Music
DopplerPad synth-based instrument available for iPhone
By Jim DalrympleJuly 21, 2009, 8:46 am PT
iPhone app developer Retronyms on Tuesday released a new application called DopplerPad for users that want to create music on-the-go.
Retronyms says that DopplerPad imitates a standard DJ setup. That means you get a mixer with turntables on either side. The app replaces the turntables with musical touchpads, streamlining musical composition by making all the features available within two screenviews, according to the company.
The difference with DopplerPad is that it replaces the turntables with touchpads. A built-in loop bank allows users to store up to 14 loops at a time and then use the mixer controls to crossfade sounds.
You can also build your own loops by using one of the 37 instruments in the app.
Retronyms has also joined the Sonoma Wire Works Mobile Audio Product Interaction (MAPI) Program. The two companies will partner on future development of FourTrack and DopplerPad.
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So is this like a mini-mobile-GarageBand? Wondering if you’ve tried it Jim. If this works a lot like garageband, I could see how the simplicity of bringing your iPhone and your strat over to a friends house to jam and lay down some tracks would be very appealing.
Very cool, thanks Jim!
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There is a video on their Web site. Looks more like pad DJ thing than Garageband. Although I would love a mobile GB!
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Thanks, I’ll check it out. Hmm, mobile GarageBand, perhaps we should move on that app! Know any coders? 
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DopplerPad synth-based instrument available for iPhone
By Jim DalrympleJuly 21, 2009, 8:46 am PT
iPhone app developer Retronyms on Tuesday released a new application called DopplerPad for users that want to create music on-the-go.
Retronyms says that DopplerPad imitates a standard DJ setup. That means you get a mixer with turntables on either side. The app replaces the turntables with musical touchpads, streamlining musical composition by making all the features available within two screenviews, according to the company.
The difference with DopplerPad is that it replaces the turntables with touchpads. A built-in loop bank allows users to store up to 14 loops at a time and then use the mixer controls to crossfade sounds.
You can also build your own loops by using one of the 37 instruments in the app.
Retronyms has also joined the Sonoma Wire Works Mobile Audio Product Interaction (MAPI) Program. The two companies will partner on future development of FourTrack and DopplerPad.
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So is this like a mini-mobile-GarageBand? Wondering if you’ve tried it Jim. If this works a lot like garageband, I could see how the simplicity of bringing your iPhone and your strat over to a friends house to jam and lay down some tracks would be very appealing.
Very cool, thanks Jim!
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There is a video on their Web site. Looks more like pad DJ thing than Garageband. Although I would love a mobile GB!
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Thanks, I’ll check it out. Hmm, mobile GarageBand, perhaps we should move on that app! Know any coders?
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