Casio has announced its new XW-J1 DJ controller, an all-in-one VJ/DJ controller for creating remixes of audio and video from music players, smartphones, and PCs that supports OS X, iOS, and Windows platforms. Musicians can mix music using the djay app, transforming their Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch into […]
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Casio has launched Chordana Tap and Chordana Viewer, two new apps designed for all current iOS devices (iPhone, iPod touch and iPad). Chordana is Casio’s own music analysis technology, and the apps harness this by detecting musical chord progressions through analysis of the frequency characteristics and temporal changes of an […]
We’ve just seen this amazing new gadget which attaches to your iPhone or iPod touch, turning it into a complete motion controller for use with a range of apps and other devices. The AUUG Motion Synth consists of hardware which allows you to attach your Apple device to your wrist […]
Introduction The Apple iPad is quickly becoming a go-to portable music device for many musicians, whether they’re composing, sequencing, performing, DJing, notating, or crafting sounds. Thanks to the iOS 4.2 upgrade, MIDI is now very much a feature of all iOS devices. There’s now a huge range of apps available, […]
Amidio, maker of noise.io, Star Guitar and JR Hexaton Pro, has just released its latest iOS app — a virtual acoustic steel guitar for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Simulating a six-string acoustic steel guitar based on the legendary vintage 1979 Martin & Co dreadnought, the app contains 76MB of […]
Apart from winning the prize for the longest titled app we’ve seen in a while, we’re wondering whether the Sound Effect+Music+Ringtone: Player, Downloader, and Recorder! from MobileVideo.TV is a decent iOS app. It claims to include over 200 high-quality sound effects, music snippets and ringtones, which are updated regularly. Categories […]
EarWizard is an app designed to train your ear into recognising and recalling musical chords. It’s modelled on the “Simon” game, in that you have to repeat back an increasingly long sequence of music chords. The app has been developed by Jordan Rudess and Felipe Peña. Features include: Three levels […]
Fans of Neo-Soul Keys, from the Gospel Musicians, will be pleased to hear they’ve just launched two new electric pianos for the app. Neo-Soul EX5 uses the synthesis technology from the Yamaha EX5 synth, sampled through the FDSP engine of the EX5 to simulate the modelled expression of an EP […]
After featuring Drum Pads 24, we now show off EasyBeats 3 Pro Drum Machine, a full-featured drum sequencer/live performance instrument for iOS devices. Claiming to be the “quickest and easiest way to create great sounding beats”, it boasts the following features: 16 responsive sample pads Use the inbuilt sample kits […]
Does the world need another “shake your iPhone” app? Steven Barnegren thinks so, with his Shaker Box offering for iOS-based devices. Shaker Box offers a variety of professionally-recorded percussion samples plus three modes: shake mode, tap mode and loop mode. “Shake” does what you’d expect. “Tap” will play a shaker-sound […]
Sonoma Wire Works has just announced an update to its GuitarJack interface. Named the GuitarJack 2, this hardware will let you record far more than just guitars onto your Apple mobile device. Key features include a 1/4-inch input with configurable modes, a 1/8-inch stereo output with increased drive for headphones, […]
Native Instruments has announced that iMASCHINE is now available in the App Store for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The first ever Native Instruments app is an intuitive beat sketchpad based on MASCHINE’s groove production studio concept. iMASCHINE is perfect for developing song ideas anytime, anywhere. Play and record drums […]
Yet another couple of apps in the growing list of software for DJs. This time, LifeVision Studios has brought out its Dubby and Dubstep Pro+ apps for Apple devices. As the names might signify, these two bits of software are related to one another. Dubby is the ‘lite’ version (though […]
There are plenty of mobile DJ applications coming to the market particularly for Apple’s popular iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices. Now DJ David Guetta has put his unique sound on an app. djay – David Guetta Edition is packed with his own beats and sounds. This special edition of […]
The classic Beyer piano instruction books make their way to Apple’s mobile devices courtesy of the My Piano Lite app. Now it’s possible to watch and learn from the Beyer 1 book for free: “My Piano” remembers the lesson you were practicing last time and automatically jumps up to this […]
DJs looking for some ready-to-use samples for adding spice to their mixes might want to take a look at the new DJSamplr app from PowerFX. The app contains over 300 samples which are accessed via a simple ‘drum pad’ interface. All you need do is to plug in your Apple […]
The award-winning Alchemy software comes to an Apple device near you, as Camel Audio announces an iOS version is now available to download from the App Store. Here’s a run down of the main features: Touch Remote for Alchemy on Mac/PC With the Pro Upgrade ($19.99/€15.99/£13.99), you can remotely control […]
There are plenty of music creation apps for iPad but they don’t all necessarily have the ability, on their own, to interface with other equipment. Enter iConnectMIDI, a MIDI interface designed specifically for Apple’s portable products. The box can be connected up to an iPad, iPod touch or iPhone’s dock, […]