I love it and I use it! Refraktions is a Drone Machine, a Generative music tool, a 8 tracks sequencer, or a Sound Expander. There is someone in this App... Someone who learn about you each time you launch the App or play a new melody... " Your taps imprint the AI memory and help it generate loops tailored to your choices over time." "These sounds will loop and morph into new compositions over time, evolving indefinitely. More taps will be taken into consideration by AI and steer the app in new directions. The AI memory persists between app launches and the more you use the app, the more it learns about the tracks, pitches, and compositions you prefer, weighing your most recent decisions more heavily." "The notes will loop, getting quieter each time it plays. When the note has completely faded out, the overall composition is assessed by the AI and new sequences are generated. The result is that each time the app is used it outputs a unique composition that morphs and evolves over time. The more the app is used, the more the AI shapes itself to the user." 8 horizontal lines = 8 ribbon keyboards = 8 tracks = 8 instruments Only 8 instruments? Yes, and it's cool... The developer choice... 8 beautiful sounds to create an Atmosphere, a Drone. I love to use the internal sounds but you can also turn off a built-in instrument or all and send the MIDI out to another App. A few gestures... Swipe from L to R to remove all notes from a track. To rearrange the notes on all tracks, shake your device. To get the Tempo Selector to appear, drag three fingers up or down the screen. To reset the sequencer, draw a counter-clockwise circle on the screen. This is an easy way to clear out a busy song and start from scratch. If MIDI Clock is set to SEND MIDI CLOCK, then a MIDI Song Position of 0 0 is sent to the MIDI Destinations. Scrubbing the sequencer. Emulating the jog-wheel on classic hardware MIDI sequencers, you can change the position of the playhead by spinning the outside ring of the sequencer circles. This action also sends the corresponding Song Position data to the MIDI Destinations. Track parameters: Sound on / off - Quantize - Pattern length from 1 to 8 bars - notes duration from 8 to 64 bars - Volume - Volume lock - Tune (slider by semitones) - Chromatic- Octave selector - Octave Range - Notes lock on loop (will not change the note) - MIDI send - MIDI receive Global parameters: Scales selector - Ableton Link - MIDI source- MIDI destination- Background Audio - Reset all memory - Reset all tracks to default To conclude: I love it!
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Review:This week I will post everydays a part of this tutorial... It's done, already... And it means that I know perfectly this App... (Excepted 1 little thing that I still not understand... Check it out in the Audio Track tutorial below..) 1 It's not the most powerful of the DAW, despite this: 3 inserts per track. Unlimited groups... Audiobus, IAA and AudioUnit (Intrument tracks and Fx) A lot of built in Plugins, others from the Shop. 2 It's not the most revolutionary UI, despite this: You don't need to read the User Manual, everything is simple... Not a lot if windows... A little bit like Protools... I love this... 3 It's not the most powerful Audio and MIDI Editor, despite this: One more time, for the Audio and MIDI Editors, no need to read the manual. Most of all the features I need are present. Perhaps the Time Stretching for an Audio Clip. I can also change the way I am writing... It's among and perhaps even the most "easy to use" Pro DAW from the App Store! It's my second DAW. And sometimes also my unique DAW. I am Beta Tester for Auria Pro, I have to install and uninstall it a lot of time. Auria is also heavy, and sometimes I need space in my iPad. So I remove it... But I keep Audio Evolution into my iPad. Audio Evolution is very study too... I need this.... A Killer App, a Must Have!
