Category: Apps

Peterson has been one of the top strobe tuner manufacturers for over sixty years. They have released an iOS strobe tuner app that is rated at 1/10 of a cent accuracy. I have been using iStroboSoft exclusively for tuning for about a month. I can honestly say that it is the best mobile tuner I…

The iMaschine app is like having a music studio in your pocket | DVICE. This app looks fascinating. In this video it is used in an electro-pop context, but what are the possible uses for instrumentalists? Is the mic on the phone good enough to pick up and loop effectively a trombone? There are some…

At the suggestion of one of my students, I downloaded Just Drones by Michael Eskin. The app is just what it sounds like – just drones. The are three sliders: pitch modulation, the volume of the primary drone, and the volume of the secondary drone. As one can see from the screen shot, one can…

While reading up on the iOS apps, I discovered that the University of Iowa has also released UI Mobile for Android phones. I have not had the opportunity to use the application, so I can not give it a proper review. If you download it and look around, leave a comment below. QR Code:

The University of Iowa ITS department has recently released two iOS apps that will bring great features to students, faculty, and employees of the university. The first of these is eBongo (iTunes link). This is a native application offering the same features as the mobile web version, but the app is faster, more responsive, and has…

Looking for a way to stream your iTunes library over WIFI or 3G? I just picked up StreamToMe. It works great. It automatically picks up your local (wifi) iTunes libraries, but you manually re-add your library in order to get it to work over 3G. The app is $2.99 and works on iPhone, iPod Touch,…

iReal Book app has been around since the beginning of the App Store. The app provides the chord changes for all the tunes in the classic Real Book (plus hundreds more!); the app does not, however, provide the head (melody). A massive update to the app last week takes this app from interesting and possibly…