iPhone/iPad Music Apps

[Blooby]

Just wanted to mention that Thumbjam 2.0 has a feature where you can hum to create melodies with the sound presets. Fiddled with it briefly.  Must be super quiet as even tiny extraneous noises causes lots of artifacts, but the possibilities of a recording situation seem exciting.

Apologies if this was mentioned previously.

Blooby

[64Guitars]

This drum synthesizer for iPhone, iPod, and iPad looks interesting. You just tap on your desk and the iPhone's microphone picks up the sound and uses it to trigger realistic synthesized drum sounds from the app.

From their website:
"Impaktor can produce a wide range of tones, from acoustic, like Tabla, Djembe, Marimba, Cymbals, Metal bars to electronic or industrial sounds."

"Over 90 presets available, more coming soon"

http://www.beepstreet.com/impaktor

£2.99 http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/impaktor-drum-synthesizer/id557824278?mt=8

$4.99 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/impaktor-drum-synthesizer/id557824278?mt=8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjWT5ixO9Ck

[Hook]

Oh My!

[Facemask93]

got this yesterday , totally amazing , even laying it on the bed in front of me , i can play with sticks on to the duvet , can't explain how good this is

Rob

[64Guitars]

I know there are several fans of ThumbJam here so I thought I should let you know that they have a new drumming app called DrumJam.

£5.49 UK
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/drumjam/id530162824?mt=8

$7.99 US
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/drumjam/id530162824?mt=8

I think the price is going up soon. So, if you're interested in getting this, better to buy it now rather than wait.

This video from sonicstate.com demonstrates DrumJam, as well as Impaktor, which I mentioned earlier.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pqa43NisUs

[T.C. Elliott]

I watched that vid a few days ago and grabbed both drumjam and impaktor today. But I've spent the rest of the day writing songs and updating my iphone and haven't had a chance to play... yet.

But I will.

[64Guitars]

Cool! Let us know what you think after you've had some time to play around with them.

What interests me about Impaktor is that you can actually play the drums. Hydrogen, BR Rhythm Editor, and similar programs are great because they're free and make some pretty good drum sounds. But you can't play them; you can only program them. The great thing about Impaktor is that you don't have to buy any special hardware to use it. You just tap on your desk. I do that all the time anyway. If I could use it to trigger drum samples, that would be great. Unfortunately, I don't own a smartphone or tablet and have no plans to get one, so iOS-based apps are no good to me.

I'd love to get an electronic drum kit but I can't afford one right now and I wouldn't have anywhere to put it anyway. I've often thought of getting some sort of electronic drum pads like the Korg padKONTROL, nanoPAD2, or Alesis Control Pad. But I also need some sort of small midi keyboard controller to use with my computer. So my current thinking is to get a keyboard with drum pads built-in. Maybe something like the AKAI MPK25 or the new M-Audio AIR 25. Although, I suspect that they'll be too expensive for me.



I might treat myself to something at Christmas. Given my finances, I'll probably have to settle for the AKAI MPK mini:



I saw it on offer last year about this time for $69.99 but I missed out. If I see it for a similar price this year, I might get it.

[suburban behemoth]

Www.hellomusic.com usually has some nice clearout bargains.
http://www.hellomusic.com/ec/DealMain.aspx?did=14637


You have to sign up to see the listings.

That's all I could find there this week.

Paul V.

[64Guitars]

I found something similar in concept to Impaktor but for the Mac.

http://www.pulsecontroller.com/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4CSIPGAFIE

[Hook]

Thanks for keeping us up to date n this stuff 64, I've got to get that impaktor! drumjam looks like it would be better on an ipad rather than a phone...I might need an ipad! That impaktor looks unbelievable
Rock On!!