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IceWorks Mersenne "Melodic Percussion Synthesizer" goes live

LittlewoodgLittlewoodg
edited March 2016 in General App Discussion

Mersenne - Melodic Percussion Synthesizer by iceWorks, Inc.
https://appsto.re/us/LJ4Nab.i
Mersenne was a mathematician, priest, music theorist, in 1600s, developed formulae for string vibration and other cool shit (had to look him up). Had a quick play, very special range of sounds, lots of control.
(Yes it's actually IceGear but AppStore has them listed as IceWorks, maybe I linked to an English as second language AppStore, European stores get the gear ahead of LA...)

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    Oooooo will be getting that come pay day :)

  • firejan82firejan82

  • firejan82firejan82
    edited February 2016

    I'm hesitating. Melodic percussion doesn't sound that exciting to me, but I like iceGear, it's a nice UI and pretty cheap at the moment...

  • johnfromberkeleyjohnfromberkeley

    Two words (and a username): Different Drummer @funjunkie27

  • johnfromberkeleyjohnfromberkeley
    edited February 2016

    To say a bit more, don't be fooled by the word "percussive" and think of this as mostly a synthesized drum machine. In fact, getting sounds like kicks, snares, toms, and symbols looks hard.

    It is truly a melodic synthesizer. Most of the presets are very bell like. They sound great, but I was hoping to get more wooden than metallic tones as well. (E.g. The Capella preset, which still has a distinctive bell like nature.) also, Laplace may be better for wood type tones.

    I instabought because of the developer, the low price coupled with a 20% discount iTunes card.

    It sounds beautiful. In the same way Laplace and Lorentz have their own personalities, Mersenne is its own beast.

    Thumbs up. Glad I bought. (Oh, and it's tiny, really tiny, 3.3 MB)

    Now I'm going to see if I can beat @funjunkie27 to different drummer!

    Edit: Don't forget the synth engine, it goes way beyond the presets. Nice interface, all on one page! (Unlike Lorentz! My bad, I was thinking of another synth.) Also, an arpeggiator.

  • AudioGusAudioGus

    Cool, always a fan of nice chimes n bells. Will add this to the next card.

  • JohnnyGoodyearJohnnyGoodyear

    @johnfromberkeley said:
    To say a bit more, don't be fooled by the word "percussive" and think of this as mostly a synthesized drum machine. In fact, getting sounds like kicks, snares, toms, and symbols looks hard.

    It is truly a melodic synthesizer. Most of the presets are very bell like. They sound great, but I was hoping to get more wooden than metallic tones as well. (E.g. The Capella preset, which still has a distinctive bell like nature.) also, Laplace may be better for wood type tones.

    I instabought because of the developer, the low price coupled with a 20% discount iTunes card.

    It sounds beautiful. In the same way Laplace and Lorentz have their own personalities, Mersenne is its own beast.

    Thumbs up. Glad I bought. (Oh, and it's tiny, really tiny, 3.3 MB)

    Now I'm going to see if I can beat @funjunkie27 to different drummer!

    I like it too BUT it is VERY bell-y (technical term). Would make a fab Gadget :)

  • CalCuttaCalCutta

    Yay a drum synth from IceWorks!!!

  • johnfromberkeleyjohnfromberkeley

    @CalCutta said:
    Yay a drum synth from IceWorks!!!

    Once again, not very "drummy", more percussive, and bell like. I'm playing to get rid of the ring, seeking a duller, more wooden bell like tone.

    "Melodic" is a good word. "Pitched" is one thing, but you really could play lead melodies with this.

  • JohnnyGoodyearJohnnyGoodyear
    edited February 2016

    Should add that it's very easily tweakable and, as ever for this dev, you can jump straight into the arp.

    If I were a cultural appropriator (no!) I would run this up against some Drumjam and imagine myself drinking coffee outside a Thai temple in the midst of a summer rainstorm....

  • johnfromberkeleyjohnfromberkeley
    edited February 2016

    Ok, I got wood. (It's not what you think!)

    Here's my simple xylophone patch. Simply mute the noise/resonator and second oscillator, and play around:

  • CalCuttaCalCutta

    @johnfromberkeley said:

    @CalCutta said:
    Yay a drum synth from IceWorks!!!

