Published 12/8/09
Turn your iPhone into a sequencing beast!
You may have heard of Jordan Rudess. He’s the keyboard player for the band Dream Theater, and when he’s not on stage or in the studio, he likes to dabble with the development of new musical instruments. In his latest venture, Jordan has teamed up with iPhone audio App specialists Amidio to release JR Hexatone Pro, described as “a six-directional drum machine and rhythm sequencer where only your imagination is the limit”.
The sequencer runs on a hexagonal interface, with buttons that control the output of six different oscillators. By applying modifiers to the buttons, sequences can be commanded to take different routes through the matrix. It's not the easiest concept to explain, so check out Jordan’s video, www.youtube.com/watch?v=5usPtRhbyBA&, for a clearer idea of how it works.
Once downloaded from the Apple AppStore, JR Hexatone Pro turns your iPhone into a device for creating beats and loops, but it can also be used as a performance instrument. Hexatone Pro uses the iPhone’s on-board accelerometer as a modulator so, by moving the device around, the user can control effects such as stuttering and chorus.
Hexatone Pro comes with a library of over 400 samples, created by Jordan, but users can also load in their own WAV files for use in the App. What’s more, stereo 44.1kHz WAV recordings of sequences can be captured inside Hexatone, then sent via wi-fi to a DAW system for use in compositions. Hexatone Pro costs $9.99 or £5.99 from the Apple Appstore.
http://amidio.com
www.jordanrudess.com
You may have heard of Jordan Rudess. He’s the keyboard player for the band Dream Theater, and when he’s not on stage or in the studio, he likes to dabble with the development of new musical instruments. In his latest venture, Jordan has teamed up with iPhone audio App specialists Amidio to release JR Hexatone Pro, described as “a six-directional drum machine and rhythm sequencer where only your imagination is the limit”. The sequencer runs on a hexagonal interface, with buttons that control the output of six different oscillators. By applying modifiers to the buttons, sequences can be commanded to take different routes through the matrix. It's not the easiest concept to explain, so check out Jordan’s video, www.youtube.com/watch?v=5usPtRhbyBA&, for a clearer idea of how it works.
Once downloaded from the Apple AppStore, JR Hexatone Pro turns your iPhone into a device for creating beats and loops, but it can also be used as a performance instrument. Hexatone Pro uses the iPhone’s on-board accelerometer as a modulator so, by moving the device around, the user can control effects such as stuttering and chorus.
Hexatone Pro comes with a library of over 400 samples, created by Jordan, but users can also load in their own WAV files for use in the App. What’s more, stereo 44.1kHz WAV recordings of sequences can be captured inside Hexatone, then sent via wi-fi to a DAW system for use in compositions. Hexatone Pro costs $9.99 or £5.99 from the Apple Appstore.
http://amidio.com
www.jordanrudess.com
