Tunable - Instrument Tuner from AffinityBlue is currently free

Go grab it, it's free!

Finder Drum Pads Circuit Bent Speak And Spell


I like the idea of this app, in fact I'm all for circuit bent stuff on iOS. Here's what the app has to say for itself.

Transform your phone into a circuit bent Speak and Spell!

Play the kit's pads and enjoy the glitchy sounds, or modify it to the max in real time with the multiple effects!

Features:
  • 8 Pads, and an assignable ribbon controller.
  • 3 Audio effects:
    • Pitch Bend, Low Pass Filter, Bit Crusher.
  • The effects can be assigned to Ribbon Controller and both axis of the device's Accelerometer.
  • Midi IN: trigger the sounds externally
  • Midi OUT: control other synths with FDP's pads!
The app is priced at $0.99.

Molecule Synth at HAXLR8R Demo Day 2013



Always good to see Molecule Synth in the wild.

MIDI Support coming to Noisepad soon

Great to know, I think it'll make it a really useful app with MIDI added.

Substituting the Clock of a Circuit Bent Toy



From Circuit Bending Basics 2.

So you'd like some Madplayer examples?

An anonymous commenter asked if I could show any examples of what the madPlayer sounded like. Well, be careful what you wish for, I might just do that!

Recording audio into NanoStudio using Audiobus




Audio Mastering Studio: What to expect in future versions

I always like to know what's coming up (to a degree anyway), so it's good to hear about what's planned for Audio Mastering Studio, all good stuff too!

Read it here.

Toa Mata Band - Episode2



"Toa Mata Band is back and for the first time they perform live!
In this video some various drum-synth and glockenspiel keys are played from each robot and I'm jam together them.The performance was recorded live in four takes in early May 2013, and after edited and mixed in studio."

8bit Drums Pro (universal) arrives


8bit Drums Pro is out! Save your rhythms and share them with the world!

With this version, you can:
  • Set number of steps (1 - 32)
  • BPM sync
  • Save your rhythms.
  • Upload your sequences to a World Sequence List.
It's priced at $0.99.


Synthpop on the OP-1 Part 3: Song Intro


Artiphon on facebook

Go take a look on facebook, "like", etc ... Instrument 1 from Artiphon is awesome!

DR-OM experiment 1 (tanpura) by tawalker



I especially liked the commentary that goes with this track ...

If there's one thing that making music with an iPhone has changed in my own musical "life"... well, there are plenty, but it has definitely reawakened my interest in synthesisers and electronica. Lots of iOS app developers have created electronic music apps, from synths and rhythm machines through to audio-processors and recorders, and often available for the price of a Starbucks beverage (or even less).

DR-OM (from the developers Fluxama - www.fluxama.com/) is one of the more interesting, even quirky, iOS synth apps. The story behind it, if true, is intriguing in its own right - the app is reputedly a digital recreation of a 1970s electronics project (a function (tone) generator), which with some homebrew modifications could be turned into a primitive two-oscillator, one-filter synth/tone-generator.

DR-OM is capable of assorted effects, from ear-splitting noise through to pulsating, tanpura-like drones (Fluxama claims the original box was nicknamed "Doctor Om", suggesting one use it was put to). The synth isn't equipped with traditional pitch-controllers (keyboard, ribbon, MIDI, etc.) - you set the "Frequency" dial for each of the two oscillators, flick the "on" switch and...

...play this track and you'll get the idea :-) This is an example of DR-OM in "tanpura" mode; the settings are pretty much what you see in the image assigned to this upload (a screenshot of the app as it was generating this sound). I captured this sound entirely on the iPhone 4S, running DR-OM's output via the Audiobus app into Audioshare (kymatica.com/audioshare ), where I trimmed the silence at both ends and uploaded it directly here.

I'm not entirely certain whether DR-OM will end up in any of my "main" musical projects, though there's probably a self-indulgent ambient electronica album in this little box ;-)



Arduino Yún – the first in a series of wifi products combining Arduino with Linux

Now this feels like a big step forward for Arduino. I read through the article on the Arduino blog and got to the cost and thought I'd mis-read it. Take a look for yourself.

