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Daily iPhone App: Beats+

by Mike Schramm (Jan 4th, 2012)

Beats+ is a niche app, but it's probably very useful for the kind of person who could use it. It's a simple but powerful drum machine app, featuring over 50 different drum loops (frequent updates keep the library fresh) to be used as accompaniment with whatever kind of music you want. In ...

Daily iPad App: Looptastic HD

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 11th, 2011)

Looptastic HD is a remixing application that lets you create new mixes using a catalog of 900 loops. The loops are broken down into individual track components including drums, bass, keys and effects. As with most mixing apps, Looptastic HD uses clips from music genres such as trance, hip hop, ...

Gear4's Pocket Loops keyboard creates music with your iPhone or iPod touch

by Mike Schramm (Jan 11th, 2011)

Gear4, maker of the Unity Remote we saw at CES last week, also designed the Pocket Loops keyboard, which represents something I think we'll see a lot more of: devices designed to work only when paired with a smartphone or tablet device. iPhones and iPads are leading the way into a new era of mobile ...

Count The Beats: IK Multimedia brings GrooveMaker to the iPad

by Matt Tinsley (Apr 14th, 2010)

On the heels of the popular GrooveMaker app for the iPhone / iPod touch, IK Multimedia (musicians first) has released GrooveMaker for the iPad. Perfect for that upcoming house party (DJ set) you've been planning. If you're into house, hip-hop and drum 'n bass style music (mixing loops and samples ...

A full list of Apple's World Music Jam Pack loops

by Dave Caolo (Jan 23rd, 2006)

At the Macworld Expo earlier this month, Apple released its latest Jam Pack for Garageband, called "World Music." Apple notes that the collection contains 3,000 loops and 40 virtual instruments, but don't you wonder precisely what is included in these packages? Don't worry about trying to ...

Macjams releases 4th set of free loops

by David Chartier (Aug 31st, 2005)

MacJams.com, the music community for amateur and aspiring musicians, has released the 4th batch of free loops in their 5-week set. I posted this over on DownloadSquad, but I thought it was too cool to not mention here on TUAW. The loops are in Apple Loops format for the likes of GarageBand and (I ...