Review by Ed 1 Menu ProjectA real File browser... You can import easily MIDI and Audio from a project to another. You can Mixdown a project, send all rendered tracks to another DAW, export a MIDI file. Create and load Templates, Sure, load and save a Project... Import from Audio Share too... Overview and Tracks2 ways to create a Track:
Or you choose to import Audio or MIDI from another project. A track will be created . Or you Tap the + button located on the bottom right side of your screen. 4 choices here: Audio Track, MIDI Instrument Track, Drum Pattern Track or MIDI track. Note that I didn't understand how to create a Stereo Audio track... To create it, I import a stereo Audio file from Audioshare into Audio Evolution. All the tracks come with a Volume, a Pan, A input Routing, 3 inserts (Audio Unit or IAA plugins), 2 send to the groups (you can create unlimited groups). A 3 band EQ excepted for the MIDI Track. 1) Audio Track The input Routing allows you to insert an App. (Audiobus or IAA) Audio will be recorded. The track menu allows you to rename a track (You can also rename a track by a long tap on the note label.) To remove it. To move it up or down. To copy the track to the clipboard. To render the Audio to Audio File. 2) The MIDI Instrument Track It's exactly the same track as an Audio Track. Just after you have created it, you will have to choose the "Guest" App or the Audio Evolution built-in Sampler. (We will see this later) A shortcut on the trackhead allows you to switch to an IAA App or to the Audio Evolution keyboard if you have choosen an Audio Unit instrument. The Track menu displays the same things as the Audio Track plus a Translate by semitones, a Split Midi Channel and Merge All Clips features. This track record MIDI. 3 & 4) The MIDI track and the Drum Pattern tracks are the same. Only the MIDI Editor is different. (We will see this later) The Track menu is the sale as the MIDI Track instrument. The imput routing is for the MIDI destination and source. Concept: 8 Audio Units Apps. 8 sequencers. I try to remember... Arpeggiator, Bassline, Rhythm, Cells, XOX, LFO, X/Y, and... and?. Check out the App Store description below. I can't remember the last one... Ah... OK... Particles! First sensations: wahoo!!!' Yeh!!!! Too! Cool! Sound quality: No audio Audio Processing: no Audio Processing Features: I already say this, but this time you can really check out the App Store description because there are some of these names module that intrigues me a little bit.... UI: as usual with Bram Bos. Perfect, clean, easy to understand, easy to use..
Melody Composer Squared is a very little sequencer. The UI is devided in two. On the top a Square. Euh, no, 36 squares. Each square is a note and each division of this square is a step. Below, a music sheet. You set the grid by selecting a note rhythmic. (4 steps to 64 steps) You can add a note by a Tap on a square or on the music sheet. You can edit 4 Patterns (1 bar) each, change the Tonality, the Tempo and the instrument playing. You can save your melody and send it via email as a MIDI file. Very simple but a good idea and very well done. A Super original litle App! Review by Ed A very big Kap to Never be normalConcept: Modular Synthesizer with built in Sequencer First impressions: Sound quality: Really Great! Audio Processing: Great too! Features: a lot of modules, Fx. Custom Keyboard layout, real sequencer... UI: it seems to be easy to understand and very well think. No wires to plug... I am not scared! App Store description: the queuing synthesizer for iPad. SynthQ has been designed from the ground up with the touchscreen interface in mind. SynthQ is a subtractive synthesizer with a customizable interface. A unique module queuing system, resizable multi-octave keyboard, and intuitive cable-based modulation controls offer a truly dynamic music-making experience for iOS. Each part of the synth is separated into units called modules. Each module snaps into place along a scrollable surface above the keyboard. Control the number of modules shown on the screen at any time. Control which modules appear for each sound. Tap a button on the module menu to launch a module and add it to the queue. Drag a module up and release to remove it from the queue. Drag a module down to move it within the queue. Add variability to your sound by connecting different modules using virtual cables. Alter the sound with synthQ's movable keys. SynthQ provides an intuitive and engaging way to get started creating your own sounds, and is ideal for production, performance and music education environments. Full feature list: MODULES: —three oscillators — sine, triangle, saw, square, pulse and resonant noise waves —three adsrs — amp, filter and modulation envelopes —filter with lowpass, hipass, bandpass, band-reject and peak filter modes —glide —frequency modulation oscillator —ring modulation oscillator —eight modulation bays with virtual cables enable interactions between modules —three tempo-syncable LFOs with sine, triangle, saw, reverse saw, square, random curve and random step waves —two XY matrix pads —XY keys module turns the keyboard's movable keys into