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hypersleep
Sep 17, 2011

Heads-up for anyone who's been waiting for Auria to come out: it's up on the app store, $49.99.

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Das MicroKorg
Sep 18, 2005

Vintage Analog Synthesizer

hypersleep posted:

Heads-up for anyone who's been waiting for Auria to come out: it's up on the app store, $49.99.

I'm really excited about this. I hope it works as well as advertised, because :drat: this is some incredible functionality.

sea of losers
Jun 6, 2007

miy mwoiultlh tbreaptpreude ifno srteavtiecr more
I love Grain Science a whole bunch. you can apply time-based automation to almost every single parameter in it, record new samples directly into the grain units for new synth fuckery, and it's got that "supercharge" that channels all the synth voices into one note. I'm kind of at a loss to find something it isn't good at doing. I keep meaning to mess with addictive or arctic keys but I just keep starting up grainsci instead.

lord funk
Feb 16, 2004

TC-11 1.5 is out! New features include:

• 32 new presets
• Patch preview window in the loading screen
• Background audio processing
• Tons, tons, tons of stability improvements with the sequencer / LFO / AHDSR modules
• English option for non-English users

Here is a new tutorial video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u267c54uXY

Here are some promo codes because I love you all:
(please rate / help spread the word!)
WA9KPFJ7EMKX
J93EHRM64RTE
Y4NXKY3RYYYK
367FFMWK3FP6
3FTKX3KPN3RY

lord funk fucked around with this message at 18:48 on Jul 20, 2012

SonicYooth
Jun 13, 2005

lord funk posted:

TC-11 1.5 is out! New features include:

• 32 new presets
• Patch preview window in the loading screen
• Background audio processing
• Tons, tons, tons of stability improvements with the sequencer / LFO / AHDSR modules
• English option for non-English users

Here is a new tutorial video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u267c54uXY

Here are some promo codes because I love you all:


Wow, thanks!! Snagged 367FFMWK3FP6

lord funk
Feb 16, 2004

GyrOSC 2.0 is out! Now it transmits just about every device motion calculation the device has. Motion updates include:

• Gyroscope
• Accelerometer
• Compass
• Rotation Matrix
• Rotation Rate
• Quaternion
• Gravity
• Magnetic Field
• GPS

Still just 99 cents! Here's a video where I strap it to a hard disk platter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NKECQRE6JE

xzzy
Mar 5, 2009

Aww man when I clicked that video I was hoping to watch you strap an iphone to a hard drive platter and spin it up to 10,000 rpm.

lord funk
Feb 16, 2004

xzzy posted:

Aww man when I clicked that video I was hoping to watch you strap an iphone to a hard drive platter and spin it up to 10,000 rpm.

Sorry to disappoint. Next time I know what to do. :v:

I can't take full credit for the idea. There is a DIY project called Disky that makes use of the platter directly for use as a rotary knob. My solution is wireless (and cheaper), though.

Boredumb
Mar 10, 2005

lord funk posted:

TC-11 1.5 is out! New features include:

Y4NXKY3RYYYK

Thanks, I used this one, and will rate soon!

scourgeofthe7bees
Jun 21, 2008


lord funk posted:

TC-11 1.5 is out! New features include:

• 32 new presets
• Patch preview window in the loading screen
• Background audio processing
• Tons, tons, tons of stability improvements with the sequencer / LFO / AHDSR modules
• English option for non-English users

Here is a new tutorial video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u267c54uXY

Here are some promo codes because I love you all:
(please rate / help spread the word!)
WA9KPFJ7EMKX
J93EHRM64RTE
Y4NXKY3RYYYK
367FFMWK3FP6
3FTKX3KPN3RY

WA9KPFJ7EMKX

Snagged this, can't wait to give it a whirl! Thanks man!

xzzy
Mar 5, 2009

lord funk posted:

Sorry to disappoint. Next time I know what to do. :v:
Spoiler alert: sticky tape ain't enough, and don't be in the room when you press start.

