As far as I know Beatmaker is probably the closest to that. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "note editor" but you can change the tone of each sample. So if you had a single flute sample you could turn it into eight different samples that would make a scale. You can only have 16 samples available at once to choose from for each project though (there is a slightly tedious workaround to this that involves using your computer). You can have an endless number of patterns/tracks going in your project. You can save, load, create, export as .wav or .midi, load your own custom samples and kits. There are two FX channels and a clean channel. The available effects are Delay, EQ, Bitcrusher and a filter that can be set for high pass, lowpass or band filter. You can assign any sample to either FX track or the clean main track. Tracks can be as long and complex as you want them to be. There is onboard pitch editing, panning and waveform edit. There are other features but those are the highlights I guess.
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As far as I know Beatmaker is probably the closest to that. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "note editor" but you can change the tone of each sample. So if you had a single flute sample you could turn it into eight different samples that would make a scale. You can only have 16 samples available at once to choose from for each project though (there is a slightly tedious workaround to this that involves using your computer). You can have an endless number of patterns/tracks going in your project. You can save, load, create, export as .wav or .midi, load your own custom samples and kits. There are two FX channels and a clean channel. The available effects are Delay, EQ, Bitcrusher and a filter that can be set for high pass, lowpass or band filter. You can assign any sample to either FX track or the clean main track. Tracks can be as long and complex as you want them to be. There is onboard pitch editing, panning and waveform edit. There are other features but those are the highlights I guess.
By a note editor, I mean again something like garageband. Something I can use to add a note, choose how long it is, change where it is, or delete it. So, effectively, a song writing tool to apply to certain tracks. Thanks for the info!
Oh, Ok. I don't have a mac so I didn't know what you meant since I've never used Garageband. What Beatmaker CANNOT do is to create synthesized tones. You have to work from samples. There are a bunch of default kits and samples on there or add your own. But you can do all of the above with the samples...you just can't "add a note" in the sense of creating a tone midi-style.
Nevermind my question. I looked into it and spoke with the developer today. Unfortunately it doesn't support 64 bit operating systems at this time (one of the very few programs that I've had that issue with since I made the switch to 64 bit). He says that he is currently looking for a new midi driver that will support 64 bit though so I will be watching for that. Would love to have this up and working with Vienna.
Yes, I am using iTouchMidi Suite. It works very fine with Garage Band, Absynth and all the synths under Leopard. iPhone/iPod Touch as a WIRELESS (WiFi/Airport, no BT) MIDI/synth controller!! Try it out - it was free when I've looked for it last time. It's real fun and very professional!
Musicradar.com writes: "However, it doesn't end there. Silicon Studio's are also working on some other apps to slot alongside the ones mentioned above. First, there's the iTM MCU, which is a Multipoint Control Unit that we presume may allow more than one iPhone/iPod Touch to be used at any one time. Next, there's the iTM Tilt, which is similar to the iTM XYPad except that it uses accelerometers to read user gesturing. Last, there's the iTM DJ, which can be used for controlling digital DJ software such as Native Instruments' Traktor."
Very, very promising!
Those have already been released except for (I think) iTM DJ. I saw them on iTunes yesterday when I was looking at all that iTM stuff.