iOS 7 audio – good news for musicians?

June 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Many thanks to Shannon Calrow who posted this link to an article on the 9to5mac website on the iOS Music Makers Facebook group page. This is a really interesting piece about changes Apple is introducing with iOS 7 and that will impact directly on the audio community using iPhones and iPads to make music. As I posted here, Apple have only relatively recently added support for Audiobus to Garageband and - in a kind of unofficial fashion - this gave Audiobus the nod as the way forward in terms … [Read more...]

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Music App Review – Nave Wavetable Synth by Waldorf Music

June 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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It has to be said that the world of iOS is not short of a synth music app or three. Could there possibly be room for another one? Only if it’s very good – and, thankfully, Nave – the first major iOS music app release by Waldorf – most certainly is. In fact, even after just a few hours spent exploring the app, I’d be happy to suggest it is considerably more than just ‘good’… Nave Basics Nave is a wavetable synth with a sound engine built upon dual (and highly editable) wavetable … [Read more...]

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Meteor Multitrack Recorder – updates to v.1.60

June 12, 2013 by 2 Comments
Meteor now includes a 'stacked' recording mode when recording on a single track in cycle mode. You can then select the best take for playback.

As of today - 12th June, 2013 - 4Pockets have released an update to their Meteor music app. I posted a full review of Meteor, a very capable iOS audio+MIDI recording environment, back in March and the update adds quite a few new features as well as dealing with the usual minor fixes, etc. While none of the new features might perhaps be described as ground breaking, there are a significant number of useful additions. Perhaps top of the list is support for multiple channel audio recording so, … [Read more...]

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Music App Review – Loopy HD app by A Tasty Pixel

June 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Loops have become an integral part of modern music making and, while for some musicians, this might simply be a few drum or percussions loops over which they layer their own guitar, bass, keyboard and vocal parts, for others – the ‘loopers’ amongst us – creative use of loops is taken much further.  And although looping is something of its own sub-culture, it actually crosses a very wide range of musical genres. While loops can be manipulated in most mainstream DAWs, a whole range of … [Read more...]

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Music App Blog News – Amplitube v.3 and iRig HD

June 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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The combination of IK Multimedia's original iRig hardware and Amplitube app has coaxed large numbers of guitarists into the world of iOS music making. Amplitube is one of a number of excellent iOS guitar amp sim apps available for the iDevice and the inexpensive iRig provided a very convenient way of getting a guitar signal into your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Both have sold by the bucketload. Of course, iOS music making has progressed rapidly since the original iRig release and, as more … [Read more...]

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Music App Blog News – AmpKit+ updated to v.1.6.3

June 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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As regular readers to the blog will know, I'm a big fan of iOS guitar amp sims. One of my favourite such apps - AmpKit iOS music app by Agile Partners - has been updated this week with v. 1.6.3 now available on the App Store. AmpKit+ is a brilliant app and, used with the Peavey/Agile Partners recently released LiNK HD I/O interface, is capable of creating some excellent guitar tones for both recording and performance uses. With more iOS musicians now looking to exploit the higher quality … [Read more...]

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