Okeanos

While Okeanos is visually pleasing the was aural aspect is a bit... curious. The sample quality is OK. Your sample selection however seems to be randomly assigned each time you load the app. So far I have received ambient, orchestral, choral and rock samples. Playback is also hard to predict. Sometimes it echoes the whole sample, sometimes just a second of it, sometimes in reverse. I think that is the intention of this app though, to be experiential, to be chaotic. I will not fault the app for this. However, the developer has omitted seemingly crucial features including multisample playback (triggering another sample stops the current sample) and using the accelerometer to modulate playback. I have not tried the Internet functionality yet.

An interesting experimental audio/visual app, but I probably won't use it much at all unless I figure out how to control what sounds I want a bit more. Some of the samples are very reminiscent of Nurse With Wound's "Sylvia & Bab's" album. Some are orchestral, some noisy. It seems very random in regards to what samples are chosen (probably the creators point). It seems like one sample gets cut off when you start a new one. It would be nice if they layered more. Also, some samples have a fast stutter effect that is a bit to chaotic for me. It is probably more suited to those wanting to create more of an avant garde experimental sound. The audio sample quality seems good enough, and the visuals a nice enough.