    Once again, not very "drummy", more percussive, and bell like. I'm playing to get rid of the ring, seeking a duller, more wooden bell like tone.

    "Melodic" is a good word. "Pitched" is one thing, but you really could play lead melodies with this.

    It's all semantics

  • u0421793u0421793
    edited February 2016

    Has it got Link yet? Or Audio Unit-ness?

  • pierrepierre

    No link nor audio unit, but great synth, very easy to tweak.

  • johnfromberkeleyjohnfromberkeley

    Two more words (and another username): fugue machine @Alexandernaut.

  • gsm909gsm909

    It needs link, but some lovely tones and rhythms can be coaxed out of it.
    All the Icegear synths would definitely benefit from link integration for the arpeggiator

  • JohnnyGoodyearJohnnyGoodyear

    @gsm909 said:
    It needs link, but some lovely tones and rhythms can be coaxed out of it.
    All the Icegear synths would definitely benefit from link integration for the arpeggiator

    This a hundred times; they must be on it, surely.

  • kobamotokobamoto

    while we're here who has the best kalimbas, thumb pianos, jews harps, etc... on iOS ????

  • BiancaNeveBiancaNeve
    edited February 2016

    @kobamoto said:
    while we're here who has the best kalimbas, thumb pianos, jews harps, etc... on iOS ????

    A Thumb Piano 2.0 Head to Head by Gidigo
    https://appsto.re/gb/CxuXr.i

    iJew's harp by VIRALWORKS, K.K.
    https://appsto.re/gb/numLG.i

  • AudioGusAudioGus

    @johnfromberkeley said:
    Ok, I got wood.

    Hehe, nice. I tend to leave comments like that hanging for others to jump on.

  • fjcblancofjcblanco

    Can you save different Arp *patterns? Thanks.

  • kobamotokobamoto

    @BiancaNeve said:

    @kobamoto said:
    while we're here who has the best kalimbas, thumb pianos, jews harps, etc... on iOS ????

    A Thumb Piano 2.0 Head to Head by Gidigo
    https://appsto.re/gb/CxuXr.i

    iJew's harp by VIRALWORKS, K.K.
    https://appsto.re/gb/numLG.i

    thanks

  • lukesleepwalkerlukesleepwalker
    edited February 2016

    @johnfromberkeley said:
    Two more words (and another username): fugue machine @Alexandernaut.

    Yeah, I think this could be a marriage made in heaven. Does Mersenne have MIDI in?

    I find myself futzing with the Hang and other metallic/wood instruments in DrumJam all the time. This looks to be in the same range, eh?

  • funjunkie27funjunkie27

    I was planning on a Different Drummer analogy until I saw @johnfromberkeley comment on having wood and just lost focus altogether. Must get image out of head! :wink:

    The video does sound nice, and I would be curious what more could be coaxed out.

    If anyone is curious though, Different Drummer does pitched percussion as well. In fact, that's one of the cornerstones of the app. I use it from time to time, but if you don't want it, you can lock the tracks for straight drums sounds.

  • CalCuttaCalCutta

    @funjunkie27 said:
    I was planning on a Different Drummer analogy until I saw @johnfromberkeley comment on having wood and just lost focus altogether. Must get image out of head! :wink:

    The video does sound nice, and I would be curious what more could be coaxed out.

    If anyone is curious though, Different Drummer does pitched percussion as well. In fact, that's one of the cornerstones of the app. I use it from time to time, but if you don't want it, you can lock the tracks for straight drums sounds.

    Yeah but the big difference there is that DD is sample-based. To me, this is like a pared down, more straight to the point version of Attack.

  • funjunkie27funjunkie27

    Very true @CalCutta . Different animals.

  • knewspeakknewspeak

    I love Chromaphone on my desktop, so this was an insta-buy.

  • johnfromberkeleyjohnfromberkeley

    @CalCutta said:
    Yeah but the big difference there is that DD is sample-based. To me, this is like a pared down, more straight to the point version of Attack.

    That was the point. Have the note wave drive Mersenne.

  • johnfromberkeleyjohnfromberkeley

    More on Mersenne

  • JohnnyGoodyearJohnnyGoodyear

    @fjcblanco said:
    Can you save different Arp *patterns? Thanks.

    Yes, can confirm that you can :)

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