What Is The Syntheshredder? Designer Jesse Chorng thought it would be cool to combine skateboarding and sound synthesis. So he’s building The Syntheshredder. It’s a 20ft diameter skate bowl that will house sensors embedded under the surface. These will then be routed to a series of hardware instruments as well as custom software that will… Read More What Is The Syntheshredder?
Since we posted last week about the Open Music App Collaboration Manifesto – a call to iOS music developers to push ahead with inter-app collaboration features – there has been an explosion of discussion and development. We noted developer Rob Fielding’s thoughts on best practices for iOS MIDI instruments yesterday. There also an active developer discussion going on… Read More The Future Of iOS Music
Navi Retlav sent word of Missing Pieces – Feedback Echo – a Refill for Propellerhead Reason. Here what Retlav has to say about the new Reason Refill: It contains unique collection of Feedback Echo effect combinators. There is one important big difference between normal and feedback based echo. Inside those effects audio signal is processed with… Read More New Reason Refill – Missing Pieces
Sound To Sample has introduced the Ultimate Filth Pack, a new soundset for Massive software synthesizer: Sound developer Filthy Patches brings their dirtiest Massive bass, lead, wobble, Reese and pad presets exclusively to S2S. Precision-programmed and fully macro-controllable, they’re the ultimate Massive accompaniment. Designed for use in dubstep, D&B, electro and bassline productions, Ultimate Filth… Read More The Ultimate Filth Pack
dischord offers his take on GrainBender for iPad: BurgerKone’s new synth app brings a lot of innovation to automation, providing some of the most interesting sound design on iPad. The inclusion of a robust MIDI implementation, as well as AudioCopy, makes this a serious tool for anyone who enjoys exploring sound. GrainBender has added… Read More GrainBender Synthesizer For iPad Review
http://vimeo.com/28177664 Rupert Brown of the DSP Project asked Native Instruments to send him some of their apps to review – so they gave him The Finger. Here’s Brown’s take on The Finger…..
Mikrosonic has released RD3 HD – Groovebox – an app that turns a Honeycomb Android Tablet into a virtual music studio: RD3 HD – Groovebox is an audio application designed for Android tablets that is easy to use. It combines two 303-style synthesizers, a drum machine with different drum kits and three audio effects.
Ableton announced Live 8.2.5: Live 8.2.5 now officially supports Mac OS X 10.7 Lion – please make sure to check that all of your third-party plug-ins and audio/MIDI hardware are Lion-compatible before upgrading your OS. Live 8.2.5 introduces significant improvements to MIDI sync, in addition to other feature changes and bugfixes. For the full list of what’s… Read More Ableton Live Updated For OS X Lion Compatibility
Jacob Joaquin is exploring the idea of composing for Twitter. Can you make music within the constraints of 140 characters? Here’s Joaquin’s SuperCollider Bohlen-Pierce Tweet – above as audio, and below as text: fork{loop{play{f=_*3.pow(17.rand/13);e=EnvGen.ar(Env.perc,1,0.3,0,1,2); PMOsc.ar(f.([438,442]),f.(880),f.(e))*e};[1/6,1/3].choose.wait}} That only weighs in at 135 characters – imagine what you could do with another 5 characters! Microtonal tuning courtesy… Read More Music That You Can Tweet About (140-Character Twitter Music Challenge)
Earlier in the week, we reported on the Open Music App Collaboration Manifesto – a call to iOS music developers to push ahead with inter-app collaboration feature. The Manifesto defines a set of best practices that should help make the user experience as great as possible for people who want run music apps in parallel. One… Read More MIDI Instruments On iOS (Best Practices)
