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TOPLAPapp

4.75 • 14 Ratings

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TOPLAPapp is a sonic puzzle based around a virtual machine for sound synthesis. This machine accepts a few valid instructions represented by the letters T, O, P, L, A, and p, and you control it by placing each command letter within a grid, along with setting some associated parameter sliders. The machine rushes through the instruction set to create output sounds, which are usually of a somewhat noisy character, hopefully interestingly so. The historical antecedents include instruction synthesis as pioneered at the Institute of Sonology in the 1970s, and the live coding movement, of modifying a running program as it acts. This app is intended for those interested in more experimental sonic art: don't download unless you are open to stranger computer music sounds ((http://www.toplap.org).
What’s New
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. 64-bit builds for iOS 11 compatibility
Version 1.2
Version History

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4.75
out of 5
14 Ratings
  • antfactor, 28.08.2021
    Love at first glitch!
    This is an improvisers dream/nightmare… And I love it because of that. As someone who has been producing and performing on various synthesizers since the mid-80s… This is one of those “machines“ that defies many norms simultaneously as it capitalizes on new ones. I hope this app and it’s associated website continue to be updated and stay relevant because I think it’s a gift in more ways than not, as well as a musical challenge. All instruments are challenging in different ways, but this one in ways that (for me) are far more appreciated than understood. I like the challenge, and I like the surprise. Many thanks to the developer! Show more
  • Best Reviewer Ever, 16.12.2020
    Please update!!
    I just recently discovered this app and love it. I would love a little more explanation on what each letter and box represent to be able to predict the sounds a little better for performing. Maybe even an effects section to further mangle the sound. I know chances are slim that this or RISCy will get updated but you would be doing a great service to the noise genre by giving this a refresh. Show more
  • Packratshow, 08.12.2014
    One of my first apps, still the best.
    Half a decade after downloading, It's still the one I use to show people what music can be.
  • Craig8128, 09.08.2014
    The bleeding edge!
    It makes me so happy to see this get an update! This is one of the first music apps I ever downloaded, and while the results are often somewhat harsh, this app is a real 'eye-opener' for some of the truly original and unusual things one can do with music and sound in iOS. Show more
  • Okto Media, 27.02.2011
    Excellent Chaos
    Best sound tool aside from Tweakybeat. Hopefully this will inspire more sound art apps in the future. Beautiful, disgusting tones. It's like an enormous feedback loop with many unlabeled equalizers, distortion pedals, delays, low/hipass, etc. Fantastic noise device. Show more
  • Spam And Ritz, 29.12.2010
    ...
    If I knew what the point of this was, it would have gotten less stars
  • dkamionk, 13.06.2010
    Highly engaging!
    Probably not for everyone, but definitely great for me. Great for exploring alternative sound aesthetics and being blind to the actual parameters you are controlling is a great exercise in letting your ears do the work unfettered by cerebral filters. Thanks to this app, I now know about the fascinating world of livecoding. Thanks for this great new toy/tool. Show more
  • organofqwerty, 26.01.2010
    wow
    now i know what pOOP LOOP TATTOO pOOL sounds like. and it sounds amazing.
  • iamseamonster, 24.01.2010
    really love it
    along with the other app by this developer, this is an amazing creative use of strange sound synthesis, and its being free only makes it twenty times better. thanks so much for this! its like circuit bending on the iphone, no clue what im doing but it sounds greattt!!!!!!!!!! Show more

Information

  • Category
  • Age Rating
    4+
  • Price
    Free
  • Size
    0.5 MB
  • Provider
    Joshua Parmenter
Languages
English
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