2¼ Minutes of Exquisite Distraction

video upload by boxoftextures

"Well, it was 2:15 in length when I started, but then I had to let it play longer so there'd be enough to keep going under the credits. I'm putting this in the "demo" category even though it's also actual music, but it may be quite some time before it's filled out, added to, totally finished.

So basically this is one way to work on the iPad. Four synths, effects, clips being launched, mixing, etc. Well, two synths I guess as the bass and the piano are pretty much set. And using presets kind of goes against the grain for me but the Other Desert Cities rhythm/echoes thing was just so juicy when I was flipping through the list looking for mine that I had to keep it. And then I used it again LOL. It just makes the thing come alive somehow.

So this tune shows how it all comes together on the iPad, at least for me. Everything in AUM (AUM as a platform?), with launchable MIDI clips in Atom Piano Roll 2. The first clip is just "on" by default, meaning it automatically starts up when the AUM play button is tapped. The others come in when manually launched. It may appear that they're not immediately starting when the button is pressed, mainly because that's true. The clips start on the beat, so if you're careful things can easily be kept in sync. And I'm not going to mention a take or two where I was not as careful as I needed to be and things were on beat two or three instead of on beat one. There's settings to deal with that if you care to, but I don't usually.

Bass courtesy of iFretless Bass, the closest to a Chapman Stick you can get without getting a Chapman Stick. As I've said before, always wanted one and may someday actually do it. There's a black 10-string Railboard (with aluminum dot inlays and a MIDI pickup) with my name on it somewhere off in the possibly distant future. But I digress. Weird but entrancing "clapping" rhythm provided by adding Other Desert Cities onto the bass. Flipping through the presets and I literally did a "whoa" when I stopped on that one. Piano chords from Ravenscroft; it just feels like a piano to me when I play it. Extra added space courtesy of Eos 2, kind of my go to. Then some ridiculously thick and moving textures from Flowtones. Only had it a little while but it's already one of my favorite synths, enough so that I'm probably going to get the Mac version too. And then I decided I needed a little bit more of some punchy rhythm so I went for Laplace and cranked up some resonator action. And then I sent that through the same Other Desert Cities preset and on into Shimmer for added texture. As one does. And then we'll see what happens after that once it's given some time to develop.

Featuring
AUM http://kymatica.com/apps/aum
Atom Piano Roll 2 (x4) https://discchord.com/appDB/id1536259776
iFretless Bass http://www.ifretless.com/ifretless.php
Other Desert Cities (x2), Eos 2 https://www.audiodamage.com/collectio...
Ravenscroft 275 https://www.vilabsaudio.com/ravenscro...
TB Flowtones https://www.toneboosters.com/tb_flowt...
RE-1 Virtual Tape Machine https://numericalaudio.com/re1/index....
Laplace https://icegear.net/laplace/
BLEASS Shimmer https://www.bleass.com/bleass-shimmer/

Edited in ScreenFlow https://www.telestream.net/screenflow/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures

With the sincerest of apologies to David Torn, who wrote 3 Minutes of Pure Entertainment. I never intended to name it something like this, it just sorta happened organically."

ANILOG Analog Morphing Synthesizer App - Demo song

video upload by Sequence Mediaworks

"Demo song for the new ANILOG Analog Morphing Synthesizer for iPad and iPhone! A rich multitimbral sequence showing off the range and versatility of the new ANILOG v1.1 version. The built in sonic shaping, reverb chamber, and per-track effects allow you to create and share songs on the go. We can't wait to hear what you to do with it!

This audio is taken straight from the app (with a tiny bit of EQ). All sounds are generated in realtime using the unique 3-oscillator additive signal path --- no samples are used at all! Each instrument does not have filters, but instead relies on a shaping envelope. Velocity affects the shape envelope, and the sequencer allows for pitch bending and vibrato for extra expressiveness."

Also see: Tim Webb's of discchord's Let's Play with ANILOG.

Remembered

video upload by boxoftextures

"Well, not quite the usual I suppose. Always loved the sound of the saxophone but never got one, alas. In junior high I wanted French and the flute or sax, but they gave me Spanish and the baritone horn. And I suppose that explains everything, ya know? But hey, now we have iPad software! And iFretless Sax sounds pretty amazing. I also have iFretless Brass, used here as well, and iFretless Bass, which to me feels very Chapman Stick-like, which I love. They also have a guitar app but I haven't tried that one yet for some reason. So one day I had an electric piano going in SnakeBud and I was just sitting there playing "sax" and from out of nowhere, or wherever the music comes from, Remembered arrived. Add a synth wash, as usual, and a shimmered trumpet, et voilà, we now have jazz. Or something.

