Tracktion 7 (Sneak Preview)
2016 NAMM Show: At the Winter NAMM Show, Tracktion was previewing the upcoming Tracktion 7, the latest version of the company’s namesake digital audio workstation.
Category: Software Sequencers
Apple Intros Music Memos For iOS, Like ‘Voice Memos For Music’
Apple today introduced Music Memos, a free app for iOS that lets you quickly capture, organize and develop musical ideas on your iPhone or iPad. Musicians and songwriters around the world have used the Voice Memos app on their iPhone to record ideas. The new Music Memos app is inspired by Voice Memos and takes the functionality even… Read More Apple Intros Music Memos For iOS, Like ‘Voice Memos For Music’
Apple GarageBand For iOS Update Moves It Into Ableton Live Territory
Apple today announced a major update to GarageBand for iOS that introduces multiple new features, including Live Loops, automation curves, 32 simultaneous track recording, Audio Unit support and polyphonic aftertouch. Live Loops seems to take some inspiration from Ableton Live’s Session View – bringing grid-based loop sequencing to GarageBand:
Elektron Overbridge 1.10 & Analog Series Updates
Sonic State shared this presentation by Elektron on their updated Overbridge 1.10 and Analog Series software updates.
12 iPads, In Different Rooms, Synced Wirelessly Via Ableton Link
This video, via the DigiEnsemble Berlin, captures a test of syncing 12 iPads, spread across several rooms, using Ableton Link.
The Best New Mobile Music Apps Of 2015
Best of 2015: We asked and you voted on the Best New Mobile Music Apps of 2015. Synthtopia readers picked Olympia Noise Co’s Patterning Drum Machine as the best new mobile music app of 2015. Patterning could be the poster child using mobile devices for music, pairing polyrhythmic + polymetric power with a great UI and an surprisingly… Read More The Best New Mobile Music Apps Of 2015
The 10 Best Desktop DAWs Of 2015
Best of 2015: We asked and Synthtopia readers voted – and you chose Ableton Live as the Best Desktop DAW of 2015. Ableton Live is followed by Logic Pro, in second place. New DAW on the block Bitwig Studio took third place. Check out the top 10 list below!
Avid Pro Tools Updated With Track Freeze, Commit, and Bounce
This week, Avid announced an update to their Pro Tools digital audio software. The update is available to Pro Tools 12 customers with Avid All Access plans. The Pro Tools 12.4 update focuses on the Track Freeze feature “to manage, simplify and speed up processor-intensive sessions, and better facilitate collaborative workflows.” The company explains that… Read More Avid Pro Tools Updated With Track Freeze, Commit, and Bounce
Cream Mobile Turns Your iPad Into “World’s Best Software Arpeggiator”
Arto Vaarala has released Cream – an app they describe as “the world’s best software arpeggiator” – as an iPad application. Kirnu Cream Mobile is a powerful MIDI arpeggiator and performance app for iPad. The iPad version is almost identical to the plugin version, except the mobile version includes an internal synthesizer and drum track. The mobile version… Read More Cream Mobile Turns Your iPad Into “World’s Best Software Arpeggiator”
Modstep A ‘Full-Blown’ MIDI Sequencer For iPad
AppBC, creators of touchAble & Studiomux, has introduced Modstep – a new iPad app that’s describe as a “Modulation Monster and the first full-blown MIDI sequencer for the iPad”. Modstep is designed to let you to create and perform music with your iPad, controlling MIDI hardware, compatible iPad music apps, and Mac and PC software. In addition,… Read More Modstep A ‘Full-Blown’ MIDI Sequencer For iPad
