If you paid any attention whatsoever to the recent NAMM 2012 industry show, you are likely to have noticed a recurring theme based around one product in particular… the iPad.

Now, this is hardly a surprising move, considering that nowadays every man, woman, child, cat, dog and weasel seem to …

Notion have released a brand new iPad app for writing music. The application allows you to compose music on-the-go and then load your projects onto your computer in the full Notion3 program for further editing. Plus, you can also load Sibilius, Finale and of course Notion3 files back into the …

The awesome Animoog synth app is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, so it's not just iPad users that get all the fun! With its host of unique features and amazing sound, the Animoog is one of our favourite apps here at Absolute Music.

Its main features include …

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Following on from a rather silly teaser video featuring a mechanical Lego contraption with an attached plastic finger, which had most of us confused, TC Electronic have pulled something rather special and very cool out of the bag!

Following on from their groundbreaking TonePrint …

Korg's legendary Kaossilator is now available as an iPhone/iPod Touch application! The app features the famous touchscreen Kaoss pad, allowing you to play sounds by simply stroking, tapping, or rubbing the screen with your finger. As you do this, the Kaoss screen warps and updates with colourful visual effects …

Check out this awesome iPad app from Moog! It features an X/Y pad with assignable parameters per axis and it allows you to create custom paths (by touching and dragging) for the notes to follow, to help add interest to a sound. You can then go even deeper into …

We came across this rather cool app the other day... it's called V-Control Pro by Neyrinck and it allows you to control your favourite DAW (Pro Tools, Logic or Cubase/Nuendo) using the sensitive touchscreen of the iPad!V-Control gives you all the functionality of a dedicated hardware DAW controller …

IK Multimedia launches the iRig Recorder App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch on the App Store! The app offers professional audio recording that is convenient and easy to use! The iRig Recorder App is an intuitive recording tool featuring editing functions and various export options to fit your audio …

First bit of news: did you know that Garageband is now available for iPad? No? Well, you do now! And it's a quality piece of software that can be used as a portable professional music making application! We've already tested it out in the Absolute Music office and it got …