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Best Ways To Produce Music On The iPhone   |   Wired   -   Eliot Van Buskirk   |  





From NPR
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Beatmaker:   |   "Beatmaker turns the iPhone into a Digital Audio Workstation. In other words, it lets you load audio clips into the iPhone and mix them together to make your own music. It's got a drum machine and lots of samples pre-loaded. You can loop effects. Watch this video to see it in action"  | 


Band:   |   "This is a collection of virtual instruments: a couple of drum kits, a keyboard, bass, electric guitar. There's even an audience to give your music some applause. Apps like this one and the others listed here are possible because of the iPhone's incredibly elegant, touch-sensitive screen. Tap the keys on the screen to play piano, or the drum pads to lay down a beat. I've read that some people are recording entire songs using only the iPhone"   |  


Pandora:    |   "Billed as "a new kind of radio," Pandora sends you a steady stream of music based on your own tastes. Tell it you like the music of Sparklehorse and it'll play songs by similar bands. Hit the "info" key and it'll even give you a short explanation for why it picked a song. For example: "We're playing this song because it features basic rock song structures, extensive vamping, major key tonality, electric rhythm guitars and many other similarities identified in the Music Genome Project." You can rate the song with a thumbs up or down, which allows Pandora to better determine your tastes"   |  


Guitar ToolKit:    |   "This is a set of essential tools for any guitarist. It's got a tuner (it uses the iPhone's built-in mic to listen and tell you whether you're in tune), a chord finder (scroll through more than 260 chord diagrams), a metronome, and "tuning tones," a set of harmonic tones to tune your guitar if you play by ear"   |  


Shazam:
    |   "Ever hear a song somewhere and wonder what it is? Hold your phone up to the song in question: Shazam listens and tells you what it is. Once it knows, Shazam lets you tag the song as a favorite, gives you a link to buy it from iTunes, and, if available, provides links to YouTube videos of the track"   |  







From Gizmodo


Mujik:   |  "An instrument-slash-synthesizer made of books, flies, cardboard and whimsy. It takes about five minutes to figure out what the hell is going on with Mujik, but once you do, it's beautiful, and the musical possibilities are tremendous"
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From C/NET:


Last.fm   |   "Plentiful community features and perhaps the best-tailored music recommendations; let's you add individual tracks to playlists for calling up later; lets you tag tracks and purchase directly from iTunes; no ads that we noticed."   |  


Slacker   |   "Straightforward and easy to use; saves user data to account; nice interface with prominent album art; heart and ban buttons to tailor playback to your liking; station listing page is graphically pleasing with album thumbnails."   |  



imeem   |   "Unlike other music apps, imeem gives you "cloud" access to part of your own library; includes useful sections that spotlight artists and recommend music based on your tastes; offers a sharing feature; has a nice interface that's easy to browse"   |  


iheart radio   |   "Let's you listen to radio stations from most major metropolitan areas across the U.S.; sound quality is generally better than standard FM radio; less commercials than standard FM radio; includes a fun "Shake It" feature that randomizes stations."   |  



ScaleWizard   |   "Beautiful interface, tons of advanced parameters (arpeggios, modal scales, rare scales such as Semi Locrian b4). Landscape position offers full-screen fretboard view. Info screen includes options for left-handed orientation, alternate tunings, and automatic scale playback."   |  









From Technabob   |  



Drummer   |   "
Developer MooTheCow has created this homebrew drum machine application called “Drummer” that runs on the iPhone or iPod Touch"   |   "Drummer can play up to 15 unique audio samples (one on each finger touch pad), and takes advantage of multi-touch capabilities, so you can play up to five sounds at once. You can even let your MP3s play in the background and provide your own accompaniment. There are pre-installed Rock, Dance, Electro and two Jazz sound sets, but can be easily updated with your own sound samples"   |  


iPhone + Piano = iano   |   "iPhone developer Mister Aardvark has just released iAno, a true multi-touch piano simulator for the iPhone" 

The simulator offers a complete four-octave keyboard (you jump around the keyboard using the arrows at the top of the screen), with polyphonic sound allowing up to five keys to be played simultaneously. its loaded with real piano samples, making it sound just like the real deal.

