Chris Carlson is working on an iPad version of Borderlands, an interactive granular sampler instrument.
This project is a mobile version of an audiovisual granular synthesis instrument that I built as my final project for Music 256a at CCRMA. The inspiration behind the original version along with early concept sketches and design details are presented here .
While the laptop version provides a large canvas and a great deal of RAM for audio files, the iPad’s multitouch capabilities offer a much richer interactive experience. I extended the instrument to take advantage of these resources and added a social/networking component to allow users to share their “scenes” and download the work of others.
Chris aims to have Borderlands for iPad available through the App Store by late spring 2012.
More information: Chris Carlson / Borderlands
