The Little MIDI Machine gets upgraded
Synthetic Bits has announced a major update to its free MIDI step sequencer for iOS, Little MIDI Machine.
Little MIDI Machine v2 was just submitted to the App Store and is not yet available. Here’s an overview of Little MIDI Machine v2 Features:
- Now a universal app, supports iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
- CoreMIDI support, including network MIDI
- MIDI clock sync for both Line 6 and CoreMIDI, send and receive
- New random sequence mode
- Updated graphics/UI
- Still free
If you’re not familiar with Little MIDI Machine, it’s one of the more wicked freebies available for iOS musicians. It lets you create two independent sequences in classic step sequencing style:
- Sequences can be any length
- Sequences can run forwards or backwards, and can be ‘played’ in realtime
- Sequences can by synced to clock at three different rates
- Note length can be controlled for the entire sequence
- Sequences can control pitch and velocity
- Sequences can be directed to different MIDI channels
The new features should open up a lot of potential for the app, especially the ability to sync to other hardware or apps via CoreMIDI.
SoundPrism Pro Expression Trailer
Here’s a new trailer for Soundprism Pro, an advanced MIDI Controller for iOS
What is SoundPrism Pro?
* a professional composition tool and midi controller
* an interactive generator for harmonic sound textures and epic cinema tracks
* a completely new way to control existing VSTis, synthesizers and sound modules
* an intuitive way to visualize and internalize musical relationships
* an innovative way to interact musically with geometric pitch space visualizations
* a way to define awesome pitch layouts by using the new PitchClassShifter
What can I do with it?
* compose film soundtracks
* find new chord progressions for your pop and rock songs
* create loops with advanced tonality
* compose epic sound textures for your next video game
* provide your media presentations with self made music
In this video:
http://soundprism.com/pro/
SoundPrism Pro 1.4 now supports Accelerometer Input.
The nice NLog synth goes Poly
Above is a capture of the current version and as can be seen in the text below we will soon be treated with a Poly update. TempoRubato has announced the forthcoming release of NLogPoly Synth for Mac OSX. Availability in Mac App Store is scheduled for Saturday, May 21st. Here’s their press release with the details…
With the release of NLogPoly Synth for Mac OSX including an Audio Unit version TempoRubato’s virtual analogue synth technology – currently known from the iPad app NLogSynth PRO – is now available across both Apple’s major platforms: Mac OSX and iOS.
Musicians, composers and producers now have a synth platform which allows them freely to move between mobile devices and their studio environment without any loss of quality. You can easily share all your patches made on iPad with NLogSynth PRO with NLogPoly Synth on Mac and vice versa.
NLogSynth has started on iOS devices recreating professional virtual analogue synthesis freshly from scratch to unveil the power of their specific hardware architecture. Based on 32 bit floating point processing NLogSynth utilizes advanced signal processing optimizations of Apple’s A4 & A5 CPUs. After successfully running this new architectural approach for two years, we are now proud to provide the same algorithms on Mac’s Intel architectures.
Thus, TempoRubato’s NLogPoly Synth is bridging the gap between mobility and the studio.
NLogPoly Synth for Mac comes in currently two parts: A standalone app and an Audio Unit plug-in both supporting 32- & 64-bit environments. Depending on market response a VST version for Mac will be added later this year.
The standalone app is a multi-timbral engine providing the power of 8 polyphonic virtual analogue synths. Each with 4 OSC, 2 Filter, 4 LFOs, 4 Envelopes, Modulation Matrix and an individual Effect Rack with Reverb, 4 Band Parametric EQ, Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Stereo Delay and Distortion. All 8 synths can be assigned to individual MIDI channels. With assigning them to the same MIDI channel NLogPoly Synth provides a polyphonic multi-layered synth with up to 8 layers.
The Audio Unit version is running in as many instances your hardware allows within your DAW. It provides the full set of more than 200 parameters of the NLogSynth engine for automation or remote control by external hardware controller. NLogPoly Synth for Audio Unit has been tested with the recent versions of major hosts like Apple’s Logic Studio, GarageBand, MainStage, Ableton’s Live, Native Instruments’ Maschine or Renoise.
TempoRubato is a synthesizer ‘microbrewery’ located in Frankfurt, Germany founded by Rolf Wöhrmann. We believe in the good life and doing things at work we really like to do for the pleasure, creativity and joy of our users.
Pricing and Availability:
NLogPoly Synth can be downloaded from the Mac App Store as a standalone application for 19.99 EUR / 24.99 USD. Owners of the standalone app can further download the Audio Unit plug-in as a free extension in parallel with the standalone app release starting on May 21st.
More information:
FL Studio Mobile | Coming Soon
As we reported on earlier FL Studio are preparing for their mobile solution, most likely focusing on iOS, here is yet another teaser from the FL team:
http://www.flstudiomobile.com – Create multi-track sequenced projects wherever you are. Then you can load these projects if you want into FL Studio and take them to the next level. Compatible with the iPhone, iPad and iPod (touch).
Toro Mini Synth with 90 Instruments
TORO mini synthesizer; with a 4-octave keyboard is one of the most innovative keyboards around making the synth truly playable. Record your masterpieces, export them through your computer web browser and include them to your DAW projects. Each instrument patch can be radically manipulated by the eight knobs controllers. For rhythmic instruments for example, the pattern of the rhythm can be altered. For other instruments filters, the LFO and the oscillator waves can be adjusted in real time.