Startyde
Apr 19, 2007

come post with us, forever and ever and ever

lord funk posted:

J93EHRM64RTE

Grabbed this one, at work will be sure to apply booze and run it through its paces this weekend.

lord funk
Feb 16, 2004

Startyde posted:

Grabbed this one, at work will be sure to apply booze and run it through its paces this weekend.

TequilaCorona-11?

My TC-11 thread got old and archived, so if you have any questions / comments, just post here and I'll see it.

bearstare
Oct 24, 2005

Here's a track I did in Beatmaker 2. Used my iPhone earbud mic. Under a minute. Wolf facts. Let me know if I'm making GBS threads up the thread. I love this thread.

http://soundcloud.com/bearstare/wolves

Das MicroKorg
Sep 18, 2005

Vintage Analog Synthesizer

bearstare posted:

Here's a track I did in Beatmaker 2. Used my iPhone earbud mic. Under a minute. Wolf facts. Let me know if I'm making GBS threads up the thread. I love this thread.

Everyone is encouraged to post their music/audio stuff here. I really like to hear what people do with their iOS devices. :) If anybody wants to, I can link their SoundCloud in the OP as well, so my iOS Music SoundCloud account is not alone there.



lord funk posted:

Here are some promo codes because I love you all:
Thanks for posting the codes to your App!

Das MicroKorg fucked around with this message at 11:13 on Jul 22, 2012

hypersleep
Sep 17, 2011

bearstare posted:

Here's a track I did in Beatmaker 2. Used my iPhone earbud mic. Under a minute. Wolf facts. Let me know if I'm making GBS threads up the thread. I love this thread.

http://soundcloud.com/bearstare/wolves

Hah, I like this. Keep it up.

This guy is doing some good work with BeatMaker 2: http://www.youtube.com/user/zenzanbeats

Also stumbled upon this tutorial on making a brostep bassline with BeatMaker 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZkcQNHqlzk

Edit: Didn't realize till now that Wooji Juice has a 124 page manual for Grain Science! :monocle:

hypersleep fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Jul 22, 2012

hypersleep
Sep 17, 2011

Lately I've been rendering out all channels from songs I make in BeatMaker 2 and importing the WAVs into Multitrack DAW for mastering, as Multitrack DAW has a parametric EQ (beats the poo poo out of BM2's anemic 3-band EQ). The compressor in Multitrack is pretty good too. Multitrack is a pretty good alternative for polishing tracks if Auria is too expensive or overwhelming.

I really wish BM2 had sidechain compression.

Das MicroKorg
Sep 18, 2005

Vintage Analog Synthesizer
Clapbox is on sale for a buck. You won't get more clapping for that price anywhere else :D But seriously, I think it's a pretty cool app to sample from.
http://appshopper.com/music/clap-box

hypersleep
Sep 17, 2011

So a couple of synths with eye-catching feature sets have been released recently.

iceGear released an iPad version of their CASSINI Synth. It has 3 oscillators, among other things, so it's capable of producing some really thick sounds. Definitely worth $3.



Yonac released their Magellan Synth for iPad. It's got some impressive features but I've never been a fan of Yonac's apps. They just sound sterile and lifeless to me. It's $5.

hypersleep
Sep 17, 2011

So, BeatMaker 2.3 came out today. It's really awesome. If anyone's on the fence about getting BM2, just get it. It's easily worth the $20. It's packed with features, without being cluttered or overwhelming. It doesn't have a built-in synth like NanoStudio, but the sample-based synth it does have can create multisample instruments, so you can paste in sounds from other apps like Animoog.

Hopefully the devs give the effects some attention for the next update. A parametric EQ would be nice...

siliconix
Mar 15, 2008
Most of the Korg apps, like iElectribe and iKaossilator, are half price until the 20th.

illBilliam
Jan 8, 2006

^^^Nice! I've been waiting for that sale. 50 percent off is the lowest they will go in price too.

hypersleep posted:

...I've never been a fan of Yonac's apps. They just sound sterile and lifeless to me. It's $5.
I bought Yonac's mini synth pro recently and although I haven't had much time to mess with it, I do hear what you mean. Magellan does look interesting but if mini synth pro is any indicator then I probably won't jump on it right away.

