Animoog my eye out -YouTube

I recently got inspired to open up SoundPrism Electro.  I was playing around and stumbled on this great Animoog patch, (actually based on the default Animoog sound, which I never really use).  So here's what I came up with.

I was really inspired by the musicality of the way SoundPrism Electro creates chords.  Just a tiny bit of fiddling and you can get some great chord progressions.

Here are all the apps I used:

Animoog 

AUFX:Push

SoundPrism Electro

DM1 Drum Machine

Audiobus

AudioShare

For anyone who cares, I'll share the details of how this all works.  All the apps are running inside of Audiobus on an iPad Air 2.  

One lane has DM1 > AUFX:Push> AudioShare.  

The other lane has Animoog > AUFX:Push > AudioShare.  

So both signal paths are going into AudioShare so I can record the live output as I play.    

The AUFX:Push app is amazing.  It is an effect that can run a "key input" that can do a side chain compression.  So, the low end of DM1 ( I think I set it at below 100hz)  is the trigger or "key input" and the compression is put on Animoog on a separate audio chain.  This is all happening real-time on the live audio as I play.  It is silly how excited I was to be able to figure out how to do this.  I love all the Kymatica AUFX apps I have.  

Animoog is my all-time favorite iPad app.  I am constantly amazed by the sounds I find inside of it.  This patch is extremely close to the stock "default" patch.  I just turned down the filter frequency and turned up the resonance.  At the beginning I am on a patch with a slow attack on the filter envelope.  Then mid-performance I change to another preset exactly the same but with a faster attack on filter envelope.  magic ;-b

SoundPrism Electro is a fascinating app that is deceptively simple: it produces chords, either using internal sounds or sending MIDI notes to another app.  This song uses it as strictly a MIDI controller sending MIDI notes to Animoog. It is so easy to create musical progressions.  The note/chord grid is actually really responsive.  No noticeable delay at all on the MIDI going out to Animoog.  

I should also mention that this is the first time I used iMovie to produce a video.  Short and sad story is that I recorded in 4k on iPhone 6s, transferred to iPad Air 2 for editing, and the iPad could not handle the 4k video!  I was really disappointed, I got 80% finished with adding in the Audio from AudioShare and adding in titles at the right spot... then it crashed on me.  I still can't open up that project without it crashing.  So my solution was to transfer the files back to iPhone and edit the video there, which worked great!  smooth work, fast processing, easy upload to YouTube  

... and on an unrelated note, that moment may be the beginning of my lust for a new iPad.  I've never run into anything that didn't work great on the iPad.  So, it was surprising to me that the iPhone so easily completed the video edit and render process.  

That's it, hope you enjoyed.  

make your guitar into...

I'm diving into a new app for my iPad.  It listens to audio input from your guitar, converts it to MIDI notes.  What?  In other words, this is how to turn your guitar into any instrument you want.  Play guitar > hear a trumpet.  It sounds like a brilliant idea and lots of developers have tried to do this with software applications.

What I like about this app, and may set it apart:

1. People say it has low latency.  This is essential if this type of thing is really going to work.  You have to be able to pluck a note on your guitar and immediately hear a ...kazoo or whatever you've sent the MIDI notes to.
2. It is free to try.  Not very many apps on iPad are doing this, but it is a model that would make a lot of sense.  Why not let us try it out first before paying $30 for an iPad app!

I'll report back if I like what I find.

Begin

I made my YouTube debut over two years ago, when I posted a dubstep demo performed entirely live on an iPad.  No samples or tracks, just a drum machine and Animoog :) I recorded loops into Loopy HD and layered 3 or 4 tracks for a basic beat, bass wobble, and melody.



This little video now has 6,000 views over the months.  I figured that means someone out there might like what I create.  So I'm expanding on this, one small step at a time.  

First step: start a blog. done.