TC-11 - Performance on a Tabletop




Brief update from Amidio, Cycloop sounding good


Introducing the OhBac 2000 for OP1



I thought this was quite interesting. Here's the video description:

Beware: Boring video and low quality sounds. Raspberry Pi that copies contents of Album and Tracks and also uploads Track 1 to Soundcloud.

And the description that comes from Oh Pee Won:

Today I bought a Raspberry Pi for using with the OP1 and started programming directly. What it does after a few hours of coding:

Integra Live, interesting modular environment, and it's coming to the iPad


I saw this at Music Tech Fest at the weekend and asked them about a mobile version. See the tweet below to see what they said ...


MidiBridge: Splitting a midi controller between two apps




Synergy Studio is 50% off

Synergy Studio has dropped in price by 50% from $19.99 to $9.99 (£6.99).

Synergy Studio - 4Pockets.com

Hexatone 2 delayed (slightly)


Korg Mini DrumSet



Thanks to Alex from iDesignSound for putting me on to this clip.

Look what's on the way!


More good things coming to the lovely shapesynth ...


bip for iPad with some Live FX via Audiobus




Arpeggionome for iPhone still only $0.99

It is $0.99 until the 31st of May, but there's also an iAP for $4.99 if you want MIDI in there too, if you want the MIDI functionality that is.


KORG iPolysix Copying Drum Tracks in One Shot




MachineDrum for OP-1

Handy for OP-1 users.

Anything new for the wait list?

It's Monday, is there anything that needs adding into the wait list? Let me know if there is, or just take a look and see what's coming up.

Sonic Logic 1.1 arrives with virtual MIDI and much more besides

Now things get interesting with Sonic Logic 1.1 adding virtual MIDI. I'm going to enjoy trying out the new version very soon.

Here's what's new in version 1.1:

Virtual MIDI:
Virtual MIDI allows you to send MIDI signals to other iOS apps that receive it.
Turn on virtual MIDI in the settings menu, all outgoing MIDI singals will also output through "Sonic Logic Virtual MIDI" connection.

Undo / Redo:
The undo and redo buttons allow you to undo and redo your last edit actions.
Most actions are undoable, but some are not (like deleteing screens).

Value Tracking:
Value tracking allows you to track what MIDI values are sent out for a specific component.
Turn this feature on in the settings menu.
You can select between permanent or temporary value trackers

Screen Duplication:
Duplicate the current screen by pressing the duplicate button.

Minimum / Maximum values:
Control the minimum and maximum MIDI values that XY pads and sliders output.
Edit this option individually for each component in the detailed edit screen.

Additional Changes:
  • Switches are now an indivitual components and not a part of the button component.
  • You can now set if you want the "add component" bar to be visible when you are not in edit mode, change this option in the settings menu.
  • Bug fixes.


Back in 2007: Pocket MC 2.0

This is a Windows Mobile app that I never got around to getting and it might be too late now. This post from back in 2007 was all about the version 2.0. You can read it here.

SpectrumGen on the bus

Here's what's new:
  • Audiobus and JACK support;
  • 4-Inch display support;
  • playing in background;
  • bugs fixed.


PixelWave on the bus and more ...

Here's what's new:
  • Audiobus and JACK support;
  • 4-Inch display support;
  • playing in background;
  • bugs fixed.


Moog apps still 50% off

Animoog is down to $14.99, Animoog for iPhone is at $4.99 and Filtatron is $3.99.

Moog Music Inc.

Seline Ultimate price drop

Seline Ultimate from Amidio is also down from $4.99 to $1.99.

Seline Ultimate - Play Virtual Synth with MIDI & FX - Amidio Inc.

MINT.io Groovebox Synth price drop

MINT.io Groovebox Synth from Amidio is down in price from $4.99 to $1.99

MINT.io Groovebox Synth - Make & Play House, Dubstep, Techno, Breakbeat - Amidio Inc.

Synthophone - the Stylophone clone is 50% off

Synthophone - the Stylophone clone is 50% off with the price down from $1.99 to $0.99.

Synthophone - the Stylophone clone - Rob Wilmot

olsynth down to $0.99

olsynth has dropped down from $6.99 to $0.99.

olsynth - olsonvox