Garage Band for iPad gets a make over
Perhaps the newly released FL Studio for the iPad has made Apple release an upgrade 
Apple has updated Garage Band for iPad to version 1.0.1. GarageBand turns your iPad into a collection of Touch Instruments and a full-featured recording studio. Use Multi-Touch gestures to play pianos, organs, guitars, drums, and basses on your iPad. They sound and play like their counterparts, but let you do things you could never do on a real instrument.
Version 1.0.1 brings the following features and fixes:
• Support for audio output over AirPlay, Bluetooth devices and HDMI with the Apple Digital AV Adapter.
• Import of AIFF, WAV, CAF audio files and Apple Loops (16 bit, 44.1 kHz).
• Allows copy and paste of audio from supported apps into GarageBand.
• Addresses occurrences of GarageBand freezing while playing Smart Instruments.
• Improves overall stability and addresses a number of minor issues.
Garage Band for iPad’s original features offer:
Play your iPad like a musical instrument.
• Perform on dozens of musical instruments on the innovative Multi-Touch keyboard.
• Tap out beats from the seat of acoustic and electronic drum kits.
• Recreate legendary guitar rigs on your iPad with 9 amps and 10 stompbox effects.
• Record your voice using the built-in microphone, and apply fun sound effects.
• Use the Sampler to create an instrument from sounds you record, then play them on a keyboard.
Sound like a virtuoso with Smart Instruments.
• Tap chords to instantly create keyboard grooves with the Smart Keyboard.
• Strum chords on acoustic and electric Smart Guitars, or trigger fingerpicking patterns for popular chords.
• Groove with an onscreen electric or upright Smart Bass by tapping on chords.
• Drag drum instruments onto a grid to create your own beats with the Smart Drums.
Create a song anywhere you go.
• Arrange and mix your song with up to eight tracks using Touch Instruments, audio recordings, and loops.
• Trim and place musical regions exactly where you want them to play.
• Use the Mixer to fine-tune each track’s volume – solo or mute any track, or adjust pan, reverb, and echo.
• Use over 250 professionally prerecorded loops as a backing band to your song.
Share your songs.
• Email songs right from your iPad (AAC).
• Export your song and add it to the iTunes library on your Mac or PC.
• Send a project to your Mac and open it in GarageBand to continue refining your song.
Available through iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/a…
Time for a Lion in the Cloud – Apple WWDC
Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives will kick off the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address on Monday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m. At the keynote, Apple will unveil its next generation software – Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS® X; iOS 5, the next version of Apple’s advanced mobile operating system which powers the iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch®; and iCloud®, Apple’s upcoming cloud services offering.
Apple has confirmed maybe the worst kept secret in Silicon Valley: It’s been working on a cloud service, and will announce it at the June 6 Worldwide Developers Conference.
So now we know annual developer’s conference will unveil “iCloud®, Apple’s upcoming cloud services offering,” but we don’t know yet what it is, or what exactly will reside at the domain name it may have bought for $4.5 million in April.
iCloud could be the mythical iTunes streaming service, a possibility that is looking increasingly likely now that Apple has most of the major record labels signed up for it, in a space pioneered by Amazon and Google, which has no such deals. Or it could be Apple’s version of DropBox, the amazing sync and storage service that currently glues together the whole iOS ecosystem along with its desktop service.
Or it could be yet another abortion of an internet service, like Mobile Me, iDisk and Ping before it.
Whatever it is, it’ll have to be good. DropBox is already the default file system for iOS, and can be used by any developer, on almost any other OS. If iCloud is to succeed, it needs to be just as available to developers. ITunes streaming, too, needs to be something special. A “cloud locker” service like Amazon and Google’s is almost pointless, and we already have amazing streaming services like Spotify and Rdio.
WWDC will feature more than 100 technical sessions presented by Apple engineers. Mac® developers will see and learn how to develop world-class Mac OS X Lion applications using its latest technologies and capabilities. Mobile developers will be able to explore the latest innovations and capabilities of iOS and learn how to greatly enhance the functionality, performance and design of their apps. All developers can bring their code to the labs and work with Apple engineers.
For more details, visit the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011 website at developer.apple.com/wwdc.
Get the grips with Slide Control for iPad
Slide Control is an iPad music application for musicians. This application makes improvisation easier. You can choose any scale (major, minor, pentatonic, blues …) and slide your finger to play any melody. With Slide Control it does not have bad grades, your movements are in harmony. Easier to play !! Easier to improvise !! Easier to create !! More imagination!!
