Available now via iTunes app store is TuneMaker, a new app from Amsterdam-based Makayama. TuneMaker takes a grid-based approach to arranging your songs. You select an instrument draw some dots on the screen, choose another instrument, draw some more dots and build your song up from there. In fact, this app works like a real Yamaha Tenori On. Not only that, it has the look and feel of an 1000 € Tenori On and this in a 79 eurocent iPhone app.
Creating songs on it will be less easy as it can only produce up to 16 bars of music. You can record the tracks via a line out from the headphone jack. In the future you’ll be able to export audio files though.
Below is a quick tutorial to get you started with TuneMaker. If you want to learn to play an instrument, write music, sing along or record a song, TuneMaker can help. When you fire-up the application, you see the main screen, with 16 instruments. Drums, guitars, synthesizers, violins and so on. The quickest way to see what TuneMaker can do, is to play one of th demo songs which are included. There are 40 rhythms and songs pre-installed. Rock drums, hiphop, classical themes, famous pop songs, to name a few.
Here’s the demo video for TuneMaker.