And as always, I thought the video edit wouldn't be a big deal, but somehow every time I think that it's just more and more ridiculous. Which is why I used that screen as the thumbnail for the video. To celebrate it, of course.

This one is sort of both how-to and also music, so again, not quite the usual as more often it's either one or the other. But today it's both. And also, putting together the "stuff used" list for something that sounded like it was "simply" using just four instruments, it somehow turned out to be, well, rather lengthy.

Software setup and testing: 00:12
Remembered: 02:22
Very fast hardware setup: 08:28

Stuff used:
Audio Evolution Mobile http://extreamsd.com/index.php/produc...
Audiobus 3 https://audiob.us
AUM http://kymatica.com/apps/aum
SnakeBud http://keybudapp.com/snakebud
House Mark 1 https://audiokitpro.com/house/
Atom Piano Roll 2 https://discchord.com/appDB/id1536259776
SynthMaster 2 https://www.kv331audio.com/synthmaste...
Eos 2, ADverb2 https://www.audiodamage.com/collectio...
iFrelessBrass, iFretless Sax http://www.ifretless.com
BLEASS Shimmer https://www.bleass.com/bleass-shimmer/
Roli Lumi keyboards https://roli.com/products/blocks/lumi...
IK Multimedia iLoud Micro Monitor https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products...
FiLMiC Pro https://www.filmicpro.com/products/fi...
DaVinci Resolve https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod...

And I have a Patreon as well at http://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures. Would love for you to sign up to get more frequent updates, possibly with greater depth than I'm able to get to here.
Twitter too! http://twitter.com/selgart"

THIS IS TECHNO - 130 BPM (65 min Fully Improvised only with Volcas)

video by VolcaNiced

"That's why I will NEVER sell my VOLCAS.

Friends,
at the moment i really enjoy recording long jams.
It's not that I plan to do that. Today's jam should only consist of the first song. And done.

Fortunately, I made a different decision and continued jamming.

Otherwise we would unfortunately not have some very awesome passages on video that you can enjoy now. This time I really made sure to leave the individual parts longer so that you can get used to them sooner. I hope that is ok.

Timecodes:
0:00 Cascade of Gold
12:15 Jumping Bassline
18:00 Acid of an Alien Race
30:00 Resurrection of Melody
38:00 In-dust-real Revolution
44:00 Nothing left But
50:00 Arppeggios for Life
53:00 Storm
57:30 The Amount of Sound
1:04:00 Slowless

_KORG_VOLCA_BASS
_KORG_VOLCA_KEYS
_KORG_VOLCA_DRUM
_GFI_SPECULAR_REVERB_V3"

Spotted on discchord.

Let's Play with DrumComputer

video by Tim Webb

"Sugar Bytes brought their massive drum synth DrumComputer to iOS, and it includes all of the sound design complexity of the desktop version. There is a lot to cover and I had a bunch of fun exploring the unique oscillators' designs."

DrumComputer: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1502238351​

If you've enjoyed this series please consider supporting it by becoming a Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/discchord​ If you'd prefer to help on a monthly basis, instead of per video, there is a monthly Patreon campaign: https://www.patreon.com/discchord_com​ Or you can support me on Timmeon if you don't like Patreon: https://discchord.com/supporters#timmeon​ (Patrons of these campaigns get the same benefits, including Ad Free viewing on the site!)

Be sure to visit http://discchord.com​ for the latest music app news!"

Let's Play with AudioKit AR-909 & MixBox CS

video by Tim Webb

"AudioKit brings us a lovingly-crafted 909-inspired drum machine app! It some unique sound design which I make great use of in this Let's Play. I then stuff it into IK Multimedia's new MixBox CS for extra compression and grit, before jamming with AR-909 and Troublemaker.

AudioKit AR-909: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1530586523​
MixBox CS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1530701566​
Troublemaker: https://apps.apple.com/app/id11808921...​
Rozeta Sequencer Suite: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1292546479​


If you've enjoyed this series please consider supporting it by becoming a Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/discchord​ If you'd prefer to help on a monthly basis, instead of per video, there is a monthly Patreon campaign: https://www.patreon.com/discchord_com​ Or you can support me on Timmeon if you don't like Patreon: https://discchord.com/supporters#timmeon​ (Patrons of these campaigns get the same benefits, including Ad Free viewing on the site!)

