In the world of electronic music, sequencers have been around for a while. They’re used to create sequences of notes from various instruments, and then those sequences are chained together to make longer compositions of music. Apple’s own GarageBand, Logic Express, and Logic Pro are good examples of Mac-based sequencers.
For some reason, a lot of software sequencers for iOS devices cling to the user interfaces of their hardware ancestors, which means that they’re a mish-mash of dials, switches, and pushbuttons. Audioprom (US$9.99), a new iPad app from cw&t, is different in that it has a very simple and intuitive user interface.
cw&t says that their project started with the idea of placing sausage slices on an iPad to mark where to make sounds. Unfortunately, the sounds only played when a human hand was touching the sausage, so the idea of this food-based sequencer was dropped. While this tale sounds a bit apocryphal, the idea of placing markers on the iPad screen was a good one that evolved into Audioprom.
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Audioprom: An intuitive audio sequencer for your iPad originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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