FEATURED APP
YiqYaq Soundbiter
If you ever had a moment of musical inspiration that got forgotten while you tried to get your recorder set up or your DAW booted, you'll appreciate the Soundbiter app. When you turn this free app on, it constantly records audio, but only retains 60 seconds of audio at a time in its buffer. (It records through the iPhone's mic, so iPod touch users will need an external mic.) When you sing or play or do something that you want to save, just hit the Munch Chomp Crunch button on the app's main screen, and your last 60 seconds of audio are automatically preserved.
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AUDIO RECORDING
McDSP Retro Recorder
Retro Recorder has been updated with new features including stereo recording capability and a high-quality Recording mode, and offers ALX technology. The updates are free to existing Retro Recorder customers and new customers may purchase it for $2.99. Read more.
INSTRUMENTS
Benjamin McDowell Harmonica
The samples in Harmonica (V. 1.1, Benjamin McDowell; $0.99) sound quite realistic. Like a real harmonica, this instrument is designed to be played by mouth. (You can also play it with your fingers, if you'd rather.) Put your mouth up to the harmonica on the screen and inhale and you get a “drawn” note; exhale and you get a “blown” note. Its biggest drawback is that you can't bend notes. Read more.
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SEQUENCERS & BEATBOXES
IK Multimedia Groovemaker Techno, Trance
Based on the recently released GrooveMaker remixing application, these style-based apps allow you to create and share non-stop techno and trance tracks for DJing, remixing, multimedia and movie soundtrack compositions on the go, in real time. Read more.
UTILITIES
Planet Waves Scale Wizard
Scale Wizard is a guitar-scale library that acts as a companion to the Chordmaster App, a guitar-chord library, for iPhone and iTouch. Read more.
JUST FOR FUN
Normalware Bebot
Bebot (V. 1.4, Normalware; $1.99) is one of my favorite apps. It comprises an animated robot that responds to movement on the ... Read more.