Android music applications

Dragon Drum Machine -Hidden Feature and Nice Update!

9/20/2019

Okay it is my favorite drum machine on Android. Not the most versatile and listener friendly but just because there is nothing like it. Have not heard anything like it in VST or as hardware either, so yapps totally worth having.
Now it comes loaded with hidden features and updated to make your rhythms go more bouncy and crank it to eleven and encounter the hidden bonus.,.. Yes your pesky neighbors will soon vacate next door.

Here is what the developer had to say about it on Instagram:
(www.instagram.com/tv/B2hpoaqBKAo/?igshid=i704nhw8gd4e with video)

Uploaded a new version, lots of new rhythmic options like polyrhythms and variable retrigger rates. There's also a hidden feature to add controls for the attack on the amplitude and pitch envelopes if you tap the bottom right button of the title five times (to the right of the n in Dragon on the main page.) Hid that because it's not usually used in drum synthesis and to keep things simple. Complete list of changes is on the stores. The program should still be as lightweight as before. This video shows a few of the new presets: disconnect, coininit, rattlesSs, basis by cup, Drassin

Google Play:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thiiird.drgn

Virtual ANS 3 Now Released For Android!

6/6/2019

One of my favorite apps have now gotten a bigger update since some time.
Was thinking about it like a month ago and at the same time was thinking what could be updated since the last update was so great.
But yes of course it was possible and the two things that makes me excited is that it is now midi connectible not only for controlling parameters but also for using as a synthesizer with a dedicated synthesizer menu and that it is possible to set it for a better rhythmic algorithm.
The synth engine is not only great for general textures being playable but it does keep in the right frequencies as well only playing the frequencies decided by the notes played and it can also be decided which length to be played looped in whatever way chosen.
Midi mapping must be fantastic for anyone wanting to use Virtual ANS in a live setting or for live recording.
Did not spend to much time with the new version yet but it seems to in general sound clearer and better than before.

Overall mighty nice...

But on a slightly sad note to get the new version having the older Virtual ANS it is not a free update and has to be purchased again.
Think that it is justified with the new capabilities.
Also have a feeling but do not know if it is possible to keep the older version working with the new update?
In either case the PC/Linux?MAC version is still free so it is possible to test the new functions before deciding if to buy it.

Will write a longer report on the new version in some days after spending some more time with it, specially using it as a synthesizer as it brings some new textures that is hard to get with hardware synthesizers or in software synths. Together with Spacecraft Granular (when it gets released) there is a big reason to use a mobile device for Hardware synthesists.

Google Play:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nightradio.virtualans3

Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic musical instrument created by Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958. The ANS made it possible to draw music in the form of a spectrogram (sonogram), without live instruments and performers. It was used by Stanislav Kreichi, Alfred Schnittke, Edward Artemiev and other Soviet composers in their experimental works. You can also hear the sound of the ANS in Andrei Tarkovsky's movies Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker.

The simulator extends the capabilities of the original instrument. Now it's a full-featured graphics editor where you can convert sound into an image, load and play pictures, draw microtonal/spectral music and create some unusual deep atmospheric sounds. This app is for everyone who loves experiments and is looking for something new.

Key features:
* unlimited number of pure tone generators;
* powerful sonogram editor - you can draw the spectrum and play it at the same time;
* any sound (from a WAV file or a Microphone/Line-in) can be converted to image (sonogram) and vice versa;
* support for MIDI devices;
* polyphonic synth mode with MIDI mapping;
* supported file formats: WAV (only uncompressed PCM), PNG, JPEG, GIF.
* many new features compared to version 2.3; see the full list: http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans/changelog.txt

Homepage, user manual and versions for other systems:
http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans

Known solutions for some problems:
http://warmplace.ru/android

Older Version ideas etc:
www.musicalandroid.com/blog/category/virtual%20ans

n-Track Studio 9 Pro Music DAW -Now with a Convolution Reverb! Plus some other things...

4/25/2019

Downloading the update now and a whole lot of other apps backlogged.
This was announced a month ago or so but was not yet on the Android version.
While waiting for the update have looked at the video and it is for sure something that brings a higher quality reverb to Android (Grainstorm does have convolution reverb as well) but this also brings the possibilities of sound design that is hard to do otherwise.
Will soon have to do some serious recording with n-Track as it has for sure expanded since trying it last time about a year ago.

