Skym vs Gankogui

Touch control for your Ableton devices. Skym is a MIDI controller app that allows you to control 4 parameters of your Ableton devices at once. Simply download the app, and install our Ableton script on Mac, and you can connect over USB or Bluetooth to perform expressive sound design. Our free starter Ableton project has some sounds to get you up and running. Skym sends 4 parameters at once. X, Y, Speed (how fast your touch is moving), and Gate (flips on and off with touch). These parameters automatically map to macros 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively. Combining these layers of control on synths, samplers, effects, gives you access to instant variability and interest in your sounds. Note Skym is a controller and not a sound generator, so the app does not make sound on its own. We only support connection and integration with Ableton on Mac. Mac OS must be 10.11 or later Ableton must be 11.0.0 or later

Gankogui is the iron double bell that plays the timeline rhythm for Ghanaian drum and dance music. All other musicians in the ensemble relate the timing of their parts to the gankogui rhythm. Gankogui is the West African ancestor of Afro-Caribbean clave. The Gankogui app offers users a library of Ghanaian timeline rhythms with authentic sound samples and flexible-tempo playback. Learners and practitioners of West African drum and dance music can use Gankogui as a powerful practice tool. Musicians and researchers can utilize the broad library of timeline rhythms to expand their knowledge of West African rhythm. Instrumentalists from all backgrounds can use Gankogui as a more exciting, advanced, and musically pleasing alternative to a standard metronome. Reflecting the origins of these traditional bell patterns, the app is organized into two categories: Asante and Ewe. Asante features twelve timeline patterns using Kete and Fontomfrom dawuro sound samples. Ewe features eight bell patterns utilizing gankogui sound sample playback. Asante Bell Patterns -Standard Kete Dawuro -Adowa -Adowa Highlife -Fontomfrom: Akantam -Fontomfrom: Nnawea -Kete: Adaban -Kete: Adowa Kete -Kete: Akonkonobetee -Kete: Apente -Kete: Sresre Bi Di -Nnwonkoro -Sikyi Ewe Bell Patterns -Standard Ewe 12/8 Bell -Adzogbo: Fast -Adzogbo: Slow -Borborbor -Gahu -Gota -Kinka -Tokoe