Via Eliot Van Buskirk at Evolver [Article] We’ve heard that people who own iPads also tend to own iPhones, which stands to reason. Now, enterprising app developers have realized they can use iPhone apps as a sort of trial version of a more fully-fledged — and more expensive — iPad version. We first noticed this with Algorridim, a DJ app that only costs $1 for the iPhone, or $20 for the iPad version. The iPhone version is basically a toy, but it demonstrates the value of the application and lets you see how it works. If you’re an actual DJ, the iPad [ ... ]

via Kevin Holmes [Article] Shapemix [iPad] If you’re a novice mixer looking to head onto the path of DJ superstardom, but find it all a bit confusing, or if your grandma has an iPad and she really wants to rip it up on the wheels of steel, but the virtual version leaves her lost and confused—well, this could be the app for you. Shapemix translates the task of mixing one song into another with accompanying visual patterns, utilising the multi-touch screen of the iPad. Tracks are displayed as coloured circles—move them up or down for volume, and left and right to [ ... ]

Via Eliot Van Buskirk [Article] The days of hitting a Play button and sitting back to hear a song the same way it sounded the last time are coming to a close — for interested parties, anyway. Shapemix, which Apple recently approved for the iPad section of the iTunes app store, lets aspiring DJs and armchair music producers get underneath the hood of more than a hundred free tracks to add four high-quality, real-time effects, rearrange musical phrases, and record their tweaks into an entirely new version that can be shared with other users. Shapemix ($5) goes well beyond most of the other [ ... ]

Via Antony Bruno (@AntonyNBruno), Denver [Article] Shapemix Music remixing apps are becoming a commodity, but Shapemix for the iPad is different in that it blends the more advanced features of a mixing board with a far easier to use user interface for the amateur to navigate. Most of the simpler remixing apps gain their simplicity by dumbing down the capabilities. Shapemix separates the elements of each song in a way that lets users mix any combination of about 100 tracks included in the app. Songs can be shared via existing social networks and via the company’s site.  The songs at [ ... ]