Zivix’s jamstik+ now teaches you to play 1,000 popular songs with Musopia partnership

Zivix, the technology company with a mission to make music accessible to everyone, today announced a new partnership with and Musopia, makers of the popular FourChords Guitar Karaoke App. The collaboration adds full jamstik+ integration into the app, and players learning with the jamstik+ will now be able to learn more than 1000 popular songs in a simple, fun and interactive way.

The jamstik+ is a portable Bluetooth MIDI controller which can be paired with an iPhone, iPad or Mac and be used to control various sounds. It its an ideal guitar learning tool for chords and strumming and it can also serve to control various MIDI and synthesized instruments and loops. 

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iRing is the first motion controller for iOS music apps

iRing, the first motion controller for music apps and more, is now available from music and electronics retailers worldwide.

iRing is an affordable, wearable technology system that gives users a new level of gestural control over their favorite music apps, in real-time, using hand positioning for unprecedented music expression. 

The iRing system consists of two double-sided “rings” to wear comfortably on the fingers along with a series of apps that are able to detect the iRings’ accurate positions in space using the device’s camera.

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iRig BlueBoard wireless MIDI pedalboard is now shipping

iRig BlueBoard, a groundbreaking new wireless MIDI pedalboard for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac, which gives guitarists, bassists, vocalists and keyboard players hands-free wireless control of mobile and Mac music apps, is now available from musical instrument and electronics retailers worldwide.

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Review: Apple GarageBand for iPhone and iPod Touch

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

When Apple released GarageBand for the iPad 2, it was one of those applications that really argued the case that tablets could indeed be used for content creation and not just mere content consumption devices. After all, anyone with enough time and a smidgen of musical inclination could create original music. Now available for the iPhone and for the iPod Touch, GarageBand is a scaled down on-the-go studio for your pocket.

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