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syntheticbits uploaded 2 months ago

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Creating a track using FunkBox, Little MIDI and the iRig MIDI interface

Demo of the CoreMIDI capabilities of two iOS music apps, FunkBox and Little MIDI Machine, when connected to an iRig MIDI interface. Other instrumen...

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• syntheticbits commented 1 month ago

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  @mutantmoments coremidi is definitely the way to go now! our little midi machine app still supports the older line 6 midi api, but new apps won't be able to. there's also an app called "midibridge" that can help bridge between the original mobilizer and apps that only speak coremidi for people th...

• syntheticbits commented 2 months ago

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  @freesoulvw thanks! I'm using a Kenton Pro Solo MIDI->CV converter to convert the MIDI clock from FunkBox to the gate/sync that the Monotribe wants to see. You can see the Kenton in the upper left, the blue box. A groovebox or drum machine that has MIDI wouldn't need the Kenton, you could just go...

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syntheticbits uploaded 2 months ago

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Midisyncer - Boston Music Hack Day project

Demonstration of my hack from Boston Music Hack Day, held Nov 5-6 2011 at Microsoft NERD in Cambridge, MA. The project was an iOS app that lets you...

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• syntheticbits commented 2 months ago

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  @gideonaa thanks! the current hack day version of the app requires that the echo nest have already analyzed the song for someone else. their api/library has easy hooks to submit the song if they don't have it, or if the data they sent back didn't seem to match yours, etc. that would be one of the...

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  @Psylvia69 Thanks! Currently I don't have any plans to release it. Due to the way the app store works, it's hard to release fun little hacks like this. I would need to put a lot more work into making it look nicer, work better, be more reliable, etc to get it through the reviewers. You know the 8...

• syntheticbits commented 2 months ago

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  @laterveer1 It only works with songs on your iPhone/iPod, no live audio input. It gets the beat info from Echo Nest's database, which is recorded songs. There are some hardware devices you can buy for real time audio->MIDI sync, I used to have one from Redsound. Only really worked with dance stuf...

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syntheticbits uploaded 6 months ago

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Playing with FunkBox, Little MIDI Machine, MonoTribe and Omega 2

FunkBox app on the iPad doing drum sounds and master clock duties. Little MIDI Machine (multi-tasking beta version) synced up on the same iPad and ...

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• syntheticbits commented 2 weeks ago

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  @likewhatisay FunkBox has the multi-tasking support. I've been working on an update for LMM that includes it for a long while and gotten derailed three or four times for various reasons. I'm back on it and hopefully will have something to submit soon, sorry for the long delay.

• syntheticbits commented 6 months ago

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  @ikku4649 Thanks. FunkBox is the master MIDI clock on the iPad, it sends MIDI clock out via WiFi to the iPod Touch running SyncKontrol, which is connected to the MonoTribe. I've found this to be a little flaky, sometimes it works well, sometimes it doesn't, probably depending on the WiFi network....

• syntheticbits commented 6 months ago

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  @warp2600 Thanks! This is a beta version of the next update for LMM, which includes multi-tasking support so you can sync the two apps and switch back and forth between them. You sync them up just like you'd sync FunkBox with BassLine or MoDrum or Molten. It will also in theory allow LMM to seque...

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syntheticbits uploaded 9 months ago

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FunkBox, BassLine, MoDrum, Electribe EMX, and Ableton synced with iOS CoreMIDI

FunkBox on an iPad synced up with BassLine and MoDrum on iPod touches via WiFi, Electribe EMX-1 via USB/CCK, and Ableton Live via Wifi. http://itu...

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• syntheticbits commented 2 weeks ago

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  @harrymerchant456 Yes you can get intermittent glitches with WiFi depending on the network and how many devices are on it. In this case you have 4 MIDI devices (iPad, 2 Touches, laptop) chattering away. WiFi is better for song sketching and jamming than recording, you don't mind the glitches as m...

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  @qazbox yes, the two apps i have running on it (funkbox and bassline) could both be synced from the electribe.

• syntheticbits commented 9 months ago

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  Thanks! The iPad is hooked up to the Electribe via a Camera Connection Kit adapter plugged into a M-Audio MidiSport UNO USB MIDI adapter, so it's a hard wired MIDI connection.

  There is an audio out cable hooked up to the iPad, you can't see it because it's dark and the table is black. The main d...

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syntheticbits uploaded 1 year ago

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FunkBox iPad app MIDI synced with an x0xb0x

This is a demo showing our FunkBox drum machine iPad app synced up with an x0xb0x synth, using CoreMIDI and an iPad camera connection kit with an m...

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• syntheticbits commented 7 months ago

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  @polishbroadcast The Uno works fine without a hub, just connected directly to the Camera Connection Kit and then the iPad. I have had trouble getting MIDI clock in to the iPad (and also to my Mac) through the Uno, I think it might not support receiving clock for some reason. But clock out, like s...

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