synthesis or a professional, Animoog’s unique user interface gives you the power to easily create a visually vibrant and sonically rich universe. It is the ultimate tool for total creative expression!

Animoog’s diverse library of timbres is derived from analog waveforms captured from classic Moog oscillators, both vintage and modern, and run through a boutique’s worth of high-end outboard and analog signal processors. These include modular synth panels, Moogerfooger pedals and more.

Animoog is the newest innovation in creative tools from Moog Music, the legendary electronic musical instrument company founded by Bob Moog in Asheville, NC.

Key Features:

• Anisotropic Synth Engine (ASE) – An exciting new Moog technology that allows the user to move dynamically through an X/Y space of unique timbres to create an expressive and constantly evolving soundscape.

• Timbre page – Assemble unique sounds in the X/Y space from timbres of a wide variety of vintage and modern Moog synthesizers and pedals. Note: this is NOT simple sample playback.

• Polyphonic Modulation – Simply slide your fingers to control multiple modulation parameters in Animoog right from the keys.

• Polyphonic Pitch Shifting – Easily manipulate the exact pitch of each note in a chord by rotating or sliding your fingers.

• Delay Module – A classic analog style ping pong delay.

• Thick Module – From bit crushing to unison voice detuning and drive, this module adds depth, edge and character to Animoog’s already massive sound palette.

• Moog Filter – The classic four-pole Moog ladder filter with High Pass, Low Pass and Band Pass modes.

• Record Module – Record your performance and overdub new layers, or play along live. Transfer recordings between Animoog and any other apps which support the general pasteboard.

• Path Module – Direct ASE through Animoog’s X/Y space to create new expressive and shifting sounds that will blow your mind!

• Orbit Module – Control the rate of orbit in the X/Y space around the path you created for subtle to insane voice manipulation.

• Flexible Modulation Matrix – Amp, Filter and Mod Envelopes, LFO with infinitely variable wave shapes and sync, and four super flexible and assignable modulation slots.

• MIDI in – Use your Little Phatty or any other MIDI controller to control Animoog.

Grab Animoog for iPhone now –