Go beyond Voice Memos with these essential iPad music apps for iOS. We’ve focused especially on apps for the iPad, the most popular iOS device for music making, but most apps will also run on the iPhone. iPad Music Apps: Cubasis 2 Like n-track Studio, Steinberg’s Cubasis 2 is also a digital audio workstation, or […]
Best Headphones to Replace Your EarPods for Your iOS Device
The EarPods that come with your iOS device are fairly functional. They fit in most folk’s ears, they provide acceptable audio, and the built-in microphone and volume controls are handy. They’re also very easy to lose or break. It seems that Apple’s wired devices are either rock-solid for years or break at the slightest provocation. […]
Get a Powerful Mac Equalizer with Boom 2
Boom is a little unique as an application. It’s a software audio interface that sits on top of your existing audio stack, applying sonic adjustments as requested. By installing kernel extensions, it can insert itself between your audio source (iTunes, perhaps) and your audio output (your speakers) and make modifications to the sound. Boom started […]
The Best Programs For Making Music On A Mac
There are two simple reasons that so many artists are choosing to use Apple products to make their music; there are a lot of programs for making music on a mac and they are generally better than those offered on other platforms. There are also a lot of programs that DJs are choosing to use […]
Top iOS Music Apps
Whether you’re gearing up for your run, preparing for that last minute study session or packing the car for the great American road trip, picking the right tunes to take with you is essential.
How to Disable Automatic Renewal in Apple Music
It is hard to believe, but Apple Music has been streaming songs for a month already. During that time, the service has been much maligned, with critics, many of whom say that it has a long way to go before it catches up with competitors like Spotify. Still, in just four short weeks Apple has managed […]
The iPod Isn’t Dead Just Yet
It seems reports of the demise of the iPod have been greatly exaggerated. In recent years the iconic music player, which was once Apple’s flagship product, has taken a backseat to the iPhone in terms of sales and popularity. In fact, there has even been speculation at times that the entire iPod line would be eliminated altogether. […]
Why Apple Removed Home Sharing From iOS 8.4
It has been a banner week for Apple. Not only has the tech giant released new versions of iOS and iTunes, it also launched its much vaunted streaming music service – Apple Music. But the company has also made a controversial move with iOS 8.4 by removing Home Sharing, a popular method for listening to music […]
How Apple Music Plans to Win the Streaming War
Starting tomorrow, music lovers everywhere will finally get a chance to try out Apple’s much-ballyhooed new streaming music service Apple Music. The long-rumored service is now set to go online at long last as the tech giant makes a bid to challenge the likes of Pandora, Spotify, and Rdio. Apple is the newcomer to the streaming audio […]
Apple Music Plan is Bad for Indy Record Labels (Updated)
One of the big announcements to come out of the Worldwide Developer Conference a few weeks back is that Apple is launching a new streaming music service to compete with likes of Spotify and Pandora. The new service – dubbed Apple Music – is built on a platform that Apple acquired when it purchased Beats […]
What to Expect at WWDC 2015
Next Monday Tim Cook, along with a number of other Apple execs, will take to the stage at the Moscone Center in San Francisco to address software developers at the 2015 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The scheduled keynote address – which gets underway promptly at 1:00 PM Eastern time – will be the company’s first opportunity to show […]
Is Apple Reviving Ping for New Streaming Music Service?
It is no secret that Apple is prepping a new streaming music service to challenge the likes of Pandora and Spotify. After all, most analysts believe that was the whole reason the company spent $3 billion acquiring Beats last year in the first place. While Apple’s plans for the new service remain shrouded in mystery at this time, […]
5 Things We Now Know About the Apple Watch
On Monday of this week, Apple held a highly anticipated press event in San Francisco during which they introduced a stunning new laptop, lowered the price of the AppleTV, and revealed their final plans for the launch of the Apple Watch. During the event, we not only received demonstrations of just what the Watch is capable of, […]
Does Anyone Care About a Streaming Music Service From Apple?
When Apple acquired Beats for $3 billion last year most analysts believed it was a strategic move to help the Cupertino-based company to get into the streaming music industry. While Beats is well known for making flashy headphones with questionable audio quality, the company had recently launched Beats Music to some fanfare a few months prior […]
Google Play Music Finally Available For The iPhone
Google’s answer to streaming music, Google Play, has finally come to the iOS App Store. The app comes six months after the service initially launched on Android and the Web. While the iOS version is missing some key features of the Android version, the app is still a strong player in the streaming music market. […]
