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Band puts a small recording studio on your iPhone

arstechnica.com — With the launch of the iTunes App Store, there have been hundreds of applications released into the iPhone ecosystem. Some of them have been terrible, some have been great. However, few of them have seemed as impressive as one application that was demoed on stage during WWDC: Band. Join us as we take a closer look at the digital audio workstation i

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 21, 2008

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  • halosniper7, on 07/21/2008, -0/+22i bought it.
    not worth $10.
  • bensashi, on 07/21/2008, -0/+18Get Beat Maker. Much better.
  • InfernoBob, on 07/21/2008, -1/+16I had fun with it months ago when it was on Installer for FREE.
  • chuckee8887, on 07/21/2008, -0/+10Especially now with Beatpack released, allowing users to save/export their kits, projects, and songs onto a computer wirelessly. It's pretty badass.
  • ryleyleckie, on 07/21/2008, -0/+7beatmaker > band
  • DMBmelch, on 07/21/2008, -3/+10Is that a band in your pocket? or are you just happy to see me?
  • kitsua, on 07/21/2008, -0/+6It has a gorgeous look, but there are painfully few instruments and little option to do anything beyond impress people briefly.

    But c'mon, "some pretty impressive DAW functionality" ?! You have got to be kidding, right?

    "handy for jotting down some musical ideas on the road" - wow, apparently not.

    Not to mention that it's now crashing every time I try to open it - though to be fair this is happening across the board with OS 2.0

    Beatmaker is a far more serious and impressive app.
  • bigsteve, on 07/21/2008, -1/+6Don't hate, congratulate.
  • waxdart, on 07/21/2008, -0/+5you != everybody
  • negrox, on 07/21/2008, -1/+5This is an ad disguised as news.
  • arkanebeats, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3Small recording studio? Digital Audio Workstation? Blasphemy!
  • Diggnabbit, on 07/21/2008, -0/+3People are just sick of that being the standard response to every iPhone App story.

    We get it, already: you have a hacked iPhone.
  • ButlerMonkey, on 07/21/2008, -0/+3I'm not sure why people are giving negative diggs to people mentioning getting this app from Installer - it's not as if people are stealing the app - it was released on Installer first months ago.
  • ryleyleckie, on 07/21/2008, -0/+3its good times
  • wonderchemist, on 07/21/2008, -2/+5I agree, screw small independent software companies!
  • lordtyros, on 07/21/2008, -0/+3That's the only app I've bought. $20 and I actually don't regret it.
  • DigDugDigger, on 07/21/2008, -0/+3It was better on the jailbroken iPhones because there were more instruments available. With only a few instruments, it does get boring pretty quick.
  • meshman, on 07/21/2008, -0/+2I don't think they know what a recording studio is.
  • myhandleondigg, on 07/21/2008, -0/+2"Unfortunately, the feature lacking from this application is actually a rather large problem: the ability to export your creations."

    So, in other words, it is completely useless?
  • bwhite4815, on 07/20/2008, -3/+5Next Beck Album is going to only use the iPhone.
  • zeeky, on 07/21/2008, -1/+2um. mark terry the guy who created Band is the one who put it up on installer. also, he's not a company, just a guy. and he's awesome too.
  • frigginchris, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1one more thing that makes me impatient to get my iphone. i wish the at&t and apple stores would have them in stock anywhere near me :-(
  • ButlerMonkey, on 07/21/2008, -4/+5I didn't buy it, got it from Installer and have had it on my iPod Touch running 1.1.3 firmware for about 4 months or so.

    I really see now reason to go with the 2.0 firmware, to get the App store and pay for apps that I can still get for free now with Installer.
  • Amadeus2490, on 07/21/2008, -1/+2Sex can wait; masturbate.
  • benologist, on 07/21/2008, -0/+0I have to disagree. There's no disguise.
  • dalnet22, on 07/21/2008, -1/+1You get what you pay for.
  • Owwmykneecap, on 07/21/2008, -2/+2stylophone beats iphone

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTO_Hq50FKs

    http://current.com/items/89051352_i_love_stylophon ...
  • nynexla, on 07/21/2008, -0/+0wheres logic mobile?

  • ericdano, on 07/21/2008, -1/+1It is a lame program, even on Jailbroken iPhones/iPod Touches. Buried.
  • inactive, on 07/21/2008, -1/+1You must be so proud!
  • 04TL, on 07/21/2008, -1/+0sweet...all we need is 5 million+ wannabe DJ's running around recording crap on their iphone...
  • holyreality, on 07/21/2008, -2/+1definitely a solid app, good for getting down quick ideas when there's no computer around.
  • iCareMuch, on 07/21/2008, -4/+2just jailbreak and get it for free!
  • mentor972, on 07/21/2008, -5/+3Really, this is front page news? Everyone already knows about it.
  • krnldmp, on 07/21/2008, -4/+1Check this out. If you think there is anything similar to an ecosystem going on in your iPhone You Are ***** and reality is going to eventually hit you hard.
  • ZephyrNinety, on 07/21/2008, -4/+1The iPhone really should be be renamed the iMedia or something of that nature. It's not a phone, it's a gadget.
  • AdenFraser, on 07/19/2008, -9/+4Great, so bands can use their iphone to create audio.. but we cant video bands live?

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