Skoog Skratch vs LevLr

Make and share music in seconds. Simply tap to RECORD, PLAY and SHARE with music makers all over the world. If you are new to music making, getting started making great sounding tracks has never been this easy — and sounded so great! Skoog Skratch is a fully VoiceOver accessible sampling app for children, musicians, and everyone in between! Skoog Skratch has five coloured tiles. Record a sound into each one. Tap the tile to play it back. Create an addictive beat when out in the park using the microphone on your iPhone, then Airdrop to your iPad back at home or at school and share with all your friends! FEATURES • Record your own samples with up to five sounds each • Skratch through your samples using your Skoog 2.0 like a DJ • Save and load as many sample sets as you like • Load your own samples into Skratch using Airdrop or from the Files app • Tap a sound to play • Press and hold on a sample to enable auto-trimming and skratch mode • Record and share your jams  • Play many sounds at once • Share music with people all over the world • No previous playing skills required  • Large buttons for easy use on all devices (iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone) • Connect to Garageband with Inter-App audio to jam along with and record into your Garageband tracks Use on its own or with Skoog 2.0. Connect your Skoog, and use it to play and skratch your own samples recorded straight into the app. Skoog is an easy to play musical instrument that can change the way you and your family can enjoy, create and learn music - no matter what your skills, abilities or musical talents.  Skoog 2.0 hardware is available to buy online from Apple and in selected Apple retail stores. www.skoogmusic.com

LevLr Compressor / limiter Plugin (AUv3) LevLr is an audio effect plugin that can run standalone, or in any AU compatible host application such as Logic or GarageBand. Overview The LevLr "leveller" is a super simple dynamics processor with just two modes and two controls. If you find tinkering with compression ratios, makeup gain and attack / decay times, confusing or time-consuming, you might like to give LevLr a try, especially as it's free! Parameters Active - Toggles the effect On or Off. Mode - Changes between Comp (compressor) and Limit (limiter) mode. Typically you would use Comp on an individual track, and Limit on a master output. In - Determines how hard you drive the compression "circuit". As you increase the gain, the compression effect will become more obvious, with an overall increase in perceived volume and "weight". Out - Allows you to reduce the output in cases where you have the desired amount of compression, but the track is now too dominant in your mix. You generally don't need to adjust this unless your In setting is more than about 6dB. With so few controls, it's pretty easy to dial-in LevLr to taste, but it also has three very simple presets to get you going: Default - a general-purpose Comp setting that can help a track sit in the mix a bit better. Track Compressor - this is heavier / more obvious compression, with a little gain compensation. Master Limiter - this can work well on a master bus and makes everything seem LOUDER! That's pretty much all there is to it, but for the technically minded... The In value is basically the compression threshold, so for example 6dB means compression will kick-in somewhere around the -6dB level. The compression ratios used are 4:1 and 12:1 for Comp and Limit mode respectively. Automatic gain compensation is applied internally depending on the threshold and ratio. The attack time is extremely fast (close to 0ms) meaning that LevLr should handle just about anything you can throw at it without exceeding 0dB at its output. Please do take a look at my other AudioUnits on the App Store if you can spare the time. Supporting paid apps allows me to release free ones as a little thankyou from time to time. For more info and support please visit: www.waverley-instruments.com/robjackson