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BeatMaker: sample studio for your iPhone or iPod Touch
Developer Intua has just announced BeatMaker, a sampler / sequencer for your iPhone / iPod Touch that allows you to record and make beats on the go. It appears to function similarly to hardware like the famed Akai MPC sampler, allowing you to create loops and beats and play them back in real time. BeatMaker also includes a three-channel EQ, synchronized delay and a bitcrusher, for those of you who like to rock the 8-bit sound.
No word on availability and pricing yet -- Intua is, like almost everyone in the Apple world, waiting for more info on the iPhone App Store. Developer Mathieu Garcia also says that, though MIDI won't be in the initial release of BeatMaker, it's planned for inclusion in upcoming versions, along with Open Sound Control, the successor to MIDI that's becoming standard in more and more music-making apps these days.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
nate said 12:35PM on 6-09-2008
Whoa. That looks amazing. I think we're in for a pretty cool ride, here -- 3G: whatev, what's going to rock is the lid coming off all the new apps today.
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Shawin said 1:27PM on 6-09-2008
niiiice!!!
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vectorelement said 3:08PM on 6-09-2008
Give me a mobile version of Reason and I'd die happy! This looks promising though. I'd like to get my hands on a demo first before dropping $$ for it.
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Joel Falconer said 8:32PM on 6-09-2008
That's cool, but totally useless for any real-world applications until it has MIDI support.
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TXtps said 10:54AM on 7-16-2008
I found review and demo video on this site.
http://www.ismashphone.com/2008/07/beat-maker---de.html
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Bud said 4:30PM on 8-14-2008
Oh, it -samples- too. Maybe it would be worth 20 dollars then. But you would still want to get your work off of the thing in some form or its just a toy. Phone a skype account with it?
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