A UK-based team called New Media Geekz have released a demo video of their first, and the world’s first drum sequencer for the iPad, the ingeniously titled, dPad. It doesn’t appear to do anything revolutionary, and the interface is a little bland… But not bad for a 7 days work!!
Keep an eye on the site – http://newmediageekz.com/
DrumStation is an application made by a musician for all the musicians around the world. It’s supposed to help you when you don’t have anyone who can play drums.
With DrumStation you can create your own drum loops, set the BPM value, and let the iPhone/iPod play it continuously for you. For the best experience, you should plug your mobile device directly to mix, or other sound device, like PC speakers or so and enjoy the sound of the real high quality drum samples.
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IR-909 is a drum machine for the iPhone inspired by the Roland TR-909. IR-909 features a 16-step sequencer, 4 patterns and 8 different drum sounds. IR-909 includes individual pitch, attack and length controls for each sample. By default IR-909 comes with 6 different sample packs, these include the original TR-909 pack, TR-808, TR-707 and TR-606 packs, plus two additional ones called “Tech House” and “Kärv”. To change the amount of, e.g. the tempo, press and hold on the tempo button while you tilt your iPhone/iPod.
For the latest on this app, head to the developer’s site - http://roventskij.net/
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Finally a music app with the sounds of the most important electronic drums of the latest 30 years!
Play with the same sounds used by Prince, Sting, Run DMC, Phil Collins e many more!
30 years of Electro Groove at your fingertips!
Vintage Drum features:
• 8 drumsets, with 10 sounds per drumset. A total of 80 high quality 16 Bit sounds!
• No latency;
• Switch to turn on/off sound reverberation;
• Mixer to adjust the volume of each sound!
• Save, load and restore of volumes from the mixer screen;
• Record, save and load of your ‘solos’!
• Play on top of your iTunes songs!
• See what you’ve played on the screen during playback!
• LCD screen with name of the recording and time;
• Manage your creations in a new Playlist screen.
For the latest on this app, head to the developer’s site - http://www.outofthebit.com/vintagedrum
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A drum circle is a group of people playing hand-drums and other percussion instruments in a circle. Drum Circle is a drumming app made by a drummer for drummers and “wannabe” drummers. It provides 8 different drums/drum sets that can be recorded on up to 8 repeating tracks or “loops”. The tempo is adjusted by tapping a drum pad with the “tap” track (TRK) selected. The BEAT button sets the number of beats from 1 to 16 per loop. Each beat is divided into 24 clicks that captures slight differences in beat, which make the rhythm sound more “organic” and less mechanical. Looping is disabled as long as that track is being played. When the player stops, the loop starts repeating the rhythm. Touching the DRUM SET button changes the drum for the current track.
Drum Sets:
(More drums coming soon.) Eight presets are provided for saving your drum jams.
Drum Circle is a great drum machine. It is easy to program and use. All you have to do is play it!
Some ideas: Record a drumming session in one meter (e.g., 8 beats per loop) and play it back at a different one; e.g., 5 beats/per loop. After recording at a slow rate, increase the speed by going back to the tap track and tapping out the tempo you want. You can also use Drum Circle for live performance. Create and store beats ahead of time in the app’s 8 presets that you can recall and play with just two taps.
For the latest on this app, head to the developer’s site - http://intelligentgadgets.us/drumCircle/drumCircle.html
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The InstantDrummer iPhone App provides easy to use, customizable drum loops in your pocket. Pick a groove, tap in a tempo, and InstantDrummer inspires you to play along with continuously varying drum tracks using perfectly matched, full kit studio drum recordings.
InstantDrummer: Heartbreaker is first in a series of InstantDrummer iPhone Apps that will be available in various genres. Jason McGerr, the drummer for pop-rock band Death Cab for Cutie, recorded Heartbreaker on his signature Ludwig drum kit in his Seattle based studio, Two Sticks Audio. Produced by Hayden Bursk of Drummerheads.
Better than a metronome! Set the tempo and let Jason McGerr keep the beat for you.
Better than a drum machine! InstantDrummer gives you a celebrity drummer recorded in a real studio. Adjust and build the recordings into drum tracks for your songs.
Spin the INTENSITY wheel to set the mood from mellow to aggressive. Add some VARIATION to get a constantly evolving beat. AMBIENCE adds room sound and GAIN sets the level. No tedious editing or disappointing sounds, just a great drummer, ready to jam.
Some of InstantDrummer’s Features:
• 130 MB of pop-rock drum recordings
• Adjustable tempos – Originally recorded at 72 BPM, but still sounds great at tempos above 150.
• 11 parts (including Basic Rock, Bigger Rock, Ride, Ride-on, Sparse to Meaty, Kick & HiHat, Crashes, Lead-ins and Endings) many with auto-fills on the last bar
• 86 loops (includes room and dry)
• Quickly build an entire song using the part sequencer
• EQ/Compressor and Master Effects
• WiFi sync your drum recordings to your laptop with or without a router
• AudioCopy from InstantDrummer and then AudioPaste into compatible apps like FourTrack
For the latest details on this app, head to the developer’s website – http://www.sonomawireworks.com
easyBeats is built from the ground up to be the quickest and easiest way to create great sounding 4 bar beats.
Despite being designed for fast and simple use you’ll be surprised how powerful this tool can be for creating new beat patterns.
