iPhone Music Software: Check out this visual demo of PatternMusic (App Store link) a gorgeous new matrix synthesizer for the iPhone.
PatternMusic retails for $4.99. Detailed specs below.
If you’ve used PatternMusic, leave a comment and let me know what you think of it!
PatternMusic Features:
- The Stage
- Intuitively mix and arrange your songs by moving instrument icons.
- Effortlessly add, duplicate and delete instruments.
- Multi-Touch™ Pattern Editor
- Easily create unique looping note patterns.
- Editor zoom – because not everyone has the same size fingers.
- Up to 64 notes per pattern via the scrolling timeline.
- Scroll through a 4 octave range for each instrument.
- Solo mode – focus on a single part of your composition.
- Dynamics for individual notes.
- Voices
- 50 instrument voices to choose from.
- Change voices at any time.
- A full drum kit and percussion set.
- Built-in Help and Tutorials
- A complete Help system is accessible throughout the app.
- Access built-in and on-line Video Tutorials without leaving the app.
- Instrument and Song Settings
- Tempo (including “tap tempo” for interactive tempo matching).
- Time Signature
- Scales – work within a mode and avoid “wrong” notes (more than 40 scales available).
- Note length configurable from 1/16 note triplets to dotted whole notes.
- Looping control – infinite or counted.
- Configurable instrument start point.
- Swing – create shuffle effects.
- Transpose – up or down up to two octaves (an 8 octave total range).
- Song Management
- Auto-save – PatternMusic automatically saves your songs when you quit or when you are interrupted by a phone call, and it automatically restores your last session when you return.
- Manage your songs including song duplicate, rename and delete.
- Play along with your iPod Music
- iPod Music Library access and control without leaving the app.
- Small app download
- You’ll be creating music in no time.
My first melodic sequencer or matrix synth for iPhone
Me is not an experienced musician, just a hobbist who learn how to express and expand itself via music. The reason I bought an iPhone is the growing number of great music apps for this little gear. I've tried only a few and different kind of applications like iGOG, iDrum, Noise io, Hexatone JR, but PatternMusic is my favourite one so far. And not just because my needs (wanted something I can use on the go, record some melodic idea).
PatternMusic is a unique world from visual, and musical point of view as well. It looks and works like a well-thought-out toy. Mature and lovely real instrument like sound collection, easy to handle, intuitive. Built in tutorial, zoom mode in pattern editor screen.
What I missed: lower notes, export/record (yeah, ofc) function and the possibility of placing longer notes, or a feature to record taps on keys into the pattern editor. At 130bpm with 1/16 note length I couldn't achieve continuous sound with a flute. I know there are HW limitations, but an option of smaller length notes like 1/32 would ease the creation process. It was a bit annoying that comparing to the whole great first time experience placing a pad-like sound into the scene was fumbling. Maybe I just missed something, for sure need more time than half a day to become fully familiar with all it's possibilities.
On the whole I'm satisfied, it worths all cents. I'm happy to have chance to experience things like this and very curious to see where this application is going to evolve.
Fingerwares FTW!
Cheers,
Tufted
My first melodic sequencer or matrix synth for iPhone
Me is not an experienced musician, just a hobbist who learn how to express and expand itself via music. The reason I bought an iPhone is the growing number of great music apps for this little gear. I've tried only a few and different kind of applications like iGOG, iDrum, Noise io, Hexatone JR, but PatternMusic is my favourite one so far. And not just because my needs (wanted something I can use on the go, record some melodic idea).
PatternMusic is a unique world from visual, and musical point of view as well. It looks and works like a well-thought-out toy. Mature and lovely real instrument like sound collection, easy to handle, intuitive. Built in tutorial, zoom mode in pattern editor screen.
What I missed: lower notes, export/record (yeah, ofc) function and the possibility of placing longer notes, or a feature to record taps on keys into the pattern editor. At 130bpm with 1/16 note length I couldn't achieve continuous sound with a flute. I know there are HW limitations, but an option of smaller length notes like 1/32 would ease the creation process. It was a bit annoying that comparing to the whole great first time experience placing a pad-like sound into the scene was fumbling. Maybe I just missed something, for sure need more time than half a day to become fully familiar with all it's possibilities.
On the whole I'm satisfied, it worths all cents. I'm happy to have chance to experience things like this and very curious to see where this application is going to evolve.
Fingerwares FTW!
Cheers,
Tufted