It’s a timesaver for the end-users as the compression and transfer are done automatically. Their API is clean and easy to implement, definitely a plus for software developers. SoundCloud integration is getting a lot of interest too, which is a must have for every music app, I think. People are definitely working around the limitations quickly, we are still astonished by what came out of BeatMaker 1. One of our featured artist, DJ Shag composed a full album entirely with his iPhone. The market quickly evolved from the “casual” music app, to a pocket-sized version of their studio / setup. People seems to consider iphone apps almost as portable DAWs. Moving audio between 2 apps is still done via the iOS pasteboard, not very optimal, but it’s acceptable, and got better with iOS4 multi-tasking. It’s perfect for mashups, remixes, and overall sample-based composition. BeatMaker tools such as the Wave Editor, iPod library import, and particularly the Chop Lab, are getting quite a lot of interest. We’re getting quite positive feedback on the workflow. Intua’s Mathieu Garcia shares thoughts on what kind of working process this application might mean – and reflects on how the platform has evolved, and might continue to improve in the future: If that makes you happy, do it I’m sure for others, this will be more like a handheld sketchpad. Whether you’d want to use this and nothing else to me is immaterial, novelty aside. See below for an exhaustive set of features and more high-resolution images of the interface. It’s a pocket workstation – maybe even a pocket DAW. A drum sampler, keyboard sampler, mixer, sequencer, wave editor, and effects combine into an integrated “studio” on your phone (or iPod touch, or iPad), and there are features for exchanging files with other apps, your desktop computer, and the Web (hello, SoundCloud). Intua’s BeatMaker was one of the first applications to demonstrate what might be possible on Apple’s handheld, and a radical new version looks like the new generation it is. In all that time, though, the way you actually make music in your palm has been a work in progress. When capable Palm handhelds hit the market, musicians imagined yet more mobile means of production, and everything from Game Boys and PSPs to phones, even before the iPhone, have been pressed into on-the-go music-making service. Portable multi-track tape and later the computer liberated us from that, and the “bedroom studio” was born. Music production once meant getting into a studio.
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