iPhone apps exist for practically anything you could imagine. So it's not surprising that music production is possible on the little guy.But which apps are worth looking at? Let's see...
1. Make Beats on the Bus - Intua Beatmaker
Ever wanted to take your Prime Loops library to your iPhone? Well now's the time to get your XXL Hip Hop Drums on an XXS format! Intua Beatmaker is a massive application, allowing for MPC-esque beat making on the go.
Looping, live performance, sequencing, FX, recording, tuning, loading and saving samples, wave editing, quantizing... the list really does go on for a long time. This is one of those apps that competes with the big DAWs.
High end synthesis on the iPhone? Sure thing! With 3 oscillators, Frequency Modulation, step sequencer, keyboard, envelopes, effects and LFOs amongst other features, Argon is a monophonic virtual analog synth that will change the way you think about mobile music making!
It's even compatible with the aformentioned Intua Beatmaker, so you can copy audio data onto it!
Chiptune producers rejoice! NESynth allows you to emulate those authentic sounding nintendo blips and bloops on your mobile device of choice.
Even cooler, you can control it with a virtual NES pad! Geek heaven!
Prefer to use a computer for music production? Not to worry - simply use your iPhone as an awesome MIDI controller and integrate it with your DAW using ITM MIDILab - a free application! Freakin' useful!
Guitarists can now have amp simulation in their pocket. With different mics, amps, effects, cabs and all kinds available, a simple plug adaptor allows musicians to connect their guitar to their iPhone and rock to their heart's content. This could also double up as an awesome synth processing unit!