Aardvark plans on adding additional features such as a complete 88-key keyboard, switchable sample sets, recording and playback, as well as support for loading .MID tracks and playing them back."   |  









From Sonic Media   |  


Ocarina   |   One of Apple's All-time 20 apps   |   "
Ocarina™ is the first true musical instrument created for the iPhone. Both experts and beginners will be amazed by this innovative player. Ocarina is sensitive to your breath, touch and movements, making it even more versatile than the original. Unlike other musical applications, there are no pre-compiled riffs so musicians will find unlimited opportunities for self-expression. Advanced options allow you to choose between diatonic, minor and harmonic scales. Or channel your favorite video game adventurer with Smule's Zeldarian mode"   |  









From MoocowMusic



Pianist   |  "is a virtual piano for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Use it as a musical scratchpad when away from the studio, or as an instrument to jam with your friends"   |  


Band   |   "
Band is a collection of virtual instruments that allows anyone, regardless of musical ability, to go beyond just listening to other people's music on the iPhone or iPod Touch, and actually create music themselves from scratch."   |   "A number of instruments are provided (drums, piano, bass guitar, blues guitar, and crowd) that make full use of the multi-touch abilities of the iPhone to allow you to play complex chords in real time. As well as hearing the note, you will be able to see the screen react instantly to your touch: piano keys really depress and bass guitar strings really strum."   |  









From MacWorld   Ben Boychuk


Public Radio and Public Radio Tuner   |   "
Public radio fans, it turns out, have a couple of sound options for listening to their favorite stations on their iPhones or iPods. We've covered a few public radio apps for the iPhone in the past; here are two more for your consideration."   |  









From Intua.net  


Beatmaker   |   "The mobile music creation studio for the iPhone and iPhone Touch"   |   "
inspired by hardware beatboxes, loop samplers and software sequencers, it combines them to turn the iPod into a unique, inspirational software instrument."   |  

Features list

★ 16 sample-based trigger pads, with multi-touch support (up to 5 pads at once)
★ Low latency playback and sample-accurate audio engine

★ Live pattern recording and arranging

★ Audio recording from microphone or headset (iPhone and iPod Touch 2nd gen only)

★ Step sequencer with different resolutions for easy and precise pattern creation

★ Change the volume, pan, groove and pitch of each steps to compose rich melodies and beats

★ Multi track song sequencer: manage easily your patterns into complete songs

★ Create unlimited number of patterns of different sizes (one to four bar)

★ Export your songs to Audio file (WAV) and MIDI score and share them with your friends

★ Original sound library provided with multiple genres: BreakBeat, Drum & Bass, Dub, Electronica, Funk, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Rock and more to come !

★ Featured artist/producer sound library: Richard Devine, Man Parrish, Jacque Polynice, Rafiralfiro, ...

★ AIFF and WAVE audio file support (any sample rate, 8 to 24-bits resolutions)

★ Network sharing capabilities via BeatPack, to upload and download content

★ 2 effect channels with 4 effects on each with bypass control

★ Synchronized delays with feedback and wet-mix control

★ 3-band Equalizers (Lo, Mid, Hi)

★ "Bit-Crusher" for down-sampling and bits resolution reduction

★ Lowpass, Hi-pass and Bandpass filters

★ Transport toolbar for quick playback control, with BPM, signature and metronome support

★ Handy selection mode to control multiple parameters on pads at once

★ Individual/multiple loading of samples

★ Automatic sample slicing over the pads (Chop)

★ Control volume, pan, semi-tone, octave, tuning, fade in/out and sample start/end positions on each pad

★ Wave editor permits to manually selects your samples Start/End position markers

★ Automatic change of sample pitch to match a particular sample duration for each pad

