Propellerhead — makers of the music DAW software, Reason — had a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany yesterday where it announced some exciting new products and features. Most notably for iOS users, Propellerhead announced a brand new music making app, Figure.
As indicated by Ernst Nathorst-Böös, CEO of Propellerhead, Figure is the soul of Reason, married to the mobile platform. It’s designed for short bursts of creativity, like when you’re on a bus ride or taking a break in the studio! The app is intuitively designed for touch from the ground up. Essentially, Figure is a mobile platform for mocking-up musical ideas, but with the same standard of quality sound that Reason has to offer.
Figure comes with drums powered by the same Kong Drum designer found in Reason. Bass and lead / melody sounds are powered by the same Thor polyphonic synthesizer also found in Reason.
But Propellerhead’s developers didn’t stop there. They also put the Reason mixer into Figure, with the same master bus compressor from Reason 6. So Figure’s sound quality and potential for sound creation should be pretty high. We can’t wait to get our hands on it.
Figure is due to land on the iOS App Store at any moment now, priced at just US$1.
You can watch the press conference announcing Figure at Propellerhead’s YouTube site.
Propellerhead announces Figure for iOS originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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