Warning! When I am making the Let's open it together post, I don't know the App... I also didn't read the App Store description before... So, I want to apology if I am saying mistakes or if there are "lengths" in the Video or in my writing below. Check out the App Store description at the end of this post... If you have this App feel free to add infos, clarification, even to injury me (not too much) in the comment section below... Concept: a Looper. A Looper like no others in the App Store because it allows you to create groups. To recall them as you like. Great for live! First impressions: Excellent! It looks like I was expecting and more.... Sound quality: no sounds Audio Processing: I only added a Reverb during this demo... I don't know if it'spossible to slow down or speed up loops... Features: Ableton Link, Audiobus, IAA, Core MIDI, and Audio Unit Host is on the way. It seems that you can create as much group as you like. Master group too. After I made this video I discovered a Drum track.... UI: Very comprehensive. It doesn't looks like a Gas Manufacture unlike a lot of others Loopers... Drag & Drop, Swipes seems to be used a lot to make this App very easy to use. Conclusion: The concept is really awesome. The App very very well done. There are a few things that I want to know now like: Istagram it possible to paste a Sample from the pasteboard, is it possible to monitoring or not a tracks... I will check that... Before my review, I will wait the next update that will be released shortly, but at this moment I think that Group The Loop will integrated my Live setup!
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Group the Loop will be updated very shortly with big improvements. i am always saying that Quantiloop Pro is the Best Live Looper available in all Galaxies... Before my review, a preview... You know how much I love you... No? For a week I am talking in the videos.. And it's just awful for me! I hate my voice, my French accent... Just horrible! And to show you how much I love this App, I did much more stronger.... I sang in this video... For the first time of my life! I am a musician who can play guitar... (I am not a guitar player...) On stage, I use a Keith McMillen 12 step Pedalboard. It's cool but... It can play chords but Inhave one octave only. Sure, I can switch to another octave but to do this, I have to tap 1 time to enter the set up mode, another time to switch to the next or previous octave and one more time to exit the setup mode... It means that I never switch an octave while I am playing a song... I can also set a Chord type, (but not a Chord progression) and to do this, I have to connect it to a computer... So, I am always using the default chord setting... And to finish, I had to spend hours to learn how to play a song with my foot, and sometimes both... But now it's an old story! Dream Foot is a a benediction... I am addicted to it! (The song I am singing in the video with some little changes.... Dancing Barefoot from Patti Smith) Dream Foot can be controlled with MIDI notes or CC. First good point! It comes with 2 modes. First a Jam mode: 24 Pads divided into 3 windows. To setup your chord,... 10 second... (Watch the video demo and check out the tutorial below) The Song mode... Awesome... Nothing has been forgotten! You create your song. Then a part (Stanza) with unlimited chords. You can copy a Chord (useful if you have created custom ones) and paste it before or after this chord or another one. You can also copy and paste a part. 16 parts are available. On the bottom 16 slots for 16 Songs. Top, easy, simple! The MIDI control available: For the Jam mode. Play a Pad and hold chords For the Song mode: Select a specific part, previous or next part, play next chord and next or previous song. 2 Taps max to play a desired Chord! Also, you can play one single note.. And you have this Play Next button... Do you understand what it means? Instead of assign chords to a Part, you assign all thre notes included in a melody you like to play. Then with one Tap on your Pedalboard you will be able to play a sophisticated melody at 200 bpm! (Dream Foot is also multitouch.... Jam mode....) To conclude: Dream Foot is awesome! So well think! So easy to use! So fast to setup! It can receive MIDI from multiple input and send it to,multiple output too! Dream Foot gives you 4 hands! A Must Have! A Killer App!