★ Output channel selection (3 buses available: Main Out, FX 1, FX 2) for each pad

★ Mute and Reverse samples during your performances

★ X/Y Cross Controller for live manipulation of combined effect and sample parameters

★ Loading and saving of your kits & projects

★ File browser for file management (load, save, new files, directory and delete) and BeatPack content management (upload, download)

★ Auto discovery of local BeatPack servers (via Bonjour)

★ Sample preview within the browser

★ Auto-saving of your current project

★ Import sounds created from Noise.io









From iLounge:  



BluMediaLab’s StreamItAll Radio   |   "Starts with an extremely small collection of preset stations, but includes both a larger database and a + icon that supposedly enables you to add whatever .PLS format Internet radio stream you find on the Internet"   |  


Nullriver’s
Tuner Internet Radio   |   "is StreamItAllRadio done somewhat better. Loaded with genre-sorted stations that are all labeled with bitrates and descriptions, Tuner presents stations with a simple line-based on-screen visualizer, volume controls, and a pause button, letting you bookmark favorite stations and providing simple track information where available"   |  


VisuaMobile’s allRadio   |   "offers a compromise of sorts between AOL Radio and Tuner. Here, you get a large catalog of over 2,000 stations spread across 35 searchable genres. There’s a nice, clean interface that starts you with a short list of options, lets you see a longer but still manageable list of featured picks, and then drops you into the massive but sorted directory of genres if you need it"   | 


Stitcher Radio   (Free)   |   "unique from everything else in this collection in that it draws upon podcast content as an alternate form of Internet radio programming, ‘stitching together’ different podcasts into genre-styled channels that you can turn on and enjoy. Supported by on-screen banner advertising"   | 







From: Art Of The iPhone 


Melodica   |   Easy Guitar   |   Nlog Synth Free   |   iRock Guitar Lite   |   Mobile SynthKalimba Free   |   JungList Lite   |   Bebot - Robot Synth   |     |  








From: Obsessable


"No matter what your level of musicianship, the Bloom application from ambient music luminary Brian Eno and software designer Peter Chilvers will have you creating on-the-fly compositions that effortlessly Just Sound Good in no time. Based on a system dubbed "generative music" coined by Eno, Bloom loops and evolves notes and patterns played on its multicolored screen with your fingers. The result is usually surprisingly pleasant sounding and soothing music that's simple to create yet sounds complex and mysterious"   |  


"We had a chance to check out ZoozBeat at CES and were impressed with this gesture-based music studio. Like Bloom, the app is simple enough that non-musicians can use it to make loop-based soundscapes in several styles that manage to Just Sound Good. ZoozBeat makes use of the accelerometer to make shaking and tilting of the phone itself a viable input method, adding a unique spatial dimension to music creation. You can sample your own voice, save and load your creations, and use landscape mode to enter notes in a lightweight arrangement tool as well."   |  


"
RjDj is a kooky app. It explores a type of music creation best described as interactive or "reactive," in which the sound you hear is being influenced in realtime by your environment and the sensory input you feed to the app. Instead of "tracks" playing from beginning to end you enter "scenes" or soundscapes that react to inputs coming from the microphone or the accelerometer, making you as the "listener" an integral part of the music you're hearing. As the developers put it, you may be in for some "mind twisting hearing sensations" from RjDj which simply has to be tried to be appreciated"  




From: Mashable


95.8 Capital Radio – Hit music station broadcasting out of London, England.

Ö3 iRadio – Austrian radio streamed directly to your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Classical Philippines Radio – Plays an endless stream of classical Philippines musical styles.

iBZH – Five radio stations serving all of the Brittany territory and surrounding area.

Mx3.ch Mobile – A Switzerland based application that has a streaming archive of over 30,000 songs and information on concerts and festivals in and around Switzerland.

Radio 24 Mobile – Full-time terrestrial radio station broadcasting from Switzerland.

RadyoD – Listen to Turkey’s best pop music.

RMC2 – Radio Monte Carlo is broadcast in Italy and features portions in English and Italian.

