IK Multimedia iRig Comes To Android!

I won't lie: this has been a long time coming and kudos to IK Multimedia for being the first to get their act together on the Android front.

Seriously, this is just terrific, but you'll note there's no sign of Sampletank here. Android has been notorious with developers in the past for highly problematic audio latency issues (which Android claim isn't a software issue, but more of a hardware issue, something I hope might change with the Nexus devices. Time will tell.) A good sign is that iRig Recorder, the app hub for all this hardware, seems good to go, so who knows, maybe the audio issues are being addressed. Hopefully IK's commitment to Android will help push this even further.

The hardware will include: iRig MIC (a handheld mic), iRig MIC Cast (a small podcasting mic), iRig PRE (a preamp), iRig MIX (a small DJ style mixing board) and iKlip STUDIO (a stand for you tablets, both 10" and 7" versions.) And of course the excellent and very capable iRig Recorder app.

Available at the end of January, iRig Recorder comes in Free and Paid ($4.99, with some additional FX in app purchases) versions.

More at IK Multimedia.

LiveFx For iPad

Tired of waiting for Korg to release a Kaoss Pad for your iDevice? Well, the wait may finally be over.

While not actually from Korg, elephantcandy's LiveFX for iPad is a pretty terrific dynamic effects processor and works much like a real Kaoss Pad. You can can control up to 4 effects at once with one finger, or use multi-touch for some pretty trippy sounds. Also you can process any sound source you can get into the iPad: tracks from iTunes, a mixing board, instruments, vocals, etc. And as it has full AudioBus support you can go to town with your other music apps (as long as they also have AudioBus support.) The thought of feeding Samplr into this thing makes me grin like a loon.

Here's the highlights:

• Hook up any source or even use an other app with Audiobus
• Control multiple effects in realtime using the intuitive LiveFX touchpad

• Create your own LiveFX combinations and use up to four effects at once
• Use multi touch to create a auto dynamic effect
• Use one of the many preset-banks or save your own
• With Audiobus access those presets from within an other app
• Make your own effect combination from the countless possibilities

• Lock button holds the effect settings, for dazzling hands-free use

• Versatile and highly playable effects control, delivering unimaginable expression
• New Looper effects – Forward, Reverse and Slice – add new audio intensity

• Mix it up with new DJ emulation Vinyl Break and Ducking Compressor effects
• Auto BPM detection and Tap Tempo keeps your LiveFX locked to the beat


Have a video demo:



Get it on the App Store for free (with an in-app purchase of $8:99 to unlock the full version.)

Nodebeat Is Currently Free!

    

If you don't have Nodebeat, now's the time to grab it. And you should. This is one of my personal favourite apps for coming up with quick unique and interesting beats/melodies, which I then AudioCopy/Paste over into Samplr and iKaossilator. Works like a charm.

It's free (as is Nodebeat HD for iPad.) Grab it.

Get it on the App Store for (currently) free.

Steinberg Cubasis For iPad

Yes. Cubase on your iPad. Think about that for a second.

Cubasis for iPad is about as full featured as you can get on iOS and the full list of features is jaw-dropping (I suggest heading over to their website for the full rundown) but here's the key features:

• Unlimited audio and MIDI tracks (depending on the device used)
• Over 70 virtual instrument sounds based on HALion Sonic
• Mixer with over 10 effect processors (insert and send effects)
• Over 300 MIDI and audio loops
• Virtual keyboard and virtual drum pads
• Sample Editor and Key Editor
• Export to Cubase, Dropbox, SoundCloud, AudioCopy & email
• Core Audio and Core MIDI compatible hardware supported
• Sequence other Core MIDI apps (MIDI recording only) and run Cubasis simultaneously via background audio
• Import audio from your iTunes music library or using iTunes filesharing, use AudioPaste or set up a Wi-Fi server in Cubasis

It's very very impressive and priced accordingly. Looking at this I'm struck by the fact that the one DAW that almost seems perfectly designed for multi-touch is so far nowhere to be seen on iOS. Ableton, are you paying attention?

Get it on the App Store for AU$51.99.