Google Play:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ntrack.studio.eight.pro&gl=ES

WHAT'S NEW

Version 9.0.3 adds new features including:
• instrument tracks have now the instrument synth built into the track, they no longer require a separate instrument channel. You can add effects directly to the Instrument track just like it was an audio track.
• introducing the new Convolverb convolution reverb: add beautiful sounding reverbs recorded from real world environments.

If you have comments or suggestions please use the Report issue command in the Settings box.

Fang Synth 1.5 -This hidden gem now comes with more shine

4/23/2019

There is some apps that are very interesting and good but that never seems to get the attention that they deserve... This one with less than a hundred installs are one of those.
The concept is good and well executed and the sound is mighty fine. The basic idea is that to manipulate and modulate the parameters selected by tilting the device in different ways.
Plus it comes with a sequencer.
Another mobile app that if coming out as hardware would have been mentioned and written about in many a big music sites/magazines.
So just forget all the unnecessary clutter of your device as the phone part and Facefuck and just have Fang synth installed and there you go, a new exciting hardware synthesizer that can do something no hardware synthesizer can do!
The look may seem crude but personally it entices my sensibilities to inspiration as do his other excellent and most brutal drum machine on Android, Dragon.

The new video does not do it full justice sound wise and does not show you that there is a whole lot of deepness to swim in, that can be slightly overwhelming before coming to grips with it.
Not too much though but enough to keep you occupied in sound sculpting and ideas for a loooong time.

Google Play:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thiiird.fang

The update:
Sequence can be changed from any page
Each step of a sequence can be triggered after the piano roll to allow for chord pads
Notes to the arpeggiator will wait for the next step instead of beginning timing at the first note on. Old behavior can be restored with the control named Independent time
Probability functions for pitch
New oscillator wave types
New presets viros, DSLIME, Carnival, sn, further down, wobble, and Hethodic

Fl Studio Mobile -Now Pitch & Time stretching with Tempo Sync!!!

3/7/2019

Fl Studio after taking over the app development themselves have been continuously doing impressive updates. This is another great one. Sometimes there is temptation to get FL Studio when having money just because the app is embedded into it. Like a DAW inside a DAW... Wish they would release it as an VST for use in any DAW but guess that would not happen as it would be shooting themselves in the foot...

Update:
- Pitch & Time stretching with Tempo Sync for samples and loops
- Sync all samples (track header menu)
- Rendered songs/loops now contain embedded tempo data
- Stretching function in envelope, notes/drums editors (on selection)
- New demo tracks

Updated apps and some ramblings...

1/10/2019

So as last time this is a collection of updates and some are not so fresh anymore but felt that it is more for people that have not heard about the apps before or that have some interest but have not gotten them yet.

RoboVox Voice Changer

This has been around for awhile and Mikrosonic is still going strong with an update a year or so.
Would say that this is the best voicechanger on Android and it is possible to have a lot of fun using it for recording and manipulating sounds in real time. Can be used in all kinds of creative ways and now the recording time is much longer plus many more effects to the recordings!

- Support for latest Android versions
- GUI refresh
- 8 new voice models added
- Recording time extended to 5 minutes

Google Play:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mikrosonic.DroidVox

Harmonium

It is easy to pass on a lot of virtual instruments as they are normally substandard and full of ads, but there is also a lot of good ones specially if they have midi support like this one just got.

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=harmonium.music.gameg.real.harmoniumfree

Update:
Major Bug Fixes
New 6.25 Octaves Harmonium
Midi Keyboard Support
Low Latency Engine (beta)
Scale Changer, Key Names (C D E F... / Sa Re Ga Ma... / Do Re Mi Fa...)
Midi Recording (Requires Photos/Media/Files Permission)
Added Male / Female Knob for adjusting Bass / Treble according to vocals or various earphones.

7 Pad : Scales and chords

Google Play:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mixticstudio.sevenpad

Update:

Winter Promo until 31/01/2019: Virtuoso scale pack is free when you buy the all in one pack
Performance update for midi out over WIFI.
Free audio file player for all previous premium buyers: listen to your audio files (.wav.mp3.ogg), while playing the usual sounds of 7Pad.
AB loop possible on .wav files.

New backing track audio file player : you can select any .wav, .ogg and .mp3 file from your device storage and play along with 7Pad chords and scales !
Could be a drum part, a backing track with all but your instrument or any audio you may like, 7Pad can now play it directly in app.
The AB Loop function of the player allow ( only with .wav files ) to repeat any sub part of your audio file.
The new Tap Tempo button permit to adjust Tempo bpm for the Song chords reproduction and favorite scales changes to play along.
7Pad Chords velocity can be adjusted for the whole song, by choosing the Slider velocity source in 7Pad Song options parameters.

