Propellerhead’s Figure for iPhone, No Longer an Island: Sync, AudioCopy, Free Scales

Reinventing music software for a handheld is no minor challenge. Make it too much like desktop software, and you wind up with something crammed with features that feels awkward and overly heavy in a mobile context. Pare down too much, and you’ve got something that behaves more like a toy and can’t hold up to […]

DM1’s Touchable, Interconnected Drum Machine App Earns Apple Design Award [iOS]

DM1 The Drum Machine for iPad from Fingerlab on Vimeo. In a studio, very often it isn’t about endless racks of gear so much as the handful of items you most love. So, amidst a sometimes overwhelming flood of iOS apps – and, frankly, some of them quite disposable – a few stand out. The […]

Peter Kirn - June 26, 2012

In Korg iKaossilator 2, Beatmaker for iPad, iPhone, Extended Collaborative Features

The stream of iPad and iPhone apps for musicians gushes endlessly, but among that river of software, there are some visible trends. Demanded by users, features for sharing between apps – and other mobile artists – flourish. Hardware heavyweight KORG has been one of the developers that’s been especially good at offering that kind of […]

Peter Kirn - November 30, 2011

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