Apps for musicians

[eheart144]

Before a curse befell Avelon, it was a beautiful, lively world where these three talented painters painted pictures for all creatures night and day.
On one fateful day, an unknown beast manipulated the wind, blowing away all traces of color.
Thus the world was only left with a murky grey which saddened all its inhabitants.

In order to save the island, the three painters started their journey to search for them, their attempts rewarded with their homeland regaining whatever they found.

[SSquared]

Since no one else has mentioned it yet, the new synth from Moog was just released. Animoog. It's currently on sale for 99 cents. If you were tired of the same ol' analog subtractive synths on the iPad(* see below), this one will brighten your day! The sounds are unique. Fat. Evolving. Shimmering.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/animoog/id471638724?ls=1&mt=8

* - I do think the current crop of synths is terrific, but I already have enough of them that I stopped buying yet another analog sounding synth. The Animoog is different, though.

[Habakuk]

Instabuy. No regret. Terrific. Sounds pretty good and the animations are looking very professional.

Thanks for the heads-up.


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More sound demos at the dev's website.

Animoog Manual PDF

To start right off simply change the presets at the lower left side of the X/Y Pad or load some timbres into the eight slots and play. No need to touch any knob at first. Love how you can slide on the keys for some modulation.

Some first impressions found @ YouTube:


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[SSquared]

> Love how you can slide on the keys for some modulation

Yes! Really nice feature. I didn't notice this at first, but my finger slid one time and I realized the sound changed when that happened. I'm now hitting keys at different spots and it is becoming really expressive. I was wondering if this is just a feature of the iPad version or if you can emulate this through MIDI/Aftertouch.

They even supply you with a good set of presets. Most of them have some nice qualities that I like and can be used as a starting point for a sound I'm really looking for.

I downloaded the manual (in iBooks), but I have not read it yet. It looks like the manual is still in progress, but they probably figured they should get something out there as a starting point.

[Habakuk]

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http://appshopper.com/music/dm1-the-drum-machine

Tested: Sounds GREAT! Looks PRETTY. 40 drumkits inclusive. For the beginning: Just press the play button (top left) and switch to SONG mode. Swipe in the FX pads. Listen to seven other demo songs. Cool: Repeat ribbon.

In development:
✔ WIST
✔ AudioCopy export
✔ Samples import
✔ MIDI

[SSquared]

Yep. Picked it up this morning. I was hoping for more in the way of acoustic, but, in any case, this is a phenomenal deal. I tried out the DM-1's audio background while playing the Animoog and things got too choppy on my iPad 1. I need to test this with something other than Animoog. The Audio Background feature is very nice, though.

I had a pattern going at 60 BPM with a delay. It produced this cool feel and I was playing to it with Animoog. I moved on to something else and then when I went back to DM1, oddly, the delay was no longer working the same. I moved the X/Y delay sliders around but could still not duplicate the feel exactly.

[DodgerBlue016]

Can anyone give me some cool ones for iPod Touch please (e.g. just not ipad-only). Preferably if it at least has a lite version as well, but all suggestions are welcome. The more the better, seriously. Thanks!!

[SSquared]

Nanostudio is one of the best out there and it's for iPhone. It's a synthesizer, sequencer, includes drum pads, terrific effects and lets you import samples. There is a free download for Mac and Windows if you want to try it first. But keep in mind, the free download is based off an older version.

If you are looking for sounds with limited editing, the new SampleTank has a ton of great sounds. From acoustic to synth, and ethinic to sound effects. There is a free version which has something like four sounds, but lets you hear every single sound they offer in the app. You just need to buy the sounds to unlock them for playing.

[DevTron3030]

There's an app coming out based on an old website called SongExpert.com

Song Expert closed down about 5 years ago.

They have a team of music producers that review and critique submissions by indie artists. The app will let you send in a song and pick your reviewer. I think the website was about $20/review.

[Habakuk]

I am not the developer—just passing the info. Tried it on iPad 2 with the demo compositions (switch on sequence below left) and played around a bit with the fx pads (cutoff, reverb, compress… be careful with "distort") and it sounds GREAT! (Tested with AKG and Sennheiser headphones.)





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