Audio Evolution Mobile:

Google Play:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.extreamsd.aemobile

* Individual clips can now be renamed.
* When using a USB audio interface, the input dialog will be optionally displayed right after creating a new audio track.
* 'Virtual keyboard' can now be selected as input for USB MIDI tracks to drive outboard MIDI gear.
* Added 'P' and 'E' as alternative to the 'Space bar' key to solve issues with Dex.
* Added more keyboard shortcuts (F4 - F8), Ctrl-S for save.
* Solved black text issue in drop-down menus.

Psychedelic camera and Color Night Vision Camera

A friend use the Color Night Vision Camera a lot lately with excellent results (For artistic photo and video work, not so much for the night vision aspect...) and will post about it soon...
The Psychadelic Camera is a lot of fun and can be used for video work... Think that it is important to do videos for Youtube of new music being made as it is at least one more way to capture some attention and to have something that can make saomething look more interesting in your pocket easily is always great...
The update is maybe not so useful for this but kind of interesting as it the apps now have Virtual Reality mode as well...

Google Play:
play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=ziro+div

Grainstorm

Last but not least!

The winner of being the first to incorporate Convolution Reverb to an Android app is Grainstorm!!!

To engage the convolution reverb the impulse response have to be loaded into one of the four tracks like this:

If playing sound on track 1 and want to have the reverb on that sound, first load the ir on track 2, then power on the reverb on track1 and then press the track2 button to load the ir from track2.

This makes sense if having the Convolution Reverb page open in the app, promise.

As always recommend this app for anyone that likes to experiment with sounds as ther eis a lot of options to be had and there is not anything else like it on Android. Maybe miss that it had possibilities to connect a midi keyboard but as the developer is constantly doing updates who knows it may be there one day soon!

Google Play:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.rocks.grainstorm

Update:

- Convolution based reverb
- Bypass switch for all effects
- etc.

Some random Updates that I find more or less interesting December 18

12/15/2018

Disclaimer:
Like to post updates but it becomes a hassle sometimes to do whole posts just for medium updates or if there is a lot of them... but still think that it is nice to show what is going on with apps that they have on the radar or it becomes a way to discover apps that may have not been seen.
So will start to show updates for apps in this way but probably miss a lot of good updates as can only list the ones that are showing up on my devices... So if there is developers out there or readers that have knowledge of interesting updates please let us all know...

Send info to musicalandroid@yahoo.com

Or even easier, in the comments section!

Audio Evolution Mobile Studio

* Bus automation: when pressing Auto, the automation lanes for busses are now displayed as well and can be edited
* The automation lanes now show a horizontal dotted line for the default value of the selected parameter
* The time code area on top now shows tick marks for beats when zoomed in
* The piano roll editor now draws a center line for pitch bend and pitch bend events are now snapped to the center
* And much more..

Grainstorm

- Filterbank based channel vocoder
- Phase Correction II

Psychedelic camera
New paranoia effect
Fixed gallery images appearing twice
Burst intervals are now available to everyone
Much smaller, white watermark

Free Guitar Tuner - Fender Tune

The five-star Fender Tune app now features the Player Pack!

The all-new version of Fender Tune still features FREE, easy and accurate tuning for guitar, bass and ukulele, with 26 alternate tunings and create-your-own tunings. ALL NEW! PLAYER PACK!

The Player Pack — available for purchase — includes:
* Chords
* Scales
* Rhythm
* Pro Tuner

Each feature can be purchased individually, or get all four in the Player Pack for a 37% savings!

RD4 Groovebox

- updated to support lastest Android version
- added new demo tracks
- new drum kit 'Minimal' for driving minimal beats
- fix for 'export loop' sometimes writing broken .WAV file
- support for Pro Audio low latency feature

smart Chords & tools (guitar, bass, banjo, uke...

⭐ Tabulator view added to the following views with the option to hide:
◾ Arpeggio
◾ Scales
◾ Scales fretboard

⭐ Bigger tabulator view for bigger screens

✅ Option to hide tabulator view on 'Practice' screen

✅ 'History' and 'Folder' buttons are now visible also on small displays

✅ Scale and arpeggio patterns now support capo

Remixlive - Updated with easier and more precise sample editing plus other stuff of course

12/7/2018

Update:
All-new sample edit feature makes remixing more intuitive than ever before. Import tracks, regardless of their length, and edit them with great precision.