Rock Antenne – Rock N’ Roll radio broadcasting from Germany.

SlowTurk – SlowTurk is a Turkish radio station specializing in slow and romantic love songs from yesterday and today.

ClickonRadio – Want to know what that song was you just heard on the radio?  This app will tell you what songs the station of your choice has played over the past hour. Will also direct you to more on the Web about the band, links to videos for them and more.

Midomi – Got a song stuck in your head, but no clue what it is? Sing or hum the tune into your iPhone for at least 10 seconds, and Midomi will try to give you the answer. Also has browsable selections and links to musicians on iTunes and YouTubeYouTubeYouTube.

ShazamShazamShazam – Shazam is directed mainly at the iPhone as it needs a microphone to work. For those of you who can use it, you can say goodbye to the age old problem of “What song was that?”  You simply hold your iPhone up to any music source, tag the song as you see fit and you can learn more about the music, share it with friends, buy the song and more.

106.3 Joe FM WVBB – Joe FM has no DJ interruptions and a never ending stream of music from the 1980s and 1990s.

Finetune – Build your own streaming station, hear the ones others have built, or even tune in to professionally managed stations.

FlyCast – FlyCast provides you with over 1,000 channels of listening with unique features such as “StreamAhead,” which enables you to listen to music even when you are offline. Also helps you catch up on talk radio shows you come into late, skip songs on some channels, and more.

HardRadio – Based on HardRadio.com, this app streams hard rock music 24 hours a day.

Kujo 99 – Mixes music from multiple decades and genres into one continuously streaming music application.

Last.fmLast.fmLast.fm – The popular social networking/music discovery site is alive and kicking with their application.  All of your favorite features are here, so get to listening and tagging.

OurStage Radio – A music discovery service for independent artists that allows you to vote acts you like up, improving their chances of more people listening to them.

PandoraPandoraPandora – Almost everyone loves Pandora on their computers, so it’s no big surprise that people are taking to it on their iPhones and iPod Touches also.  Log into your account, play your stations, build new ones and keep exploring for even more new music.

Radio JavanRadio JavanRadio Javan – A streaming music app dedicated to nothing but Persian music 24/7.

Radio Paradise – A streaming music tool where all the music is actually chosen and mixed by two human beings.

89.7 WTMD Radio For Music People – Towson University in Baltimore, MD streams their station to your device, providing you with local bands, and underexposed national acts.

101 WRIF Radio – A radio station coming out of Detroit, MI, WRIF offers up two separate streams.

CSF Radio – Classical South Florida is a public radio station from Miami, FL broadcasting classical music all the time.

Hot 107.9 WJFX – Dedicated application for WJFX hip hop radio station.

KUT 90.5 Music, News & NPR From Austin, Texas – Provides three streaming channels of music, news and jazz from central Texas.

Milwaukee’s 102.9 WHQG – Milwaukee’s rock station, 102.9 WHQG, comes to the iPhone and iPod Touch.

MPR Radio – A dedicated application for the well known Minnesota Public Radio station from Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Philadelphia’s 93.3 WMMR Rocks – An app just for WMMR, 93.3 FM, in Philadelphia, PA.

Radio 92.9 WBOS – Radio 929 comes out of Boston, MA, specializing in alternative music.

The Coast 95.3/95.9 KOZT – Mendocino County, CA’s locally owned, operated and staffed radio station.

The Rock 106.9 WCCC – A 24/7 rock station that is not corporately owned and gives you access to whomever is on the air at the time via their request line.

WBNJ Player – Broadcasting from Barnegat, NJ, WBNJ plays music from various golden ages in musical history.

WRAT 95.9 – A local New Jersey station that plays over 40 years of hard rock hits.

AOL Radio – Get your choice of 25 genres of music, or select from over 150 CBS radio stations from around the United States.

FStream – Enter audio streams from various sources and make your own web radio player made up of the stations that match your tastes better.

