Aviary new bird, Roc Music Creator!

Yesterday Aviary announced the new bird: Music Creator ( codename Roc ).

Now anyone can create music and beats completely from scratch and right in their browser, by simulating almost 50 different instruments, ranging from common instruments like various drums, pianos and guitars to orchestral instruments like harps and flutes to more obscure (but fun!) instruments you may never have heard of like the balarimba and hammered dulcimer.
There are tons of different instruments to chose from.
Creation is really simple and every creation can be exported both as mp3 and to be used in the Aviary Audio Editor.
Let’s have fun with it!

Welcome to Myna, newest Aviary bird!

Today Aviary released a new tool of his suite: Myna.
Myna is a powerful online audio editor, made by Alan Queen, which allows to create quickly audio remix.
You can upload, record or just use one of the tons of available clips ( thanks to the partnership with APM Music and its Quantum tracks library ) to create cool audio mix.
More about Myna:
  • Powerful Clip Editing
    Trim, Loop, Stretch and Reverse your audio clips, width editable loop points, and interactive time stretch capabilities.
  • Automation
    Easily add fade-ins, fade-outs, pan from left to right, and modify gain over time, with editable control points.
  • Effects
    Add non-destructive effects to your audio clips including Pitch Change, Reverb, Delay, Parametric EQ, and more.
  • Import / Export
    Import your own audio files, or search one of our provided libraries. Mix it down and export directly to your desktop or publish back to your account.
Let’s enjoy it!

Aviary at 5th Avenue Apple Store

Wednesday January 28th at 4pm Aviary will be presented in New York at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store.
Raven, the vector editor I’m currently working on for Aviary, will make its first public appearance.

“If you haven’t seen it in action yet, you will have the opportunity to test drive it before we released it to the public.”
All attendees will receive a one year Free Pro account!”

If you are planning on stopping by, please RSVP on Facebook, space is limited.

Awesome stuff from Aviary

It has been a lot of time since we started working on Aviary.

During the last months, a lot of guys have helped us with beta testing some of the tools we are working on, and they have been able to produce really awesome stuff!

I collected a bunch of images from the Aviary website to show you the power of the tools. Those images does not rappresent the best, but they are just a collection of good compositions made with Peacock, Phoenix and Raven (respectively a Computer algorithm-based pattern generator, an Image editor and a Vector editor ).

Here is the list of images I collected, grouped by tool. You can click on each image to go the to Aviary page and (if you have an account) start playing with it.

Phoenix

Phoenix is the Image Editor. It is quite similar to Photoshop, and has some advanced features for image editing.

Peacock

Peacock is a Computer algorithm-based pattern generator. Basically you generate an image assembling nodes that accept an input and produce an output. Combining this nodes may produce awesome stuff, and Peacock can be used for many purposes like advanced retouching effects or the creation of complex reusable filters (like the one used to transform a fish into bricks).

Raven

Raven is the Vector Editor. Actually it is in alpha stage but we are going to release a major update that adds really powerful tools.

From each image you can gather many useful information: the list of revision, the list of derivates, the list of sources, and other useful stuff. Each composition made with Aviary can be edited by any user to create a new revision, or can be used as a source for a brand new image. That makes some tools really useful an powerful: for instance you can build reusable filters in Peacock and use them on your Phoenix images.

There is much more on the Aviary website, and more images are added day by day.

I really suggest you to give Aviary a try; we are working hard to be able to go public soon, and outstanding new features will come in the near future. Post here if u want an invitation!

Have a good day 😉

Get your Aviary invitation!

One of the most ambitious projects I’ve ever worked on is finally coming out. It’s really gratifying when looking at what people is able to do using our software, for example meowza, one of my favourite artists.. Damn, I wrote the software but I just can draw a couple of circles and place a text on the canvas, nothing else 🙂 I would never have imagined that someone could do so awesome images.

Now Aviary finally opens to beta user using invitations. So, if you want to participate to the beta and try out Phoenix or Peacock ( the tool created by Mario ) just send me an email, I can give out some invitations.
We’re also planning to add some new cool features to Phoenix in the next days!
Recently Mario has also posted on his site a nice video on both Peacock and Phoenix in action, watch it here.

P.S. We’re hiring! If you’re a talented developer write me an email!