Be sure to visit http://discchord.com​ for the latest music app news!"

TC-11 & TC-Performer iOS Apps - Double screen mode - iPad

video by JuaNN Camilo - IOSSoundLab

spotted on this one on discchord

Tracks + Volca FM + Bass bleeps and bloops

video by Yurii Zubkov

spotted this one on discchord. Note the above is a playlist featuring additional videos by Yurii and the Novation Circuit Tracks.

"Making some arpeggiated noise, which my brain likes for some reason.

Audio routed into the Tracks in a bit unusual way.
Volca FM has a built-in stereo chorus effect. So as not to lose it, I routed the audio like this:
Volca FM and Bass are connected to the Retrokits RK003 passive mixer (using 3.5mm stereo jacks). Mixed signal from the RK003 goes to the Circuit Tracks Ch1 and Ch2, which are hard panned left and right on the internal mixer.

Printed myself this 2x Volca stand:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:472...​"

APOLYVOKS - Soviet Style Synthesizer - 100% FREE - AUv3 - Tutorial for the iPad

video by The Sound Test Room

Spotted on discchord

Electronic (toothbrush) Music | Moog Grandmother, Sonicare Toothbrush

video by Chris Hunt

Note the above is a playlist with additional music videos by Chris Hunt. Many feature Synthstrom Audible's Deluge.

"After years of daily practice, I'm pleased to present my first piece with the Sonicare electric toothbrush. In normal 'cleaning mode' it operates at a perfect C4. In this piece, I have toggled the toothbrush to 'whitening mode' to move that up to an E4. This is accompanied by some layers on the Moog Grandmother."

Spotted on discchord.

Radical Frequencies Modular

"Happy New Year my modular friends with a Radical Frequencies modular 132bpm Psychedelic Techno jam! Patch: The Fm lead is a pulse wave from a RF dpvco with internal pwm and linear fm going into RF Scota vcf (alpha filter only) using band pass output and voltage controlled by RF vc adsr and lucky voltages randomizes the decay times . The Bass is another dpvco with 2 detuned saw waves into RF 12db multi vcf. The Drums are from iPad Launchpad . All sequences are trigged by Beatstep Pro that takes clock from iPad . All sounds are multi recorded into daw though apogee and mytek converters and the lead is mixed with reverb & delay. https://www.radicalfrequencies.com/in..."

Note the player above is a playlist of all videos by Radical Frequencies Modular starting with the New Years jam.

Spotted on discchord

Intua Sessions | Vol. 9 | Christmas Time (ft. Jay Ellyiot)

INTUA

"Welcome back to Intua Sessions, where it’s all about making music. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Jay Ellyiot is back with his smooth and cozy rendition of the Christmas classic 'Christmas Time'."

Spotted on discchord.

Let's Play with Agonizer

Tim Webb

Kai Aras (Numerical Audio) worked with @Jakob Haq to create the Bass Synth of Jakob's dreams. Those dreams were fueled by a love of Dub... which is not something I share. I can dig it, but I can't produce it. I take Agonizer's sound sculpting tools in an entirely different direction in this Let's Play!

Agonizer on App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1499426175

If you've enjoyed this series please consider supporting it by becoming a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/discchord If you'd prefer to help on a monthly basis, instead of per video, there is a monthly Patreon campaign: https://www.patreon.com/discchord_com Or you can support me on Timmeon if you don't like Patreon: https://discchord.com/supporters#timmeon (Patrons of these campaigns get the same benefits, including Ad Free viewing on the site!)

Be sure to visit http://discchord.com for the latest music app news!"

SquareAcid iOS Synth - an Homage to the TB-303

Sample Fox

Spotted this one on discchord.

"It’s not an emulation or simulation of the TB-303 synth. It is an homage to TB-303, and other hardware synths. It’s a complete different beast, but it has the same functionality. It growls and barks with fierce resonance. SquareAcid is a singular squeal, squelch, and bleep machine.

It comes as a stand alone app with Audiobus and Ableton Link. It also comes with an AUv3 audio unit plug-in."

