My instagram shot of the Figure screen. Just thought I’d post it here too.
Month: April 2012
A thank you to the guys at iPad Creative
I only just realised that probably most of the traffic that’s been driven over to my track “That Vintage Engine” is probably due to iPad Creative.
The track is getting close to 5000 plays now, which is amazing.
App revisit: Electron
I was about to delete this from my 3G, then I gave it a little play and found that actually it’s quite useful in fact. Not a bad little sequencer.
More Shada
Still listening to this 10 CD epic. It is good. Slow, and good. I quite like that it isn’t an abridged version, although I still like the full cast version, this narrated one isn’t bad at all, and Lalla Ward is a good narrator.
Older RJDJ Scenes
I’m still a big fan of RJDJ. I always will be. When they first came around into the iOS scene (before it was iOS of course) they were one of the most, if not the most innovative creators of music making software. And, they still are.
But I continue to enjoy some of the things they did from day 1 as well though, and some of these older scenes are still brilliant for reacting to your environment.
First impressions of the Figure iOS app from Propellerheads
I probably have to say to start with that for £0.69 this is pretty good value. It sounds lovely, it is very playable and has a very good interface, especially for non-musical types. Having said that, I can’t find a save function as yet, if indeed there is one that is.
Still, I’m sure they’ll continue to improve on it.
T3 Goodness still running
My T3 powered up again after a very long gap, and once I’d restored it from back up (it doesn’t have persistent memory), it was fine. Just like the last time I used it. Amazing what you can squeeze into just 64mb of memory.
App revisit: Audio pallette
I was on the verge of deleting this app but had a play first. I’m so glad I did. Whilst is isn’t going to be part of anyone’s toolbox for making tracks in any way, it is great to play about with. It’s a very nice idea for casual music making and so I’ll be keeping it I think.
Grouper: Dragging a Dead Deer up a Hill
I bought this album after reading an interview with the artist in The Wire. This seems to be quite a common occurrence these days. Anyway, the piece was really interesting so I decided to have a listen to the album, and it’s pretty good actually. Not something that I’d have probably listened to without reading the interview about her.
It’s very atmospheric stuff. Alien and distant in a way. Unintelligible and strange. I like it.
App revisit: SoundGrid Live
Another of the ‘I haven’t used this in a long time’ apps, but I so wish I had used this one more, it’s just great, very responsive and easy to get creativity going. I’m really enjoying being back to into it.
I am Ashley Elsdon 