LoopStationZebra wrote:beats me wrote:Jordan Rudess is one of the best keyboardists of our time but every video I've seen of his app sounds like the background track to the science videos I used to fall asleep to in high school. And it's really ass ugly. But also around the time it came out I made the decision I didn't need to own every synth app out there just because I can and while his layout is innovative I really don't see that alone bringing some next level shit to my music.
I think the real fun is going to happen when the next gen iPad comes out and of course I'll get one and hopefully by then there'll be a way to MIDI sync 2 iPads together.
Disagree, bro.
1. I dig the sounds. Immensely. I don't think 9th grade science videos. I think of the killer Theremin soundtracks from 1950s scifi movies. Run that motherfucking app through CamelSpace or any number of other AUs/VSTs and you've got a powerhouse of sound.
2. The swirling space shit is annoying, but I've seen a shitload of non-conventional music apps out there and the interfaces are all WRETCHED on one or many levels. They're usually based on some quasi-organic symbolism - like a series of cells or amoebas, or even worse, molecule chains - in which moving the molecule across the screen will generate a sound or connection the molecules via a thin line of protoplasm will generate a sound or God knows what else. There's little or no actually musical reference point at all. I get that they are supposed to be non-conventional in nature, but c'mon. wtf? What's cool about Morphwiz is that it's got some sort of foundation in terms of a scalable instrument reference.
And nevermind syncing two iPads together via MIDI. How's about syncing two or more apps you are running onboard one ipad via CoreMIDI?With multitasking, the need for 2 or more iPads has been reduced considerably. You may be able to do multiapp MIDI sync now:
We'd know this, if only createdigitalmusic.com would stop posting WORTHLESS SHIT STORIES about some douche who's created his own digital pocket sweep filter out of paper clips and duct tape, and start focusing on the future of digital music: the iPad.
Well I personally have very little interest in playable scifi drones or 70's progressive rock lead sounds, which is what the thing sounds like to me. Maybe if it was one of the first synth apps instead of like the 74th I might be more excited.
What we really need is the ability to AirPlay all music apps to Apple TV (or iTunes damnit
) simultaneously with low latency and a mixer on the Apple TV (or iTunes damnit ) for level mixing and EQ purposes. Obviously the iTunes (damnit ) solution would be the best option as there's way more people with iTunes available at there home, studio, or gig than Apple TVs
