When Apple announced the iPad, a lot of people were horribly disappointed. Most of my friends tore their hair out and screamed, “It’s just an iPod Touch with a huge screen! The rumor sites promised me a 17GHz, 35 inch iMac that fits in my pocket – with 5 cameras, a 26 hour battery, and a built-in printer that spits out pure chocolate-covered awesomeness. Apple sucks!” or something similar. I saw it and said “An iPod Touch with a screen that’s 4 times as big? Sweet! I can’t wait to see what music apps come out for that!”
Mixr is, hopefully, the first of many iPad music apps that aren’t just basically a higher resolution version of existing iPhone/iPod Touch apps. It begins to show what’s really possible on Apple’s new platform.
Mixrs turntables look and feel just like the real thing. To mix your music, all you have to do is touch the vinyl records with your fingers. You can play it, stop it, run it backwards and even control the pitch and scratch! To manipulate the sound, simply rotate the vinyl with your fingers, it’s that easy!
[From ipadmixr.com]
OK, I don’t quite believe them when they say it FEELS real, but it does look great. In addition to the turntables, Mixr has a 3D “DJ Crate” view for your music library, the ability to record your mixes, and a variety of effects.
Even though it’s bound to be used primarily by douchebags at college parties, it’s still pretty cool.