modulation sources —sequencer module with Ableton Link support and built-in arpeggiator mode —vocoder using microphone or Inter-App Audio Effect input —two FX slots with chorus, flanger, phaser, reverb, tremolo, distortion, delay and bitcrush —analog simulation with soft clipping and random pitch wavering —midi module with pitch bender, modwheel and velocity —master volume control INTERFACE: —multi-octave resizable keyboard with 4-voice polyphonic, monophonic and legato modes —optional "sticky keys" mode locks each key to your finger after being pressed —when used as a modulation source, sound can be altered by moving the keys in different directions —unique rearrangeable module queuing area defines which controls are present per preset —fully featured preset menu system with options to share and import via e-mail or iTunes File Sharing —import presets directly from iOS mail by tapping and holding the attachment and pressing "Open in synthQ" —functional graphic design and layout eliminates screen switching by keeping the control modules and keyboard in constant view OTHER FEATURES: —Audiobus 3 support with Inter-App Audio —A=432Hz, A=440Hz and A=444Hz tuning modes —44100k Hz, 32000 Hz and 22050 Hz sampling rate modes —MIDI input and output per channel —basic recording feature to save, play, loop, and share recordings —import .WAV files from iTunes File Sharing for playback —parallax motion effects Follow @synthQ on Twitter for latest announcements and free preset packs, updated regularly! Share your presets with the developer for a chance to get them added to an official update! What's NewMinor bugfix/enhancement update. - Fixed a potential crash caused by randomizing a preset and then pressing the undo or redo buttons - Fixed FX parameters not displaying correctly - Fixed touch handling on settings and help window - Added select all/none functions to preset share menu Changes as of v. 1.514: - Moving synthQ to the background while the sequencer is playing no longer causes breaks in the audio. - Fixed Ableton Link beat synchronization. - MIDI In/Out now works for the sequencer. - Fixed issues with note transposition for the sequencer. - Input signal volume for the vocoder has been increased. - Audiobus 3 support. - Updated libpd version. - 90 new presets. Awesome! For musicians, vDjs, and others. What is it? An audio and image sequencer. How it works? You have a board. This board can be divided in x zones (x because I don’t know the maximum of divisions. A lot…). Each division can play a loop. A loop contains 4 sequencers. 1 to 32 steps sequencer. 1 for images and 3 for the audio. For the image, it uses .glsl files. (A GLSL Object is an object in the OpenGL API that encapsulates the compiled or linked Shaders that execute portions of the OpenGL Pipeline. These objects represent code written in the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL). If you know how to program a .glsl file you will be able to edit it within the App. If not, there are a lot of images in the built in library. So, you have the 8 tracks sequencers. (Same for the audio). It works like most of all the sequencer. (Tap to add an event, again to delete, drag to set the length,…) You can load 1 image per track. You can also set the background colour and the transition duration. For each image, 7 parameters to set, or automatise with the sequencer or control with your finger. 1, 2 or 3 fingers. (x & y. Axis). For the 3 Audio sequencers. Also 8 tracks. (Import audio from Audio Share or AudioCopy). 11 effects: Flanger, Gate, Delay, Reverb, Low & High Pass, Lowshelf & HighShelf, Parametric Filter, Clipper & Limiter. All the parameters can be automatised, set or control with your finger! It’s awesome! 1 loop = 34 audio tracks + 8 animations tracks + ? The input! The built in microphone or an Audiobus input! K Mashine comes with the Ableton Link feature… Before to conclude… a 3 band EQ and a compressor (master out), a lot of sharing features, the community, record and share a video without the UI,,.. And more. Check out the tutorial below. To conclude. A very very good surprise! This App is awesome! Really! And very easy to use! A Must Have for vDJ. A Must Have for musicians too! (Even if you don't use the image sequencer.... can you imagine, a board with 100 Loops ready to play with all the parameters adjustable with you fingers...). A Must Have for live performances… a Must Have, a Killer App! A Must Have! A note: I don't know if this App is famous or not, downloaded a lot or not... I hope so! Because this App is AWESOME!
Review by Ed This is the tutorial 4 / The Sample page Wahoo! Awesome! One thing that I really really love is the Slices to Pads (Create Pattern) feature! Check out the video demo! Also, the Mapping page is great... Fast and easy to understand. As usual you will be able to insert a lot of plugins to a layer or a Pad. Also use the ADSR or AHD... The recorder and the "Move to next Pad" feature is great! BeatMaker is very powerful. Certainly the most powerful DAW from the App Store. A lot of features, but once you know them, it's easy to navigate inside Beatmaker 3. Next Tutorial the Audio Track.
