iZotope brings serious beat-making tools to iPhone and iPod touch



    CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 11 /EMWNews/ -- iZotope, Inc., a leading

developer of tools for musicians and audio professionals, today announced

that iDrum, its beat creation application for the Apple iPhone and iPod

touch is now available on the Apple App Store. The new application makes

beat-making available to everyone with its simple interface and

professionally produced content.



    "iZotope sees the iPhone platform as a perfect opportunity to bring

mobile music making to everyone," says Jeremy Todd, CTO of iZotope, Inc.

"With iDrum for the iPhone and iPod touch, we've created a unique

music-making application that is fun for everyone from complete beginners

to professional beat-makers."



    iDrum allows users to combine professional sound content and patterns

to create their own music. The iDrum application takes advantage of unique

features of the iPhone platform -- users can tap virtual pads to create

rhythms, shake the handset to clear patterns, and use slide and flick

gestures to navigate the application's interface. Immersive, colorful

visuals show the relationship between different sounds in the beat,

allowing users to create new rhythms by creating visual patterns. Using a

special companion application, beats can even be turned into ringtones for

iPhone.



    The original iZotope iDrum application for Mac and PC is already a

favorite tool of both home musicians and GRAMMY-winning producers for its

ease of use and versatility. The iPhone adaptation of iDrum combines the

power and professional sound of the original iDrum with a completely new

interface designed to let even users with no musical experience create

original beats.



    The first two versions of iDrum, Hip Hop Edition and Club Edition, are

now available for US$4.99 each from Apple's App Store on iPhone and iPod

touch or at http://www.itunes.com/appstore. iZotope plans to release different

genre-based editions of iDrum in the coming months.

    About iZotope, Inc.



    iZotope is a research-driven audio signal processing company based in

Boston, Massachusetts. Its hardware products, software products, and audio

technology are used by millions of people in over 50 countries, from

hobbyist musicians to GRAMMY Award winners. iZotope focuses on developing

innovative audio technology for professional and consumer applications.

This core technology is presented to customers in its award-winning product

line and through its extensive licensing program.



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