Apple has introduced the Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter, a new accessory that may interest musicians using iPads for music making. The Adapter lets you power your device, while you connect USB peripherals like hubs, Ethernet adapters, audio/MIDI interfaces, and card readers for CompactFlash, SD and microSD. Compatible models include:
Novation today introduced a new sub-brand, Blocs, focusing on app development and a new beatmaking app for iOS, Blocs Wave. Blocs Wave is a music creation app designed for touchscreen beatmaking. Here’s a performance demo:
c3n loops is a new app for iOS, designed for live remixing of loop-based music. The interface is designed to let you navigate and play with loops on an ‘infinite surface’. Automatic tempo matching lets you mix anything with everything. And you can sync hardware and apps to c3n loops via MIDI sync and work with… Read More New App For Live Remixing On iOS, C3N Loops
Developer Agoston Nagy has introduced SoundBow – a drawing-based music instrument with a simple visual interface. SoundBow is designed to let you create music by drawing curves over the screen.Each time your ever-looping gesture hits a string, a sound is produced.Your gestures will be remembered and played back continuously. Apart from drawing, you can experiment by moving the… Read More SoundBow – A Drawing-Based Sequencer For iOS
Kymatica has introduced AUM – a new audio mixer, recorder, and connection hub for your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. AUM is designed to let you connect hardware inputs and outputs, Audio Unit extensions, Inter-App Audio apps, Audiobus, soundfile players, built-in signal processing and filters, in any configuration you want. Highlights include: You can route anything to anywhere,… Read More Kymatica AUM An Audio Mixer For iOS
Developer Matthias Frick let us know that midimittr for USB – a free app that lets you use a standard Lightning/30-Pin Cable to connect your iOS Device to your Mac and PC – has been updated with Inter-Device Audio and is now open source.
This video, via Touch Technology Review, takes a look at Audulus 3 – the latest version of developer Taylor Holliday’s software modular synthesizer.
Here’s a quick demo of how to use Ableton Link, via AfroDJMac.
Developer David O’Neill has introduced LooperSonic – a multi-track audio looper and recorder for iPhone & iPad. You can use it like a loop pedal to make loops, and then arrange those loops into complete songs with cut, copy, trim, paste, reverse, and undo/redo. When you change the tempo, the pitch changes along with it, like a record… Read More New Looper For iOS, LooperSonic
Developer Matthias Frick let us know about iOXAudio – free ‘helper app’ for OSX 10.11 that exposes the newly introduced Inter-Device Audio feature of El Capitan and iOS 9.0 more conveniently to users.
