touchscaper vs MeloDeasy

Touchscaper is an instrument designed for anyone who wants to make music on their iPad simply by touching the screen. You don’t have to be a serious musician to enjoy touchscaper, but if you are, touchscaper is highly configureable under the hood. Main features: • Multi-touch based interface with “radar”, “ribbon” and keyboard surfaces • Touch the screen to play a note, move your fingers to change the sound • Semi-generative engine selects the “good notes” for you • Touch movement can control volume and pan for each individual note • Total control over chords, keys and scales (fully chromatic) • Multiple chords can be generated from keys and scales to create “scenes” • Chord "navigator" helps you create inspiring chord progressions • 40 built-in sounds can be combined in 2 layers to create “instruments” • Built-in sounds include samples from moodscaper, pianoscaper, numerous analog synths and guitars • Comes with preset example scenes and instruments • Random instrument generator function with one tap of a button • Hold and orbit modes for hands-free evolving soundscapes • Ribbon style keyboard with touch vibrato • Chord looper with Ableton Link support • Arrangement view for longer / more complex chord progressions • 16 step probability-based sequencer for touch, drums, percussion and synth automation • "jam grid" sequencer view for live performances • Supports file sharing for scenes and instruments • Built-in effects including ping-pong delays, reverb, limiter and EQ • Supports IAA (Inter-App Audio) as a generator • Control other music apps using MIDI out and CCs with optional MPE support There are several demo videos in circulation which should give you a better idea of what touchscaper can do - just search for “touchscaper”. *** Please note that this app is now in maintenance mode / updates for bug fixes only. This is due to the heavy dependency on deprecated technology such as IAA ***

Recording a melody in a DAW is a real struggle, being in sync with metronome adds extra stress on your performance.  Music performance is "playing correct note" in "correct time" with musical touch "velocity", these 3 things make listening to music pleasant to the ear. Even for a good keyboard player/pianist; It's difficult to record a melody or chords with correct notes and with correct musicality. And on a screen touch device (iPhone/iPad) it is nearly impossible to get the accuracy required to make the music musically perfect. MeloDeasy split 2 major fact in the music recording/performance. +DATA: The notes +EMOTION: Note timing and velocity. This new method allows you to play|record the musical idea without rushing with a metronome. When you play notes slowly by thinking, by positioning your fingers correctly on the note; you'll find that even the most complex melodies are easily playable. Mistaken notes can be corrected immediately, by going back a step, and it doesn't disturb the rest of the melody that you have recorded correctly. Once notes are set. Giving the correct timing is easy by tapping on the "Interpreter Pad", (like how you would if you were tapping a rhythm on a table). It is enjoyable experimenting with the rhythm timing in this way in "Interpreter Pad", making the melodies you create personal to you. Enjoy playing notes and recording in easy. Don't waste your time trying to record your melodies perfect all in one go, like traditional recording techniques. Record your melodies smartly, make them perfect in MeloDeasy. All melodies you create are kept in "MelodyBox", so when the inspiration strikes, you never have to miss a melody idea again!