Wireless MIDI Controller Heaven
ShakeMidi has got to be one of the most innovative instruments for musicians and dancers around. Do you know why?
✓ Turn your dance moves into an instrument. ShakeMidi enables you to use your body motion to create wireless MIDI notes. These notes can translate into any sort of tone, sound, bass or sample. Essentially, it's a stage-ready wireless MIDI controller & sequencer that you can shake.
✓ Keep a perfect beat, no matter what. Turn on Quantize and your notes will snap to the nearest beat position, allowing for a flawless performance and zero latency over WiFi.
Only $1.99 till Jan 21!
What's Shakemidi?
Shakemidi is an iPhone instrument that follows your every move as you flow with the music, sending wireless MIDI notes.
It was created by Nat Weiss, a seasoned musician who's been splitting his time between his love for code and his love for music.
Originally conceived to be used by dancers playing live music, ShakeMidi will surely help musicians find new and exciting ways of creating rhythm, both on and off the stage. This wireless MIDI app gives you all the freedom you need to create, playing notes and patterns any way you want allows for endless combinations.
Features
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Wireless MIDI Support
ShakeMidi is a MIDI app that supports output to Ableton Live, GarageBand, Pro Tools and other popular Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs). -
Built for the Accelerometer
Every note creation is controlled using movement, effectively turning ShakeMidi into the first iOS OSC/MIDI app to singularly use the accelerometer as a MIDI Note On/Off device. -
Quantization
ShakeMidi snaps the notes to the closest beat or bar on your music, allowing for perfectly synced rhythm, no matter what. -
Zero Latency over WiFi
Using your software MIDI clock and quantization, ShakeMidi can achieve an impossible zero millisecond latency over a wireless connection.
More iPhone apps
Interested in music? ShakeMidi is not the only instrument you can play on your iPhone or iPad. Take a look at other great examples and see how far other musicians are pushing the boundaries of music with their iDevices. And if you know another app that deserves to be here, drop us a line!
Morphwiz
by Jordan Rudess
Built by Dream Theater’s own Jordan Rudess, you can tell the guy knows what he’s doing. Morphwiz is a capable, deep MIDI instrument that requires training, but offers creative satisfaction.
Seline HD
by Amidio
Seline HD is a touch-based keyboard with a twist. Ergonomically designed, its 16 notes are mapped to the left and right of the grid. It’s a clean looking app, and easy to pick up and play.
SoundPrism
by Audanika
SoundPrism took the App Store by storm a while back. While not exactly a MIDI instrument, it’s a fun way for beginners to create music out of the blue: whatever the user does, it always sounds good.