Review by Ed A very big Kap to this Jason Snell!Warning! When I am making the Let's open it together post, I don't know the App... I also didn't read the App Store description before... So, I want to apology if I am saying mistakes or if there are "lengths" in the Video or in my writing below. Check out the App Store description at the end of this post... If you have this App feel free to add infos, clarification, even to injury me (not too much) in the comment section below... Concept: MIDI Drone Machine First sensations: Top atmosphere! Sound quality: I love! Audio Processing: Features: 8 tracks / 1 pattern from? to 32 bars (I am not sure...) / possibility to set the Scale / MIDI in & out UI: very clean / it seems to be easy to use. But I am not sure that I have seen or understand all the potential of this App.... To conclude: I love the concept, the UI. I am sure that I will use it for my live performances... I really want to learn this App now... I will,post the review very shortly... Ed: first sensations A Drum Pads. 8 Pads. 12 Drum kits and more... First, the sound quality: I love the Drum Kits especially the Kicks and the Snares (Real Kit, Real Kit with Ride, Real Kit with Rimshot, Pop Kit, Rock Kit, Chemical, Hip Hop, Trip Hop, Classic Rock and the Funk Kit ... Really... a little bit less for the Dance/Club because of the delay on the Snare, and not really the Percussion kit... Once you have selected a Kit, you can assign the instrument you like into a desired Pad. Twice and more if you like... This can be really useful because of the Autoplay feature... A clever Autoplay feature... Check out the tutorial below. You will also benable to set the volume independently for each Pad. (Note that the Pad will play louder if you tp its center). I forgot,... The Open HH will close if you tap the Close HH... Cool ! Also you can play along a song from your Music Library. You will be able to record your performances and share them via Audiocopy, emails, the Open in feature and more,... You can send them to the developer server. Your recording will be ready to play and download for everyone who will receive the link Here is a link where I played with all the kits: http://rhythmpad.com/rec/5a4eb7c698ac6 To finish, you can use Rhythm Pad Pro as a MIDI Controller via Wi-Fi or the Camera connection kit. To conclude now: I love the sound. I love the Autoplay feature. In the Drum Pads category, there is a few Apps very powerful.. For this reason only I can not say that Rhythm Pad Pro is a Killer App, a Must Have but despite this, it's a real Super App and with a little a bit more like the Core MIDI, the possibility to import our own samples... A Super + App!
Review by Ed Looptunesdj is top! This App is not for Djs only. Musicians can use it too! Hopefully because I am the worst dj available in all Galaxies! (The Sunday Contest video is one more example of this... But despite this you can see how the Apps works...) So, LooptunesDJ comes with 2 identical "surfaces" on the left and right side. On the top, the Decks. Tempo Auto Detected / Tempo x2 or /2 / Offset slider / 4 cues (you can move a cue to another cue slot) and 6 loops ( 1, 2,4,8,16 or 32 bars). Below the Pads: 16 per surfaces. 4 channels for each surface (4 Pads per channel). LooptunesDJ comes with a lot of loops but much more are available in the online store. You have 20 credits. 1 loop = 1 credit. You can also import your own loops with Audiocopy or Audio Share. You can also record a loop to a Pad with Audiobus, the built in microphone of your iDevice or an external hardware. A great feature allows you to record your master out to a single Pad.. Great because of all the effects and parameters that offer this App. Each Pad can be played from 5 different ways: bar, one shot, one shot raw, note on, note on raw. You can also drag a Pad to another slot, even the other surface. A keyboard allows you to play the sample same as with a Sampler. For each surface, we have a Mixer. A volume for the deck and all Pads with a 3 band EQ for each. Each Pad can be sent to a Filter, a Delay and a Reverb. The deck can be send to a Fx slot too. 2 big expression Pads, one for each surface allows you to play live with all the Fx available. Also and this is really awesome, each Pad comes with its own "Channelstrip" named Macro here. A small expression Pad for a filter (Bandpass, Highpass and Lowpass). 1 slider for the LFO amount and one for the speed. Also a distortion (a good one) a volume, a pan and a pitch. Below the crossfader allows you to switch or mix the 2 surfaces together. LooptunesDJ can be controlled by a sequencer, an external Pedalboard or else. (MIDI implementation with MIDI sync and learn). It also comes with the Ableton Link feature. Below, you will find the tutorial and 3 videos. The first one, I made it today. A little tutorial. The second one was made for the Sunday Contest. A weird mix, but you can see the powerful of this App. The last one was made for the Let's open it together post. To conclude, this App is very versatile. The processing quality for the effects is really great. The App is very easy to use even if you have to know some little tips to have a real big fun with it. (Check out the tutorial) I love this App! A Killer App! A Must Have!
