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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Audio, Software, Developer, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch

Bebot turns your iPhone into the cutest instrument ever

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on May 15th, 2009

I don't think I've ever fallen in love with an app as quickly as Bebot. Not only is it a pretty darn powerful synthesizer with an interesting touchscreen interface, but that robot. That robot! He makes you want to play something, anything, with those cute little closed robot eyes and that dashing tux and that knowing smile. If you just want to make funny robot noises, that's easy enough, but for the musically inclined, there's a really surprising amount of features under the hood, including analog filters, a delay/looping effect, chorus and overdrive effects, and even an autotune system. Oh, and because of the multitouch screen, you can play up to four waveforms at a time. In the hands of someone who knows what they're doing, this thing can be really impressive.

It's available from a company called Normalware (any app with that robot in it has basically sold me from now on -- there's even a t-shirt of the guy) on the App Store right now for $1.99.

Tags: audio, autotune, bebot, cute, impressive, instrument, iphone, music, musicians, normalware, robot-noises, scales, sound, synthesizer, tshirt

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Audio, Humor, Cult of Mac, Apple

Musicians and Macs: Perfect together

by Laurie A. Duncan (RSS feed) on Nov 30th, 2006

The Digital Music Weblog pointed us to a post on Puddlegum, a music news site, naming five reasons musicians love Macs. Those reasons include aesthetics, sex appeal, ease of use, overall cost and peace of mind. Of course those are also the reasons why even the musically inept and tone deaf people use Macs, but it's no secret that creative professionals are more inspired by hardware and operating systems that are more inspired.

Then, of course, there's the snob factor - musicians are snobs and so are Mac users (Puddlegum's assertion, not mine) so it's a natural fit. I can't say I agree with that, although a snobby, elitist Mac user reference is always good for a laugh. Speaking of laughs... What's the best way to confuse a drummer? Put sheet music in front of him. HA! I crack me up.

Tags: mac music, MacMusic, music, musicians, musicians love macs, MusiciansLoveMacs

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