Kraftwerk release Kling Klang Machine app for iPhone and iPad

Kraftwerk, the world's finest purveyors of electronic music have released Kling Klang Machine - No1, an interactive 24-hour music generator for Apple's iPhone and iPad devices. Compatible with the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, the app requires iOS 3.0 or later.

According to the developer:

"It’s a novel system that creates music and sound based on realtime data depending on your location that are continuously feeded into the app, meaning the KLING KLANG MACHINE No1 can’t be compared with other generative music apps, which mostly utilize pre-programmed algorithms.

There are some nice ways to manipulate sound and store personal preferences.

For now the functionality is still kind of basic but the original concept will be more and more implemented in future updates and releases."

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Akai SynthStation 49 - the new iPad dock that features a full-sized 49-key, velocity-sensitive keyboard controller!

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OK, so this is hardly your run-of-the-mill iPad dock!  The Akai SynthStation 49 designed for musicians who want to integrate their iPad fully in their recording or performance set-up:

"SynthStation49 is the only full-featured, professional keyboard controller allowing direct MIDI performance recording onto an iPad. Bridging Akai Professional’s popular MPK controllers with the previously released SynthStation25, SynthStation49 provides immense software control with forty-nine, full-size velocity-sensitive keys, nine backlit MPC-style drum pads and full transport buttons. An adjustable-angled dock for iPad allows the user to easily slide their tablet into the SynthStation49’s cradle and position the screen to their preference."

More information on the Akai website.

iPad helps dolphins and humans communicate

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A press release from researcher Jack Kassewitz at SpeakDolphin explains how the Apple iPad is being used to further experiments in inter-species communication between humans and dolphins:

"Last week, a young bottlenose dolphin called Merlin became the first of his species to join the growing number of enthusiasts using the Apple iPad."

What would Howard say? The full press release is below.

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Press_Release_iPad_1.pdf (426 KB)
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