* Added: Detailed waveform. Pinch to zoom in/out.
* Added: In/out points with smooth fade-in/fade-out.
* Added: Snap to grid for perfect samples and loops.
* Added: Packs bundles are now available in the store.
* Improved: Packs store redesigned.
* Improved: Edit sample BPM.

Google Play:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mixvibes.remixlive

Remix & sample music | Remixlive 4.0

11/30/2018

Just in Beta for Android but coming soon...

Stagelight 4 Released!

11/15/2018

This looks like a big update to an already stacked list of features.
Have not tried it yet but am very curious about the Sampleverse thingy and it is forward thinking of them to have MPE support.
There is a full review coming next week from Robin that contributed to Musical Android before. So that will clarify things.

The unlocked version is 14.99 Dollars on Android and think that is a good price for a workstation of this capacity but there is also a demo to try.

Suggest that if this is interesting to you go and read some more on their website:
us.openlabs.com/

Google Play:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.openlabs.stagelight

Update:
What's new:
SampleVerse: Our new hybrid instrument sampler is here, including
-Easy Multi-Sampling and editing
-Customizable Oscillators and LFO's
-Unique Phrase Arpeggiator
-SFZ and Wav Import
-MPE support and more

Other enhancements:
-Streamlined Transport/Toolbar, now with persistent Open, Save and share buttons.
-Many many bug fixes and performance optimizations
-See full description for more details

FL Studio Mobile Update 3.2

11/13/2018

FL Studio Mobile continues forward and have also congratulations for winning the DJ Tech Awards in the "Best Music Production App" category.
It is great how much better this app is since they developed their own version in comparison to the first version that was clunky and with so much less possibilities.

The Update:

Audio Tracks - Level, Pan, Pitch, Reverse controls on lower Playlist. Use more than one sample per track.
Clips - Can now be combined and muted. New Preview option plays currently selected clip only.
Audio Editor - Edit functions on time selection (Fade in/Out Normalize etc)
Time selection menu - Insert/Delete time, Trim etc.
Free samples - Minimal kicks x 55.
Free presets - GMS presets x200, Supersaw presets x101
New library product - Pluck Synths
Export - Rendering updated and simplified.
Snapping - Micro automatic snapping (less than one step according to zoom).
Play position - In editors now display only sounding notes.
Misc bug fixes and stability improvements

Dragon - Synthesized Dirty and Mean Drum Machine Update

8/23/2018

There is some apps that have been on a list mentally to get and the last week or so have gotten them and one of them was this.
A very good buy in my opinion as it brings a dirtiness that is not found in any other apps (or in 95% of hardware drum machines either).
Plus that it is not sample based but synthesized which opens up a lot of more fun hands on tweaking.
It is easy to get into and have a lot of posssibilites for tweaky fun but it is not for everyone,
but anyone looking for a drum groovebox app to play dirty with should check this out!

Update:

Added amplitude controls to snare and bass drum
Added tone distance control to snare
Added noise control to bass drum
Added presets Dinon, crushed hornet, 806, 807, grid grime
Made font size relative to screen
Changed wav naming convention

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thiiird.drgn

P.s-
This video shows it at its dirtiest and want to mention that it is possibe to get a bit more cleaner tones and also the kick can get very punchy which is not so obvious here.

smart Chords & tools- Nice update on this multi task app

7/11/2018

Updated with:

⭐ New "Practice" feature: As a first step to play and practice scale patterns
✔ Create your exercises for scale patterns
✔ Play the patterns forward, backward or in both directions
✔ Use the speed trainer to increase the tempo step by step
✔ Use the timer to limit your practice time
✔ Save your exercises with all your settings

Google Play:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.smartchord.droid

n-Track Studio 9- Very Nice update with new modules

6/25/2018

Now with some nice new effect plugins and other stuff...

Update:
n-Track Studio 9 is finally here. Here are the highlights of the new version:
- New Guitar amp plugin
- New Bass amp plugin
- New VocalTune vocal pitch correction plugin
- 3D spectrum view in EQ window
- Stereo image view in EQ window
- Redesigned user interface
- Echo depth can now be set as division of the song tempo
- Improved compatibility with USB audio devices

G-STOMPER STUDIO 5.7.1 - Update and important Statement!

3/18/2018

There is as always some interesting new functionaity but one thing that is very nice is the following statement:

Enhanced Privacy

Over the last few years, the hype around any sort of data collection grew exponential, and at the same time privacy became more and more important. Since these two facts do not fit together without strict rules, it takes a serious amount of time just to keep under control what data is collected by third-party APIs and if these data are used in accordance with the given law and our privacy rules. Time that would be way better invested in new features, improvements, or in new applications.
For this reason and to stay compliant with upcoming privacy regulations, we have decided to completely remove any third-tools (such as push notifications, analytics data collection, mobile ads generated by online APIs, etc.) from our services (our “website”, “software” or “mobile applications”), which are not explicitly required for their proper and safe operation. Please be sure to review our updated Privacy Policy.

