Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Yehezkel Raz, captures an improvisation for piano & iPad, Soul Diez Minor.
Here’s what Raz has to say about the performance:
“It’s an improvisation i played on the piano, using iPad with AUM, Patterning, Ripplemaker, Animoog, Troublemaker, Crystalline, Reverb (Amazing Noises), and Odessa Bassline (from the new MIDI plugins suite for iOS).
I am using the built-in microphone of the iPad for capturing the piano sound – no sound card or any other gear used.”
I enjoyed that. Thanks.
That was really nice. Great music, and great use of a minimal setup.
Shows how convenient iOS has become. Although one would wish more than once to have more hands!
Very impressive, I thought it was a MIDI-field piano!
I thought that was a pretty amazing performance, such a great tune and beautiful demonstration of all those apps working together in real-time – – loved it!
Your performance and concept are good– especially for an improvisation.
I appreciate the demonstration of a very limited hardware setup. However, it should be mentioned that the built-in mic is convenient, and not terrible– but I never use it if I need frequency range, dynamic range, and clean sound.
In this case, because you were getting a very effected piano sound (without a need for full-spectrum, full-dynamic-range sound) it worked for your purpose.
I do wish Apple would include a better microphone (even if they had to make the iPad bigger). I also wish Apple would give users access to disabling the limiter and setting the level. Apple also could have included a DSP process to improve the mic’s sound.
Bravo!
DOPE!