Indianapolis based Blue Prophet today announces Shakie Percussion 1.2, an update to its musical instrument app for iOS.

Shakie is a new type of instrument made possible with an iPhone or iPod touch's palm sized, motion sensing display. It uses a realistic physics engine to model and animate pellets to simulate maracas, bells, shakers, tambourines and more. Version 1.2 brings the ability to change the shape of the pellet container, volume sensitivity, richness and nuance of the sound and more.

The ShelTone 226 is a cool electric reed organ built into a tolex suitcase. It makes its sounds by using an electric fan to drive air over reeds, much in the style of a harmonium or accordion.

The Bass Note buttons have been incorporated seamlessly into the keyboard samples so you get a full key range instead of just three octaves. If you want to play with those Major and Minor chord buttons, simply click the Bass Chords switch to swap from a full key range to a split keyboard: single notes on the right, and two octaves of Major and Minor chords under your left hand.

The Polychrome is high on the aquisition lists of most analogue synth lovers because it is regarded as one of those beautiful odditys that seldom gets heard in music because of the rarity of the synth.

They sampled every section of the Polychrome (Percussion/Strings/Ensemble and Vocal/Choral) and added lots of new features-such as the ability to play more than one choral/vocal section at any time and a dedicated effects section for each synth section and a master effects section.
For Mac and PC, Kontakt 4.2.4 and higher.

17th Annual USA Songwriting Competition is now accepting entries! Winning songs will receive radio airplay in United States and Canada along with great prizes such as a Top Prize of over $50,000.

Sponsors of the 17th Annual Competition are: New Music Weekly, AirplayAccess.com, Loggins Promotion, Sony, Audio-Technica, IK Multimedia, D'Addario Strings, Presonus, Acoustica, Sonoma Wireworks, Intellitouch Tuners, Acoustic Café Radio Program, LivewireMusician.com, Reverbnation, Broadjam, Sirius XM Radio, Sonicbids.com, Soundcloud.com, etc.

California based Pulse Code today announces Rhythm Studio 1.06, an update to their premier universal electronic music making app for iOS devices.


Update Features Include:
- WIST sync
- Bluetooth song sharing
- Background audio support
- Phoenix supersaw synth

Example Minimum Requirements:
- iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad
- iOS 4.0 or later
- 19 MB.