Hey, Music Tech Friends,
I hope you enjoyed diving into Werkbench today. We barely scratched the surface of the potential of this app, but after you go through the homework of following through the tutorial video posted on the class blog yesterday, I think you'll have a better feel for the creative potential Werkbench has. I'm a huge fan of this app.
I also wanted to give you a heads up on a couple of very cool apps that are on sale right now. These are absolutely not required for the class, but if they seem like something that might be useful or interesting to you, they might be worth a look.
MAGELLAN is an iPad-based synthesizer that has a wide range of sonic possibilities. If you were to try it now, it might seem kind of confusing, even though it makes some pretty awesome sounds. As the year goes on, we will talk about how synthesizers really work and what all of the knobs and buttons really do. It's usually a $14.99 app, on sale for 99 cents.
TONESTACK is a guitar/bass-based amp simulator and effects app. For those of you who may be guitar or bass players, you may be familiar with seeing players use a variety of "stompboxes" for effects, along with a variety of amplifiers--some of which have different tone-shaping effects built in. Tonestack turns in your iPad into a palette of guitar amps and effects. Although at this point in time, we haven't talked about how you'd connect your guitar to your iPad, we surely will. Once you do, this app opens up your palette of timbres in a big, big way. It usually sells for $9.99, but at least for now, seems to be on sale for 99 cents. This app is not exclusive to guitars and can be used on any other sound source as well.
I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing what you create in Werkbench this weekend. Please consider it a homework assignment to find one cool thing Werkbench does that you can then show off to the class. Have fun!
I hope you enjoyed diving into Werkbench today. We barely scratched the surface of the potential of this app, but after you go through the homework of following through the tutorial video posted on the class blog yesterday, I think you'll have a better feel for the creative potential Werkbench has. I'm a huge fan of this app.
I also wanted to give you a heads up on a couple of very cool apps that are on sale right now. These are absolutely not required for the class, but if they seem like something that might be useful or interesting to you, they might be worth a look.
MAGELLAN is an iPad-based synthesizer that has a wide range of sonic possibilities. If you were to try it now, it might seem kind of confusing, even though it makes some pretty awesome sounds. As the year goes on, we will talk about how synthesizers really work and what all of the knobs and buttons really do. It's usually a $14.99 app, on sale for 99 cents.
TONESTACK is a guitar/bass-based amp simulator and effects app. For those of you who may be guitar or bass players, you may be familiar with seeing players use a variety of "stompboxes" for effects, along with a variety of amplifiers--some of which have different tone-shaping effects built in. Tonestack turns in your iPad into a palette of guitar amps and effects. Although at this point in time, we haven't talked about how you'd connect your guitar to your iPad, we surely will. Once you do, this app opens up your palette of timbres in a big, big way. It usually sells for $9.99, but at least for now, seems to be on sale for 99 cents. This app is not exclusive to guitars and can be used on any other sound source as well.
I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing what you create in Werkbench this weekend. Please consider it a homework assignment to find one cool thing Werkbench does that you can then show off to the class. Have fun!
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