iPad Music Utilities

SoundHound for iPad

 

SoundHound is a music discovery app for your iPad (iPod Touch and iPhone as well).  SoundHound can listen to any song playing through a speaker and identify it for you in a matter of seconds.  Ever had a song stuck in  your head but you didn’t know the name of it?  Simply sing or hum the tune into SoundHound and the app will identify it for you.

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Vocalive for iPad

 

Vocalive is a sound recording and effects processing app for the iPad.  While it’s main focus is the recording and manipulation of vocals, other sounds can be recorded and processed as well.  The iPad version of this software comes housed with vocal effects like Pitch Fix (vocal tuning),  Choir (harmonizer), Morph (tonal modifier),  and Double (sound doubler).

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Steinway Etude for iPad

 

Ever wish you could read and interpret sheet music?  This tends to be a dilemma for the majority of us who didn’t grow up taking lessons or join the high school band when we should have. I know this to be true because I am one of these people.  I have a good insight on musical theory and I produce music full time for a living (Pop, Hip Hop, and RnB), but put me in front of sheet music and I’m about as useful as a sprinter with two left feet running circles around his elbow just to scratch is backside.

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Introducing VocalizeU for iPad

 

VocalizeU is a comprehensive vocal suite for singers most noted for its vocal assessment and training regiments to help vocalists improve their performance.  Owners of this app can run through different vocal tests to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses and then get feedback, as well as, a customized exercise program to make improvements.  Sounds pretty cool right?

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bleep!Box for iPad

 

 

bleep!Box is a music production suite for your iPad.  It’s comes housed with a sequencer, a synthesizer, and a drum machine.  It’s noted for its quality sounds, which is rare in the world of iOS.  I would say that the sounds are more tailored to the modern electronic producer than say a Hip Hop producer, but Hip-Hop-heads looking to create some quirky tunes will enjoy this app.

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DJ Mixer Pro for iPad

DJ Mixer is a free DJing app for the iPad. The newest version comes with twelve free songs to work with and you can upload 4 of your own for free. However, if you want unlimited library importing you will have to purchase one of the upgrades. There are other upgrades as well like the ability to you use headphones and additional effects packs. Upgrades range from $3 to $10 and are available for purchase in the app store.

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Bander for iPad

 

Developed by Musicsoft Arts, Bander is a free music discovery and sharing app for the iPad. Easily share songs with friends via Facebook, Twitter, and Email. Enjoy live radio.

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Kazaa Releases Music Streaming App for iPad

 

Kazaa is a company most known for its role in peer-to-peer file sharing in the years past. However, with a push for new copyright laws and internet censorship to prevent illegal sharing, the company has been forced to rework most of its operations and services – I believe its older P2P software is even banned in some countries.

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touchAble for iPad

 

touchAble was developed by AppBc and it turns your iPad into a controller for Ableton Live. This is a really cool app for any DJ or producer with an iPad and Ableton. You can mix, edit, and manipulate your Ableton arrangements on the fly. It comes with built-in FX, velocity sensitive drum pads and keyboards, automapping, transport and clip functions and much more. Other great components to this app are its Wi-Fi capabilities – allowing you to use this app anywhere within the realm of a Wi-Fi signal. This means you don’t have to be glued to your computer and that you can take advantage of the iPads ability to be a mobile device- although there is some latency involved.

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Decoded by Jay-Z for iPad

 

Decoded is unique and unlike most of the apps we cover on our site. It’s an interactive experience that centers around the life of famous Brooklyn rapper Jay-Z. Get access to Jay’s greatest hits, interactive lyrics with his own thoughts and side notes, never seen before video footage and frequent updates of Jay’s latest moves.

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