Edit Sample Page Here you will be able to edit your Audio files. First, you will have to select the Layer and the associated audio file. By a Tap on the Edit button, your audio will be displayed in full screen mode. Edit function: Trim audio (zero to Snap / Snap to grid / no Snap) Copy / Paste Fade in & out / Silence / Time Stretching / Reverse / Stereo to mono Playing mode: No loop / Normal Play / Alternated Live Stretch & disc streaming Slice: Auto Slice Delete, copy & paste Slice Slices to Pads / Create Pattern Here is an awesome feature! In 2 minutes you will be able to slice an audio file (split or Grid), then to send all the slices to Pads and create a pattern too! Check out the video demo. Slice to Single or Multiple layers / Slices to Apple Loop Record Here also a great feature. You can auto assigned a new recording to the next Pad, in Synthesizer mode or not! ADSR OR AHD / 9 EQ Filters for each layers Layers Fx For each layer: Overdrive / SV Filter / Invert Phaser & Bit Crusher Modulations 1 more ADSR OR AHD per layer / the re trigger switch / Layer Gain & Tune setting Mapping I love this page. So easy to map your Sample on the keyboard! Plugin
You can insert an Audiobus, Audio Unit or IAA plugin to a Pad (More with Audiobus, AUM,... Check out below) senode is a MIDI sequencer. 1 pattern, unlimited length. Unlimited tracks. Unlimited steps. It comes also with a Synthesizer: an ADSR, 3 waveform types (Sinusoïdale, Triangle & Square), a Filter, a Reverb, a Volume and a Tone. Here is one of my only 2 regrets. At this moment, Senode is not Audiobus, IAA or Audio Unit compatible, but It's only the version 1.0 of Senode so, I hope that one of this feature will be added in a future update. Senode is very easy to use and allows you to create a pattern, even a song very fast. On the left side of the screen, 3 tools. The Emitter, the Node and the Connection tool. The Emitter is a generator. The Node is a step (of your sequence). And the Connection the wire. So, first you add an Emitter to the surface. The Emitter can also send MIDI to another App or an external hardware. It comes also with a Tick, a Volume and a Transpose knob. The Tick is a clock devider. Then, you add all the Nodes needed to create your chord progression, melody or rhythm. A Node can play one Note or one Chord. For each Nodes you can set the number of Ticks too, the Volume and the Legato. Once done you all the Nodes together and the Emitter to a Node. Then you can play your sequence. More... The Emitter You can connect several Emitters to a Node. You can connect an Emitter to the Node you like. You can set for each of the Emitters (connected to the same sequence of Nodes) a different number of Ticks. So, you can easily create a Polyrhythm or a "canon". You can also multiplying this sequence by touching the + button located on the left side of an Emitter. The Nodes A Node can be connected to as many other Nodes as you like. It can be also connected to himself for creating a loop. Editing Some shortcuts allows you to work faster. Check out the tutorial. To conclude.. A very unconventional sequencer. Very easy to use and fun. I love it! Really. Before to tell you that it is a Killer App, I have to tell you my second regret. A copy and paste feature. Yes, I think that it could be really great to be able to copy a sequence of Nodes, but as I said at the beginning of this review it's only the version 1.0 of Senode... A Killer App!
Review by Ed PixiTracker 1Bit is the little brother or sister of PixiTracker. (I am not totally sure that there are females and males in the Pixi Galaxy because I never went there...). There are both the children of Sunvox. The only but big difference between them is that PixiTracker will generate 0 and 1 Bit sounds at the end. It means that if you import files, or record something, the file will be converted. PixiTracker is a sequencer. From 1 to 12 tracks and 8 to 64 steps. 16 samples can be loaded per project. You can record your samples with the built in microphone of your iDevice, or the line in if you are using an audio interface. You can also paste a sample from Audio Share or Audiocopy. PixiTracker comes also with a song mode, very well done. A simple Sample editor and a powerful System settings that allows you to customise the UI. In summary, even if the UI of PixiTracker and PixiTracker 1bit are similar, even if they come with the same features, these 2 Apps are totally different. (I am talking about the result, I mean your final mix,) A Killer App, a Must Have!
Review by Ed No time to delve into the big and serious music apps? PixiTracker is what you need! It is a simple and fun tool to quickly create musical sketches, chiptunes and sound experiments. Without requiring a lot of musical knowledge! This is the description of PixiTracker in the App Store. Sometimes I add the description of an App because I think that it is explained better that I can do (with my perfect English), but this time it is for another reason. When I read it, I can think that this App is not for me. I mean a "Pro musician", but no, it's not true! The App is very well done, the UI makes it easy to use, Because of this it is sure that you don't need to be an expert in music softwares (Apps) to use it but it it comes with all the features that I need to make music with my iPad. More, the sounds library (samples) turn it into an unique and Must Have App for chiptunes. PixiTracker is a sequencer. From 1 to 12 tracks and 8 to 64 steps. 16 samples can be loaded per project. You can record your samples with the built in microphone of your iDevice, or the line in if you are using an audio interface. You can also paste a sample from Audio Share or Audiocopy. PixiTracker comes also with a song mode, very well done. A simple Sample editor and a powerful System settings that allows you to customise the UI. I really love this App. Everytime that I use it, I have fun and I am able to create something. A Killer App, a Must Have!
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