Best iPhone Music App Yet!

[any1particular]

'Tis exciting to watch (and hear?) these amazing technologies unfold:

http://thumbjam.com/media

[spaceman]

I've tried most of them so far.

Conclusion..

Making music on a smart phone is a shit experience.

[Karmacomposer]

I disagree spaceman. I have bought some apps which kick butt and are VERY cool for the iphone.

This one looks INSANE!

Mike

[Download SOphist]

I've tried most of them so far.

Conclusion..

Making music on a smart phone is a shit experience.

i admire your prosaicness... this one could be fun for the subway ride though.

[casiosk1]

ProLoop FTW

[proletkult]

Saw it, bought it, loaded it, love it! Thanks for the heads up.

Now I've got;
Beat maker for quality sample fun
Music Studio for accurate composing
Thumbjam for spontaneous ideas.

All I need now is an iTouch that can go three days without recharging!

[setAI]

I was going to come in here and correct you that the best iPhone app is Thumbjam- but it seems you got it right the first time!

-amazing responsive keyboard- especially for drums

-amazing acoustic and electronic samples- sounds better than many hardware romplers!

-cool sampler with pitch detection and lovely resonant sound

-amazing selection of scales

-amazing loop/mixing

and soon [this week] audio copy/paste from other synth apps that can be used as samples for instruments and played chromatically!

I also use Jasuto Pro/ Dopplerpad/ Noise.io but from now on will I likely be sampling audio from the later two and play them inside Thumbjam- it has by FAR the best interface of any app

[spaceman]

I have to admit that it does look like fun.

[Karmacomposer]

Bought it.

AMAZING!!

I just did a 3 mile walk and jammed the entire time. I literally did not notice the time once - I was so absorbed and having so much fun that I was at my doorstep before I even knew it!

Cool fact: start your ipod music and then load in thumbjam - now you can jam to your music! The cool and portable way to learn to play to your favorite songs.

For $7, this is a STEAL!

I just wish it had auto/manual quantizing for loops so that they are always in beat.

Mike

[Kriminal]

I've tried most of them so far.

Conclusion..

Making music on a smart phone is a shit experience.

bit like browsing the web too...thats why i have a computer....if i want to talk to someone, i'll use my phone, if i want to write a song, i use my pc...its not rocket surgery

[brok landers]

I've tried most of them so far.

Conclusion..

Making music on a smart phone is a shit experience.

bit like browsing the web too...thats why i have a computer....if i want to talk to someone, i'll use my phone, if i want to write a song, i use my pc...its not rocket surgery

indeed ... i don't understand that trend hype around i phone music apps in general ... we waited our asses off for monitors and processors on steroids to become afordable, now suddenly we shall do our music on a few inches on screen with a processor that my old 7200 mac would laugh about???

i just don't understand it ... must have to do with the new perceivement of music/music making in general: it's worth nothing, so anyone can do it anyway ...

[topaz]

because you can't take a desktop and monitor and power generator
on the train, plain, or autmobile.

The iPhone/touch has many many uses for music, reference apps, mobile recording, sketch pads, sight Reading/theory apps.

The list goes on and on.

Regarding thumbjam like dopplerpad it lacks quantize, a major oversight indeed.

[A.M. Gold]

How much drive space do all those samples take up?

[Karmacomposer]

The thumbjam is 128MB

Considering the quality, it amazes me.

Mike

[yellowfever]

I think it's an age thing; all the youngsters want the latest 'must have'. I'm with Kriminal - I got my PC and Cubase for making music. When I'm on the tube or train, I'll read a book or just simply relax; you don't HAVE to do something 24/7.

edit - I just checked the video - I think it looks shite.