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Clawtar – Adaptive MIDI Controller 1.1 brings AB3 and more besides

Posted by originalpalmsoundson July 6, 2017March 4, 2020in Audiobus, Uncategorized, Updated apps1 Comment

Clawtar aims to be an interface that adapts to the player’s hand, which is a bold claim. In version 1.1 there’s some nice new features, including Audiobus. Here’s all of what’s new:

AUDIOBUS 3 SUPPORT

Clawtar is now can be used as an audio and MIDI input in Audiobus.

PIANO KEYBOARD GUIDE

Clawtar now shows a piano keyboard at the bottom of the screen. On this keyboard you can see the currently selected range and the notes you play. You can not play on this keyboard. It is a view-only element. If you like, you can hide this keyboard by going to Settings>Show Piano Keyboard Guide and turning the switch off.

OTHER IMPROVEMENTS

Calibration algorithm optimised. It now works much faster and smoother.
Settings menu was remade. It is now shown as a more regular dialog instead of a fullscreen view.
Minor UI improvements

Clawtar is on the app store for $3.99:

iSoundBank, a simple and cheap SF2 player

Posted by originalpalmsoundson June 20, 2017March 4, 2020in New App, UncategorizedLeave a comment

It’s a pretty no nonsense app as far as I can see and cheap too. Plus it’s universal. If SoundFonts are your thing, this will be worth more than a cursory look.

Details … (such as they are)

iSoundBank is a sound bank player for SF2 and DLS format files.

Main Features:

Build in a GM sound bank.
import and load SF2 and DLS.
MIDI In available (From Core MIDI devices or virtual MIDI In)

iSoundBank costs $0.99 on the app store:

Goodbye ReBirth, you will be missed

Posted by originalpalmsoundson June 16, 2017March 4, 2020in UncategorizedLeave a comment

It’s a shame, but kind of understandable too. Propellerheads have removed ReBirth for iPad from the app store at long last. It was great when it first arrived for iOS back in November 2010. It was certainly easier to use than the iPhone version which is also history now. Hopefully they’ve got some other goodies planned for us.

Electronic Sound Magazine now have their own Lab

Posted by originalpalmsoundson June 8, 2017March 4, 2020in UncategorizedLeave a comment

Which initially I thought would be really interesting, but having taken a look at the page they’ve put up I’m none the wiser as to what it is that they want to achieve. Having said that, the video’s quite nice.

So you make what you will of it. You can take a look here.

Discchord 3.1, Tim keeps upping the game!

Posted by originalpalmsoundson May 21, 2017March 4, 2020in UncategorizedLeave a comment

I take my hat off to Tim at Discchord for his work on the site. This is great stuff and excellent work indeed. I’m so glad to see this site go from strength to strength.

Well done Tim!

Rytmik Ultimate Complete comes to the app store

Posted by originalpalmsoundson May 10, 2017March 4, 2020in New App, Uncategorized1 Comment

Cinemax brings a new version of Rytmik to the app store. Rytmik Ultimate Complete is there latest app and the third version of Rytmik that’s now available. Here are all the details.

Rytmik Ultimate Complete is a powerful music station (Groovebox) allowing you not only to play with samples and musical instruments but also to mix them together, shape them and create music clips or whole songs for your Friday night set-list.

Key Features

More than 1 230 musical instruments
Robot and Female voices – over 400 words each.
A drawable waveform synth module
Advanced effects like the ADSR Envelope, Digital Delay, Noise Shaper, Sample Offset and Loop Definition and more
Almost every effect parameter can be modulated via the step sequencer
Drag & drop powerful interface
Share your songs via Rytmik Cloud and continue on Mac/PC
More than 6 000 Songs already shared via Rytmik Cloud
Export your music in the WAV format or export to AudioShare
Rytmik Ultimate is a powerful pocket music station.

This version includes instruments/samples from Rock Expansion and Voice & Acoustics Expansion.

