iPhone/iPad iOS music making app round-up: Week 32

Something for everyone

This week’s round-up illustrates the versatility of iOS devices for music makers. There’s one app that enables you to produce complete tracks, another that simply lets you mess around with one loop, and a final one that turns your iPad into a custom controller.

Also make sure you check out these regularly updated features:

The best iPhone music making apps

The best iPad music making apps

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NEXT: Blip Interactive NanoStudio 1.2

Blip Interactive NanoStudio 1.2

This is a significant update to one of your favourite iOS music making apps; it enables you to upgrade from six to 16 instrument tracks via an in-app purchase, for example. Improvements have also been made to the mixer, sequencer, effects provision and more.

Buy now from the App Store

Utku Uzmen Manipulant, £2.39

This is by no means the first customisable MIDI control surface to be released for the iPad, but this isn’t to say that you shouldn’t give it a try. You can add buttons, knobs and faders, and you can trigger multiple overlapping controls with a single touch.

Buy now from the App Store

Alkex Instruments Amen Break £0.59

This is very much a one-trick app, but we like the look of the trick. Essentially, it enables you to mess around with the all-conquering Amen break in real-time - you can trigger slices with your finger, change the pitch by tilting your device and combine the buzz and pitch features for drills.

Buy now from the App Store

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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.