JazzMutant Lemur Dead – Did The iPad Kill It, Or Was It Suicide?

Stantum Technologies has announced that the JazzMutant Lemur – the gorgeous multi-touch music controller – is dead. Here’s the text of their announcement: Since 2002, JazzMutant has been a acknowledged pioneer in the field of Creative Computing and Multi-touch technology, being the first-ever company to develop and bring to the market a product featuring a… Read More JazzMutant Lemur Dead – Did The iPad Kill It, Or Was It Suicide?

iPad MIDI Step Polyphonic Arpeggiator Now Sequences MIDI Hardware

iPad Music Software: Laurent Colson’s StepPolyArp (App Store link) – a MIDI step polyphonic arpeggiator – has been updated to support the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer. This means you can use it with an iPad to sequence computer software, wirelessly, and your hardware synths, using a MIDI cable. The arpeggiator does not play any sound… Read More iPad MIDI Step Polyphonic Arpeggiator Now Sequences MIDI Hardware

Blip1000 Turns WIndows Touchscreen Into A Matrix Synth Controller

Free Music Software: WOK has introduced Blip1000, a free matrix step sequencer instrument for Windows. Blip1000 is inspired by matrix synths for the iPad and hardware like the Bliptronic 5000, which were derived from software like ToneMatrix, which was inspired by devices like the monome and the Tenori On…. Here’s what the developer has to say… Read More Blip1000 Turns WIndows Touchscreen Into A Matrix Synth Controller

Is The iPad “The Perfect Companion For Any Analogue Synth?”

Is the Apple iPad “the perfect companion for any analogue synth?” Here’s one synthesist who thinks so. This video, by Logan Mannstrane, captures StepPolyArp for iPad controlling an Oberheim Four Voice Synthesizer. Here’s what Mannstrane has to say about the setup: Just a quick demo to show this awesome iPad application. The StepPolyArp iPad application… Read More Is The iPad “The Perfect Companion For Any Analogue Synth?”