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What did I miss?
Sorry to have been gone so long, what’s it been? 4 years? Longer? Sheesh… But before you even know what’s happening, a cross-country move and a couple of traumatic family health scares can pull you away from something you used to get so much enjoyment from I guess.
But I’m back and so happy to see this community still chugging along.
I’ve missed it here. Song Of The Month Club (which almost always gave me panic attacks when posting), new app releases and rumors, and all the tips and advice from so many kind and helpful people. I can’t wait to be able to start contributing again.
So anyway, what’s the biggest news I’ve missed in the past 4 years or so? I see pianoteq is dipping their (expensive) toes into the game. But that can’t be the only news worth knowing since 2019-ish.
No need to rehash, just give me some juicy forum links and I’ll be the happiest camper since s’mores were invented!
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Drambo and Hilda
Welcome back!
How old are Synthmaster 2? Great synth!!
I urge you to download Pianoteq 8 for iPad/iPhone then the Demo-Mode is fuckin’ great!
I had no idea about Hilda, wow. Instant buy for me!
Yeah it’s impressive. It has a gorgeous interface, awesome sounds I heard from the demos and reviews. The only reason I didnt buy it yet is because I am intimidated. If Im not sure how to use Moogs, IDK if I can figure this one out, but it’s like the most impressive synth I’ve seen just from a limited perspective. It’s hard to not just buy it and try it but after the model 15 i got only a couple days ago, I’m like thinking, “dude, are you just doing it because everyone on this site is doing it? If you can’t use model 15 can you use this?” But definitely if you feel that way please let me know what you think of it , I’m inexperience with software on iOS and synths.
I only own 4 synth apps and I am a total novice: like the Model 15 is making me wonder what I’m doing on iOS at all hehe. It was Drambo that turned me onto iOS production and I am looking to get better at understanding synths. If you didnt get drambo yet, I would also check it out, its like a mini DAW, it does so much, almost everything besides live audio (it sort of can, but there’s no mixer), I really love working in it, and it is so versatile. I ended up here because of Drambo in fact.
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Yeah, looks like Synthmaster 2 came out while I was "out of the loop". I have Synthmaster One (still on TestFlight for it, actually, which gets regular updates), but for some reason never remembering hearing about 2. I will check it out!
I'm definitely going to try the pianoteq demo. That pricing though, dang. To get Standard plus 2 instruments its looking like around $370USD. I did a quick search and it seems they do a 30% sale every once in a while, which would still put the total at about $260. Yes, I know that includes the desktop version, but I do everything on the iPad. Plus I'm kind of covered on the piano side with Ravenscroft275 right now. I mean, I want them to succeed, but wow that is steep.
Strokes is my new favorite app. So much fun.
This my only true game changer app of the last 4 years, maybe longer. Pure genius, especially the upcoming V1.1.
Piano Motifs is also an everyday app for me recently.
You haven’t missed any new delays.
😉😂
There’s been a veritable tsunami of new apps in the last few months, partly due to some desktop developers porting their stuff over. Some of it is so-so, but there are a lot of excellent apps coming through.
Highlights that immediately spring to my mind from the last few years:
That’s an entirely biased list based on my own tastes, obviously.
One thing I don’t use, but seems to be a major change, is Cubasis 3. Which seems to have become the top linear DAW, having overcome a lot of stability issues (by all accounts), and it takes full advantage of multi core processing on newer devices.
I can only answer for myself about the most significant releases in the past 4 years
These capture 90% of my time and attention. There are about a zillion other great app releases, but most are evolutionary rather than revolutionary IMO. These are the game changers for me, and that's not just hyperbole.