TC11 Multi-touch Modular Synthesizer for iPad

v-un-v

Edit: TC-11 now has a dedicated sub-forum. The first for an iPad app!
http://electro-music.com/forum/forum-209.html (mosc jan19, 2012)

Bloody hell! This looks amazing fun! And the potential as a musical instrument? What can I say?? Cool

TC-11 is the fully programmable, professional multi-touch synthesizer for the iPad. Choose from the 64 included presets, or build your own using touch controls, device motion, and on-board modules. Create music with the next evolution of synthesizer control!

FEATURES:
64 built-in presets
Unlimited user patches
Fully controlled by multi-touch / device motion
21 modular synthesis objects
22 oscillator waveforms
3 controller modules: AHDSR, LFO, Sequencer
Email custom patches to your friends
Full display customization
MULTI-TOUCH CONTROL:
There are no on-screen knobs, keys, or sliders to fiddle with; all synthesis is driven by your multi-touch performance. Touch relationships like distances / angles / timings perform all the controller functions. It's just you and the full screen multi-touch performance area.

EVERY synthesis parameter can be controlled by ANY multi-touch controller. The patch possibilities are limitless!

DEVICE MOTION CONTROL:
Use the iPad's accelerometer, gyroscope, and even the compass to attack your synthesis patch! Tilt and move the iPad to change any filter, effect, or module. You can create real vibrato by moving the iPad during performance, or change the speed of a sequencer by tilting forward and backward!

SYNTHESIS:
TC-11 has 8 voice polyphony for full, real-time synthesis. The audio engine has been highly optimized to deliver crisp, responsive performance. Choose from 22 oscillator waveforms, 3 oscillator types, 3 filter types, 4 unique effects, amplitude modulation, and panning control.

Fully programmable AHDSR, LFO, and sequencer modules make TC-11 the most capable iOS synthesizer in the world.

Use TC-11 in your band during live performances. Add TC-11 into your laptop orchestra. Experiment and create with the next evolution of synthesizer control!

Download the complete user guide to read more:
http://www.bitshapesoftware.com/instruments/tc-11/tc-11-user-guide-1.0.pdf

The app is priced at $29.99

mosc · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:59 pm Post subject:

Yep, this really looks cool.

I got his little drum app for iPhone, Invis Drums. (Same developer)

http://www.bitshapesoftware.com/instruments/invisibledrumset/

Works exactly as shown, but it is not trivial to play it. It requires practice and technique. Kinda put me off about buying the TC-11. I probably will, after someone here reports on it positively.

v-un-v · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:13 pm Post subject:

mosc · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:08 pm Post subject:

Sure I mean that. A simple app like this should be simple to play. Take for example, Thumb Jam, a much more sophisticated synth and much easier to play. A violin is something else entirely. Anyway, I didn't find these drums very sensitive. It misses hits. It's cool to get some audience reaction with visual action on stage, but, lets just say it's not a Buchla Lightning.

TC-11 looks really fun. I just want someone else to take the plunge.

By the way, unless some kid is dying to play the violin on his own, I would never suggest violin lessons. Piano for the kids. Just MHO.

v-un-v · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:15 pm Post subject:

mosc · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 3:57 pm Post subject:

OK, Tom. I didn't mean it personally. chill

Music lessons are good for kids. The violin is a popular instrument. Mozart learned how to play the violin and he turned out OK. I'm just of the opinion that the piano is easier to approach and offers more options to the student going down the road. Mozart wrote for both, but more for the piano. I'm glad my mom got me piano lessons.

Anyway, for me, at this point in my musical life, if I'm going to take up a new instrument, it's going to be have to be easily accessible. I'm now studying the Theremin - it's hard enough.

v-un-v · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:20 pm Post subject:

mosc wrote:
OK, Tom. I didn't mean it personally.

No need for the patronising chill emoticons now...!

I'm actually quite a 'chilled' chap. I'm not American that's all and therefore tend to be a little more on the feisty side!!!

mosc wrote:
I'm now studying the Theremin - it's hard enough.

The Theremin is way harder to play than a violin!!! Good luck to you! You'll need it!

I still want an Ondes Martenot. I'd have one over all this electronic gadgetry any day!
_________________
ACHTUNG!
ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!
DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.
IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.

Whoops I edited this by mistake and have arsed it up a bit. Sorry!

Andy

GovernorSilver · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:22 pm Post subject:

Here's a review of the TC-11 (warning it's 12 minutes long!)

v-un-v · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:25 am Post subject:

Is that a "warning" how could that be? TC-11 is brilliant! I downloaded it last night. This could be the new Nord Modular app we've been waiting for on electro-music.com! Very Happy

GovernorSilver · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:44 am Post subject:

v-un-v · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:58 am Post subject:

Get sucked in! Laughing

BobTheDog · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:58 pm Post subject:

v-un-v · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:05 pm Post subject:

elektro80 · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:20 pm Post subject:

blue hell · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:29 pm Post subject:

Yup, that nose, that's Andy Wink

BobTheDog · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:33 am Post subject:

Looks like I was borrowing Wouts Jet ski there!

v-un-v · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:40 am Post subject:

By Jove! He's right! Shocked

v-un-v · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:17 am Post subject:

I've just spoken with Kevin Schlei, the developer of TC-11, who says that the microphone bug will be fixed in the next update.

Kevin also said that there will be lots of optimisations in the next release. TC-11 is also being developed on the iPad 1 which is brilliant news.

I hope he brings an editor out for the Mac too. Smile

GovernorSilver · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:21 am Post subject:

The newfound enthusiasm for this app raises the next question...

How does it compare to Jasuto Pro for iPad?

Easier to use?

More options for playing patches as a musical instrument? I know Jasuto has a keyboard and tilt support, but not as pretty and fancy a UI as TC11.

BobTheDog · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:37 am Post subject:

If Tom got it and it costs more than 69p it must be good!

elektro80 · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:37 am Post subject:

v-un-v · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:32 am Post subject:

$30 bargain. I really mean that!

Jasuto is good for other reasons. But Jasuto tries to be too much of this age. TC is more like something Don Buchla and Frank Lloyd-Wright would have dreamt up for the future.

There's more work to done- like I'd love a way for the software to remember a performance, but for now it's tiny in size (a really good sign), looks like it was written entirely in XCode, and it works well on an iPad 1!

I've got very limited internet for 4 days tomorrow, as I'm down in Bognor with my mum and the family. 4 days of TC-11 joy! Cool

I got Grain Science too- that's another really great new app. That ain't cheap either. Perhaps people are getting ready to pay more finally?

and don't forget Jasuto only cost 69p when it came out Andy Wink

GovernorSilver · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:52 am Post subject:

v-un-v · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:55 am Post subject:

mosc · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:21 pm Post subject:

Governor and Tom, you got me. I'm sold on TC-11. Looks like fun well worth the $30. Too much iPad app stuff to learn, so little time.

party time!