14 DAY TRIAL // The most powerful music creation tool in the Apple App Store (according to its developers), SunVox, just got better. A lot better, actually, going by the mile-long changelog posted by Alexander Zolotov.
Updated over the weekend to version 1.7.2, the five-dollar app (€3.99) now loads XM and MOD files (formats of old trackers) without the converter. Users can simply access the Main Menu, and tap Load Song.
Alexander says you can find hundreds of these files on modarchive.org.
The updated SunVox further includes an extended list of effects for XM/MOD to SunVox conversion, new Reverb controllers, a new module (MetaModule) to include some external .sunvox song to your project and use this song as synth or effect, and a new option in the Analog Generator called “Smooth frequency change.”
Other enhancements include a new velocity map in the MultiSynth module, and improved CPU Usage Monitor with scrolling and module selection.
Perhaps most noteworthy (we saved the best for last), the maximum number of pattern tracks has been increased from 8 to 16, allowing you to throw in as many instruments and effects as you like, to achieve a full-length (production-level) track.
Other cool additions are listed below (highlights).
* maximum Echo delay length increased to 4 seconds; * new controller in the Echo module - "Delay units" with different available modes (ms, Hz, ticks, lines); * new controller in the Vibrato module - "Set phase"; * new simple examples: MIDI_out, waveshaper, velocity_map, reverb2, reverb3; * new instruments in instruments/keyboard directory: piano14, piano15, space, space2; * new instruments in instruments/various directory: electric_guitar, noise_slide_up, electro_drum_loop; * sound engine optimization; SunVox is currently compatible with any iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, and requires iOS 3.0 or later. Unfortunately Alexander Zolotov is putting off iPhone 5 compatibility for another update, which means SunVox currently doesn’t take advantage of the new phone’s larger display.
