Software News

Intua “Beatmaker” iPhone Sampler/Sequencer Application

Get ready for an onslaught of iPhone music devices now that Apple has opened up software development.  Chances are we can look forward to many more iPhone music apps in the near future. "Beatmaker" by Intua is another one of those grown man toys that sample crazy technophiles won’t be able to resist. Features include: … Read more

“Band” iPhone Music Software by Moo Cow

Hopefully I’m not the only one who’s been drooling at the thought of today’s kickoff of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).  Beside announcing the next Mac OS entitled Snow Leopard, Steve Jobs unveiled new features for the 3G iPhone including GPS, push abilities, and of course new software applications.  With the recently proliferation of music … Read more

Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update Release Announced!

I’m sure a number of audio folks will be happy to hear that the latest Leopard release is supposed to fix issues involving stuttering USB video & audio playback and external harddrive recognition.  Now all we need is Pro Tools support for Leopard (a rant that’ll be saved for a later date).  Also addressed are … Read more

Direct Note Access To Change The Face of Sampling?

  I almost fell out of my chair after seeing this one, but it looks like technology and audio sampling could take a huge leap.  Melodyne has come up with Direct Note Access, which will allow you to be able to edit individual polyphonic audio material and will allow for simple correction of errors to … Read more

ProteinDS Nintendo DS DJ Scratching Software

The volume of portable music software making the rounds lately is almost baffling.  This time we’re handed a preview of the ProteinDS scratching application for the Nindendo DS.  [via Boing Boing]

Logic Pro 8.0.2 Update Released By Apple

Logic Pro 8 users have to be excited about this one and for Mac users (myself included) still waiting for Digidesign to update Pro Tools for Leopard, here’s another reason to consider making the switch.  Some of the issues addressed in the release are: Improved speed for OS X 10.5 Leopard users, Undo History increased … Read more

iPhone IR-909 Drum Machine And iPhoneSynth

With the anticipated 3G release date of June 9th, the iPhone may be the next producer weapon of choice.  Roventskij has just released the IR-909 1.0 Beta 2 version of their drum machine for a donation of "a dollar or two."  The IR-909 comes complete with a 16 step sequencer, 4 patterns, and 8 drum … Read more

SideKick Beatmaking: KickSynth And Kick Drum XT

Back in the day I used to crave a SideKick… little did I know that they would turn out to be so much fun.  For those that did cop one, Larva Labs has created a 10 track MIDI production studio and featured drum machine to keep you busy during those hectic commutes.  I realize that … Read more