You want a first impression? How about this one: AWESOME, JUST AWESOME.
Yep, I could probably find a lot of other superlatives to describe the wonderment that is Groovemaker by IK Multimedia, but awesome works just nicely for me – this is easily the best App I’ve found for the iPhone/iPod Touch platform yet – but why?
Well, I suppose that if you are going to invest time in a leisure application, you want to get back something from it – immersion, excitement, humour – and probably a ton of other feelings too – and I think that’s the crux of why Groovemaker is so good – it immerses you completely in what you are doing, and allows you to produce something of your own doing, that sounds incredibly professional (there’s your enjoyment right there!). I suppose it’s a bit like the Guitar Hero of the DJ/Producer world, for a mobile device.
Now as an ex-DJ myself, I’m a bit OCD about the layering and quality of sound, but once this App has unpacked all the data, it’s super-quick to launch and start creating your own grooves – there is a literally crazy amount of samples, loops, and FX to play with, and snapping them in to some kind of synchronised mix is simplicity itself.
Oh and that’s probably the other thing – the software is intuitive, so that you can get your head round how it works quite easily – I just watched a couple of demo videos and I was hot to trot on the wheels of steel virtual buttons of DJ production!
Seriously, this App is superb – and given there’s a free version to get you started, what have you got to lose? I’ll tell you – nothing! Try it out and be amazed by the live mix you can create and tweak. Possibly a good idea to pop the headphones in first…. 🙂
Check out IK Multimedias Groovemaker on the App Store – search ‘Groovemaker’.