Ingrates. – BeatMaker Review

Hate to sound like an old man here but I remember getting a mixer that had a four-second loop sampler built in and layering samples to tape until they sounded like crap just to try to make a beat. Eventually, after a year and a half of saving up about $2,400, I got an ASR-10. Now, with an iPhone or iPod (under $300) you can chop samples and make beats with an app that costs less than twenty records from the dollar bin. I've never had one problem with this app and it's only crashed when I've pushed it really hard doing things that even the ASR can't handle. They released a second version and it's a totally different animal. This app is basically a drum machine sampler and 2 is a workstation. Why would the developers go to all the trouble to make a keyboard function and effect racks just to offer it up for free? It's a NEW APP!!! Think of it as a keyboard sampler workstation with the original Beatmaker added on as a bonus. Intua deserves credit for even making the original Beatmaker as intuitive and powerful as any hardware sampler that I've ever used. It's a shame that so many people bash this app because they think they deserve more than a twenty dollar app that allows them to do what would be impossible even ten years ago. I can't speak for iPad users but this app has been extraordinarily reliable on two generations of iPhone (3G/4). If you are an aspiring beat maker and don't have an inflated sense of entitlement then I would say this app is a great place to start if you can't afford 2. If your Mommy and Daddy give you a $50 dollar iTunes gift card and you are even momentarily torn between this app and the new Lil Wayne masterpiece then maybe you should save their money for a remote fart app and leave this one alone.
Review by dr strangetone on BeatMaker.