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Holiday Sales for iPad Music Apps
If you are interested in creating music on an iPad, the Holidays are a great time to be looking for new apps. There are a lot of great sales going on right now, but here are some noteworthy ones.
Animoog for iPad is on sale for $9.99 (normally $29.99)
Animoog for iPhone is on sale for $0.99 (launch special)
I often use Animoog as a perfect example of how iPads are becoming legitimate performance tools. The sound, interface, and ability to customize sound easily rivals apps that would cost hundreds of dollars on a PC. It’s a steal at $29.99, and in my mind, a no brainer at $9.99.
From the website:
Animoog is Moog Music’s first professional synthesizer for iOS devices, and was the first music app in history to hit number one in the App Store on the day of release. Additionally, in the 2011 App Store Rewind, Apple named Animoog one of the best apps of the year.
Powered by Moog’s new Anisotropic Synth Engine (ASE), Animoog allows you to move dynamically through an X/Y space of unique timbres to create a constantly evolving and expressive soundscape. (read more…)
AmpKit+ (iPad) is on sale for $9.99 (normally $19.99)
I sold all my pedals and pedalboard a while back and replaced them with this app.
From the website:
AmpKit is the ultimate guitar amps, effects and recording app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch*, now with next-generation tone and simulation improvements that deliver by far the best-sounding, most realistic guitar tone on iOS. (read more…)
JamUp Pro by Positive Grid LLC is on sale for $9.99 (normally $19.99)
Buying this one myself. Can’t rightly say how it compares, but it seems to be getting good reviews.
From the website:
JamUp gives guitarists access to a new level of authentic tones, sound-on-sound looping, and incredible jamming experience on your iOS device.
JamUp provides access to total 24 hybrid amps, stomp-boxes and modules, 16 user presets, sound-on-sound phrase sampler, iTunes Jam Player with time stretching feature, metronome, chromatic tuner, and will expect continual update features. It’s simply the most convenient way for jamming and recording, without having to setup or switch in and out a variety of equipments. (read more…)
Looptastic HD by Sound Trends LLC is $0.99 (normally $14.99)
Definitely for those interested in DJ’ing. With the ability to import your own loops, there are some interesting performance possibilities here.
From the website:
Create your own non-stop remixes and electronic compositions in an incredibly intuitive way. Simply drag and drop some loops, mix it up with a DJ-style mixer and add effects with Touch Pad control. Record your moves and export the performance as CD-ready audio files or to your SoundCloud account. Contains over 900 loops across major dance styles (Trance, Hip Hop, Dubstep, Ambient, Breakbeat, Drum ’n’ Bass, Minimal, Progressive House, and Reggaeton, etc). (read more…)
Loopy HD is $0.99 (normally $7.99)
Just bought this last night. It’s a great practice tool, now accepts midi controls and allows you to import loops. I think this could have some serious performance/layering possibilities.
From the website:
Create music by layering looped recordings of singing, beatboxing, or playing an instrument with a savvy, sophisticated, tactile new looper that totally reinvents the formula. (read more…)
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Classical Guitar Solo with GarageBand for iPad
A short classical piece, written using the smart guitar feature in GarageBand for iPad.
iPad2 Garageband Smart Guitar Classical Solo
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Geosynthesizer
My first three videos, demonstrating Geo Synthesizer for iPad, a great midi controller and instrument. More to come….
Featured Programs
Geo Synthesizer – Jordan Rudess: Wizdom Music, LLC
MidiBridge – Audeonic Apps
SampleTank – IK Multimedia
Geo Synthesizer controlling SampleTank via Midi Bridge – Part 1
Geo Synthesizer controlling Sampletank via Midi Bridge – Part 2
Celtic Melody – Layered Sounds using Geo Synthesizer and Samplewiz
Description from the iTunes Store:
Geo Synthesizer is a musical instrument and MIDI controller. A collaboration of Wizdom Music’s Jordan Rudess and Kevin Chartier (MorphWiz, SampleWiz) and Rob Fielding (Mugician), Geo Synthesizer is an incredibly expressive musical instrument specifically created for a multitouch surface.
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ArtLifeMind Photoshop Tutorial
I just posted a beginner’s Photoshop tutorial at ArtLifeMind, detailing how to turn a color photo into a pencil sketch. Hopefully, this will be the first of many. The tutorial also includes a YouTube walkthrough, which you can view above, or in HD on the ArtLifeMind Youtube page.
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Midi Orchestration
I have just finished adding a page dedicated to midi orchestration, and my ongoing pursuits to write for film and television. You can listen to excerpts from various projects, learn more about my musical setup, and some of the thought processes that went into composing a few of my more recent pieces. Most of the music is composed with Cubase 4, various synthesizers, and sound libraries. Most notably, I use virtual instruments and libraries by EastWest/Quantum Leap (link to Soundsonline.com).
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Web Series
The Web Series was inspired by a series of interface images that I created for a digital wallpaper site, dreamingtheweb.com. While there’s no great meaning behind them, most of the images incorporated a fractal background with 3D faces or figures. The final images were created by mapping fractal artwork to flat planes and 3D objects, which were then rendered in Bryce 3D.
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Mandalas
The Mandala series was designed for Dreaming the Web.com, a digital artwork and wallpaper website. The general theme revolved around circular designs and the general premise of mandala as a focus for meditation. I created these images using Photoshop, and figures rendered with Poser and Bryce 3D.
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Dream West
Dream West
It was a whirlwind five years filled with good people, good fans, all the support a group could ask for, and an unending supply of crazy. From gigs along railroad tracks, in empty bars, and long nights rehearsing in a basement lit with Christmas lights, to opening backstage for the Rolling Stone’s Voodoo Lounge party… there’s a book in there somewhere, but for now, I’ve created a page dedicated to the band, the music, and all the friends we made along the way.