NodeBeat is a generative music app. I first learned about this app at the electro-music festival in 2012 from LuxSeeker, another electro performer. Like many generative apps, NodeBeat is a bit abstract, and takes some getting used to. Half the fun is exploring the interface. What do we mean by ...

The peer pressure one feels when it comes to gadgets today is pretty bad. Add to that the additional coolness factor and creative potential of various musical gadgets, today’s musician feels additional marketing pressure. Some may even be shocked that I am only a recent convert to the iPad. ...

Orphion is a bit like an electronic Hang Drum or Zen Tambour. One key difference is that Orphion has many more physical layouts that provide a different interaction with the instrument than could be achieved with a single physical instrument (if you could afford one). This is a very solid, inspiring app. ...

After using the small yellow hardware version of the Korg Kaossilator for a couple years, I knew that one of the first apps I would try was the iPad version. Many of the same sounds are here, and there are some new ones. But there’s even more functionality. At $19.99, ...

A ball drops from a mysterious hole on the upper left side of the screen… Lines of four different colors (and sound assignments) can be drawn to make the ball bounce. Drawing multiple lines gets the ball bouncing in a rhythm, and adding more lines makes that rhythm more complex. ...