Skype on your iPad soon!

iPad users finally have another app to watch out for: Skype on their iPad.
There is no announced official release date yet from either company, but iSpazio.net has leaked a video of the app’s prototype, which is rumored to be approved quite soon.
While some people might wonder why Skype is only releasing an app now, this is directly linked to the addition of a camera on the iPad 2.
According to Skype’s VP of Consumer and Product Design, Rick Osterloh, the app will have almost all of the same functions as compared to the PC version, although a few features (i.e. file sharing) will not be available.


Source: TUAW

Read the story >

Meet the first programmable iPad pedalboard (for guitarists)

This is the DigiTech iPB-10, the first fully programmable pedalboard that utilizes the touch-power of Apple’s iPad.  Essentially, this device provides guitarists the ability to create and program their dream effects rig, which is fully capable for live performances due to its solid build, high-def processing and zero latency.
Used in conjunction with DigiTech’s iPB-Nexus app, users can pick from 87 pedals, 54 amps and 26 cabinets, which they can drag/drop and rearrange to their heart’s content. The iPad docks into the pedalboard (as seen in the photo above), so users can still browse through their saved presets by touch, or by stomping on the foot switches during a performance.

Shipping in this month of June, the suggested retail price is roughly Php 30,366 ($699.95).

Read the story >

Meet DM1: a dedicated drum machine app for your iPad

Perhaps the most practical musical purpose of the iPad would be to use it as a drum machine. As of now however, developers have yet to present the public with a professional-grade industry standard app.
All this might change by July of this year, with the soon to be released DM1 by Fingerlab.
The Parisian developer has claimed that they have been closely monitoring and testing other drum apps for the iPad and came to the conclusion that they could do it better. In their words, the DM1

takes the multi-touch beat making experience one step further by unifying in one hyperrealistic and beautiful powerful application the smartest tools for beat drumming with the best vintage drum kits.

The DM1′s  graphics were designed by award winner Jonas Eriksson, so we can rest assured that this app will have a sleek interface to complement its functionality. Some of its features include 24 vintage and produced drum kits, a dedicated mixer page with individual rotary controls and faders per channel, quantized recording, and intuitive song mode for editing. With 9 Big Drum Pads, and a note repeat function akin to that of the MPC’s, the DM1 is quite possibly the most promising dedicated drum machine app ever made so far.

Source: Fingerlab via Sonic State

Read the story >

Intel creates an ode to you via Museum of me Facebook app

Ever think of how your life would look like if someone dedicated a museum to it? No? Well, Intel has, and decided to make a Facebook app just like it. Intel’s Museum of Me takes information from your FB account and makes a virtual exhibit about your life. Of course, it’s all for their Core i5 processor pimpage, but the app is pretty cool nonetheless.

Read the story >