Intua BeatMaker 2 Now Available

Intua has announced that BeatMaker 2, which they describe as 'the most advanced mobile music workstation', is now available. 

Here's a rundown of the features in BeatMaker 2:

STUDIO

• Create multiple instruments with Drum Machine or Keyboard interface
• 10 effect units to choose from: Reverb, Compressor, Filter, Delay, EQ, Flanger, Chorus, AutoPan, BitCrusher, Overdrive.
• 3 effect slots for each instrument, unlimited global effect racks
• Customizable Cross Controller for all effects, to manipulate multiple parameters at once

DRUM MACHINE

• Up to 128 trigger pads: 16 pads over 8 different banks
• Chop Lab: Slice audio loops to automatically create new sound presets
• Control sound parameters on individual pad: volume, pan, mute, output bus, semitone, fine tune, reverse and autoscaling
• Low/high pass filter per pad with cutoff and resonance control
• Choose between various pad trigger modes: one-shot, hold & loop
• Customizable envelope (ADSR) control for each pad
• Exclusive groups and polyphony management
• "Live" modes: trigger, mute, reverse, velocity and tune spreading.

KEYBOARD SAMPLER

• 128 keys keyboard with pitch wheel with double keyboard mode, note display and zoom controls
• Easily create your own instruments from any sample combination with the keygroup editor
• Volume and filter ADSR envelopes
• Low/high pass filter with cutoff, resonance and key tracking
• 2 LFOs with customizable amplitude, offset and rate (synchronizable), controlling volume, pitch and filter parameters
• Polyphony control, with up to 32 voices per keyboard sampler
• Legato play mode with customizable glide
• Keygroup controls: volume, pan, semitones, fine-tune, reverse and one-shot, hold, hold & loop trigger modes

MULTI-TRACK SEQUENCER

• Create unlimited instrument and FX tracks
• Automations: Record, edit and replay instrument and effect parameters
• Record, draw, arrange and resize patterns along the timeline to build your song
• Compose and modify patterns with a piano-roll interface. Edit notes, parameters, and automations.
• Instrument and effect recording options: Quantize, take or partial undo, pre-roll, Overdub, note erasing.

WAVE EDITOR

• Full-fledged wave editor with intuitive pinch and selection for manipulating samples
• Basic edition tools: trim, cut, copy, paste, with 8 levels undo/redo
• High quality time-stretching and pitch-shifting algorithms
• Audio tools: normalize, silence, reverse, fade in and out, cross-fade
• Record new samples from device microphone or plugged instrument
• Loop points and tempo/signature editor

MIXER CONSOLE

• Realistic multi-track mixer with level meters
• Edit volume, pan, solo, mute and bus routing features for individual tracks

 LARGE SOUNDBANK INCLUDED

• 68 Drum Machine presets from all genres
• 111 Keyboard Sampler presets, from synthesizers to realistic orchestral instruments.

SHARING & GLOBAL OPTIONS

• Export your songs to Audio or MIDI files
• Transfer and manage your files from your computer using the integrated FTP server
• Import any songs from your iPod library to create new remixes
• Upload your songs directly to your SoundCloud account
• Share audio content with more than 20 other music applications using the iOS pasteboard
• Supports BeatMaker 1 kits and projects
• Fully supports Retina display
• Native iPad version coming soon as a free update

Pricing and Availability

 BeatMaker 2 is available now for US $19.99.

Link:

• BeatMaker 2 in the App Store

James Lewin
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