Bloom 4+
Brian Eno & Peter Chilvers
Opal Limited
Designed for iPad
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- $6.99
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Description
Updated for M1 Macs
Developed by ambient pioneer Brian Eno and musician / software designer Peter Chilvers, Bloom explores uncharted territory in the realm of applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. Part instrument, part composition and part artwork, Bloom's innovative controls allow anyone to create elaborate patterns and unique melodies by simply tapping the screen. A generative music player takes over when Bloom is left idle, creating an infinite selection of compositions and their accompanying visualisations.
"Bloom is an endless music machine, a music box for the 21st century. You can play it, and you can watch it play itself." - Brian Eno
Features
- 12 different mood settings
- Random mood shuffle
- Adjustable delay
- Shake to clear
- Evolve when idle
- Sleep Timer
Recommended for headphones or external speakers.
“Bloom Raises the Bar for Musical iPhone Apps… if you're a fan of ambient music or music in general, you'll be wanting to get it right now” - Gizmodo
“A relaxing alternative to just about anything else you can do with an iPhone” Wired
“Hypnotic and ludicrously addictive” - Guardian
What’s New
Version 3.2
Maintenance update with improved support for recent devices.
Runs full screen on M1 Macs.
Ratings and Reviews
Unimaginative and overpriced
This app is an ambient noise generator that you can interact with by tapping on the screen. Tapping creates notes which repeat after a set interval, allowing you to create rudimentary melodies in a relaxed fashion.
This is a nice app, simple to use, and soothing to look at and listen to. But it lacks imagination, and is not worth the money. The different 'moods' simply change the note scale, without modifying the sound. Several things could be improved: 1) moods could be more creative, and effect the soundscape in interesting ways. 2) Tilt control for modulating the sound could be added. 3) Support for gestures like finger strokes could be added, the app is limited to taps only.
A good app, but not worth the money - a lot of room for improvement.
Cool app
This is fun. Took me a while to work out that the different moods change the musical scale. App works well, no problems. Perhaps the locationon screen of each note could affect the stereo image position? Overall sound is in stereo but individual note just seem to be in centre.
Most fun I've had with an iPhone app
This little app is a lot of fun. It takes a bit of time to work it out, but it's really quite intuitive. It would be great if the positioning of sounds in the stereo field relates to where you pressed the screen.
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Information
- Seller
- Opal Limited
- Size
- 18.3 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2008 Opal Limited
- Price
- $6.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.