Features:
★ Very simple application for very simple improvisation
★ Video tutorial Include
★ Many scale for best improvising (major, minor, pentatonic, blues …)
★ Polyphonic Control
★ Choose from 11 different wallpaper
★ Program change/ Bank change
★ All Midi CC support on Y direction
★ 16 Midi channel
★ Quick switch Sustain / Partamento / Legato
★ Quick switch Oct +1
★ MIDI Device support – connect devices via the Camera Connection Kit (near zero latency)
★ Measured latency over WiFi to OS X: 2-5ms
★ Fullscreen
★ Cool Animation
★ More to come!
Attractive Crossmedia Performance
Mortal Engine is a dance-video-music-laser performance using movement and sound responsive projections to portray an ever-shifting, shimmering world in which the limits of the human body are an illusion. Crackling light and staining shadows represent the most perfect or sinister of souls. Kinetic energy fluidly metamorphoses from the human figure into light image, into sound and back again. Choreography is focused on movement of unformed beings in an unfamiliar landscape searching to connect and evolve in a constant state of becoming. Veering between moments of exquisite cosmological perfection and grotesque evolutionary accidents of existence, we are driven forward by the reality of permanent change.
DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY Gideon Obarzanek
INTERACTIVE SYSTEM DESIGN Frieder Weiss
LASER AND SOUND ARTIST Robin Fox
COMPOSER Ben Frost
COSTUME DESIGNER Paula Levis
LIGHTING DESIGNER Damien Cooper
SET DESIGN Richard Dinnen and Gideon Obarzanek
MULTIMEDIA ENGINEER Nick Roux
More info: http://www.chunkymove.com/Our-Works/Current-Productions/Mortal-Engine.aspx
C64 treat: Arkanoid Commodore 64 remix
The Arkanoid Commodore 64 remix features the Roland MC505 which has a massive collection of professional and coveted electronic synth and drum sounds, effects, built-in real-time VCF and envelope knobs for tweaking, a sequencer/arranger, and many other great additions. This is the successor to the MC-303 and is now much more advanced. Its sounds will be familiar to any techno-head.
The LFO and resonant filters allow quick and easy sound manipulation. The new D-Beam allows you to randomly tweak your sounds by passing your hand over an infrared beam! It has a great sequencer for building your songs (with groove quantizing and part level faders for mixing) as well as many idea catchers like the phrase sampler and arpeggiator.
This is an all-in-one music machine that’s great for DJ’s or anybody else who wants to create slamming dance tracks. Designed as a stand alone machine, they do not work quite as well when incorporated into a multi-synth keyboard rig. It’s perfect for beginners and advanced users, but offers the most possibility to those who will use it exclusively.
In this video:
http://www.polynominal.com/site/rarkanoid.htm
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ElectraX virtual synth gets polished
Tone2 has announced ElectraX 1.2, an update to its software synthesizer for Windows and Mac.
New in ElectraX 1.2:
- Filter section has been extended with Fractal Filters. These completely new filter types are excusive and not available from any other company.
- Native 64 Bit standalone version.
- Create 4x stereo unison patches with ‘copy’ button.
- ‘Load patch to synth’ allows to stack up to 4 patches for fat multitimbral sounds.
- The OSCs support drag&drop for wav import and resynthesis.
- Samples longer than 10 seconds can be loaded now.
- Analog modeled ‘Moog’ filter (analog controls self oscillation and non-linearity).
- Analog modeled State Variable Lowpass with Filter-FM (analog controls FM amount).
- Nonlinear 12dB Lowpass ‘LP Shaped’.
- Mod Matrix destination ‘Start’ sets OSC start phase or Sample start point.
- Mod Matrix destination ‘Mix’ crossblends between filter1 and filter2.
- Mod Matrix sources ‘Midi CC’, ‘Breath’, ‘Foot’, ‘Expression’, ‘Hold’…
- Mod Matrix source ‘VoiceNr’ returns a value which depends on the current voice number.
- Mod Matrix source ‘NumKeys’ counts the number of pressed keys for more dynamic expression.
- Mod Matrix source ‘KeySat.’ returns a saturated version of key follow.
- Mod Matrix source ‘Impulse’ returns a 1ms long impulse which can be used for attack sounds.
- 12 additional analog ‘Decay’ envelopes as sources in Mod Matrix.
- Loop/Single is automatically set on sample import.
