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The Apps (applications that exist on iTunes store) are something to really take notice on. They currently are designed for the iPhone & iTouch platform. With Apple’s release of the iPad, and the backwards compatibility of all the 100,000 apps that are currently available and more on their way, the possibilities of a useful product, versus a very large toy is more then possible.
The following apps in my honest opinion would make a musician’s daily chore more enjoyable, and possibly amazing.
Xewton Music Studio by Alexander Gross is a complete portable studio, with the ability for a full production. A major plus is what you create, you can export the MIDI file back to your computer, and implement in your DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). This is ideal for the composer who has an idea, and needs to quickly jot it down. Also when inspiration occurs, with any of the iPlatforms that Apple currently offers, makes this a dream. Check out the video on the Xewton. I have been in communication via email with Mr. Gross and he has informed me that he’s developing an iPad optimized version, that will take advantage of the new features that the iPad offers, that currently do not exist on the iPhone/iTouch platforms. He also informed me that at this time, he does not have a dedicated PC/Mac version of the application.
iRealbook by Massimo Biolcati is something that anyone that reads music, and is a fan and performer of the Jazz & Improv forms of music should have. Now I’ve been playing the upright bass for 20+ years, and as a seasoned “reader” I can transpose on the fly, when needed during a gig. With this little device, it will transpose the music for you and REWRITE it on the fly. So any reader now, with this little applet can transpose, into any key, on the fly, ideal for any piano bar situation or last minute changes to a song for any vocalist. I also have been in contact via email to Mr. Biolcati and he also has assured me he too is developing an optimized iPad version of his software as well. If you visit his website you will see he has this app available for the Android OS as well.
1 comments:
Does the world really need a $500 clip board? Yes, you've justified that someone in your particular set of circumstances has uses for it, but musicians that can afford this rank somewhere in the range of 1-2% of the population.
I suppose we'll have to wait and see if this is a useful tool, or if it will just go the way of the Newton.
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