Das MicroKorg
Sep 18, 2005

Vintage Analog Synthesizer
Genome MIDI Sequencer is 50% off too. Is it like Ableton Live, where you have a pattern matrix that you can use to trigger individual patterns that sync to the beat?

Animoog also got an update and a MIDI-Out IAP, which I welcome. It's pretty expensive though, with €3.99, so I haven't bought it yet. MIDI output is a great feature for iOS apps though and I wish all the synth apps would get it.


Edit: Sunrizer for iPad and NanoStudio are 50% off too and SunrizerXS for iPhone is free :)

Das MicroKorg fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Aug 10, 2012

hypersleep
Sep 17, 2011

Someone on the KVR forum made a Windows utility for creating multisample BeatMaker 2 and Thumbjam kits from VST presets: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=354970

Haven't test it yet but it looks really helpful.

magnificent7
Sep 22, 2005

THUNDERDOME LOSER
Help me. Explain me. Tell me.

Suppose I want to make remixes. So that's vocal tracks - full length tracks - and electronic magic.

What's a workflow on that? Make the beats separately in one app, and then mix them in another app? I bought tabletop, love it, but still trying to figure out what the hell I'm doing. Everything I've found seems to be fantastic for making songs, as long as all sounds are originating in that one app.

I've got to be missing something.

Das MicroKorg
Sep 18, 2005

Vintage Analog Synthesizer

magnificent7 posted:

Help me. Explain me. Tell me.

Suppose I want to make remixes. So that's vocal tracks - full length tracks - and electronic magic.

What's a workflow on that? Make the beats separately in one app, and then mix them in another app? I bought tabletop, love it, but still trying to figure out what the hell I'm doing. Everything I've found seems to be fantastic for making songs, as long as all sounds are originating in that one app.

I've got to be missing something.

MultitrackDAW gets mentioned a bunch in the thread for mixing audio clips. I would also get Hokusai with the Copy/Paste IAP (and maybe some other IAP for effects) to to sample editing and transfer between apps. Unfortunately there isn't a good all-in-one solution for your case yet. Maybe Beatmaker 2, but I'm not sure what you can do with audio clips there.

magnificent7
Sep 22, 2005

THUNDERDOME LOSER
Thanks - I've seen Beatmaker - I'll check it out, and take a look at the other ones.

sea of losers
Jun 6, 2007

miy mwoiultlh tbreaptpreude ifno srteavtiecr more
So there's this thing called audiobus that should be done soon.
http://audiob.us/faq

this is a BIG DEAL
this thing allows programs to stream audio to one another in the same way that virtual MIDI is sent around between programs.

this means that you can have a mixer, lookin' something like this:
http://audiobus.tumblr.com/post/23295998001/connection-panel-remote-triggers
and with this mixer you can record all your programs at once. you can even send the audio over wifi to another iDevice.

so for example you could have a bunch of synths running on an iPad (i like using Grain Science and DM1 at the same time, for instance), which you then connect via audiobus to an iPod touch running Loopy to loop your poo poo. (apparently one of the Loopy devs is working on this thing)
or, one of the developers just posted about being able to run SoundPrism through NLog's FX section.
http://discchord.com/blog/2012/8/23/nlog-officially-supports-audiobus.html
fuckin' interprogram FX.

if this poo poo is approved by apple (and implemented by lots of audio programs), we'll all basically be able to use iDevices as FX modules/loopers/instruments all feeding into one another. like a crazy meta-mixer.

sea of losers fucked around with this message at 05:05 on Aug 29, 2012

Startyde
Apr 19, 2007

come post with us, forever and ever and ever
PPG Wavegenerator has been submitted and awaiting approval. $19 :v:

Tomahawk
Aug 13, 2003

HE KNOWS
So is this mostly a gimmick at this point or can really serious and awesome things be accomplished on an iPad?

hypersleep
Sep 17, 2011

Tomahawk posted:

So is this mostly a gimmick at this point or can really serious and awesome things be accomplished on an iPad?

