TUAW's Daily App: Bebot

I'm really happy that I've found an excuse to mention Bebot here in this space -- it might be my favorite app in the entire App Store. We've covered it before here on TUAW -- it's a musical instrument, basically, with the added bonus of having a super cute singing robot as a mascot. And I've never seen an app that makes such beautiful and simple use of the multitouch screen, allowing up to four voices to be played at a time by touching four different fingers to the screen in different places.

The reason I get to mention it here today is because the creator just added iPad support to the mix -- while it's pretty barebones, unfortunately (the graphic isn't quite as high resolution as you'd expect), the bigger screen will give you more room to spread out and find the synth notes you're looking for. And as always, even if you're not musical, it's just plain fun to play around on the tones by swiping your finger across the screen.

Bebot is now a universal app for just US$1.99. If you haven't had the pleasure of playing with this robot on your iDevice yet, definitely check it out.

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Source: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bebot-robot-synth/id300309944…

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Sebastian Gard

I love Bebot. Make sure you get in there and play with the scale settings. I set up a C maj scale which is ideal for playing along with the U2 song, "One". Also, check out the Facebook page for Bebot: http://www.tuaw.com/2010/06/08/tuaws-daily-app-bebot/.

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Sebastian Gard

Duh. Wrong link. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Bebot/75971026507

June 08 2010 at 4:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mezrow

Love this app, and it's even more of a deal now that the developer has made it universal. Highly recommended for any age.

June 08 2010 at 1:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ross

This is a great app for my friends nephew who loves gadgets. He's always wanting to play with 'The Noisy Robot' even though he's only 2. It's nice little app as you get a noise reaction no matter where you touch the screen.

June 08 2010 at 10:12 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Sean Burgess

I really like this app too, but am a little disappointed with the iPad implementation. There's no auto rotation of the screen. In fact, it's locked in a single orientation that makes the screen upside down if you have your iPad in an Apple case. The resolution is poor and the controls seem like they just kept the exact same ones from the iPhone version - same size, same font - and stuck it down in the corner.

Still, I'm happy to have an iPad version. I'm hoping they improve these few gripes with a quick update.

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James Dooley

I love Bebot! I think I heard about it on TUAW in the first place and it's great fun! Plus, you can play iTunes on your iPhone, switch over to Bebot and play along to your own music!

Great app!

June 08 2010 at 10:20 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mmarkiewiczz

Fun fact: Trent Reznor's wife Mariqueen used this app on their new band's debut EP.

http://howtodestroyangels.tumblr.com/post/660327065/posted-by-trent-reznor

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