Make room for your sound. Some decorate. Others redefine.
Walls is a unique and versatile algorithmic space effect, an exploration of sound deconstructing the traditional ideas of what a reverb can be. A bendable structure, on the edge of texture.
Shape a space for your sound. Stretch it, scale it, tilt it. All sounds are welcome.
Six acoustic modes, each with its own character. A clean, responsive interface that invites movement over measurement. From grounded realism to bending, impossible geometries – Walls adapts to your sound, and how you choose to inhabit it.
Shape a room your sound belongs in. Or one that’s never existed before. From soft, natural reflections to abstract geometries, Walls gives sound a place.
Bring vintage audio to your music! Mr. Lo-Fi transforms any track with authentic cassette, VHS, vinyl, and vintage digital modes—all with a single, easy-to-use knob.
**Mr. Lo-Fi: The Ultimate Vintage Vibe**
Step back in time and infuse your audio with the unmistakable character of yesterday. Introducing Mr. Lo-Fi, the definitive audio processor for adding authentic vintage charm to your music and sound projects. With its deceptively simple single-knob design, you can instantly dial in classic lo-fi textures, from the warm wobble of cassette tapes to the crunchy artifacts of early digital gear.
**The Big Knob**
At the heart of Mr. Lo-Fi is the Macro Control Knob. One turn is all it takes to transform your pristine audio into a nostalgic masterpiece. But don’t let the simplicity fool you – beneath the surface lies a powerful engine meticulously crafted to simulate the soul of vintage hardware.
**Four Iconic Eras at Your Fingertips**
Explore a universe of lo-fi sound with four distinct playback modes:
* **Cassette:** Relive the glory days of analog mixtapes with warm saturation, tape hiss, and subtle pitch variations.
* **VHS:** Add the unique, wobbly audio character of classic videotapes to your tracks.
* **Vinyl:** Recreate the timeless sound of records, complete with authentic crackles, pops, and the gentle hum of a turntable.
* **Vintage Digital:** Journey back to the dawn of digital audio with bit-crushed textures, sample rate reduction, and the signature sound of early microprocessors.
**Speaker Emulations**
Audition your lo-fi creations through four classic speaker modes:
* **Studio:** A clean, flat reference for accurate monitoring.
* **Hi-Fi:** The sound of a classic 80s/90s home stereo system.
* **Boombox:** The punchy, mid-focused sound of a portable cassette player.
* **Television:** The characteristic audio of a vintage CRT television set.
**Fine-Tune Your Vibe**
Ready to go deeper? Sculpt your sound with precision using our advanced controls:
* **Noise:** Dial in the perfect amount of hiss, hum, and crackle.
* **Warble:** Control the pitch instability for everything from subtle flutter to extreme tape chew.
* **H-Control:** A unique creative parameter that shapes different artifacts depending on the selected mode – from crossover distortion and tape dropouts to digital jitter.
Whether you’re a music producer chasing that chill lo-fi hip-hop sound, a film composer adding period-accurate audio, or a sound designer creating unique textures, Mr. Lo-Fi is your secret weapon for instant vibe.
Elastic OSC is a synthesizer app based on the DSP code of the Mutable Instruments Plaits hardware oscillator module, one of the most beloved (and cloned) oscillator modules in the Eurorack modular scene! Like the original, Elastic OSC comes with a wide variety of possible sounds, from analog-style, FM, and additive sounds to physical modeling, percussive, and even drum sounds.
Elastic OSC can be used in both monophonic and 8-voice polyphonic modes. You can play the app using the (on-screen) keyboard or an external keyboard or sequencer inside your DAW of choice.
The app focuses on ease of use, featuring two XY pads for intuitive sound manipulation of the OSC engine and the effects. Despite the simplicity of the cleaned-up interface, the sound possibilities are vast – thanks to 24 different oscillator models and the ability to automate parameter changes, as it is possible in all Elastic apps released so far.
A versatile Arpeggiator makes it easy to start with simple ideas or can already create entire sonic worlds.
Elastic OSC includes an integrated help system (tap “?”) to provide explanations for nearly every GUI element, the underlying DSP model, and most of the app’s functionality.
— FEATURES —
SYNTHESIZER
– 24 different Sound Engines from MI Plaits DSP code
– 4 main parameters per synth engine (Frequency, Harmonics, Morph, Harmo)
– Recordable Modulations/Automations for almost all Parameters with a length of 1, 2 or 4 beats.
– ADSR Envelope for Amplifier
– LPG Envelope for Modulations of Timbre, FM, Harmonics
– Adjustable Velocity effect on Volume and/or LPG Modulation
ARPEGGIATOR
With different Arp Modes, Rates, Octave Ranges and Skip Notes functionality
MASTER FX
– 5 effects (5 different Overdrive/Distortions, Hi-Low-Filter, Chorus/Flanger, Delay, Reverb)
– Automations for all effects parameters
– Master Gain and switchable Limiter effect
Sweden based software company Klevgrand presents Revolv, a unique reverb plugin like no other, emerging directly from our cultural and sonic heritage. Whether you place your mix in a peaceful forest, an ancient ruin, or a sweaty sauna, Revolv’s impulse responses capture the unique ambiance of each location. Explore historically and acoustically unique spaces like the medieval Gotland ruins or Uppsala Cathedral, meticulously recorded to give your audio a sense of depth and authenticity that sets it apart.
