Friday, May 11th, 2012
As you may have heard, I recently got an iPhone. Suddenly apps, accessories and bunch of other distractions have become part of my life. I tried to ignore this stuff for a long time but now that I have an iPhone I’m really happy all the audio peripherals and apps are available.
Today I just want to bring your attention to a few related items.
I recently invited Dan Comerchero, creator of the Quiztones App and Obi Marroquin from IK Multimedia to be guests on the Home Recording Show Podcast. We had a great chat about using iphones and ipads in the studio and our favorite apps. Check out Show 166 – IOS Music Making and more
A few days after that I wrote a guest post for The Pro Audio Files, 12 Ways to Use Your iDevice in the Studio. Go there to see the list, and a ton more cool articles.
Lastly, if you’re into iOS music making, get yourself to iDesignSound, particularly to their staff favorites list at the bottom of each page. There are so many audio apps, iDesign sound has reviewed a ton of them and created a database to help you wade through all the apps and hardware. If you want to go deeper, they link to many other resources.
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Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Quiztones, the awesome ear training web app from quiztones.net, is now available for your idevice.
Created by Dan Comerchero and distributed by Audiofile Engineering, the Quiztones app is a frequency identification ear training app for amateur and professional audio engineers and musicians. Quiztones uses frequency-altered tones, noise and musical loops to train your ears and help develop more acute listening and frequency recognition skills.
Quiztones costs only $2.99. If you work with audio or would like to improve your hearing, check this out!
Quiztones will…
- Sharpen your ears & frequency recognition skills
- Improve your mixing and EQ chops
- Prevent noise buildup in your mixes & recordings
- Eliminate the need to sweep for frequencies
Quiztones cleverly uses quizzes to engage users in training exercises. Quizzes included in version 1:
- Pink Noise
- Drums
- Acoustic Guitar
- Female Vocals
Get the Quiztones App on iTunes
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
This is a guest post from Geoffrey Granka of Fresh Produce Productions. Find him online at www.freshaudio.ca and @gmgranka on twitter.
It’s not all just Tpain-ing vocals and Shrek Kart on the App Store. Here are five music apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch worth checking out.
McDSP Retro Recorder
McDSP, who have long been known for their awesome Pro Tools plug-ins, have taken the next step and created a iPhone recorder. This time, instead of emulating Pultecs, they’re replicating the aesthetics of a cassette recorder. McDSP’s retro recorder comes with a highly appealing GUI and their gimmicky sounding “ALX” (Audio Level eXtension). ALX promises to add clean gain to the recordings, “capture detail”, and record at higher bit-depths and sample rates than previous recorders.
Cost $2.99
Blue FiRE
Designed as the software component to Blue’s Mikey (an external stereo iPod/Phone microphone), the Blue FiRE software also works without, although in Mono. The software allows for recordings in multiple formats, and basic shuttling through the sound file.
Cost – Free
Bloom
Brian Eno is a weird guy. As if being an electronic music pioneer, co-producing most of U2′s catalog, and writing the Windows 95 start-up music wasn’t enough, he had to get in on the iPhone app game too. Bloom is an instrument that could be called a Theremin based on contact instead of proximity. Apart from being an innovative way to make music, it doesn’t even sound half bad. It has been recorded on a legitimate record already, on LIGHTS’ debut album.
Cost – $3.99
Ocarina
Everyone who grew up with Legend of Zelda on N64 knows what an ocarina is, but rarely still has it ever been considered cool. What makes this app interesting is it’s use of the iPod/Phones on-board microphone as a control device instead of just a microphone. Blowing into the mic controls the stop and start of notes, while touching dots on the screen approximate holding down the holes on an actual instrument. Vibrato is controlled by the tilt of the device, and you can even change the scales.
Cost – $0.99
ProRemote & Cubase IC
ProRemote is an app that allows the user to control up to 32 channels of their DAW using the iPhone. It’s basically like having a control surface in your pocket. It works over WiFi, so the user can start and stop sessions with it, and even adjust their own headphone mix. It even works with Pro Tools. Steinberg offers a similar app for Cubase 5 users, it’s free!
ProRemote Cost – $99.99
ProRemote Light Cost – $35.99
Cubase iC Cost – Free
There are so many more great apps out there now. What are your favorites?
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