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Beats and Loops drum machine app: Turn your phone into a looper pedal!

17 Apr in Studio

Kovaluu's innovative Beats and Loops app uses the smartphone's proximity sensor to let you hover your foot and imitate a stomp the way you'd stomp on a pedal.

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How to choose the best iPad for music production in 2019

14 Sep 2019 in Studio

The new USD 329 iPad is the nicest and most capable the entry-level iPad has ever been. Is this, however, the one to get for iOS music making? Let's investigate...

Are Apple’s new iPads better for musicians than the iPad Pro?

20 Mar 2019 in Studio

The new iPad Air and iPad Mini are powerful, musician-friendly, and certainly among the nicest ~USD 500 pieces of gear you can purchase at the time. Headphone jack and Lightning port, anyone?

StageLight 4 is now on iOS and wielding a brand new sampler

18 Nov 2018 in Studio

Developer OpenLabs brought its StageLight cross-platform music production platform to version 4. Being a major update, it delivers significant changes and improvements.

Is Windows 10 S Mode any good for music making?

23 Sep 2018 in Studio

Windows 10 S Mode promises a slicker, more resilient and stable computing experience. Does it hold any advantages to the musician or producer, or is it just for regular users?

Pen2Bow app turns the Apple Pencil into a legitimate iPad MIDI controller

09 Apr 2018 in Studio

Developer Dimos Gaidatzis created Pen2Bow, an EUR 9 app that turns the Apple Pencil into a violin bow MIDI controller. The algorithm detects linear and circular motion, generating four MIDI streams.

Apple macOS 10.14 rumour round-up: iOS and macOS apps united at last?

06 Apr 2018 in Studio

Allegedly, Apple plans to combine iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps as part of a project internally named "Marzipan". However, this doesn't mean you will be able to run every iOS app on your Mac. Read on...

GarageBand for iPhone X lets you control synths with facial expressions

29 Mar 2018 in Studio

With the latest update to GarageBand for iOS, Apple finally took advantage of the elaborate camera system it developed for the iPhone X to turn facial recognition into a music controller!

New 9.7-inch Apple iPad costs USD 329, an excellent gear purchase

28 Mar 2018 in Studio

With a friendly price, a wealth of musical apps and all the modern hardware needed to run them, the 9.7-inch Apple iPad is a more attractive purchase than ever. It's on sale now, starting at USD 329.

Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone X: full of potential for new music apps, but are they worth the upgrade?

13 Sep 2017 in Other, Studio

Apple's new iPhones certainly look great in the hand, but do they offer any meaningful value to the discerning musician? Well, they do happen to pack some impressive and forward-looking technology, so...

iZotope raises Spire, but how ‘no-hassle’ can wireless music recording be?

07 Sep 2017 in Studio

iZotope has announced the Spire Studio - a portable wireless system meant to let musicians "capture, edit, and collaborate" music on the spot - it also has a free iOS recording app...

Reshape lets you get tactile with several effects

29 Apr 2017 in Studio

There are plenty of apps and plug-ins built upon the concept of XY pad-controlled effects. But this one lets you record your movements on said pads in real-time for interesting modulation...

Why the iPad is an amazing – and awful – tool for making music

23 Apr 2017 in Other, Studio, Synths

The iPad is the future of music making happening right now. It's a beautiful machine with limitless musical possibilities! Great. Now, let me tell you why it sucks...