A labor of love (and obsession)
At the heart of Revolv is the dedication of our close friend and sound designer Oscar Björk, who embarked on an epic journey across Sweden in a project called “Echoes of Our Time”, capturing the unique acoustic fingerprints of a diverse selection of handpicked locations. His passion for preserving the soul and sound of these locations has resulted in an extraordinary collection of impulse responses, each a testament to his painstaking efforts and deep appreciation for Sweden’s acoustic heritage.
Wheels of time and space
Revolv features an innovative design, revolving around “location wheels” and a loupe selector. Simply move the selector around the wheels to change location and sound. Each location also offers a detailed view where you can learn more about the site and customize the decay, predelay, and width, as well as adjust your microphone preference and recording distance. Six wheels are available, each representing a group of locations, ranging from rare and quirky to epic halls.
No AI, Just Pure Acoustics
A convolution reverb blends your audio with an impulse response (IR) from a real acoustic space. Revolv simplifies this complex process, offering a user-friendly interface and an extensive variety of authentic environments.
Revolv’s impulse responses are hand-recorded and processed (no AI involved). Each IR is a genuine audio snapshot of a space’s natural acoustics, ensuring that the reverb you add to your recordings is as real and rich as the location itself. This authenticity makes Revolv an invaluable tool for musicians, sound designers, and audio engineers, particularly in fields like film and video game sound design where convincing space replication is key. Each location has a unique acoustic character, and the diversity caters for many different creative ideas.
Despite convolution reverbs being resource-heavy, Revolv is designed for efficient performance without sacrificing quality.
Revolv is available for iOS, MAC, and Windows HERE
Flip Sampler, the sample-based music making app conceptualized by music producer and YouTuber Andrew Huang, has just been updated to version 1.4. This update adds new stock projects, over 100 new stock samples, and a much requested new feature, the Looping Envelope. Located on the revamped Sample tab, engaging the Looping Envelope means any selected portion of a sample can be looped while it’s playing. This allows for samples of notes or chords to be sustained indefinitely, as well as opening up a new world of sound design possibilities within Flip—from ambient/pad sounds, to granular glitching, to audio-rate looping which can turn any sample into a playable polyphonic synth voice. A “Fade” parameter crossfades the transitions between the loop points if a smoother sound is desired. Adding even more power, the loop’s start point, length, and crossfade amount can be automated from Flip’s Automation page. Like all of Flip’s automation lanes, each can have its own independent length, leading to fun and creative polymetric variations. Flip Sampler, now in its third year on iOS, also made a quiet Android debut in November 2022, and thanks to the feedback of its great user community many improvements have been made since. The 1.4 update adds Ableton Link support for Android devices (already present in the iOS version) making Flip Sampler one of only a few Android apps that provides support for this handy sync technology created by Ableton. Generally speaking, Flip Sampler is one of only a small handful of professional music making apps available for both iOS and Android.
Features:
– 9 track sampler
– 4 effects per track: Delay, Filter, Chorus, Bitcrush
– Graphic EQ per track
– Monophonic or up to 16-note polyphonic playback per sample
– Adjustable pitch, volume, playback direction, sample start and stop points
– Looping Envelope with forward, backward, both (ping pong) direction
– 19 automatable parameters per track
– Independent lengths for each automation lane
– Automation can be recorded via knob movements or drawn by hand
– Drum pad and keyboard input
– Full piano roll with 10 octaves, note velocity, editing tools
– Randomization over sample selection for quick inspiration
– Randomization over note position to create surprising variations
– Drag-and-drop song arrangement page
– Global reverb with individual track sends
– Mixing and mastering tools
– Powerful performance features for creating instant fills, pitch shifts, reverb sends, and global low or high pass filtering
– Export full track and stems
– Live recording of performances
– Metronome with tap tempo and swing/shuffle
– Ableton Link integration for easy syncing with other devices over WiFi
– Share projects and sounds via AirDrop, email, etc.
– Undo and redo
iPad Loops is an iOS music production blog dedicated to exposing the best iPad apps musicians, producers, and Djs. This is not a database of every app. It is, however, one of useful recommendations from someone with many years in music production. I try to update it on a daily basis (ok sometimes every two days) and I do my best to post useful apps only. My name is Jason Donnelly (Dj Puzzle).
Some of the apps that contain my sounds are Synth One, EG Segments, Hammerhead, Retronyms AudioCopy, Audio Evolution Mobile, and iMPC Pro. My work is published by Roland, Antares, Magix, Soundtrack Loops, Sample Logic, Acoustica, Native Instruments, The Grammt Museum and many more. Subscribe to our RSS feed below to get updated when new apps are posted.
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