Calling any dubstep heads that have an iPhone, Rebel Sonix has teamed up with the reactive music guys RJDJ to produce 'The Dub Engineer'.
RJDJ is a new hands-on way of listening to and interacting with music and is a free app for the iphone. RS has produced a reactive scene that allows the listener to trigger dubby snares by tilting the phone face down and also control a dub delay level by tilting the phone to the right. The music is built largely upon sounds from the surrounding environment producing a warped sound that is always completely unique. Imagine having a track that is organic, fluid and never sounds the same way twice. This is a cutting edge listening experience that represents a truly exciting development for music production.
You can get the Rebel Sonix scene and listen to some dub engineer recordings here -
this looks well dope...just checked it out on the rjdj site...some well cool stuff! don't think i've ever heard of a dubstep iphone app!
sik tune too...love yer work mr sonix!
philg wrote:this looks well dope...just checked it out on the rjdj site...some well cool stuff! don't think i've ever heard of a dubstep iphone app!
sik tune too...love yer work mr sonix!
Props to Sonix graphics Don Mr G for the Dub Engineer artwork.
Its pretty cool app all together... The snares are a bit hard to control properly though. Kind of come up as differnet sounds and not everytime you flip in upside down. Still nice ambiance in the sounds. Looked like a weirdo using it on the bus tho!
dirt wrote:Its pretty cool app all together... The snares are a bit hard to control properly though. Kind of come up as differnet sounds and not everytime you flip in upside down. Still nice ambiance in the sounds. Looked like a weirdo using it on the bus tho!
Hey dude. Nice 1 for checking out the scene. Yeh the idea with the snares was to have 4 different sounds as I felt it would be a bit boring with the same sound everytime. To trigger the snares, u have to turn it face down everytime u want to re-trigger. Defo takes a bit of getting used to! How did u get on with the dub delay control??
dirt wrote:Its pretty cool app all together... The snares are a bit hard to control properly though. Kind of come up as differnet sounds and not everytime you flip in upside down. Still nice ambiance in the sounds. Looked like a weirdo using it on the bus tho!
Hey dude. Nice 1 for checking out the scene. Yeh the idea with the snares was to have 4 different sounds as I felt it would be a bit boring with the same sound everytime. To trigger the snares, u have to turn it face down everytime u want to re-trigger. Defo takes a bit of getting used to! How did u get on with the dub delay control??
Yeah echo delay is good, works nicely with high end sounds and vocal stuff... made a nice one on the bus today. Any plans to add some screen touch parts to the scene? Some kicks or something...?
dirt wrote:Its pretty cool app all together... The snares are a bit hard to control properly though. Kind of come up as differnet sounds and not everytime you flip in upside down. Still nice ambiance in the sounds. Looked like a weirdo using it on the bus tho!
Hey dude. Nice 1 for checking out the scene. Yeh the idea with the snares was to have 4 different sounds as I felt it would be a bit boring with the same sound everytime. To trigger the snares, u have to turn it face down everytime u want to re-trigger. Defo takes a bit of getting used to! How did u get on with the dub delay control??
Yeah echo delay is good, works nicely with high end sounds and vocal stuff... made a nice one on the bus today. Any plans to add some screen touch parts to the scene? Some kicks or something...?
Cool glad u like it. As for adding screen touch parts, its difficult to have a 4 page scrolling system and have touch screen triggers for kicks for example. That would work well on a 1 page scene tho. Dude why don't u do some recording with the scene and upload it to RJDJ me. Would love to hear it!!
dirt wrote:Its pretty cool app all together... The snares are a bit hard to control properly though. Kind of come up as differnet sounds and not everytime you flip in upside down. Still nice ambiance in the sounds. Looked like a weirdo using it on the bus tho!
Hey dude. Nice 1 for checking out the scene. Yeh the idea with the snares was to have 4 different sounds as I felt it would be a bit boring with the same sound everytime. To trigger the snares, u have to turn it face down everytime u want to re-trigger. Defo takes a bit of getting used to! How did u get on with the dub delay control??
Yeah echo delay is good, works nicely with high end sounds and vocal stuff... made a nice one on the bus today. Any plans to add some screen touch parts to the scene? Some kicks or something...?
Cool glad u like it. As for adding screen touch parts, its difficult to have a 4 page scrolling system and have touch screen triggers for kicks for example. That would work well on a 1 page scene tho. Dude why don't u do some recording with the scene and upload it to RJDJ me. Would love to hear it!!
I've uploaded one, need to upload the ones I did on the bus... they sounded nice! You should start a thread here where people can post some up...
Hey dude. Yeh I'll do that. Gonna have some new scenes coming soon too so i'll keep u posted. Any ideas of things u think would be fun then let me know!!
The only thing I can think of would be a bit more control over the sounds and how they were activated. Maybe some drum pattern options/additions or a melody maker thing could be cool. Not sure about the technology so its hard to suggest things but a volume fade would be a nice thing as when you record you have to just stop it dead and can be a bit jarring.
dirt wrote:The only thing I can think of would be a bit more control over the sounds and how they were activated. Maybe some drum pattern options/additions or a melody maker thing could be cool. Not sure about the technology so its hard to suggest things but a volume fade would be a nice thing as when you record you have to just stop it dead and can be a bit jarring.
Good luck with it
Nice 1 mate - good to get ur thoughts. I know what you mean with the fadeout thing. Those things are all doable for sure. Cheers
there is a new crazy thing called "Rj Voyager" out for the iPad, which features a great Dubstep like interactive music track with a heavy bassline.
this track features great vocals from Kirsty Hawkshaw who some of you may remember from the earlier days of techno
Check out this video on Youtube, you might like it ...
dirt wrote:The only thing I can think of would be a bit more control over the sounds and how they were activated. Maybe some drum pattern options/additions or a melody maker thing could be cool. Not sure about the technology so its hard to suggest things but a volume fade would be a nice thing as when you record you have to just stop it dead and can be a bit jarring.
Good luck with it
Nice 1 mate - good to get ur thoughts. I know what you mean with the fadeout thing. Those things are all doable for sure. Cheers
Hows the app going bro? Was it a success? You cold chillin in the Maldives, on a yacht with the top 50 High Street Honeys 2010 yet?