The other updates are:

Upgraded to the latest Ableton Link 3.0.1 API: Now supporting start/stop sync
New 'Lock' feature (Pattern Set): If enabled, you can make real-time changes to Patterns during live sessions without permanently changing the actual Pattern in the Pattern Set

G-Stomper Studio - Now with Midi Import and Other updates!

2/20/2018

Not only Midi import but full on export as well with the swing/humanized micro timing being exported as well! As extra niceness added there is also full support for all kinds of time signatures...

Well as can be seen here:

WHAT'S NEW

NEW MIDI Importer: Import MIDI files/songs as Pattern Set including Song arrangement (Main Menu / IMP / MIDI Sequence (.mid/.midi))
MIDI Exporter: Now supporting multiple loop cycles, GM Percussion export, conditional drum steps, humanize timing, and musical Time Signature
Timing & Measure section: Now showing the musical Time Signature of your Patterns + a new Wizard to setup new Patterns by selecting a musical Time Signature
http://www.planet-h.com/g-stomper-studio/gst-whats-new/

FL Studio Mobile Updated with free new Saw synth!

1/23/2018

Of course it comes with some other stuff as well:

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imageline.FLM

WHAT'S NEW* SuperSaw Synth (free).
* Improved Automation Clip editor
* 10 new 'Bass Drum ...' kick samples
* Guitars Expansion Pack ($1.99)
* Voices Expansion Pack ($1.99)
* DirectWave notes correctly muted when project is looping
* Bugfixes & stability improvements

DRC Synthesizer updated with interesting goodness

1/10/2018

Not time today but very curious in modulating the filter with the noise source and the flutter amount of the Delay. Both that I hope can take the synth into some nice new territory.

WHAT'S NEW
- Faster loading
- Filter can now be modulated by noise source
- Flutter amount control on Delay
- Portamento time and switch are now midi assignable
- Improved patch manager: added alphabetical sort
- More space on the status bar with new functions: revert and randomize
- New oscillators panel tab, includes: mode, transpose, portamento switch/time, legato
- Modwheel and pitchbend now react to midi input
- Sliders and knobs now show values during midi control
- Improved menu look and feel

G-Stomper update

1/10/2018

Some nice additions:

Updated the Ableton Link backend with the latest changes from Ableton
New assignable MIDI Global CC/Key mappings:
- Pattern Slots (one cc mapping for all) : CC-XXX : value 0..63
- Pattern Slots (one key mapping for each) : NoteOn
- STUTTER ON/OFF: NoteOn/NoteOff
- PLAY/STOP/RECORD (one key mapping for each) : NoteOn
Several minor bugs fixed
http://www.planet-h.com/g-stomper-studio/gst-whats-new/

Bandlab - Looper thing for free to install into the main app

1/6/2018

To read the whole article go here:
https://blog.bandlab.com/introducing-looper-redefining-beat-creation/

This is the high lights:

Looper is a clip playing application that syncs and loops audio samples
Available free on iOS and Android
12 free inbuilt loop packs, each with 24 individual instrument loops that mix together effortlessly – thanks to BandLab’s inbuilt pitch and time shifting technology
- Total of 288 loops, with a mix of Bass, Beats, Pads, Drum Fills, Percussion, Brass, Guitar, Keys, & Synth hooks.
- Filter loop packs by genre. Genres include: Rock, Hip Hop, Grime, Electronic, House, Dubstep, Indie, Funk, Minimal Trap Pop and R&B.
- Loop packs are downloadable, so you can create music without data or a wifi connection on your phone
- New loop packs to be released throughout 2018.
Change the mode or quantization of each clip with loop edit function. Setting include Loop, One Shot, Gate or Retrigger in 16th, 8th, quarter & full notes.
13 FX – Classic Chamber, Large Hall, Bright Room, Ambient Rocker, Echo Doubler, High Vox, Punchy Doubler, Punchy Rap, Slight Saturation, Vocal Chorus, Slow Phase, Vocal Tremolo.
Real time time stretching and pitch shifting.
Real time recording and monitoring
Fully integrated with BandLab Mix Editor for Desktop
Download stems or mixdown from Mix Editor
Publish directly to BandLab, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.