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Great Music Apps For iPhone and iPod

In this entry we’ll recommend some great music apps for iPhone and iPod. Music-making and beat apps have been on the rise since the beginning of the year because of lockdown. Suddenly, all these apps started to get great amounts of downloads due to people staying indoors. If you’re a music producer, it’s likely that…
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MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression)

If you don’t know what MPE stands for, you definitely should. MPE stands for MIDI Polyphonic Expression—and yes, it’s awesome! It’s a new way to play that brings the articulation of acoustic instruments into the world of electronic music. Picture it. When you pick up a guitar and play it, there’s much more than just…
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Arturia iProphet

The Arturia iProphet is the reincarnation of the classic Prophet VS from the 80s. In other words, it is a powerful software for iPod. This legendary synthesizer that many outstanding musicians used back in the day created amazing sounds. Today you can bring those sounds back to life with the iPad version. For example, use…
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Arturia iMini

The Arturia iMini is a software recreation of the iconic and classic monosynth that Dr. Bob Moog developed back in the 70s. The original monosynth was a 3-1/2 octave keyboard whose design aimed at being portable in comparison to other modular systems of the epoch. During that time, it became really popular with bands. For…
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MiniNova by Novation

The MiniNova, by Novation, is a powerful synthesizer with a great sound that comes in a particularly small size. To be more specific, it comes preloaded with 246 sounds. Additionally, it has some extra space to save another 128 of your own creations. But that isn’t enough: it too provides a patch librarian for you…
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Moog Matriarch

Moog Music Inc is a manufacturer of electronic musical instruments whose foundation dates back to 1953 in Asheville, North Carolina, in the United States. It is famous for designing the world’s first commercial synthesizer in the 70s and possessing unique sounds. But, in particular, the Moog Matriarch is a patchable four-note paraphonic analogue synthesizer with…
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Synthesizers

Synthesizers are electronical musical instruments that produce audio signals through several analog and digital methods. The most common techniques include frequency modulation, additive, subtractive, phase distortion, physical modeling, linear arithmetic and sample-based synthesis, as well as analysis/resynthesis. They produce sounds typically shaped and modulated by low-frequency oscillators, filters, and envelopes. Musicians usually play synthesizers with…
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Oscillators

Oscillators are circuits that produce a continuous, repeated, and alternating waveform without using any input. They are a simple way of creating a specific frequency of a signal. In short, they work by converting unidirectional current flow from a DC source into an alternating waveform.  Oscillators: a Description Oscillators are amplifier circuits that have positive…
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Arpeggiators

Arpeggiators are extremely simple real-time sequencers that require a chord as an input. They are a type of broken chord in which the notes that compose it are played or sung in an ascending or descending order. An arpeggiator does not play or sing its notes at the same time. Yet, listeners are able to…
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