Review by Ed A very big KAP to Go Independents RecordsConcept: Drum Audio Loops First impressions: Excellent! Sound quality: Excellent! (As usual with this developer) Audio Processing: I am stupid.... I didn't check out the Pp Store description before to make this video... I didn't know,ow that it was possible to change the Tempo speed with GarageBand.... Not in my iPad at this moment... Features: possibility to play the loop with the room microphone or not. Possibility to change the Tempo with Garageband - Steve's favorite tempos - Famous grooves - Brushes - 4/4 grooves - BaHads - 6/ 8 grooves - ending fills & samples - 360° videos - about Steve Gadd - instructions - mic list and credits - other Apps UI: very clean. Note: Because I don't know the App when I am making the video, it's possible that I am saying wrong things... Big mistake... (I mean, much more than usual...) So if you have this App, if you know this App, feel Free to leave a comment in the comment section below... App Store description:
Play along or record your own songs with the best studio drummer in the world! Steve Gadd Loops is one of a kind, the first time the celebrity drummer (James Taylor, Chick Corea, Paul Simon) comes to IOS with 4 bar drum loops for you to copy/paste into your DAW or to play along with! It features full Audiobus and Inter App Audio support. A perfect partner for GB, loops and fills follow GB tempo!. Click "...More" to learn why you should download this App today! Perfect for songwriters, producers, teachers and fans…… a one time opportunity to play along with as legend. hundreds of loops and fills played by the absolute master of his craft. Steve has recorded in his fav tempos and styles, providing you with signature ‘feel’ grooves that have set Steve aside long ago from his colleagues. Copy any loop to any paste equipped DAW for songwriting or play loops within the app as a ‘human metronome’ for practicing. If you use GB as your DAW of choice you get an incredible advantage, you can copy a loop or fill into GB and from there on change the tempo and maintaining Steve’s feel! MAIN FEATURES: * Steve Gadd in your back pocket! * Introduction video by Steve himself * All loops are 4 bars in length giving you a very natural sense of groove and feel and less repetition than normal * Copy/paste to your favorite multi tracker! * Ability to change loops and fills in tempo in Garageband! * Audiobus compatible * Inter App Audio compatible * Play along for as long as you want and enjoy Steve’s groove. (all grooves loop perfectly in the app itself) * Performed, recorded and built only for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch * Famous grooves chapter with some of his signature feel grooves on hits we all know * Loops in 4/4, 6/8, ballads plus a special chapter with brushes loops, performed with his own unique technique * Uncut, not time stretched, not chopped but actual high end recordings * 360 videos included, check out Steve and the studio in VR * Audio quality: 44.1 kHz, 16 bit (cd). For copying to any multi tracker including GB. * All loops and fills actually played in all bpms, by a living legend * Copies loops to any DAW, all loops offered in 2 formats, WAV and Apple Loops Every loop or fill is available in 2 distinct mixes, a close miked ‘dry’ mix and a ‘room mics added’ version, giving you the option to choose or to combine both sounds within the environment of your sequencer. Full content: Every chapter comes in a wide range of tempos including: * Steve’s favorite tempos - 88, 88 plus cowbell (signature!), 108, 116 plus cowbell and 124, 8 to 10 loops each * Famous grooves - 8 loops played as an homage to the originals Steve performed on like 50 WAYS, LATE IN THE EVENING, ROOF GARDEN, AJA…… * Brushes - 80, 90, 104 (half time and regular time), 108 and 126 bpm grooves, 10 loops each * 4/4 grooves - 80, 90, 100, 110 and 120 bpm grooves, 10 each plus 6 fills per tempo * Ballads - 62 and 72 bpm grooves, 10 each plus 6 fills per tempo * 6/8 grooves - performed at 110 and 130 bpm (eight note is 110/130), 6 grooves each plus 6 fills * Ending drum fills (3) plus crashes (6) to complete your arrangement and to add crashes after fills! * 360 videos of Steve performing grooves and improv (including 50 ways to leave your lover)……..look around in the studio where the app was recorded * About Steve Gadd - full bio on Steve’s career * Instructions - the company’s page on ‘how to’ with tips and tricks * Mic list and credits * Other apps page In fact, a revolutionary app with a living legend on drums! The most sought after studio and live drummer for the last couple of decades unleashes his feel for the world to have and to enjoy! See this app in action here: www.iosappsformusicians.com (support site with trailers) Also you will find DAW specific instructions on this site. OS >= 8.1 A