BeatMaker by Intua Brings Serious Music Tool to iPhone

Anyone tried this one yet? It's $20 but pretty damn impressive IMO.

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=285512415&mt=8

Much more a real tool than the other music 'toys' which have been released so far. I actually bought this myself, haven't had that much time to use it yet but I can tell you already that there has been a lot of work put into it and it seems very cool.:apple:

Anyone tried this one yet? It's $20 but pretty damn impressive IMO.

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=285512415&mt=8

Much more a real tool than the other music 'toys' which have been released so far. I actually bought this myself, haven't had that much time to use it yet but I can tell you already that there has been a lot of work put into it and it seems very cool.:apple:

I was just about to purchase this! Looks really cool and like you say, more of a real tool. I'm excited about it and hope to see more of these type of apps in the App store. I really hope Toshio Iwai makes something for the iPhone. He's the creator of Electroplankton for the DS and the amazing Tenori-On that I almost bought last month (until I had a financial emergency that wiped me out.)

I was just about to purchase this! Looks really cool and like you say, more of a real tool. I'm excited about it and hope to see more of these type of apps in the App store. I really hope Toshio Iwai makes something for the iPhone. He's the creator of Electroplankton for the DS and the amazing Tenori-On that I almost bought last month (until I had a financial emergency that wiped me out.)

Highly agree about Toshio Iwai, though that would be more of a toy or game than a tool. Would also be nice to see something from Harmonix.

Found a video of the app in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwr44OMcjf0

Plop plop, what a stinker

If I see you bopping your head beat mixing on the subway to work, I will give you an ass beating your won't forget.

$20 to look like/be an idiot...awesome app.

I'd like to see a photo of someone doing this "serious" beat mixing on their iPhone with a FAIL stamped across it, yeah, that would make me happy.

Everything about this seems dumb, I got through 2 minutes of the demo, skipped ahead, blah, seriously lame.

Sorry for being a tard about this, hope you guys who are musically inclined have fun and are productive with this app.

Plop plop, what a stinker

If I see you bopping your head beat mixing on the subway to work, I will give you an ass beating your won't forget.

$20 to look like/be an idiot...awesome app.

I'd like to see a photo of someone doing this "serious" beat mixing on their iPhone with a FAIL stamped across it, yeah, that would make me happy.

Sorry, everything about this seems dumb, I got through 2 minutes of the demo, skipped ahead, blah, seriously lame.

totally agree the application is total overkill. I can picture the fail picture right now

Plop plop, what a stinker

If I see you bopping your head beat mixing on the subway to work, I will give you an ass beating your won't forget.

$20 to look like/be an idiot...awesome app.

I'd like to see a photo of someone doing this "serious" beat mixing on their iPhone with a FAIL stamped across it, yeah, that would make me happy.

Everything about this seems dumb, I got through 2 minutes of the demo, skipped ahead, blah, seriously lame.

Sorry for being a tard about this, hope you guys who are musically inclined have fun and are productive with this app.

Well, sorry for being rude in response, but...

I actually payed 250€ in the early nineties just to get this nice little drum computer.

So basically, yes, if I had the time I could damn well use this app. And in the demo vid it looks a lot more capable, than my RY 8 was.

I'm interested, but I'm not going to drop $20 on this one. It reminds me of LSDJ and nanoloop for Game Boy, and I like that.

If it's even 10% of an Akai MPC then for $20 it's a ludicrously good deal.

Looks pretty bloody good to me.

This app is great for $20. It's like having a little Akai MPC in your pocket. It's easy to use, sounds good, and most of all... it's fun. Much more powerful than what I expected from an iPhone audio app.

The downside right now is that the desktop companion app isn't available yet, so there's no way to upload your own samples into the BeatMaker (or download your projects to your computer), but it's coming. Never thought I'd be slicing and re-arranging samples on my phone. Very cool.

[edit: The desktop app is now available to download from http://www.intua.net/shop.html]