HexaChrom – A Hexagonal MIDI Controller For The iPad

HexaChrom (App Store link) is a $3.99 app that turns your iPad into a hexagonal performance controller, enabling you to wirelessly play OSC or MIDI musical instruments — virtual instruments running on a laptop/desktop computer, or any hardware instruments attached to your laptop/desktop computer. HexaChrom uses an isometric note layout, where the notes are presented… Read More HexaChrom – A Hexagonal MIDI Controller For The iPad

FL Studio For iPhone, iPad, iPod touch Coming Soon, Here Are Screenshots & Specs

Image Line has announced FL Studio Mobile – a new FL Studio, designed for creating multi-track projects on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch: FL Studio mobile will allow you to create complete multi-track projects on your i.Pod, i.Phone or i.Pad and, if you want, load mobile projects into FL Studio and take them to the… Read More FL Studio For iPhone, iPad, iPod touch Coming Soon, Here Are Screenshots & Specs

Omni TR, An iPad Remote For Spectrasonics Omnisphere, Now Available

Spectrasonics has released Omni TR (Touch Remote) –  a free app that’s designed to turn an iPad into a performance-oriented, remote control surface for Spectrasonics Omnisphere software synthesizer,  running on a Mac or Windows PC. Omni TR offers wireless two-way communication, multi-touch patch selection, remote browsing and editing of Patches and Multis, and an control… Read More Omni TR, An iPad Remote For Spectrasonics Omnisphere, Now Available

Rare Korg MS-20 Hardware Controller Used With Virtual Korg MS-20 To Simulate A Vintage Korg MS-20

This video, via Throbbing Gristle’s Chris Carter, demonstrates using the rare Korg MS-20 hardware controller with the virtual Korg MS-20 for the iPad, Korg iMS-20, to simulate the classic Korg MS-20 synthesizer. Whew! If your head hasn’t exploded yet, consider that this convoluted setup is actually pretty awesome. Carter says: Once you have it connected… Read More Rare Korg MS-20 Hardware Controller Used With Virtual Korg MS-20 To Simulate A Vintage Korg MS-20

Noteplex – A Visual Music Creator For The iPad

mode of expression has introduced a new ‘visual music creator’ for the Apple iPad, Noteplex: Noteplex is an experiment to put music in a visual representation that’s different from standard notation or a piano roll.  Noteplex displays music like a hexagonal network of nodes and pulses, and it’s powered by a real-time 44.1khz sampler/synth. The… Read More Noteplex – A Visual Music Creator For The iPad

Konkreet Performer Now Available – But Is Your Mind Ready For It?

Konkreet Performer – a $24.99 music control and performance instrument for the iPad – is now available in the App Store. You can use Konkreet Performer’s multi-touch interface to play your Synth, operate your DAW, or anything that receives OSC or MIDI. But Konkreet Performer avoids standard music interface conventions, which may encourage new ways of… Read More Konkreet Performer Now Available – But Is Your Mind Ready For It?