There’s no shortage of apps on the Apple App Store that deal with recording. But what about an app that records sounds and triggers those recordings in a performance situation? I’ll be taking a look at the ‘Voice!!’ App that does just that…

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This is a game I’ve been wanting to play again for many, many years. The original Baldur’s Gate released 14 years ago was yesterday re-released on the iPad. I remember playing the original game on a Pentium 166Mhz machine with 16MB RAM. The 10 inch iPad I have in my hands is more powerful than this machine. A few years ago I tried to run it on a more modern machine, but running a game originally at 800×600 pixels on a HD monitor made it look frankly awful. Read more

I have to admit, I seldom use my iPad for any kind of music recording or production. Connectivity whilst maintaining portability is problem, twinned with the limited apps available that enable a musician to do anything other than the bare minimum.

Whilst I can’t really do anything about the latter (I’d love to see a version of Logic Pro in iOS), there are certainly things that can be done about the former. I was looking at ways of connecting a MIDI keyboard to the iPad with minimum fuss. I was also looking for something that was pretty cheap. Read more

I’ve had an iPad 2 for nearly a year now and over that time I’ve accumulated a load of apps, some used more than others. There is such a wealth of amazing (and not so amazing) apps that have made home and work life easier, or given some sort of entertainment on the way. Here are some of my favourite iPad apps. Read more

It’s probably one of those things that is often neglected in the cut and thrust of modern life. Keeping track of one’s thoughts and reflecting daily experiences are no longer part of the modern perception of a ‘diary’. The diary has become a planner, a schedule, a stressful to-do list of a busy life. Read more