When I received a tweet from Intua on the release of  Beatmaker 2, I went to the AppStore and read the complete description probably three times. It can’t be compared to the first one because of the massive improvements they made. Firstly, I remember wanting a second bank in Beatmaker one to flip a sample [...]

Here is a special sneak peak at SynthStation, Akai Pro’s new synthesizer for iPhone and iPod Touch. Although it is an iPhone app, SynthStation works on the iPad too, which is shown in this video. When do you think AKAI will give us the MPC on the iPad? Patiently waiting…

SB gave me a heads up about an insane price drop from Intua for the BeatMaker app. They’ve slashed the price in half (now $9.99) for new BeatMaker’s who haven’t yet had the chance to try out this amazing mobile music creation tool (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad). Go grab it here and start making beats on the [...]

Sampletoy is a radical new musical instrument/plaything developed By Marek Bereza. It’s a part sampler + gran-synth. You can quickly capture and record sounds through the microphone, then playback, loop and alter them live on your screen!

A lot of buzz has been circulating for about a year and now you know its here. The iPad. There are so many possibilities. We already know it plays HD video and can do what an iPod can with a larger screen. It has greater potential for interfaces because of the extra space to put [...]

The day after I had a discussion with Wallholder about the lack of audio software companies making apps for the iPhone, Akai released an app which I am gonna try out. But they never made DAWs for the computer. Why has Propellerhead not made an iPhone app? Is this Still Born’s invention? To have an [...]

After having a long discussion with SB, on why big companies such as AKAI, Propellerhead, Steinberg, etc haven’t released anything for the iPhone Platform, here comes AKAI with not only an iPhone App but also a MIDI controller…for the iPhone! Check out this demo of the new AKAI iPK25 and SynthStation Studio for your iPhone/iPod [...]

As per the Intua Beatmaker Manual, here are some tips and things to avoid when you’re ready to record audio into your Beatmaker: Remember, Audio Recording for Intua Beatmaker is only available to iPhone 2G/3G + iPod Touch 2G. You can record using an external microphone or wired headset. Your recorded audio will be saved [...]

This looks like a cool iPhone Music app… and I like the video too! FingerBeat is a virtual instrument designed for creativity & self-expression. Inspired by retro synthesizers & samplers, the development of FingerBeat was influenced by Dance Music & Pop Culture from the last decades. Hopefully it records with the Alesis Pro Track XLR-MIC [...]

I received a personal email from Vincent over at makayama about their new “Drum Kits” app that has just been approved for the App Store. Drum Kits is the first programmable drum machine with 160 mixable tracks and a completely new approach to rhythm composition. It allows you to compose beats and patterns by touching [...]