Auxy Music Studio – a free beatmaking app for iOS, has been updated to version 2.0. Here’s what’s new in Auxy 2.0: Add up to 16 instruments Add up to 24 loops per instrument Arrange your tracks with scenes Create transitions between scenes New sounds Here’s a video intro:
Korg has introduced plugKEY, a portable MIDI + audio interface for iOS devices. The plugKEY attaches directly to your iOS device with a Lightning connector, so no adapter is needed. It’s designed to provide you with what you need to connect a keyboard to an iOS device and get MIDI in and audio out. Here’s… Read More Korg Intros plugKEY, A MIDI + Audio Interface For iOS Devices
Novation has released another update to Blocs Wave, adding Sections for building more complex compositions. Here’s what they have to say about it: Blocs Wave now lets you build bigger ideas. Pads are grouped into sections, which can be used to create new ideas or try variations. Swipe left or right to change section in… Read More Novation Blocs Wave Update Adds ‘Sections’
Apple today announced an update to GarageBand, targeting the huge Chinese market with new instruments, sounds and loop content inspired by the music history of China. The update adds traditional Chinese instruments — the pipa, erhu and Chinese percussion — along with 300 Chinese musical loops. GarageBand for iOS users also get two new Chinese templates for… Read More Apple Updates GarageBand With Chinese Sounds & Instruments
Mogees for iOS, the companion app to the Mogees contact microphone, has been updated with SCOPE – a sound engine that uses real-world vibrations to shape your sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2uk6JlpaIc Novation has released an update to Blocs Wave, adding ‘Slice Mode’, a new option that lets you chop up sounds, play slices in real-time and record your slice performance. Here’s what’s new in Blocs Wave 4:
Secret Base Design has a new songwriting app for iOS called Aleph Looper. Aleph Looper will enables the user to capture musical ideas, and can provide the framework for songwriting, all in a single integrated app. Aleph Looper expands on the idea of a looping app, allowing the user to quickly select different synthesizers, and… Read More Secret Base Design Intros Aleph Looper Songwriting App
Music technology company ROLI has announced that the company has raised an additional $27 million in investment “to accelerate growth” and bring its instruments, like the Seaboard RISE, right, to musicians around the world. Company representatives say the Series B fundraising will help ROLI scale to meet growing demand, expand in new markets, and “intensively build” out… Read More Seaboard Creator ROLI Raises Additional $27M Funding ‘To Accelerate Growth’
At Superbooth 16, iPad music software was well-represented, in large part because of the presence of members of members of Musik App Manufaktur – a collective of developers of iOS apps. They were presenting their applications, zMors Modular, Modstep. Triqtraq and Elastic Drums and also showing how they could be used in combination, using the recently introduced Ableton Link.… Read More iPad Music Apps At Superbooth 16
Moog Music today introduced Model 15 for iOS – a software recreation of one of its classic 70’s hardware modular synthesizers. The Moog Model 15 hardware modular synthesizer was originally released in 1973, and was re-released last year as a $10,000 limited edition reissue, right. The system offers a complete analog synth voice. Moog Music says… Read More Moog Brings Model 15 Modular Synth To iOS With Polyphony & MPE Support
