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iPhone/iPad iOS music making app round-up: Week 15

By Ben Rogerson
published 25 November 2010

iOS 4.2 exploited

iOS 4.2 exploited

Looking at this month’s round-up as a whole, two things become apparent. Firstly, if you want access to all the best new music-making apps, you’re going to need an iPad; and secondly, you’d better make sure that this is updated to iOS version 4.2, which brings native MIDI support. Keep reading for all the details.

Also make sure you check out these regularly updated features:

The best iPhone music making apps

The best iPad music making apps

If you've got a new iOS app, make sure you let us know about it by emailing musicradar.pressreleases@futurenet.com with all the details.

NEXT: a new iPad drum machine

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One Red Dog Media Molten Drum Machine, £5.99
Compatibility: iPad (requires iOS 3.2 or later)

One Red Dog Media Molten Drum Machine, £5.99

A new iPad drum machine that (in terms of design) vaguely reminds us of iZotope’s iDrum on the Mac and PC. The big sell here is that steps in the sequencer can be divided up, giving you more rhythmic flexibility (you can create tuplet-based patterns, for example). Synthesis and samples are used for sound generation, and MIDI is supported if you’ve got iOS 4.2. Check out the demo video.

Buy now from the App Store

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Domestic Cat MIDI Touch, £10.99
Compatibility: iPad (requires iOS 4.2 or later)

Domestic Cat MIDI Touch, £10.99

A MIDI controller app with a difference: in this one, you can design your own custom surfaces by placing knobs, sliders and other controls on the interface. It promises to deliver low-latency Mac/PC MIDI performance over Wi-Fi, and you can hook-up other MDI hardware physically using Apple’s Camera Connection Kit.

Buy now from the App Store

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Saitara Software AC-7 Core, £2.99
Compatibility: iPad (requires iOS 4.2 or later)

Saitara Software AC-7 Core, £2.99

Remember Saitara’s AC-7 Pro app? That was one of the first iPad control surface apps, and now the company has returned with a version that takes advantage of iOS 4.2’s support for CoreMIDI. You get controller ‘modes’ for all the major DAWs plus a generic setting for other software. Video demo here.

Buy now from the App Store

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Anything Honest Amos, £1.79
Compatibility: iPad (requires iOS 4.2 or later)

Anything Honest Amos, £1.79

Billed as a “reactive MIDI instrument,” Amos (Another MIDI OSC Source) promises to cross MIDI wind chimes with a pinball machine. You’re presented with a simulated room in which collisions between objects trigger MIDI notes that are sent to your DAW over Wi-Fi. It sounds quirky to say the least… and look - it’s another iOS 4.2 exclusive.

Buy now from the App Store

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Fotoh LLC Sample Lab, £4.99
Compatibility: iPad (requires iOS 4.2 or later)

Fotoh LLC Sample Lab, £4.99

A sample editor and 8-track sequencer are included here. You can sample directly into the app (or import your own files), and pitch up or down two octaves without getting the chipmunk effect. Trigger pads, FX and beatslicing are also on the agenda.

Buy now from the App Store

Liked this? Now read: The best iPhone music making apps and The best iPad music making apps

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Ben Rogerson
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I’m the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I’ve also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it. 

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