Sound Trends Looptastic Producer 3 

Looptastic Producer 3 features three mixer zones that now expand on the fly to fit the loops a user adds, facilitating custom cueing and submixes. Performers can now mute or maximize each loop with a single tap on its fader. And each zone can now be switched in or out of the effects loop with a tap, adding variety and motion to the mix. ...

IK Multimedia Reggaeton 

This new style-based app (for iPhone/ipod touch) allows users to create and share non-stop reggaeton tracks for remixing, multimedia and movie soundtrack compositions on the go, in real time. ...

IK Multimedia GrooveMaker Reggae  

This new style-based app allows users to create and share non-stop reggae tracks for remixing, multimedia and movie soundtrack compositions on the go, in real time. With 10 available applications in the GrooveMaker range, there are now more than 2,800 high-quality fresh loops available for your remixes. ...

Way Out Ware iSample 2  

By Mike Levine

If you ever wished for a sampler that you could carry around in your pocket, Way Out Ware's iSample 2 ($9.99) is your ticket. It offers a nice combination of power and straightforward operation, which is not a combination you find too often in iPhone music apps....

IK Multimedia GrooveMaker Techno, GrooveMaker 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. ...

Sonoma Wire Works InstantDrummer iPhone App Sonoma Wire Works InstantDrummer iPhone App  

The InstantDrummer ($0.99) iPhone app includes professionally recorded, customizable drum loops that can be built into drum tracks for songs. Heartbreaker is first in a series of InstantDrummer iPhone apps that will soon be available in various genres. ...

Sound Trends Looptastic Series  

The Looptastic Series of apps from Sound Trends LLC offers a cool and intuitive remixing environment, featuring a grid-like interface ...

Roventskij IR-909  

For a nice array of good-sounding electronic drum samples, try IR-909 (V. 1, roventskij; $4.99). It has a Roland-style step-sequencer through which you can trigger sampled kits from the TR-909, 808, 707, and 606 drum machines, among others. You can edit several sound parameters and store up to four patterns. ...

Pure Profit BtBx  

BtBx (V. 1.1, Pure Profit; $3.99) is a very flexible app with a step-sequencer interface that gives a sampled electronic drum kit, synth basses, trumpet, percussion, and keyboard. Each sound can be reversed on any sequence step and can have its volume, cut-off frequency, and resonance adjusted. There are also simple distortion and delay effects available for each sound. You can store up to 16 patterns. ...

AudioRealism TechnoBox 

If you're looking for a programmable app that emulates the classic Roland TR-808 and 909 drum machines, and the TB-303 bass synth, you'll love TechnoBox (V. 1.9, AudioRealism; $9.99). It does a good job of emulation and has a deep programming interface. ...

iZotope iDrum  

A fresh approach to step sequencing is offered in the cube-like interface of iDrum (V. 1.0.2, iZotope; $4.99). It comes in several editions, which offer genre-specific sample sets for rock, hip-hop, house, and more. You can edit its existing song collections or program your own beats. In addition to drum sounds, you get one-shot bass, guitar, synth, and effects samples. When you're finished, you can send your creations to your computer, but only as M4a-format ringtone files. However, if you own iZotope's iDrum app for Mac or PC, you can export your patterns directly into that. If not, you could, as a workaround, export your pattern as a ringtone, open it in a waveform editor on your computer, and convert it to a WAV or AIFF for use in your DAW. ...

Intua BeatMaker  

BeatMaker (V. 1.3.2, Intua; $19.99) gets my vote as the most comprehensive music-production app on this platform. It turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a full-featured, loop-based, trigger pad-equipped production environment. It even works as a sampler and lets you edit the start and end points and place your samples — or imported WAV files — onto trigger pads. (File import/export is supported through the free BeatPack software for Mac and Windows.) It has two effects buses, a pattern-based sequencer and step sequencer, and a passel of included content kits from such artists as Richard Devine. It too requires some time to learn its UI, but it's surprisingly intuitive and powerful. ...