Aeon...
From the original Analog Industries archive. Some links and images from that era no longer resolve.
The above is a screenshot of Aeon, the next Naughty Panther release. It is functionally similar to DroneStation, inasmuch as it is an envelope-free environment, but it’s iPad-only. As you can see, I’m not quite done with the panel yet; I’m going to add reverb and delay, which is what those empty sliders on the upper right are for.
The whole synth engine is in place, though, and working fine, and I should be able to submit this to Apple in the next day or two. I’m only gonna charge like $2.99 for it, or thereabouts.
If you recall a post from a couple months ago on the subject, my original intention was to make some sort of “Dronestation HD” or some shit; however, I didn’t think that served any purpose, and started over from bare metal a couple days ago. The interesting thing about this synth, from an academic standpoint, is that there is not a single PNG, nor a single sampled waveform; nor am I using a single built-in Apple control (except for the presets button and bar up top, which I may yet do away with.) The entire thing is done procedurally, which, as you know, makes me happy.
Anyhow, once everything is done and submitted, I’ll do a video; the goal here, as it was with Dronestation on the iPhone, is to make a usable synth that embraces the paradigm and form-factor of the iPad.
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Another "What am I doing with my time on this planet if Chris can do all this shit?" post. Thanks for the regular existential crisis, dude.
That being said, I'm excited about this thing. I'm curious about the sound. I have really been enjoying the iPad-as-instrument in my studio. I got the iPad as a gift from a client for whom I have done a lot of free work. It was a really sweet surprise that I initially didn't want to accept but then decided to relax and see it in somewhat karmic terms.
Question: how easy/difficult is it to implement a feature on a music app that allows you to record and export your work? Some apps have this feature and others don't and it seems like it should be a universal kinda thing. Y'know, just email yourself an AIFF file or whatever.
- c
The problem is that there are several different ways of generating audio on iStuff, and only one of them, which is naturally the very hardest to use, allows that sort of thing. For something like this, that only makes one sound at a time, I question the necessity. For something that sequences, I agree that some way of rendering a file and getting it out in to the world is necessary. It is incredibly hard to do, though.
I won't include it in this, but if I was to do anything that had patterns, sequences, or the ability to record, at the very least I would make a render available in the iTunes app sharing.
-CR
Currently a lot of iPhone apps allow you to transfer rendered audio or files in and out via the iTunes 'Apps' tab when your phone is plugged in via USB...this to me seems to most practical since WiFi is so dependent on signal strength..
Why not write some ASIO/CoreAudio/ReWire driver over Wifi? Then you could just wirelessly record into your DAW. In 5.1 surround.
Because I'm too busy making sure WAV files have the correct time. ;-)
-CR
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