pyka_loop is an interactive sound environment that enables you to create remarkable music from the sounds of the world around you.
This app is designed to make electronic music-making more immediate, explorative, and playful. With pyka_loop you can record anything from the clanging of the washing up to the crescendo of an orchestra - and then prod, push, pull, tap, twist, pinch, spin, slide, and squish to skronkify your loops to create unique soundworks.
After a decade of responsive workshops and interventions, over 20,000 people from a range of backgrounds have helped us hone the design of an environment that provides you with a new way to engage in worlds of sound. pyka_loop celebrates an ‘object-oriented’ approach to interactive sound, and establishes an unguided experience that promotes exploration and rewards curiosity.
It doesn’t matter your experience in music making, pyka_loop has been created for you.
pyka_loop is developed by pyka with funding from The Arts Council of Wales and the Welsh Government.
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Mae pyka_loop yn amgylchfyd sain rhyngweithiol sy’n galluogi chi i greu cerddoriaeth hynod o synau'r byd o'ch cwmpas.
Mae'r ap hwn wedi'i gynllunio i wneud creu cerddoriaeth electronig yn fwy uniongyrchol, archwiliadol, a chwareus. Gyda pyka_loop gallwch recordio unrhyw beth o'r clansio'r golchi llestri, i grescendo cerddorfa - ac yna prod, gwthio, tynnu, tapio, troelli, pinsio, llithro a gwasgu i skronkio eich loops i creu gweithiau sain unigryw.
Ar ôl degawd o weithdai ac ymyraethau ymatebol, dros 20,000 o bobl o amrywiaeth o gefndiroedd wedi ein helpu i gwellla y dyluniad amgylchedd sy'n rhoi ffordd newydd i chi ymgysylltu â bydoedd sain. pyka_loop yn dathlu dull ‘gwrthrych-gyfeiriadol’ i sain ryngweithiol, a sefydlu profiad di-arweiniad sy'n hyrwyddo archwilio a gwobru chwilfrydedd.
Does dim ots eich profiad o greu cerddoriaeth, mae pyka_loop wedi'i greu ar eich cyfer chi.
pyka_loop yn cael ei ddatblygu gan pyka gyda chyllid o Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru a Llywodraeth Cymru.
i think a lot of useful thought went into this app, in terms of really balancing out the gesture control. it's loads of fun to play with, and is made for those of us who like to experiment with sound, rather than those looking for a for a found sound beat machine like Werkbench or Realbeat. it works pretty well on an iPad1 - you can get 2 loops to play at one time, plus input. more than 3 loops will bog the processor and stutter the audio. iPad2's and later should be fine, however.the interface is intuitive and responsive, generally, it's extremely easy to get short samples recorded and control their playback in a number of ways. different finger placements and multiple touches will enable different behavior. the 'feed' portion of this is the live input processed through a filter and effects, and the setup of the controls just on the input encourage a lot of improvising, creating interesting sounds. a little peeve - it's currently sort of preset to a very spacey sound with a mix of reverb and delay always on. it would be really nice if this had the option to have level control so you could make it totally dry if desired, but as it stands it tends to sound like a Jordan Rudess app like SampleWiz with certain programs having the spaciness defaulting to on, unless you go and manually change it. so far the effect is always on and can't be changed, though the balance can be adjusted a little bit via touch and position. hopefully this feature can be added soon - i tend to favor dry sounds when improvising.anyway, great app and lots of potential - keep it up!PS would also be nice to have longer length samples, and possible different kinds of input effects besides filter, like ring mod or bitcrusher.
very nice
reymoles
very nice app, would like to see acp in future updates however as well as making recordings made in the app available in the inapp file browser, but good start
Minty Fluorescent Ambient Genius!
zounds23
If you love ambient, or environmental music, you will fall in love with this app! I can't wait to take it into some remote places and glitch out nature! My only requests would be copy/paste options, and Dropbox integration. iTunes is a clumsy way to move files around, BUT, for this ultra groovy little marvel, I will suffer through it (till the updates come). I did notice that it will get buggy if you have a bunch of background apps running, but that is par for the course. It should go without saying "Turn off your background apps ". Plus, there is something slightly sinister about the sound this app generates that I positively ADORE! Crazy props! Thank you Incidental for a great new tool!
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Version 4.0.1
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