I personally prefer and use Beatmaker for iPhone but this new app from IK looks promessing.

GrooveMaker for the iPhone is a re-invention of IK’s original Mac/PC application now with interactive touch control and complete mobility. Each GrooveMaker Pack is a powerful combination of software and sound loops, allowing you to produce beats, grooves and even full soundtracks, all in real-time, anywhere! GrooveMaker offers a totally new experience working with loops! The library sound content is organized in groups of over 60 loops per “Song”.

“Songs” are like mega-construction-kits where all the loops can be combined with one another for millions of possible, unique mixes. Loop types include entire drum grooves, kicks, bass lines, percussions, effects, instrumental lines and pads.

4 style-based randomization buttons allow you to instantly combine a massive amount of synchronized grooves together with one touch. Using IK’s patented “groove generator” technology, GrooveMaker allows you to produce millions of different combinations of loops on the fly. No other software gets you so many remix groove variations so quickly and all with real time control of your mix!

Entire groove snapshots can then be sequenced to produce a whole song with ease and exported to your Mac/PC using a WiFi connection as high-quality 44Khz-16 bit WAV files. You can import your tracks into your preferred DAW or DJ program and take it even further!

There are currently 4 GrooveMaker Style Packs available: FREE, Club, House and Hip-Hop plus 4 more coming soon: Techno, Trance, Drum ‘n’ Bass and Electro.

If you are into DJing/remixing, GrooveMaker can be an invaluable source for making beats and grooves and can even be incorporated live into innovative DJ sets.

If you are a composer using loops, GrooveMaker will allow you to come up with inspirational rhythmic tracks, efficiently, with incredible speed and a totally new approach to loop browsing and groove composition.

All of this for only $9.99 (EUR7.99) /$4.99 (EUR3.99)! Plus a totally FREE version! Hundreds of loops are included in each pack yet it is sold at a fraction of the cost of comparable loops libraries. Each pack also includes the software for your iPhone/iPod Touch! Available on the App Store now.

Source: Music Industry Newswire

I dont know much about the band “Underworld” but i think this was worth posting since it will be apple’s 1st live stream event for the iPhone and i wonder how the quality will be.

Source: QuickPWN

Tonight Apple will stream a live concert by the electronica band Underworld to iPhone users. This is Apple’s first live stream event for the iPhone, and they’ve kept it quiet because they don’t want to overwhelm the AT&T network.

The live stream is free and will begin at 9 PM PT/ Midnight EST time. You must be running iPhone OS 3.0 software in order to view this stream.

If you’re interested in watching the Underworld band live tonight bookmark the following URLs on your iPhone:

• http://www.iphone.akamai.com
• http://www.underworldlive.com

Underworld’s band members admit to being huge fans of Apple products. Underworld band member Karl Hyde has licensed the entire Underworld catalog to iTunes and also plans to launch an iPhone iDrum application that allows fans to remix classics like “Cowgirl” and Borny Slippy,” and a brand-new track.

I honestly believe that Apple’s exclusive distribution deal with AT&T (and Rogers in Canada) is hurting iPhone sales! What do you guys think? Leave a comment.

According to research firm IDC, RIM’s BlackBerry Curve has taken the top spot as the top-selling smartphone for the second quarter in the US. Despite the iPhone and it’s success with the App Store, the BlackBerry has managed to do better in sales.

  Here is the list of the top 10 selling smartphones for Q2:

1. BlackBerry Curve (8310, 8320, 8330, 8350i, and 8900)
2. Apple iPhone 3GS (16GB and 32GB)
3. BlackBerry Pearl (8110, 8120, 8130)
4. Apple iPhone 3G (8GB and 16GB)
5. BlackBerry Bold
6. BlackBerry Storm
7. HTC/T-Mobile G1
8. Palm Pre
9. HTC Touch Pro
10. HTC Touch Diamond

I’m surprised that the BlackBerry has been able to perform better than Apple. One of the major factors that I believe is bringing lower sales to the iPhone is that it’s only available on AT&T. If the iPhone was to be available on other carriers like Verizon, or Sprint I’m sure that  it would easily beat BlackBerry in sales.

If you read the list you’ll notice that there are five different models of the BlackBerry Curve, while there are only two different models of the iPhone 3GS. So the list is a bit unfair! IDC is also saying that they haven’t finalized the numbers yet, they’re preliminary.

The Palm Pre which was launched on June 6th ranked 8th in this list. It’s good to see that Palm’s new Pre at least ranked on this list

Spotify wants to release and iPhone app and dominate the world of music streaming.

“Spotify has been gaining popularity in Europe since its launch in 2006. The peer-to-peer program, which lets users share music from their own collections with other users, is considered one of the top music-streaming sites thanks to its huge library of songs which play with almost zero buffering delay (that annoying choppiness that can make streaming songs — or video or TV shows — particularly frustrating). Add to that the fact that Spotify’s basic service is free — advertising pays for artists’ royalties — and it’s easy to see where it gets its approximately 6 million users.”

I dont know about you guys but as a music consumer, i like the idea of having access to millions of tracks and never having to use the storage space on my device. I also like the fact that i can stream content from a list of millions of song for a small monthly fee. For about $15 a month ( the cost of about 15 songs in iTunes) Spotify will allow users to stream it’s library of 6 million songs in CD quality and without that long buffering wait.
I have to add that as a music creator (artist/producer) Spotify does create some concerns. Sometimes i want to be able to download the track so that i can remix it and what happens to music ownership?  How will copyright owners will get payed with this model?

Leave your comment and thoughts below

Article: Will Apple Open the iPhone to Rival Spotify?

On Wednesday Apple released a new version of iTunes that disables the ability for any non iPod/iPhone to sync with it. The Palm Pre, which has been in circulation for 6 months now, has been highlighting it’s ability to “trick” iTunes into thinking it was an iPod.

Fortunately for Palm, that move from Apple did not deliver a death blow and Palm’s stock who went for a nosedive early wednesday (falling 7.4%) recovered by the end of the day.

Is the Palm Pre the real iPhone killer…as they call it? Leave a comment

Source: CNN Money / Brainstorm Tech

This has to be the most innovative software on iphone!
If you are like me and you have to be in many different places at the same time (booth, control room, studio floor), then this is the application for you! You can now control Protools or other DAWs from your iphone or ipod touch.
Since I record myself, this means that I wront have to walk back and forth between the booth and the pc anymore. I can record enable a track, ride faders, set pre/post rools, and more ALL from the booth.

Needs a couple more updates but overall a good product.

You have to see it to believe it….so here it is! ProRemote