Mobile apps run on hand-held devices such as a smart phones, tablets, computers, and personal digital assistance.Discover the latest apps and games.
Apps may have started out as mere instruments of consumption - simple programs or casual games for tablets and smartphones. But, of late, these offerings have grown rather complex, and to such an extent that the music industry, for one, swears by them.
In fact, Bjork, an artist who has always pushed the envelope when it comes to her oeuvre, has released her latest music album 'Biophilia' in the form of an 'appbox'. "It's a fusion of nature, songs and an app suite for the iPad," she says.
The Biophilia 'appbox' comprises ten individual apps. In addition to the songs, each app also includes animation, games, scrolls of lyric sheets and an academic essay about each composition written by musicologist Nikki Dibben. Here are some popular music apps.
Made by Apple, the GarageBand app packs together a virtual piano, guitar, bass guitar and drums into an easy-touse music suite for recording songs. The app is so good that it is actually capable of replacing a lowend music studio for new musicians.
Price: $5 (Rs 250 approx)
Bebot is a voice synthesizer that can create and tweak different sounds. It lets users play around on the screen with a tiny robot to create music. The app includes nine 'instruments' to choose from.
Price: $2 (Rs 100 approx)
Sound Cells is an interactive music app that turns sound into visuals on a matrix. It lets users tap to create moving 'cells' that create sounds when they hit a wall in the grid.
Price: $1 (Rs 50 approx)
These apps offer a great degree of precision as instrument tuners; the company claims it is a mobile equivalent to the long line of respected Peterson hardware tuners. The tuner also comes with built-in input boost and noise cancellation technology to ensure that your instruments are always tuned to the right note.
Price: $10 (Rs 500 approx)
Meant for artists/composers, this app lets users draw a star-shaped envelope that carries information about the song. Each star is a combination of painting, animation, art, science, and gaming. As users touch the screen, they can draw simulated stars of information with things like lyrics, videos, etc. Touching the edge of the screen, musicians can change parameters including gravity and number of stars that reveal different information every time they hit the screen.
Price: $1.99 (Rs 100 approx)
The hip-hop group Gorillaz created an entire album on iPads using this app. It acts as a virtual beat-box system with controls that work like a vintage analogue synthesizer.
Price: $10 (Rs 500 approx)
Bubble Harp draws bubbles around songs, recording and replaying your movements while creating music. It's a combination of drawing, animation, music, art, geometry, and gaming.
Price: $1.99 (Rs 100 approx)
This app is a content and media management system for musicians that lets them add interactivity to songs. Songpier lets musicians create a web-based app for both Apple iOS and Android. But instead of being restricted to just tablets, these can be accessed from any web browser. Musicians can add song information, including pictures, events, merchandise as well as a link to the artist's web site using SongPier.
Price: Free
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