Popular audio device manufacturer Bastle has just launched a which allows you to capture and transform audio directly from your iPhone’s speakers and microphone. Despite the app’s slightly embarrassing name, it looks pretty fun and allows users to explore the ambient noise around them to create truly unique soundscapes.
Once you capture some audio through the app, use Bastl’s latest creation to generate harmonious or discordant feedback, manipulate responses, apply resonant filters, and more. You can even use your mouth, speaking directly into the phone’s microphone, to create your own resonant filter.
Plus, you can capture impulsive responses to almost anything, with Bastl using a coffee cup or a construction pipe as examples. These IRs can be used to run other audio sources to create custom reverbs and the like, through a DAW or a standalone piece of hardware. The only caveat here is that the phone has to fit inside the object or space it’s capturing, so your dreams of having an impulsive response from the inside of a toilet paper roll are sadly quashed.
The built-in media player enables full looping and lets you adjust the start and end points. There’s also a speed slider, from ¼ speed up to 4x, and a trim function. As for the recorder, it saves wav files to pass to other devices, again with adjustable start and end points. You can also speed up game recordings, so that the recorded speed automatically matches the tempo set on the player while preserving pitch. Of course, there’s also a countdown timer so you can position yourself before the app starts recording.
Audio is transformed through a feedback panel with quantity and pitch adjustment options. There’s even an adjustable delay that changes the time it takes for the microphone to reach the feedback panel.
Outsidify is exclusive to iOS and costs $6 when purchased This app is unique to Bastle, as the company typically makes analog devices like the We’ve Also Praised and the
