Soundtract vs BounceBud Physics Based MIDI

Soundtract is a little pocket audio app we put together initially to make transcribing field recordings easier. We then realised it's perfect for musicians learning to play by ear, etc... While it's a small app with a simple interface, Soundtract really packs a punch in the feature department. Perhaps the thing we're most proud of, and where the app gets it's name, is the ability to apply very sophisticated noise reduction in real time to existing audio. We use a technique known as spectral subtraction, where we literally remove the noisy bits from the audio. Not only will Soundtract clean up audio recordings, but you can import the your VIDEOS as well, clean up the audio, and re-export back into video. And unlike other apps, our noise reduction is done on-the-fly in real time. Other notables features include the ability to zoom and isolate portions of audio for replay, reduce tempo by up to 30%, and export m4a and mov formats. Features Include: - Import all non-DRM audio from iTunes. - Import the audio channel from videos. - Real-time noise reduction based on spectral subtraction. Noise can be chosen automatically or isolated specifically by selection within the waveform. - Fast OpenGL waveform rendering optimised for very long recordings. - Gesture-based panning/zooming. - Tempo reduction up to 70%. - Isolate portions of audio for looping playback. - Resume last song and play marker location on relaunch. - MP4A export with all effects (tempo change/noise reduction) for either whole audio or isolated portions. - Video export. Export “clean” audio back into the original video source and render the new video back into the Photo library.

BounceBud is a physics based, generative MIDI sequncer. Each side of the app has a customizable keyboard that send a MIDI note when a ball collide with its key. You can specify the ball count, speed and size on the main screen with the knob controls.  In the settings menu, you can set the key/scale, velocity range, octave. range and MIDI channel settings of the keyboards. You can also specify the notes individually per keyboard. All keyboards share the same key/scale that could also be changed with BrainBud. Each keyboard has its own MIDI output, so you can play different audio apps with BounceBud at once. Or you can disable the keyboard sides you don't want to use. With a MIDI input (from a MIDI keyboard or a MIDI sequencer app) you can 'shoot walls' from the keyboards. Balls can interact with the walls and it introduce more randomness to your generative sequence. You can control each keyboard by assigning them different MIDI input channels in the settings menu. You can also toggle the ball collision behavior in the settings menu. Whether balls can collide with each other or not, it creates different, interesting sequences every time. The size variety and ball variety can be change in the ball settings section in the settings menu. It adds randomisation to the size and speed values. You can change the ball color theme in the settings menu as well! BounceBud is a MIDI app and it does not produce any sound on its own. You need to route BounceBud's MIDI outs to your audio app's MIDI input. The AUv3 plugin app needs and AUv3 host app such as AUM, Loopy Pro, Logic Pro, Cubasis, Nanostudio, apeMatrix etc.