Audiofile Engineering Launches MIDI Surface for iPhone OS : Thu, 20 May 2010 : Music Industry Newswire™

Audiofile Engineering Launches MIDI Surface for iPhone OS

by Jesse JJ Jame
published Thu, 20 May 2010 – 15:19:06 +0000 UTCNo Comment

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Musicians and music lovers who use MIDI technology have a remarkable new way to create, control and connect with their instruments. Audiofile Engineering, a leading developer of audio software for Mac platforms, has released MIDI Surface for iPhone OS. Designed for use with Line 6′s one-of-a-kind MIDI Mobilizer hardware accessory, MIDI Surface gives iPhone and iPod touch owners the ability to quickly and easily build their own fully customized MIDI control surfaces. Seamless touch-screen control of MIDI-enabled instruments such as keyboards, drum machines, software synths and more is now available in the palm of users’ hands.

“There’s no reason to sacrifice utility for convenience when it comes to MIDI control,” said Matthew Foust, co-founder and Operations Manager for Audiofile Engineering. “When used with the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer, iPhone and iPod touch are more than powerful enough to store many full-featured control surfaces under one roof. We created MIDI Surface to harness that power and make it accessible for musicians at all levels.”

Suitable for use on stage, at home or in studio settings, MIDI Surface offers four elegant interface styles, each with its own set of changeable parameters: The Keyboard interface features Channel and Velocity controls. The Sliders interface includes Channel, Controller (Mod Wheel, Expression, etc.), Low Value and High Value controls. The Drum Pads interface includes Channel, Category (Note On, Controller, Program Change), Note, Note Off (Immediate or Touch Up) and Velocity controls. The X-Y interface supports up to four touches and includes Channel, Controller, Left Value and Right Value controls.

Users can create and save as many MIDI Surface interfaces as they like. Each customized control surface can be configured in precise detail and adjusted on the fly. Users can even store their own unique Presets for quick recall.

Audiofile Engineering previously developed MIDI Memo Recorder, a free application that allows iPhone and iPod touch users to record, store and playback MIDI sequences using Line 6′s MIDI Mobilizer accessory.

MIDI Surface is now available for download via the Apple App Store for $5.99.

About The Author / Editor:

JJ Jame is a percussionist and home-brew theremin player, formerly a member of the Redondo Beach based BoyRacer.com electronica band, and a long-time electronic music fan, as well as formerly an editor for the defunct EMcult website that Christopher Simmons launched in 1997 but soon abandoned (in many ways this site, MIN, is the stepchild of that project). JJ wants high-speed rail to criss-cross California sooner than later, and is madly in love with local Fox 11 TV personality Lauren Sanchez.