IHeart Radio – Listen to popular radio stations such as Z100, KIIS, KFAn and more.  When using this app on the iPhone, you can geo-locate yourself and select just from radio stations local to where you are.

MDR Sputnik Web Radio – Live streaming channels or predetermined playlists based on different themes.

Public Radio Tuner – Over 150 of the national public radio stations in the United States have added their audio streams to this application so you can listen to stations from all over the country.

Radiolicious – Allows you to play various styles of radio streams, play actual AM and FM stations, local stations with a radius picker, and more.







The Album Is Dead, Long Live The App   -   Wired


"Opportunity for artists and labels to distribute a new type of product, especially because the app store concept is spreading to other mobile phone platforms. Each showcases music videos, photos, news, photo-jumble games, concert listings, and/or community features that let fans share photos with each other.  And all of them were made with iLike’s iPhone app toolkit " 


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From AOL:  
 

AOL Radio 1.2   |   "AOL® Radio powered by CBS Radio features over 200 stations spanning more than 25 genres of music plus 150+ CBS Radio stations from across the U.S. Access hundreds of free music stations plus a variety of popular terrestrial news/sports/talk stations, including those from New York,  Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and more   |  







From PocketGlow:
 


Harmonica   |   "
Harmonica features a genuinely-sampled 10-hole diatonic harmonica. Both single notes and chords are playable, as are "blow" notes and "draw" notes. Harmonica includes all 12 keys - it's like having 12 harmonicas in your pocket!"   |  






From iPhone Application List.com 


TonePad   |   "Back in the 1980s, I used to go to Tangerine Dream concerts, watching, mesmerised, as the three musicians/engineers manipulated their banks of sequencers to produce repetitive but haunting tunes and rhythms. Back then they needed a truck load of equipment - these days all you need is an iPod Touch or iPhone and TonePad. Perhaps I'm exagerating a little, but you get the idea of this fun little musical utility."   |  




Music Library Quiz    |   "
Do you really know the music you listen to or do you absently listen to it? Are you a fan who knows everything about his favourite artists?  With Music Library Quiz you will test yourself with the songs of your iPod library"   |  



Musical Healing   |   "No other senses, have the impact of sound. What you hear can change your life. The way you sleep, wake up and think. Change what you listen to and notice a change in everything else. Relax with Music and sounds from The iPhone Music Healing App"   |  



Guitar Touch   |   "Ready to rock? GuitarTouch is the easiest way to impress your friends with professional, rocking, guitar licks! Just tap any of the buttons to play a guitar note, acoustic chord, electric power chord, heavy distortion power chord, or even some killer guitar riffs. There are no stings to strum, no frets to hold down, and no music language to learn. Simply tap the buttons to play some guitar. Your friends will never know the difference"
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Sleep Music 

"Want to fall asleep listening to a very relaxing music with your iPhone next to you?

Sleep Music comes with a selection of 4 special songs, prepared with special sounds, that will help you relax and fall asleep quietly and profoundly.

You can choose one of these 4 musical themes - Relax Sound, Zen Sensations, Budha Inspiration and Relax Music. Then just choose for how long you want to listen to music (15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes)."   |  



Equalizer   |  

"Equalize your music by setting gain or cut on up to seven frequency bands.

Upload your music files via wifi (via web browser, no separate software needed!) to Equalizer and download equalized files for further processing or inclusion in your library"   |  



Dopple Pad   |  



Best Ways To Produce Music On An iPhone

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From Pocket To Stage,  Music In The Key Of iPhone 

NY Times  -  Miduel Helft

"Ge Wang, came out and asked them to turn off their cellphones. The seven other musicians, dressed in black, filed in and took their positions in a circle.   The audience disobeyed instructions, pulling out their own iPhones and iPods to record the performance."






Create Audio Messages From Song Samples

"Created in 2003 by Eric Bunger, Let Them Sing It For You is a simple but fun Web application that lets you enter a text message, then translates the words into audio. The catch: it uses popular song snippets for each word." 






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