Retronyms have Tabletop for iPad, a modular environment where you can mix and match different devices (keyboards, drumpads, compressors, etc). You can pick your things from more than a dozen devices including samplers, mixers, effects, sequencers and more.
Tabletop is built exclusively for the iPad to be expressive, playable and fun. Both professional artists and those with no knowledge of music production can jump right in and start sketching out ideas or composing entire songs.
Electronic musician Paul Salva says, “It took no time at all for me to acclimate. I had literally never touched Tabletop before, and within minutes I had some crazy stuff rocking.”
And here’s a new thing (for me at least!): You can buy the devices you love, like a specific keyboard, or effects pedal and such, this means you don’t get caught up trying loads and loads of useless stuff… you get the things you need, and you start making music. And it’s cheaper this way too!
The price is $4.99, and for that money you get the following:
- RS3 – Polyphonic Keyboard
- Gridlok – Touchpad Sampler
- M8RX – Tone Matrix
- Filtr LP – Low-Pass Filter Effect
- SpinBack – Turntable Player
- Mr. O – Master Output
- Goblin MX8 – Eight-Channel Mixer
- T101-Triggerator – Sequencer/Master Controller
- Recorder M2 – Input Recorder
That means 9 out of the total 15 devices. Here’s what you don’t get:
- kko – Delay Effect
- Filtr BP – Band-Pass Filter Effect
- Verve – Reverb Effect
- Xpand – Chorus/Flanger Effect
- Goblin MX4-FX – Four-Channel Mixer with Sends
- XFade – Crossfading Mixer
Lately I’ve been playing around a lot with Burn Studios Audio Tool, a similar app (web-based), and I can only say this: Tabletop makes me wanna buy an iPad. And I have to tell you I’m not an Apple-lover.
To find out more about this piece of software, head over to their homepage at retronyms.com