Sascha Dikiciyan incorporates a bunch of iOS apps into his workflow. So, I don't know, you tell me if that's awesome or not.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/13/3117498/sonic-mayhem-sascha-dikiciyan-ipad-apps

mofolotopo
May 10, 2004

TICK STAMPEDE!!!!

Tomahawk posted:

So is this mostly a gimmick at this point or can really serious and awesome things be accomplished on an iPad?

I just got my iPad a couple of days ago and have been playing with a number of music apps. My impression so far is that a lot of them are just fun toys, but some are actually useful. Simple as the interface may be, I can see Samplewiz finding a home in my regular toolbox. iKaossilator is fun, but it really seems angled towards people making a type of music that I have no interest in. Morphwiz is somewhere in between, and Garage Band seems extremely limited but fun (i.e., a good toy but not much else). In summary, it seems like serious and awesome things are possible but there's a lot of just gee whiz toys to sort through before you find a setup that does something serious that you actually want done.

Startyde
Apr 19, 2007

come post with us, forever and ever and ever

Tomahawk posted:

So is this mostly a gimmick at this point or can really serious and awesome things be accomplished on an iPad?

It's as much a gimmick as the VariOS tried to be or Muse is. They make for great synth modules.

Tomahawk
Aug 13, 2003

HE KNOWS
I didn't mean any disrespect, I'm just honestly curious because it doesn't seem like it's too viable at the moment as someone who can't get his hands on some of these apps. I'm heavily considering purchasing an iPad with an emphasis on creating music but I don't know if I'm sold yet.

JazzFlight
Apr 29, 2006

Oooooooooooh!

Tomahawk posted:

I didn't mean any disrespect, I'm just honestly curious because it doesn't seem like it's too viable at the moment as someone who can't get his hands on some of these apps. I'm heavily considering purchasing an iPad with an emphasis on creating music but I don't know if I'm sold yet.
Alright, I'll preface this by saying that the following is pretty dumb and goofy, I'm not really a musician, and these songs are :nws: but here's a link to my tindeck account of songs I made entirely with Garageband on iPad for the Tails Gets Trolled thread.

http://tindeck.com/users/JFlight (skip the speech mp3 at the top, that's unrelated)

(sample song here) AGAIN, :nws:


No external mics, no other synths or apps, no computer editing (aside from mp3 compression), but you can kinda get an idea of the instrument quality and what you can make with just Garageband of all apps.

JazzFlight fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Aug 31, 2012

Das MicroKorg
Sep 18, 2005

Vintage Analog Synthesizer

Tomahawk posted:

I didn't mean any disrespect, I'm just honestly curious because it doesn't seem like it's too viable at the moment as someone who can't get his hands on some of these apps. I'm heavily considering purchasing an iPad with an emphasis on creating music but I don't know if I'm sold yet.

Have a look through the OP. The majority of Apps in there are "serious" music Apps which are complex and offer very good audio quality. Of course it depends on your workflow, if it makes sense for you, but there are a lot of quality Apps that play in the same league as good VSTs, even offering MIDI and multitouch control.

Militant Lesbian
Oct 3, 2002

Tomahawk posted:

I didn't mean any disrespect, I'm just honestly curious because it doesn't seem like it's too viable at the moment as someone who can't get his hands on some of these apps. I'm heavily considering purchasing an iPad with an emphasis on creating music but I don't know if I'm sold yet.

Gorillaz/Damon Albarn did a whole album almost entirely using just an ipad. So it's totally viable, at least if you know what you're doing and how to write music.

http://thefall.gorillaz.com/

hypersleep
Sep 17, 2011

Someone discovered how to load your own timbres into Animoog:

http://discchord.com/blog/2012/8/25/official-unofficial-animoog-timbres-plus-how-to-diy.html

As you can imagine, this makes an already awesome synth much more awesome.

siliconix
Mar 15, 2008
Filtatron is 99c atm
http://itunes.apple.com/app/filtatron/id396776418

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hypersleep
Sep 17, 2011


Hopefully this means an update is imminent. It's been a year since the last and there are some pretty glaring bugs and missing features the app could really use.

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