i definately would not buy Beatmaker at the moment....version2 is due at some point in the near future and you can be sure it will not be an upgrade from the list as starters i'd go for Bebot (Synthesizer randgrid ishred - definately for 99c thumbjam - 9 rebirth - only if its on sale dopplerpad - i like it nanostudio (reason) - the definate app at the moment i'd also add morphwiz, soundgrid or melodica or beatwave, jasuto, aurora
Sound like DrumTrack8 is good for you. it´s only $4. check the iTunes descripition. here is a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJcPcwdBnxw The sound is also nice.
I tried out the free version of music studio last night and I have to say, I really prefer 'thumb jam' for composing. It's much more intuitive, less clutter, easier to play the notes you want, and most importantly, ALL the instruments on thumb jam sound more realistic. The only one that doesn't sound right is 'acoustic guitar' but no one has yet developed an accurate guitar sound for clean guitars. I don't get the hype with 'music studio'. This might have been the best over a year ago, but I think 'Thumb jam' has surpassed it and deserves way more attention and sales. The developer is fast to answer questions as well. They are always adding new beats, samples, instruments (user made or contributed) to 'Thumb Jam'. Last night I got a huge tabla download, plus some great funk/house beats for jamming. This is all FREE. I composed a funk song this morning in a half hour that I can easily use for a live gig. The only problem is occasional crashes so I recommend you save often. I lost my first hour of work and my recorded loops after a crash this morning. Luckily, it wasn't something I really needed to save, so I just started over and made a better one.
I dont have much information on musician apps, but I find Virtuoso Piano really impressive, I think if I were a musician I would surely be using this media, for my compositions.
thanks for the reply guys, i guess i'll start picking and choosing with the apps for starters and slowly chip off the list as i go
I'm looking for a guitar chord app that shows you variations of the chord, alternate voicings, the more voicings the better. Anyone have any recommendations? The only one I've seen so far is 'guitar web application'.
Decent writeup on using your iPhone into a pocket studio here. I caved in and bought iVoxel - it's the best vocoder on the platform by a long shot (only other decent one is one of the patches in Jasuto Pro, but it's a lot more difficult to use.) I was wondering how good it worked live, and it does great. It's pretty flexible, but I wish it had 1) more synths to vocode against and 2) proper File Sharing through iTunes instead of taking recordings off via wifi.
ThumbJam sale ThumbJam is on sale, one day only, for $0.99! I already own it, but I had forgotten to remove it from my AppShopper wish list and got a push. Great deal, since it's normally $7. Also, check out their new app, ToeJam.