Let's Play with Skaka (and Velvet Machine)

Tim Webb

"Klevgränd's new Shaked Percussion app Skaka is not quite a percussion app. I try to respect it in its native habitat, before taking it off into some weird directions! I do this with the help of Yuri Turov's new not quite a reverb app, Velvet Machine.

Skaka: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1534141705
Velvet Machine: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1534554750
Rozeta Sequencer Suite: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1292546479
AUM: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1055636344

If you've enjoyed this series please consider supporting it by becoming a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/discchord If you'd prefer to help on a monthly basis, instead of per video, there is a monthly Patreon campaign: https://www.patreon.com/discchord_com Or you can support me on Timmeon if you don't like Patreon: https://discchord.com/supporters#timmeon (Patrons of these campaigns get the same benefits, including Ad Free viewing on the site!)

Be sure to visit http://discchord.com for the latest music app news!"

Let's Play with Electric Vintage

Tim Webb

"This is an unexpected Let's Play for me, because I hate the Fender Rhodes Piano sound. Fortunately, and surprisingly, apeSoft's Electric Vintage lets us go far beyond the classic into insane new territory!

Electric Vintage on App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1518380765

If you've enjoyed this series please consider supporting it by becoming a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/discchord If you'd prefer to help on a monthly basis, instead of per video, there is a monthly Patreon campaign: https://www.patreon.com/discchord_com Or you can support me on Timmeon if you don't like Patreon: https://discchord.com/supporters#timmeon (Patrons of these campaigns get the same benefits, including Ad Free viewing on the site!)

Be sure to visit http://discchord.com for the latest music app news!"

Berglund Instruments - NuEVI Videos by BANANA Mr.

BANANA Mr.

via @Kretek877, and the excellent discchord.

Playlist at the time of this post:
【紹介動画】Berglund Instruments - NuEVIとは①〜外観編〜
Berglund Instruments - NuEVI で「千年幻想郷 ～ History of the Moon」を吹いてみた【東方アレンジ】
Berglund Instruments NuEVI & Roland MC-101 demo
Berglund Instruments NuEVI & KORG Gadget demo
【番外編】NuEVIのくだらない使い方 Berglund Instruments NuEVI - KORG Gadget start/stop controlled

Circuitry (unofficial Novation Circuit Ipad App)

VolcaNiced

Spotted this one on discchord.

From the developer Yurii Zubkov:

"This is a patch editor with some additional features for live performance (morphing between macro knob positions, mixer and FX controls).

If you're interested in taking a look at the app and taking part in open testing via Apple TestFlight, you can install the app from the link below.

It would be great if you let me know about any possible application crashes and translation inaccuracies, because, obviously, my native language is not English.

You will need iPad with iOS 11+ and USB adapter.

Thank you in advance for participating in the testing.

Open this link from your iPad: https://testflight.apple.com/join/Glt..."

Evolution One virtual analog synth in Audio Evolution Mobile 5 for Android

Audio Evolution Mobile

Spotted this one on discchord. That's actually Tim Webb of discchord in the video.

"Audio Evolution Mobile Studio features a virtual analog synthesizer 'Evolution One' based on the very popular Synth One from AudioKit! Featuring morphing oscillators, FM, Sub Osc, Noise, Portamento, 2 LFO's that can be routed to 12 targets, Moog type filtering, effects, ARP, sequencer and more.

Presets are compatible with Synth One and it comes with licensed presets from Electronisounds and Red Sky Lullaby, giving a large number of presets to play with. Because Synth One is very CPU hungry, a lot of optimisations were performed to have it run decently on Android in a DAW environment, but a fast/recent Android device is still recommended. There is also an option to play in a lower quality mode, but when freezing a track or performing mix-down, the high quality setting is always used."

Let's Play with Phosphor 3 & BLEASS Chorus

Tim Webb

"Phosphor 3 is an additive synth with FM elements, allowing for a vast variety of sounds! In this video I use it to create a richly textured patch to run into the new BLEASS Chorus!

Phosphor 3 on App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1499115553
BLEASS Chorus on App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1514154536

If you've enjoyed this series please consider supporting it by becoming a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/discchord If you'd prefer to help on a monthly basis, instead of per video, there is a monthly Patreon campaign: https://www.patreon.com/discchord_com Or you can support me on Timmeon if you don't like Patreon: https://discchord.com/supporters#timmeon (Patrons of these campaigns get the same benefits, including Ad Free viewing on the site!)

Be sure to visit http://discchord.com for the latest music app news!"