Arthur Kerns has introduced midiSTEPs a new step sequencer for iOS that he describes as ‘powerful but fun’. midiSTEPs was designed to be easy to use, in a way that’s similar to the SH-101 sequencer, where you can just quickly enter a few keyboard notes and you’re ready to hit play. At the same time, it also… Read More midiSTEPs For iOS – A Step Sequencer Inspired By The Roland SH-101
Alexandernaut, creator of Arpeggionome, has introduced a new iPad app, Fugue Machine that they describe as ‘Bach in a box’ Fugue Machine is a tool inspired by composition techniques used in classical music, from Baroque to Serialism and Minimalism. The developer’s goal was to create a tool that lets you manipulate a melody’s speed, direction,… Read More Fugue Machine For iPad Like ‘Bach In A Box’
Developer Bastus Trump has released an update to Orphinio for iPhone, adding support for 3D Touch on the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. ‘3D Touch’ is Apple’s name for its pressure-sensing screen technology.The ability to sense pressure introduces new options for creating musical controllers and software instruments for iPhones. Several developers have added 3D Touch aftertouch… Read More Orphinio Gets 3D Touch
Developer Dan Trueman has introduced bitKlavier – a digital prepared piano for iOS. Like the prepared piano, the “prepared digital piano” feels just like a piano under the hands and often sounds like one, but it is full of surprises. Instead of bolts and screws stuck between the piano strings, virtual machines of various sorts adorn… Read More bitKlavier A Digital Prepared Piano For iOS
IK Multimedia has announced that its iRig Keys controllers are now cross-platform compatible. Both the iRig Keys and mobile full-size keyboard iRig Keys PRO controllers will now ship with a Micro-USB to OTG cable for Android devices and Lightning and USB cables.
It looks like aftertouch is coming to iOS software synths running on iPhones, via Apple’s recently introduced 3D Touch.
Synthesizer pioneer and Grammy Award-winning producer Malcolm Cecil has introduced iTONTO, an app for iPad and iPhone that offers up a trove of historical and technical information about the world’s largest synthesizer, TONTO. Best known for its prominence on four Stevie Wonder albums in the late 1970s, TONTO is a behemoth assemblage of various synthesizers and custom components,… Read More iTONTO App Documents “World’s Largest Synthesizer”, Benefits Bob Moog Foundation
Apple today introduced the iPad Pro – a new iOS tablet, designed for power users. The iPad Pro offers CPU and graphic performance comparable to mobile PCs and a 12.9″ screen – which will allow for more powerful mobile music apps. “The iPad Pro is far and away the fastest iOS device we have ever made… Read More Apple Intros iPad Pro With Performance Faster Than 80% Of Mobile PCs
Developer Roger Mann has updated Rubycon – a software step sequencer for iPad – adding external MIDI control and more.
Earlier this week, Korg introduced iElectribe for iPhone – a software version of its classic Electribe ER-1 drum machine. This video, via Marcus Padrini, compares similar patches on the software iElectribe and hardware ER-1.