Features:
– Over 90 adjustable instruments patches including electric pianos, 80’s synths, game music instruments, heavy industrial synths and loads of sound effects
– 5 oscillator waves
– 5 voices polyphony
– Low- and hi-pass filters
– LFO and Mod parameters
– Real-time parameter adjustment making it a joy to bend filters, the LFO and other values
– One of the most innovative 4-octave keyboards around: resizable, scrollable, slideable and with the Sticky Keys feature
– Recording Console: Record to wav, listen to recordings and export the files through computer web browser
– Built-in user manual
– Exchangeable skins
Get Toro Mini for just 99 cents on iTunes now at http://itunes.apple.com/us/a…
OscilloScoop for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch
Tap, slide, and stretch your fingers over OscilloScoop to create an infinity of electronica, dance, hip hop, and techno tracks. With OscilloScoop you make real musical grooves by simply gliding your fingertips over spinning crowns; then sequence them into a real-time performance with a few taps. As effortless as a toy, OscilloScoop gives you the same tools pro DJs and musicians use to create intricate tracks—but with an intuitive interface inspired by video games and animation. OscilloScoop is an organic, generative way to make music in a process that’s more like dancing than composing: it’s addictive, fun, and original.
OscilloScoop features continuous tone melody; 16- and 32-beat quantizing; low-pass filter; volume control; selection of loopable beats in techno, hip hop, electro, and house; tempo control from 60 to 140 beats per minute; in-app purchase of additional beat sets; preset saves for live performance; and fine-grain editing when you tilt into landscape.
Download on the App store: itunes.apple.com/us/app/oscilloscoop…
OscilloScoop is designed by Lukas Girling, a creator of interactive musical interfaces who has worked with world-renowned musicians and music technologists including Laurie Anderson and Max Mathews. The app was created in collaboration with interactive artist and programmer Scott Snibbe, author of the bestselling apps Bubble Harp and Gravilux; and Graham McDermott, noted video game and app developer.
http://snibbe.com/store/oscilloscoop
Music Album. Morphing Shadows – Collage
This is a quick demo of Morphing Shadows’ Collage (App Store link), a $.99 interactive music album for iOS.
The album is presented as an application that combines track playback with basic remix and effect options.
Features:
- Complete music album with 5 original songs.
- Over 100 loops for remixes
- Loop include drums, basses, synths and effects
- Real time effects – LPF, Flanger and Bitcrusher
- XY touchpad.
- Five track mixer with level meters
- Mute/unmute the tracks in any remix mode
- Recording remixes and listening in built-in player
- Sharing remixes on SoundCloud and Twitter (WiFi recommended)
NodeBeat – iOS Music Sequencer
NodeBeat is an experimental node-based audio sequencer and generative music application for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
By combining music and exploration, NodeBeat allows anyone to create a variety of rhythmic sequences and ambient melodies in a fun and intuitive fashion.
Release Date: April 25th, 2011
DigiEnsemble – “St. Anna” for iPod, iPad & iPhone
The DigiEnsemble Berlin is an experimental study group founded and led by Matthias Krebs that follows a systematic approach to playing on mobile devices (iphone, ipad & co). Regular meetings are held for group practice as well as discussion and refinement of the approach.
If you would like to join us for the ensemble or would like to have more first hand information, please contact us at [info(at) digiensemble.de]
Q & A with Karl Bartos on the Mini Composer iPhone app
Composers make songs, artists make paintings and developers make games. So what is The Mini Composer? Is it Mr Bartos latest single released as an app? Or is it an yet another iPhone synth instrument? Thinking outside the box – it’s something in between – it’s a digital sonic experience.
What it offers is a 16 note polyphonic matrix sequencer, freely programmable and a preprogrammed beat. There are 4 presents that controls the synth sound (sine, square, saw & triangle) and slap back delay, sequencer tempo and a Kraftwerk inspired beat. Or more correctly a beat by Karl Bartos! All presented with some symbolic graphics that could be recognized as Bartos trade mark by now.
To find out more about the Mini Composer we asked Karl Bartos some questions:
Q: The Mini Composer seem to be a bit limited and constrained to be a full featured instrument, but then it’s not just remixing your songs. To us it appears you found something in between – a sonic experience. Tell us about the thinking behind the Mini Composer!
Karl Bartos: Jean-Marc Lederman brought up the idea to make a contribution to the iPhone app playground and he took me by surprise when he already found the fantastic Professor Masayuki Akamatsu from Japan.
I was always fond of the rigid mathematical grace of the first drum machines and we combined the idea of the beat box with an old fashioned sequencer matrix plus the four basic soundwaves. No big deal, just a little idea made from us with fun and devotion for people to play with. We took the pictograms from my record “Communication” to bring in that corporated identity as well. So, in the end it was a collaboration in virtual space between the three of us living in Japan, Belgium and Germany. Finally when we were about to release it, the tragic disaster happened in Japan and we were happy to include that donation link. That made sense and gave it an additional meaning.
Q: What’s your take on the developments of pocket calculator like devices turning into musical instruments like iPhones and Androids but also Gameboy and Korg Monotron. What are your favorite music related apps?
KB: I look at the programmers/artists like Masayuki with admiration – I would never be able to do that. Anyway, the devices used for production and reproduction of sound are getting smaller and smaller, don’t you think? So, maybe in the end they are going to disappear completely?
Q: The beat sounds like from a vintage drum machine. It’s not a Maestro Rhythm King or a Vox Percussion King is it?
KB: That’s top secret! All I can say is that Jean-Marc and myself have edited the sounds together after years of research and at the cost of great privations 😮
The app is for free but you are encouraged to donate to Japans earthquake and tsunami relief. The request feel very natural as one of the creators is Masayuki Akamatsu from Japan and considering the theme of the first album Kraftwerk Mr Bartos contributed to (Radio Activity).
Here’s a session where Karl jams on 4 iPhones:
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