- Octave/Semi is automatically detected from sample name (e.g. Piano_A-3.wav).
- Last directory is remembered on wav load and fxp load/save.
Other improvements:
- Improved graphics with 4 new skins.
- FM on/off, OSC on/off, Distortion type and Sync can also be changed during playback now.
- An OSC which is FM modulated by a deactived source does not longer output noise.
- Many improvements in sample handling.
- Up/down controls show an arrow and are more smooth to handle.
- Improved sound in glide mode.
- ElectraX is more robust against broken Midi data which is sent from hosts.
- Improved CPU compatibility.
- Waiting icon is show during patch load.
- Improved ‘analog’ psycoacoustic mode.
Version 1.2 is expected to be available in June 2011. ElectraX for Mac & WIndows is available for US $199/189 EUR.
Going backstage with the Arturia Spark
Combining the power of analog synthesis, physical modelling and samples, through the intuitive workflow of a hardware drum machine, Spark is a highly creative beat production center. Spark will save you time when looking for the right drum kit, will get you hooked by its amazing simplicity, and will surprise you by its sonic possibilities.
With a complete library including vintage drum machines, electronic analog kits, acoustic & physical drums, Spark is your weapon of choice to create unique grooves whether you are producing in the studio or performing on stage.
MAIN FEATURES:
- Pristine quality sound engines including : TAE® Analog synthesis, Multi layered sampling delivered by reference third-party companies, Physical modelling
- 480 Instruments / 30 Kits :
- Vintage drum machines : Analog emulations of the TR-808, TR-909, Simmons SDS-V, and Eprom based LinnDrum, Drumtraks, DMX, and more*.
- Electronic kits covering the most popular modern music styles : Dub, House, Techno, Hip Hop, RnB… as well as experimental fields thanks to the physical modelling engine.
- Acoustic drum kits mixing physical modelling and samples for high audio realism.
- 16 key – 64 step sequencer
- 8 velocity & pressure sensitive pads
- Touch sensitive FX Pad with Repeat, Tape, Reverse, Strobe, Pan, Mix, Bit Crusher, 3 mode Filter and Roller
- Advanced Loop mode with divide and move functions
- Real-time automation on all parameters
- 16 track mixer with 9 high quality effects : compressor, reverb, bit crusher, multiband EQ, chorus, delay, distortion, phaser, plate reverb
- Song Mode with up to 64 patterns by song
- Shuffle and Shift modes to humanize grooves
- High precision rotary encoders
- Aluminum enclosure
- Works as a universal MIDI controller towards any third-party software
In this video:
Arturia Spark – Creative Drum Machine
Behind the Scenes Infos mit Pierce Warnecke und den Arturia Entwicklern.
Electronic Invasion From Within
Nice trailer for the upcoming KiNo Exhibition at the World Monuments Fund Gallery — OPENING NIGHT on June 3rd. The Exhibition runs throughout the month with daily live performances by KiNo and 9 different sets of music.
For full schedule of live performances:
poetofsoundandimage.com/june
The gallery landscape will be punctuated by two-dimensional works from artists Bill Alpert, Bartus Bartolomes, Scott Alger, Astolfo Funes and Marjan Denkov. 9 special sets of KiNo’s original music and sonic pieces will be performed throughout the month, combining the forces of the KiNo Live Rig* and TONTO. A treasured special-guest lineup includes the following artists:
Malcolm Cecil (“Godfather of electronic music”)
Andy Rourke (The Smiths)
Joe McGinty (Psychedelic Furs)
Jesper Kyd (composer: Hitman, Assassin’s Creed)
DJ Jonathan Peters
Ilhan Ersahin (Wax Poetic)
Jonathan Haffner (Bill Friser)
Juini Booth (McCoy Tyner/Sun Ra)
Curated by Belen Bosch & Ana Rita Da Piadade.
Live Production by Jeff Blenkinsopp.
Exhibition Production by Ana Rita Da Piadade, Jeff Blenkinsopp & KiNo
Black Rain label sign cult Electro act Digital Factor
The German label Black Rain recently announced the signing of the culd Electro band Digital Factor.
This was announced in a press release from the label and they are very proud to have Digital Factor onboard. The band are currently finishing up the work on their new album, which is scheduled to be released by the beginning of September. In the same time. the band will be touring together with Front Line Assembly on their upcoming European Tour in September.