Using either the inbuilt samples or sounds you have imported yourself you’ll find it easy to compose amazing beats. With a fantastic pattern editor designed for easy drag/drop use, tweaking your rhythms will be a breeze.
Features:
★ 16 responsive sample pads
★ Included quality sample kits and more to come!
★ 4 loopable bars each 16 step quantized (64 step total)
★ Super fast startup for fast access
★ Multitouch pattern editor with drag/drop and copy/paste support.
★ Abiltiy to change individual samples to create entirely new kits.
★ Alter individual sample trigger velocity for each step of a pattern
★ Import your own samples
★ Import kits from Intua’s Beatmaker via local BeatPack server
★ Heaps more!
★ WAV export!
For the latest on this app, head to the developer’s site - http://www.hopefullyuseful.com/view/easybeats
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BeatMaker: the mobile music creation studio for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Inspired by professional drum machines, samplers and sequencers, BeatMaker combines them into one inspirational instrument.
Ideally suited for live performance and intuitive composition, with ease, produce complete songs using trigger pads, sequencing tools, audio effects and much more !
Pick up samples from the original sound-bank, including many genres and special sound packs made by featured musicians and producers.
Record your own audio samples on-the-go and use them instantly into your composition!
Expand your sound library from your computer and other beatmakers through our growing user community.
For amateurs and professionals alike, BeatMaker unleashes your musical creativity !
FEATURES:
★ 16 sample-based trigger pads, with multi-touch support (up to 5 pads at once)
★ Low latency playback and sample-accurate audio engine
★ Live pattern recording and arranging
★ Audio recording from microphone or headset (iPhone and iPod Touch 2nd gen only)
★ Step sequencer with different resolutions for easy and precise pattern creation
★ Change the volume, pan and pitch of each steps to compose rich melodies and beats
★ Multi track song sequencer: arrange your patterns into complete songs
★ Create unlimited number of patterns of different sizes (one to four bar)
★ Export your songs to Audio file (WAV) and MIDI score and share them with your friends
★ Original sound library provided with multiple genres: BreakBeat, Drum & Bass, Dub, Electronica, Funk, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Rock and more to come !
★ Featured artist/producer sound library: Richard Devine, Man Parrish, Jacque Polynice, Rafiralfiro, …
★ AIFF and WAVE audio file support (any sample rate, 8 to 24-bits resolutions)
★ Network sharing capabilities via BeatPack, to upload and download content
★ 2 effect channels, each with 4 effects
★ Synchronized delays with feedback and wet-mix control
★ 3-band Equalizers (Lo, Mid, Hi)
★ “Bit-Crusher” for down-sampling and bits resolution reduction
★ Lowpass, Hi-pass and Bandpass filters
★ Transport toolbar for quick playback control, with BPM, signature and metronome support
★ Handy selection mode to control multiple parameters on pads at once
★ Individual/multiple loading of samples
★ Automatic sample slicing over the pads (Chop)
★ Control volume, pan, semi-tone, octave, tuning, fade in/out and sample start/end positions on each pad
★ Velocity, Pitch, Pan spreading, allowing you to use the 16 pads as a mini-keyboard for easier melodic composition
★ Wave editor permits to manually selects your samples Start/End position markers
★ Automatic change of sample pitch to match a particular sample duration for each pad
★ Output channel selection (3 buses available: Main Out, FX 1, FX 2) for each pad
★ Mute and Reverse samples during your performances
★ X/Y Cross Controller for live manipulation of combined effect and sample parameters
★ Loading and saving of your kits & projects
★ File browser for file management (load, save, new files, directory and delete) and BeatPack content management (upload, download)
★ Auto discovery of local BeatPack servers (via Bonjour)
★ Sample preview within the browser
★ Auto-saving of your current project
★ and much more…
For more details and the latest features available on this app head to the developer’s website – http://www.intua.net
BtBx is a music sequencer for the iPhone or iPod Touch.
BtBx gives you instant access to the world of electronic music with big drum sounds and acid-style synthesizers.
With an easy to use sequencer and keyboard view, you will have creative freedom without overwhelming you with complicated options.
Features:
8 Drum Sounds
2 Instrument Sounds
2 Real-Time Synthesizers
16 Step Drum Machine Style Sequencer
16 Patterns
Keyboard with +/- 3 Octave Range
Realtime Mutes
Tempo Adjustment (40-240 BPM)
Low Pass Filter with Cutoff Frequency and Filter Resonance
Distortion Effect
Delay Effect Synced to Tempo
Cut and Paste Patterns
Erase Pattern
Erase Instrument
Multiple Pattern Playback
Auto-Saves Information so no data is lost
New, Save, Load or Delete Song Sessions*
13 Different Sound Kits*
Low Latency Audio Engine*
Improved Graphics Engine*
With BtBx you can:
Manage your song sessions
Write/Program song melodies
Play any drum or instrument sound forward or in reverse on any pattern step
Modify a Low Pass Filter on each sound (12 total LFPs running at the same time!)
Play your song live with mutes and live pattern changes
Jam live over your song
Come up with new ideas!
With all of these features at your fingertips, you’ll be able to make beats, rhythms, and melodies in no time!
For more details head to the developers website – http://www.pulsecodeinc.com/BtBx/