Thanks to new features, Rytmik Ultimate Complete takes music creation to a whole new level. Rytmik allows you to share your songs with other users through the Rytmik Cloud and can also serve as a music player for songs uploaded on Rytmik Cloud with it. On top of that, users can exchange their songs and cooperate on their composing.

Once your work is complete, you can save it in WAV format to local storage or export to AudioShare.

And that’s not all! Every instrument is now a wavetable synthesizer. With the advanced effect module, you have more power to shape sounds with the ADSR envelope, vibrato, portamento, noise shaper, or digital delay. In addition to that, the drawable waveform synth module allows users to draw and modify their own wave and use it as a sample oscillator – with that you can use Rytmik Ultimate as a sonically unique chiptune synthesizer.

Rytmik Ultimate Complete comes with a sound library of more than 1230 instruments containing the libraries of the previous Rytmik series (Rytmik, Retrobits, Hip-hop King and World Music) and adding a brand new set of samples ranging from deep dubstep kicks and basses to cutting synth leads and special effects.

Rytmik Ultimate Complete with Rytmik Cloud will, of course, include more features and additions to the popular series to enrich your experience with playing with sounds and creating music on the go.

Rytmik Ultimate Complete costs $19.99 on the app store now:

That MMM2017 post has been updated

Posted by originalpalmsoundson March 19, 2017March 4, 2020in UncategorizedLeave a comment

Just so you’re aware, I’ve updated my post on MMM2017 with some corrections and additions. It’s also got links to the conference site which will be updated with photos and video in due course.

BeatHawk 2 is a massive update, and it’s on sale too

Posted by originalpalmsoundson March 16, 2017March 4, 2020in UncategorizedLeave a comment

Considering we only just had an update to BeatHawk last month it is a bit of a surprise to find version 2.0 today. And it’s a massive update too. Here’s what’s new:

NEW! Now available for iPhone (5 and newer)
NEW! Interface optimized for each iPhone device
NEW! Now available as an AudioUnit V3 plugin
NEW! Piano Roll Editor for writing and editing Note and MIDI CC
NEW! Support for Ableton Link
NEW! Export as Ableton Live project
NEW! Automate parameters with MIDI Learn
NEW! Paste audio directly to pads with AudioCopy
NEW! Copy/Paste pads with clipboard
NEW! Scale selection in Pitch Mode
NEW! Loops Markers in Song Mode
NEW! Accelerometer Velocity and 3D Touch support
UPDATE! Improved readability in UI
UPDATE! Improved help section
UPDATE! MIDI channel support added to preferences
UPDATE! Improved In-App purchase experience
UPDATE! AudioCopy updated to v3.2
UPDATE! Support for multiple touches on a single pad
UPDATE! Pattern change during playback now snaps to bar
UPDATE! Mutes now record in Song mode
FIX! Added hard fixes per IAA / AUv3 host (Auria, Cubasis)

Coming up soon …

Posted by originalpalmsoundson March 14, 2017March 4, 2020in Uncategorized1 Comment

This last weekend I was lucky enough to be at MMM2017 in Berlin. It was a fantastic experience and I have loads to share with you about it including loads of photos and news. But it’s going to take me a couple of days to get it all written up. So check back and I’ll give you all the news from MMM2017 very soon, and by the end of the week at the latest. Promise!

A massive update for Navichord in version 2.5

Posted by PalmSoundson March 1, 2017March 1, 2017in Uncategorized, Updated appsLeave a comment

Version 2.5 of Navichord brings a really big set of new features, minor updates, and fixes too. What’s more Navichord is half price at the moment at $3.99.

Here’s what’s new:

MAJOR

New preset format includes all settings (scale, pads, MIDI, Audio, UI)
Audiobus state saving
Improved Pad Edit – rearrange pads by dragging, easy transpose, delete and chord generation buttons
MIDI clock input and output
Color themes

MINOR