FieldScaper 1.5 has been released!

FieldScaper ver. 1.5 with full screen field recorder for iPhone in landscape orientation and improved support for control via MIDI has been released.

What's new in this update:

• Full screen recorder / sample editor for iPhone landscape.
• Supported Dropbox service for download and upload files.
• Improved Inter-App Audio support as Musical Instrument and Effect.
• Supported Inter-App Audio MIDI connection, BPM and transport controls.
• List of assignable MIDI controls divided by categories.
• Direct, Pick-up and Scaling modes for faders with MIDI controller.
• Sending states of buttons and faders for display state on MIDI controller.
• Improved automatic start for mode "Loop A" in the looper.
• Improved user interface for built-in description.
• Updated description of the application.
• Several minor bugs have been fixed.

FieldScaper has different user interface for iPhone / iPad in portrait and landscape orientation. In portrait orientation the screen is divided between Recorder and Oscillator controls. You can easily record new sample and immediately load and process it in the oscillator.

For more convenient use of this application as field recorder on iPhone just rotate it to landscape orientation. This transforms the user interface into full screen recorder without oscillator. This mode is very useful for recording and editing samples on iPhone.

On iPad in landscape orientation on the screen placed the Recorder and controls for all three Oscillators. This mode is suitable for recording and operating with samples when you use FieldScaper in real-time as instrument with all three oscillators, especially with MIDI controllers.

In addition you can switch the user interface to the mode of Looper. This mode is specially designed for use FieldScaper as real-time effect processor and looper. All controls are made so that you can quickly change presets and samples, use the main controls for oscillators and select the mode for processing the input signal.

FieldScaper live improvisation with MIDI controller

[ More details about this demo (what were used in this setup) ]

[ Complete description of FieldScaper 1.5 in one PDF file ]

FieldScaper live improvisation with MIDI controller

In this demo FieldScaper app on iPad is used as main audio processing unit and fully operated by using external MIDI controller.

What were used in this setup

Two synthesizers (one with additional effect unit) were used as external audio sources for first oscillator in FieldScaper. This oscillator was configured in mode "Looper" - "Effect". Synthesizers were connected to two different input channels of external audio interface in mono mode. In the app these channels combined to one for use in oscillator. For this oscillator was used the slightly modified preset "Dark and foreboding places".

With this preset (as well as others) you can discover a whole new aspects of already familiar sounds and presets of synths. In other demo you can hear how this preset can transform sounding of usual synthesizer pad -

Glitched ambient (FieldScaper app in Looper mode)

Two other oscillators (second and third) were configured for using preloaded samples with several presets. All oscillators were operated by using MIDI controller. The six faders at the right side are assigned on "Main effect" and "Output level" for each oscillator. Buttons below assigned for switch between presets and samples. Knobs at the left side are assigned for mixer "Distance" / "Panorama", filter "Frequency" / "Resonance" and for "Clock" / "Clock offset".

MIDI controller and external audio interface are connected to iPad (in this demo iPad 4 with iOS 9.3.1) thru Lightning to USB camera adapter and usual USB hub. If the controller or audio interface require a power thru USB you need use USB hub with external power adapter.

FieldScaper can fully operated by using external MIDI controller. With advanced MIDI controller you can access many parameters of the app in real time. But even with simple controller you can change basic parameters of oscillators (such as "Main effect" and "Output level") and easily switch between presets and samples. This very conveniently at live performance.

Also FieldScaper has special mode "Looper" in which on the single screen are placed several main controls for oscillators and buttons for quick switching between presets and samples. This mode is specially designed for comfortable use this app for live performance even without external MIDI controllers.

[ Complete description of FieldScaper 1.5 in one PDF file ]

Recorder / editor mode for iPhone landscape in FieldScaper 1.5

New features in upcoming update of FieldScaper version 1.5

For more convenient use of this application as field recorder on iPhone just rotate it to landscape orientation. This transforms the user interface into full screen recorder without oscillator. This mode is very useful for recording and editing samples on iPhone.

Besides in the new version - supported Dropbox, Improved Inter-App Audio support as Musical Instrument and Effect (works in Garageband), supported Inter-App Audio MIDI connection, BPM and transport controls. Direct, Pick-up and Scaling modes for faders with MIDI controller, sending states of buttons and faders for display state on MIDI controller and several other updates.

Stay tuned!