IK Multimedia this morning announced a new version of its mobile loop music-making app, GrooveMaker 2, for iPhone and iPod touch. GrooveMaker 2 boasts a patented ‘groove generator’ engine that enables the user to create grooves, beats and songs in real time — no previous music-making experience required. GrooveMaker 2 provides a new, more intuitive… Read More IK Multimedia Releases GrooveMaker 2 For iOS
The Motion Synth – a hardware/software combo designed to turn an iPhone into a wearable musical instrument – has passed its Kickstarter project funding goals. The AUUG Motion Synth (pronounced ‘aug’ as in ‘augment’) consists of three components; the AUUG grip, the AUUG app, and the AUUG cloud. Here’s a video demo of The Motion… Read More The Motion Synth For iPhone Fully Funded
Developer Bastus Trump let us know that the iPad musical instrument Orphion now has a little brother, Orphinio for iPhone. Features: Different articulations from soft to plucked to hardly slapped Natural interaction Shaker mode Individual voices for each finger Extend your ways of expression as a percussionist, guitarist, pianist or other musician 9 transposable pad layouts with… Read More Orphion’s Little Brother, Orphinio, Comes To iPhone
Magellan Jr – an analog modeling synthesizer for the iPhone and iPod Touch – has been updated to version 2.0. The update adds ‘smartly random’ patch generation, Inter-App Audio, new presets and more. Here’s what’s new in Magellan Jr 2.0:
Caustic – a software virtual studio – has made the leap from Android to iOS. Caustic 3 lets you create a custom studio rack by adding up to 14 machines from a choice of: Subsynth – Virtual analog subtractive synthesizer PCMSynth – Multi-sample wave synthesizer BassLine – 303-like monosynth BeatBox – 8-channel sampling drum machine PadSynth… Read More Caustic Virtual Studio Comes To iOS
Guitarists, because there are just so many of ’em, get a lot of attention from both hardware and software developers. But, just because gear or software is designed for guitarists doesn’t mean that you can’t make interesting use of it with synths! In this video, Discchord’s Tim Webb takes a look at Positive Grid’s new BIAS… Read More Using BIAS Amp Modeling With Synths
Developer James Navarro let us know that he’s updated SquareSynth, an 8-bit style software synthesizer, based on the NES, adding AudioBus and more. SquareSynth is a table-based synthesizer, and NES simulator for iOS, based on old-school chiptune trackers. Using the tables you can create sounds similar to 8-bit game consoles, and computers.
Green Oak Software has released an update to Crystal Synth XT for iOS, adding cloud patch management and a new sample library. Crystal XT is a full featured semi-modular synthesizer, ideally suited to creating lush evolving soundscapes. Here’s what’s new in Crystal Synth XT version 2.0:
IK Multimedia has announced UltraTuner, the digital chromatic instrument-tuner app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. UltraTuner is available as stand-alone app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, or as an in-app purchase within AmpliTube for iPhone and iPad (in all versions). IK Multimedia touts the UltraTuner app as one of the “fastest, smoothest… Read More IK Multimedia Releases UltraTuner for iOS
Developer Sebastian Dittmann let us know that AudioBus 2.0 is coming in early 2014, and shared these sneak previews of the updated interface. Here’s what he has to say about the update: Audiobus 2 will be capable of running as many apps in parallel or in series as your device can handle. That’s right: Multiple,… Read More AudioBus 2.0 Sneak Preview
