Assignment 03 - “iPad as Virtual Music Instruments”

“iPad as Virtual Music Instruments”

Introduction

It can be use as an instruments in music industry nowadays. It is a big enhancement in the music industry. Nowadays a lot of things related to music can be simplify. For example like the instrument itself, there is no need to carry around all the heavy equipments around. All the equipments can be

simply install into the iPad itself. it can also be used to edit, record, and mix sound.

Functions

Simplify every instruments that are available and try to compile everything into one device. This also will make things become easy. All that needed is an iPad because iPad can be transform into a music instruments. There are a lot of music instruments apps that available now. Also opportunity can be given to all in exploring all kind of music instruments. This will give the chances for a lot of new ideas and talent to show what they are capable of. This given lot of advantages to all the composers or music lovers outside there to collect all kind of instruments available nowadays at cheaper price compare to real instruments price.

Hardware

“iPad” All of the built-in apps on iPad were designed from the ground up to take advantage of the large Multi-Touch screen and advanced capabilities of iPad. And they work in any orientation. So you can do things with these apps that you canʼt do on any other device. A large, high-resolution LED- backlit IPS display. An incredibly responsive Multi-Touch screen. And an amazingly powerful Apple- designed chip. All in a design thatʼs thin and light enough to take anywhere. iPad isnʼt just the best device of its kind. Itʼs a whole new kind of device.

“iPhone”

When creating iPhone 4, Apple designers and engineers didnʼt start with a clean sheet of paper. They started with three years of experience designing and building the phones that redefined what a phone can do. iPhone 4 is the result of everything theyʼve learned so far. And itʼs all contained in a beautiful enclosure a mere 9.3 millimeters thin, making iPhone 4 the worldʼs thinnest smartphone. While everyone else was busy trying to keep up with iPhone, we were busy creating amazing new features that make iPhone more powerful, easier to use, and more indispensable than ever. The result is iPhone 4. The biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone.

Software - “Seline HD”

Seline is a great live performance and improvisation music instrument that will keep you playing for hours, even if you haven't touched any music instrument before. Amidio's advanced CrystalClarity HD sound engine now is capable of analyzing and predicting your melodies! The sound is altered on the fly with a dozen of subtle algorhythms that add unbelievable expression, character and life to your music.

Seline features a completely new, ergonomically designed (finally!) playing surface called ioGrid, suitable for players with all hand sizes. The melodies are played with two hands, while keeping the iPad on the knees or on the table. Fully adjustable 16-note scale is divided into 2 parts (odd and even), which are then mapped on the left and right grids. Such way of note mapping is beneficial to the existing linear scale mapping solutions as it allows many more improvisation possibilities. And, of course, the player is never out of tune.

Seline can be used to play any melody but it does have its own character and sound. The player can choose from 20 built-in factory voices (flutes, bowed strings, reeds, synth leads and more) and 9 drone voices. Drones (chorded synth pads) are generated on-the-fly based on the complex analysis of your melody line and provide an excellent background layer for your melody.

Seline player is equipped with full range of recording possibilities, including direct recording to .wav files, deleting, doubling tracks. Overdubbing (layering tracks) is possible and encouraged, since it is an excellent way to create complex orchestrations. Two available onboard FX - grand stereo reverb and dub delay - are the finishing touch in the creation of the magical, delicate sonic heaven.

Related link:

http://amidio.com/seline

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAllFWSl998

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9XNfWNooz4

Experience

I myself,has the opportunity to experience this particular changes. There is a time when i discovered this revolutionary apps about a few month earlier. I found that this is an amazing thing. There are a lot that can be done by installing the particular apps that you needed. is like that you are having the actual music instruments. I also found that this things will become much more interesting if a person a capable to combine their creativity in creating their own music by using the apps needed.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the idea of simplifying the music instruments into an apps are very brilliant idea. This take the music industry into a whole new level. Also a lot of new talent discovery or potential was being discovered by the development of this particular thing. Other than that, life also become much easier when there is no need for a musician to carry around all the equipment needed for their performance.