01.09. D – Frankfurt / Batschkapp*
02.09. D – Bochum / Matrix*
04.09. CZ – Prag / Lucerna Music Bar*
05.09. D – Nürnberg / Hirsch*
06.09. A – Vienna / Szene*
07.09. SK – Bratislava / Majesty Club*
08.09. H – Budapest / *
09.09. I – Milano / *
10.09. CH – Luzern / Sedel*
11.09. D – Munich / Backstage Hall*
12.09. D – Stuttgart / *
13.09. F – Strassbourg / La Laternie*
24.09. D – Kassel /
26.11. D – Dresden / Bunker
* Supporting Front Line Assembly
Background information:
Indeed, the music has to get louder. Music and its visuality is distributed more and more broadly via the Internet. It is between Youtube and Musicload where the ears of the listeners are not hit with the quiet tones. No, the opposite is the case. This also goes for the gentlemen of the Electro-EBM formation Digital Factor in the 18th year of their existence.
After the release of an album in 2006 with “One More Piece”(Wannsee/edel) on which the Electro Formation showed rather calmer tunes, the band now dedicates themselves back to the harder Electrogefilden.
Thus Digital Factor are raving on “look back to go forward” (Lukotyk/Prussia/Rough Trade) with stretched analog sequences and harsh rhythms. They actually look back to go forward, and attach themselves to their success albums such as “relation chip” (Hyperium/Indigo) from 1994 or “On Demand” (Hyperium/SPV) from 1996. Meanwhile, those CDs are completely sold out, and “look back to go forward” can certainly close this gap.“Before the production of the new album we have listened a lot to our old stuff, and had a lot of fun with it,” says Torsten Heise, initial member and owner of the Digital Factor studio. And that you can be certain about.
The new vintage MPX Master Tape plug-in with some surprises
Waves Audio has unveiled the MPX Master Tape plug-in. Developed in association with producer/engineer Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Kiss) as part of an ongoing series of collaborations, the MPX Master Tape plug-in for Mac and PC is modeled on a rare machine consisting of an Ampex 350 transport and 351 electronics. With adjustable tape speed, bias, flux, wow and flutter, along with noise parameters, the MPX provides comprehensive control over the contours of any sound. Additionally, Waves has added a flexible slap and feedback delay, ideal for rock, dance, dub and countless other styles. For recording, mixing, mastering and more, MPX brings the richness and warmth of real tape saturation to any DAW setup.
When Waves started their hardware modeling project with Eddie Kramer, it was always their intention to create a model of the original recording chain from Olympic Studios in London that Kramer used on his great recordings of Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix. The Ampex 350 and 351 valve tape machines were mainstays of the recording industry and were used for literally thousands of hit albums and singles over more than two decades of recording. Waves tracked down a perfectly maintained machine (owned by veteran mixer/engineer Eric Schilling), and began the long, complex modeling process. Assisting Waves were Bob Olhsson (Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross) and co-developer John Haeny (Jim Morrison and the Doors, John Coltrane, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne). Waves used 3M Scotch 206/207 tape for the modeling, as it was considered an almost ideal match for this machine.
Features:
» Modeled on the Ampex 350/351 1/4″ reel-to-reel
» Adjustable tape speed, bias, flux, wow and flutter
» Slap and feedback delay
» Up to 24-bit 96kHz resolution
» Mono and Stereo components
» Supports TDM, RTAS, Audio Suite, VST, AU
» PC- and Mac compatible
Controls:
» SPEED selects the simulated tape speed
» MONITOR selects the monitoring mode
» BIAS controls the level of the ultrasonic bias signal
» VU METER displays input or output level
» VU CALIBRATION controls the VU meter headroom calibration
» DELAY TIME controls the time of the tape delay effect, with settings for 7.5 ips (266 milliseconds) and15ips(133ms)
» DELAY TYPE toggles between delay modes
» FEEDBACK controls the amount of the delayed output signal
» LOWPASS controls the LP cutoff frequency on the delay path
» RECORD LEVEL controls the input level
» LINK I/O links Record and Playback Levels controls
» PLAYBACK LEVEL controls the total signal output level
» FLUX controls the level of simulated magnetic radiation emitted from the record head
» WOW & FLUTTER controls the speed and gain modulations and fluctuations
» NOISE controls the level of added modeled noise but not noise modulations and signal additive noise
The Waves MPX Master Tape plugin is availablenow for $200 Native / $300 TDM, with special introductory prices of $99 Native/$149 TDM being offered for a limited time.
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