very big KAP to Sugar Bytes GmbHConcept: Monophonic synthesizer First impressions: top! I like it! I think that Cyclop will stay in my iPad... I think that I will be able to create awesome Bass line or synth ambience totally "stick" to my Drum pattern.... Sound quality: Excellent! Audio Processing: Seems to be really awesome! Features: Euh.... A lot... Better that you check the App Store description below.... (But I already love the module in the center of the screen with seems to be link to all parameters... The seuencer with the 2 timelines for the Fx section.... Really awesome!) UI: Cyclope seems to be "easy" to understand, and I love to have a colour code in an App and in everything... (Asperger syndrone...). Sometimes I have a little problem with Sugar Bytes Apps, because of the small UI (even if they offer everytime the possibility to zoom in a module with a double Tap). But not this time... The UI is big enough, so it's cool for old hypermetrop man. The preset library UI is awesome... Note: Because I don't know the App when I am making the video, it's possible that I am saying wrong things... Big mistake... (I men, much more than usual...) So if you have this App, if you know this App, feel Free to leave a comment in the comment section below.... App Store description:
Cyclop now available on the iPad – ready to unleash monstrous bass sounds to the mobile world. Cyclop is a monophonic synthesizer. It does one thing very well: delivering cutting-edge digital madness at the low end of the frequency spectrum. Cyclop is the master of subs, beautifully controlling even the lowest notes, always sounding stomach-rumblingly thick. It uses mid/side processing to introduce stereo imaging between 250Hz and 4kHz. This ensures wide, interesting sounds that retain their punch and bass. There are no phasing issues, which means Cyclop cuts through the mix very nicely. Enjoy an incredible depth of sound design possibilities, great real-time control with the Wobble Knob and FX knob. Integrated effects sequencer, vast modulation system and the preset browser will take your inspiration to new levels. The interface has been improved for touch performance and the overall cpu usage has been reduced. - Monophonic Bass Synthesizer - 6x2 Synthesiser Engines, 10x2 Filter Engines - Analog Sync, FM, Sample Transformer, Spectromat, Saw Regiment, Phase Stressor - Vowel Filter Mode - Free Signal Flow for 2 Oscillators, Filters and Distortions. - Incredibly versatile modulation system - Multi FX Knob/Sequencer - powerful Preset Browser with tagging and rating - Full MIDI Support (Virtual, Network, External) - Music Library Access (Transformer Oscillator) - iTunes File Sharing - Inter-App Audio - Audiobus - Ableton Link DJ Mag: “It is decidedly digital-sounding, but not in a bad way, and as the growing list of fans proves, it can be turned to good use in just about any electronic genre, past, present and (probably) future.” Rating: 9.5/10 Producer Spot: “Very good for his complexity, very versatile and easy to use if you need sub bass sound for your productions. Sugar Bytes offers High quality and good prices with all their products.” Rating: 9.5/10 Computer Music: “Anyone will find it powerful and unique-sounding, adding spice to existing tracks and inspiring new ones.” Rating: 4.5/5.0 What's NewPerformance improvements Minor bug-fixes I am so happy! LumBeat has just released the Mid East Drummer App! I am so happy because I am a Persian ! So, it's sure that I will not be really objective.... No,, not really... But... There are some new features that could excused me if I concluded my review like this: The best of the LumBeat's App! Yes! First, you can set the Time Signature when you are creating a pattern. (Assymetrical too! 7/8, 5/8, 15 / 16, 11/ 16 ..) Because of this, we can filter our search with a Time Signature (load a Pattern) There are also 2 tracks for the Cymbals and you can set the Ghost Rolls separately for each track (as well as the Jamming sensitivity) For each Percussions, 4 Samples. Now, for those who don't know,ow the LumBeat Apps.... It's a Drum Machine like no others. The best one! Because in each of these Drum Machines the developer has put a very litle human inside... And this human will play Rolls or Jam (play fills) all along your patterns... It's magic! There are also a page the "Live Pads" where you can assigned 8 patterns to 8 Pads. You will be able to control them via MIDI. There is a Song Mode too and a Sound Module mode with allows you to use all the LumBeat's Apps as a Sound Expander. And one other thing, everytime for each of his App, the sound is perfect. I forgot also the 4 effects: Compressor, EQ, Delay a,d Reverb. To conclude: East Mid Drummer is perfect! The Best of the LumBeat's Apps! A Killer,App, a Must Have!
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