These could be a great deal of fun in an electronic ensemble! I am always looking for sounds that we can put to use that will be different than simply emulating acoustic instruments. Take a listen to the SoundCloud demos below. Camel Audio has released its latest just recently….įor $4.99 Steamworx is available – this bank of sounds is a cinematic netherworld featuring keyboard instruments made from clocks, drum kits built with steam-powered machines, fog-shrouded soundscapes and gothic choirs. There are also additional sound banks, with 50 sounds each, available as in-app-purchases. The synth comes with 30 great sounds built in and you will get an additional 35 when you register the app. There is a 4 track recorder builtin, you get AudioBus and Inter-App Audio, Drum Pads/Sounds, It is an easy way to loose an hour or two playing around, running your finger around those pads and becoming enthralled with the morphing sounds that transpire! Those pads give you 8 different various alterations of the basic starting sound. Once you load the app up you will see a set of 2 X/Y pads with a set of 8 morphing pad below that and then the keyboard below that. The app goes above and beyond what we can do with keyboards and older controllers. The price of the app is FREE! Alchemy is one of those iOS apps that make great use of the touch interface. Here is one of those apps and it is free to start out!Īlchemy Synth Mobile Studio by Camel Audio is a free iOS synth available for your iPad. The iPad has a ton of amazing apps to help inspire us. That means we have to have something inspiring us to get at it and be creative. Part of being successful at composing is simply the act of doing it – over and over, frequently! Of course we are not ever going to want to try composing and creating if it isn’t fun. One of those areas for music is composition. Part of teaching any class is making sure we meet state and national standards for our content area.

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