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.)

Audiobus Is Now Available!

Audiobus for iOS is finally here. Billed as the missing cable between your music apps, I'm delighted to report that it works exactly as advertised. Considering how complex an operation this must have been to pull off, I'm amazed they managed it, nevermind hitting a home run.

One caveat though: it doesn't work with all music apps, not yet, but the list of current apps is pretty impressive. If you're serious about music on your iDevice you probably already have at least a handful of them. Check the website for a full list (and, I would guess, check back for updates, too.)

So what is Audiobus and why are we so excited by it? Well basically it lets you chain together your music apps and play/record the result. You have inputs, outputs and effects, but what you can do with each app will be dependent on that app's features. Audiobus is pretty helpful in letting you know what does what so you don't try and put a mic input through an incompatible synth, for example.

All in all it's a resounding success. Check out the video below for more.

Get it on the App Store for AU$10.49