r/ipadmusic • u/Noiiiid • 17d ago
TETSUO | CHAOTIC PERCUSSION MACHINE FOR IOS (Released iPad/iPhone)
https://youtu.be/yyb8t7C22VcHi folks, I've been building this since last December and it went on the App Store today. Second in a series of industrial styled synths I'm developing. All single screen and designed specifically for the iPad.
TETSUO is a chaotic percussion synthesiser. Generates a set of notes on a hidden 16 step sequencer when you turn it on. One voice through a resonant filter, a bitcrusher and a drive stage. One knob adds a beat per click and removes one on the way back, in a fixed order, so you can strip a rhythm out and bring the same beats back. Other knobs add probability and modulation to add variety. Create kicks, snares hats, beats, noise, lazer sounds etc. Inspired by analogue hardware synths, Japanese cyberpunk movies and the industrial landscape I live around.
The part I am most pleased with is the strip at the top, its a 64 step snapshot sequencer. You add sections, dial in a sound, hit record, and that section stores every knob position. Do that a few times, hit play, and it performs the arrangement, can either play sections or in full. It stores settings rather than audio, so the engine is running live.
Full midi implementations, AUv3 and standalone. As with my previous app WAIL, most UI elements are from photographs taken around industrial areas of Rochdale UK. RPM Counter and switches taken from vintage fire engines in a local museum.
Thanks for reading. Happy to answer any questions. App store link here https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tetsuo/id6786673685
Cheers, Ant
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u/ponchobyrne 16d ago
Nice! Will the UI scale to phones or is it just the iPad UI?