Free Microtonal Software Synthesizer For Windows, Ivor

Free Music Software: Xen-Arts has introduced IVOR – a two-oscillator subtractive synthesizer that features full-controller MIDI Pitch Microtuning using MTS (MIDI Tuning Standard). Any MIDI Note Number can be freely microtuned to any desired pitch across the MIDI range, enabling musicians and composers to explore the expressive possibilities of composing music with alternative intonation systems.

MicroTones – Microtonal Synthesizer For iOS

Reader Szymon Kaliski has released a new microtonal music app for iOS, MicroTones. MicroTones is a microtonal synthesizer, allowing simultaneous playback of up to thirty sinewaves set with accuracy to one hundredth of a hertz. You can place new sinewaves by touching the screen, adjust volume (moving up and down) and frequency. Combination of multiple sinewaves lets… Read More MicroTones – Microtonal Synthesizer For iOS

Geo Synthesizer For iOS – Demo & Details

Wizdom Music has introduced Geo Synthesizer – a new software synthesizer and MIDI controller for iOS, available now in the App Store for $10.49. Geo Synthesizer is a collaboration between Wizdom Music’s Jordan Rudess,  Kevin Chartier (MorphWiz, SampleWiz) and Rob Fielding (Mugician). Geo Synthesizer is intended to be an ‘expressive musical instrument specifically created for a multitouch surface’. Some of… Read More Geo Synthesizer For iOS – Demo & Details

Music That You Can Tweet About (140-Character Twitter Music Challenge)

Jacob Joaquin is exploring the idea of composing for Twitter. Can you make music within the constraints of 140 characters? Here’s Joaquin’s SuperCollider Bohlen-Pierce Tweet – above as audio, and below as text: fork{loop{play{f=_*3.pow(17.rand/13);e=EnvGen.ar(Env.perc,1,0.3,0,1,2); PMOsc.ar(f.([438,442]),f.(880),f.(e))*e};[1/6,1/3].choose.wait}} That only weighs in at 135 characters – imagine what you could do with another 5 characters! Microtonal tuning courtesy… Read More Music That You Can Tweet About (140-Character Twitter Music Challenge)