Positive Grid has released version 2.3 of its JamUp guitar & bass multi-fx processor app for iOS.
JamUp turns your iPad/iPhone into a powerhouse Multi-Effects Processor, 8-Track Recorder, Loop Station, iTunes Jam Player, Tuner and Metronome for guitar and bass.
Changes in JamUp v2.3
New 8-Track Recorder (via in-app purchase, not support 3GS), it supports iTunes music import, Audio Copy/Paste, and you can share songs via Email, iTunes or SoundCloud.
Sampler supports iTunes music import and email sharing.
New MIDI assignment page, MIDI learning and MIDI on and off switch.
Double tap each knob will reset to its default value
Bug fixes: SoundCloud sharing, Fireball gain, Multi-Head delay.
The JamUp app is available to download at the iTunes App Store now. The new 8-Track Recorder is available via in-app purchase for the special launch price of $4.99 USD.
Casual Underground has released version 2.7 of its Loopseque Mini music app for iPhone.
Intergration with Audiobus and MIDI support allows to use Loopseque with hardware drum machines, synths and other iOS music apps.
Loopseque it’s a new music ecosystem which includes powerful sequencer, sampler, fx processor and record store with many beautiful releases from talented artists.
Playing Loopseque doesn’t require music education or any professional skills. An intuitive interface combined with inspiring sounds gives an opportunity to plunge into the world of music to everybody.
Loopseque serves as a catalyst for collective creativity both online and in real life. Here and now, any band can create its own music, easily and fun. Thanks to the social integration inside the app, all musicians can publish there records to the web and share projects with friends via e-mail.
Changes in Loopseque Mini v2.7
NEW EFFECTS SET:
Delay (two modes: stereo and ping-pong).
Filter (LP, HP and LFO).
Reverb (change size, wet/dry and dump).
Beat Repeater (reverse mode and manual quantize).
All FXs can be easily assigned to each of 4 channels, we call it one-button extra fast routing.
MIDI (iOS 6 or higher):
MIDI-out: Clock, Events, CC, Latency.
MIDI-in: Clock.
MIDI note for each circle: channel, velocity, root key.
Attack, Release, Start and Length for each note.
Chord maker presets.
Pad for X/Y parameters, slider and trigger buttons.
OTHER FEATURES:
Audiobus support.
Background audio.
New BPM control.
New Tools popover.
Minor GUI improves.
OMAC support.
Loopseque Mini is available to purchase for $0.99 USD.
Audiobus Pty Ltd, developers of the revolutionary Audiobus inter-app audio routing app for iPad and iPhone are today making the Audiobus SDK publicly available for all iOS developers. The public release comes after having reached over 100 compatible applications during the SDK’s closed beta.
After a three-month closed beta, the Audiobus Software Development Kit (SDK) is being made available to the public today. The SDK, which allows apps to support the Audiobus inter-app audio routing platform, has already been integrated into more than 100 apps including Animoog, Figure, BeatMaker 2, Auria, and KORG’s entire iOS app lineup. Over 1,000 additional developers have signed up to add Audiobus support to their apps.
The Audiobus SDK beta has already had an extremely positive response from developers. Alex Mathieu, developer of Glitchbreaks said, “It is a fantastic SDK to work with, and the people developing it are super helpful, and extremely responsive.”
Developers can get access to the Audiobus SDK, read the extensive documentation and communicate with other developers at the Audiobus Developer Center.
Audiofile Engineering has announced Vio, the first app for iPhone and iPad released under their new Square B brand.
Morph and shape your voice by exploring Vio’s mesmerizing and unique user interface, watch the entrancing graphics, and hear the transformation of your voice.
Vio is an amazing app for anyone who wants to experience their voice transformed beyond imagination. In the hands of an experienced musician or producer, Vio is a serious creative tool to design new vocal sounds.
Vio features
Sonic adventures – always in tune Build sonic universes from your own voice. The innovative audio engine behind Vio goes far beyond existing voice effects to create novel, futuristic vocal styles. Vio’s sound spaces vary in character from edgy and energetic to mellow and relaxing. Vio surprises and inspires your creativity: you may not intend to do something, and it comes out cool. Whether you are an amateur or seasoned professional, Vio’s pitch correction technology ensures that everyone sounds in tune and is beautifully harmonized.
Touch Control Explore each sound space by touching Vio’s swirling particle vortex. Move the vortex around the screen and change how your voice is transformed – harmony is added or subtracted, melodies emerge and disappear, and reverberations shape shift.
Looping Double-tap the screen, loop what you have just sung or hummed, and focus on morphing your sound with the particle visualizer.
Recording & Sharing Record your performances and share them via email, SoundCloud, Dropbox, or iTunes file sharing. Choose between compressed and high quality audio files.
Advanced Features Visit http://squareb.co/vio/ to learn about advanced features like changing keys and recording high quality audio.
Vio for iOS is avaialble to purchase for $2.99 USD.
Propellerhead has released version 1.4 of Figure, now featuring SoundCloud integration, enabling quick sharing of tracks with friends or the world.
Directly in Figure, users can easily share their tracks privately with their friends or publicly to blogs, sites and social networks using SoundCloud, the world’s leading social sound platform. It takes just a click to share sounds to Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook and Foursquare. In addition Propellerhead has created a mobile listening gallery, where users can listen to any publicly available Figure SoundCloud uploads, to discover new great music — or get inspiration for their own creations: propellerheads.se/mobile
To celebrate the new release, Propellerhead and SoundCloud are holding a prize drawing for everyone who uploads a sound through Figure. Two lucky winners will receive Beats by Dre headphones as well as a Propellerhead software suite and one year SoundCloud Pro account. The more a song is played, the greater the chance that it wins. Details in the drawing can be found here: propellerheads.se/figuredrawing
In addition using Audiobus, Figure users can now bus their audio to other effects and recording apps in real-time.
Using the Audiobus app with Figure, users can interconnect Figure with other Audiobus capable apps in real-time. Audiobus works like virtual audio cables, enabling Figure audio to be “plugged” into other effects and recording apps running simultaneously. A user can now alter and record an entire Figure performance of any length using additional effects and features from apps outside of Figure itself.
Changes in Figure v1.4
SoundCloud integration – share your Figure tracks with access to Facebook, Twitter and more.
Audiobus™ support.
Background audio (in device Settings).
Sort song list by Name/Date.
Figure for iOS is available to purchase for 0.79 EUR / $0.99 USD.
ElliottGarage has announced version 2.0 of EGDR808, a drum machine app for iOS.
ElliottGarage presents EGDR808, a drum machine that emulates the vintage hardware from the 80′s.
Its realistic and clear interface recalls the analog machine from the past, for all the vintage fanatics. You can play with the rythm presets included or you can create your own pattern.
Changes in EGDR808 v2.0
Added Swing/Shuffle control.
Added Tap Tempo button.
Updated GUI Interface.
Added totally new Song Mode – swipe left to open the song view.
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