Beatmaker's new competition?

xgee

A new app called Xewton Music Studio just came out. It looks and works like beatmaker but it has a piano roll. Still, im not about to jump ship because im staying loyal to beatmaker <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

ktfright

yeah, i saw that too. but im just waitin on beatmaker 2. that do look slick though... <!-- s:? --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_confused.gif" alt=":?" title="Confused" /><!-- s:? -->

RevelaShaun68

You can't import samples, No Competition!!!

Artemiy Pavlov

I looked at it but it's aimed at people who need to sketch songs mainly. BeatMaker is a sampling workstation, you can import samples, chop them, pitch them, etc.. Think of Yamaha PSR or Akai MPC, these are totally different machines for different needs.

apalomba

Wow, Xewton is the iPhone music app I have been waiting for! Finally, I have something that
allows me to compose music with a piano roll like an honest DAW. Importing samples
is not that big of a deal, I have an entire studio at home with more samples than I even know
what to do with. I need something that will allow me to compose and sketch out
songs on the go. Sorry Intua, my 20 bucks goes to Xewton.

ktfright

"apalomba&quot wrote:

Wow, Xewton is the iPhone music app I have been waiting for! Finally, I have something that
allows me to compose music with a piano roll like an honest DAW. Importing samples
is not that big of a deal, I have an entire studio at home with more samples than I even know
what to do with. I need something that will allow me to compose and sketch out
songs on the go. Sorry Intua, my 20 bucks goes to Xewton.

Traitor. Xewton is nice, but im always for intua.

intuabeat

For the crib, I use Reason, Sonar, FL Studio, or MPC. On my Itouch I use Intua and Xewton. To me it's like toys and I want to play with all of them. I like Intua for setting the bar so high, so for any other app to even be considered competition, it would have to be on par or better than Intua. Xewton is pretty nice and easy to use, I emailed them and they told me they will be incorporating samples and adding a gang of drumkits in the "near future" which tells me they know what we want which is a more complete music production app to allow us more freedom with our creations. I know Intua has been listening to us and on the next big update they are going to fullfill alot of the bitching we have been doing by giving us a piano roll, also other funtions like spreading the sample all throughout the 16 pads, and the tap tempo which allows you to press a pad and the sample or drum kit instrument will just keep repeating itself. Other than that its all good but Intua did start the seriousnes in Music Production Apps which woke everyone the f*ck up. peace

jrok18

Can you record yourself like rapping like on beat maker ?

intuabeat

No, I don't think you can record on Xewton Music Studio, for now I think they concentrated more on composing music tools than voice. I also have Krasidy on my touch which is basically to record vocals. If I wanted to do that I would export my beat from Xewton to pc, than upload it into Krasidy and there I would have four tracks to record vocals to the beat from Xewton or whatever. Competition should start getting good soon and there will be alot of Apps bringing alot to the table now that they see how much of a demand it is.

"jrok18&quot wrote:

Can you record yourself like rapping like on beat maker ?

Transistor Rhythm

I downloaded Xewton last night, and my first thought was "Intua better step their game up quick." The thing just plain packs way more functionality for actually making music than Beatmaker currently does - the piano roll editing with quantization is straight out of any full-on DAW, and the included instruments and effects provide way more functionality for writing music than Beatmaker's current 16-pad setup. Only problem is that Xewton doesn't offer MIDI import/export yet, but they claim that it's coming in the first update. You also can't import your own samples and sounds, but that's a no-brainer since you're already working with sampled instruments. It's coming, and soon.

I love Beatmaker to death, but Xewton is #1 at the moment. I can't wait for Intua to come back with piano roll and more advanced programming, 16-pad, etc. They're both totally awesome programs.

Competition is a good thing - ultimately, it's us consumers that win when these guys have to work hard to top each other.

slickn

I've found Beatmaker's lack of ability to make polyphonic groups one of the big prohibitors if you're looking to do sample based beats on the go. Without an easy way to trigger a sample to stop the previous, it makes it to cumbersome for iPhone beat making on the go other than percussion loops. Also the scoring as mentioned needs more flexibility. I'm spoiled with Battery myself. I think a lot of the want with Beatmarker is its on the verge of being a legit music creation application. Its just on the cusp. I hope there's a beatmaker 2 in the future and if Apple ever releases the supposed magical Apple tablet, I could see beatmaker being possibly a preferred way to work on beats.

RevelaShaun68

To stop a sample ,a workaround to use is, open the edit menue then use velocity
to mute a sample (Bring the velocity to zero) on the hit that will be cut off.
It works , you just have to use it afterwards which usually kills the way some have
learned to work on beats (LOL)
Try it out.
With most features that we are looking for in the update there is a work around.

I have used it on sampled beats and that workaround works here and for most every
other program if they have a way to mute hits or adjust velocity.

Profundis

I wondered if anyone took a look at Looptastic Producer in the app store and realized what that could do for ones projects in Beatmaker. My opinion still is that a project starts and ends with Beatmaker! but go check it out....in-and export loops of course!
kind greetings,

djmikeaaron

All of the above! Yes, yes, yes!

-djmikeaaron

3sleeves

SunVox is pretty amazing, especially considering it's less than a quarter of the price of Beatmaker. It has sample import, built in synths and a tracker style sequencer. The interface is fairly easy to get comfortable with if you've ever used trackers before. No live sampling, but to me it's unnecessary on any device that doesn't have a dedicated line in anyway (seriously, is there a good adapter for the iPod's headphone jack...one that allows headphone use and creates a line jack?). BleepBox is an awesome app for anybody who likes Korg DS-10. It realy has a smooth interface and is easy to get creative on in a short amount of time, something Beatmaker lacks in my opinion. There are 10 channels (6 for drum sounds, 4 for melodies by default) and they can be played as pads or sequenced in the step sequencer. It also has a new way of jamming live with a sequence that makes the program very unique. Beatmaker just lacks a few minor yet crucial features to be a standalone tool as far as I have seen. If I hadn't come across Beatmaker before trying these other apps I probably wouldn't have spent the $20, but now I'm on a mission to get my money's worth out of it...however frustrated I get. That Looptastic demo is fun, but even with the ability to add samples it seems like a musical toy more so than a creation tool. There are several interesting apps out there and hopefully Intua will step it up a notch.

jazenf

Well here some competition that will blow all those other apps away, can't say that for BeatMaker as yet, since their going to be hitting us hard with a crazy update I'm sure. Synthstation is an app that will be coming out soon from the greats them selves AKAI. It's has a build in Synth along with a drum machine as well, what a package. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.akaipro.com/synthstation">http://www.akaipro.com/synthstation</a><!-- m -->