DM-1 Drum Machine now available for iPhone

The DM-1 from Fingerlab has got to be one of my favourite drum machines for the iPad, it's simple to use and it just looks great. So I was happy to hear that it's now available on the iPhone and it's priced very generously  at 69p (GBP).

Check out the video of the iPhone version below.

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iPad display recorder & DM1 drum machine demo

iPad demo videos have become a pretty big part of Voltage-Controlled over the last few months. I've uploaded quite a few videos that I've taken using the camera on the back on my iPhone. That's all well and good but the quality of the videos have obviously suffered, so I got thinking about how I could go about making my videos a bit better.

At first I thought about investing in a decent camera but Voltage-Controlled rakes in little to no money from ads and donations so I couldn't really afford it. I remembered someone telling me a while back that if I jailbreak my device I can use third party software to take screen captures directly on the iPad. I looked into it but found out that the iPad 2 that I was using couldn't be jailbroken on iOS5.

However, I heard a week or so ago that it's changed and I can now hack my device and install the screen capture software. So I did it, I jailbroke the iPad and brought a tweak called display recorder.

It's a pretty basic app but it doesn't record audio which is a shame. That's not too much hassle though as I can record the audio into my laptop using my Saffire 6 interface and then sync it later.

Anyways, I thought I'd try it out and upload a video to YouTube. Here's me messing around with Fingerlab's DM-1 drum machine, one of my favourite drum machines on the iPad. DM-1's available in the appstore for £3.99 but I think I picked it up a few months ago when the price dropped to 69p.

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Fingerlab DM-1 drum on sale for £0.69

DM-1 is a vintage style drum machine emulator by Fingerlab. The app is currently available in the app store for a limited time at just £0.69. I already have some great drum machine apps on my iPad (iElectribe, Funkbox, Molten, etc.) but when I saw DM-1 on sale I thought that I'd try it out.

The drum machine is built up of 5 main parts; a step sequencer, drum pads, mixer, X/Y effects trackpads and the main song sequencer. All these different sections are spread out over different pages which makes navigation around the app really simple.

The step sequencer is easy to use and works just like any other drum sequencer, it's really fast to build a beat and get your ideas down. The included drum sounds are superb, they are professionally recorded and ready to use. There's the classic drum machine sounds (which are the standard 808, 909, etc.) along with some acoustic drum kits and exclusive DM-1 kits for you to play with.

There's two things that caught my attention with this app which have quickly made this one of my favourite drum machines for the iPad. The first one is the GUI, it's beautiful and really gives off a slick retro vibe. I'm loving the leather background to this app.

The second one is the X/Y track pads. I know, every music app on the iPad seems to have an X/Y controller of some sort but it's very rare that you see them on drum apps. The pads really give you a whole new way to sculpt your sound, they're really fun too.

For £0.69 you can't go wrong with this, I'm glad I brought it and it will be a nice addition to my line up of iOS music creation apps. Get it now while it's still on sale.

DM1 - The Drum Machine for iPad - By Fingerlab from Fingerlab on Vimeo.

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