Top 3 free music apps for iOS

Apple iOS platform has matured quite a lot in the past five years and several music-centric apps are now available at the App Store. At times it is almost difficult to choose between several apps offering similar functionality. However, we tried our best and listed five free apps that you must try on your iPhone or iPad.

1) Ocarina 2

Ocarina 2

Blow into your phone, play the notes, feel the magic as Ocarina 2 responds to your breath, touch and movement. Turn your phone into an ancient flute-like instrument with Ocarina 2, and play the songs you love. Ocarina 2 brings all the magic from the classic Ocarina - one of Apple's All-Time Top 20 Apps - and more!

The sequel to the original, Ocarina 2 now includes a completely new song mode. Easily play and learn your favorite songs as scores light up to guide your fingers. You control the notes, speed and tempo, allowing your expressivity to shine.

This app will work with iPhone 4 or higher, iPod Touch fourth generation and iPad 2 or higher devices running at least iOS 5.0. Download the Ocarina 2 app for free from the Apple App Store.





2) DJ Studio (iPad)

DJ Studio (iPad)

Got 2 minutes to make some music? DJ Studio is built to help you find – and release - your Inner DJ.

The idea is simple: We built a powerful DJ App which requires no skill to use and we packed it full of great Loops & Samples from top Artists & DJs. Then we folded in some advanced features and premium content options which you can unlock at your own pace.

The result: you’re officially a DJ!

DJ Studio for iPad brings DJ-ing to a different level, for beginners and professionals alike.

Download :
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dj-studio/id530513023?mt=8

 
 Features:

• Browse built-in library of Loop & Samples and drop onto your 4x4 Deck
• Tap Pads to play – auto-sync means you’re always on the Beat
• Manipulate Level, Mute and FX Send for each Pad
• Mixer provides Level/Mute, Insert FX & Outboard FX Send on 4 independent channels
• Delay FX Unit provided with autoset parameters to match Tempo
• Save your Sets and Record your Live Performances
• Absolutely no experience required
• It’s FREE!


3) Mashbox (iPad)

Mashbox (iPad)

Beatport, the world’s largest music store for DJs, presents Mashbox, the ultimate mobile mashup machine.

Play with music™ and put your own spin on original hits from some of the world's biggest artists. From basslines to vocals, you're in control. Mashbox's professionally cut loops make it easy with auto-adjusted beats for seamless overlays without distortion.

Mashbox comes loaded with free music from Tone-Loc, EDX, and Tiësto vs. Diplo featuring Busta Rhymes. More songs are available in the Mashbox music store from artists including Moby, Fedde Le Grand, Armand Van Helden, Butch, and Booka Shade with additional music being added weekly.

With songs from a variety of artists continuously being added to the music store, Mashbox unlocks endless opportunities for you to play with music.

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Android Devices in Wireless Internet and Mobile Broadband

Android devices, such as the Motorola Milestone A 854 and HTC Desire 6275, use the Android software stack which was purchased by Google, who then made it open source enabling it to be used by any developer working on software for mobile devices. Android was built on the Linux Kernel, and can be used to develop mobile applications that make full use of the true potential of a mobile handset, and enable developers to combine the various functions that a handset is capable of providing.

Using Android, your phone's core applications can combine with third party applications to offer services not otherwise possible, such as combining internet data with that on your cell phone, which would not be possible without Android. You can design your phone to match your interests, and make full use of mobile broadband and wireless internet applications. In other words, by using Android a developer can enable you to use your phone in ways not possible without it.

Because it is open source software, anybody can use it, and it is currently installed on a number of Android devices, including smartphones marketed by Acer, Cherry, HTC, LG, Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, and also on some tablets and e-readers. Where installed, full use can be made of the Android Market, offering a number of applications such as the free Time Mobile, offer the latest from Time Magazine and Sports Tap, also free, providing the latest sports results and stats.

To make full use of Android devices you will need Wireless internet and Mobile broadband (such as in the Motorola Milestone X MB810). With Wireless internet, or Wi-Fi, you can access the internet through 'hotspots' allowing wireless access to a router wired to the internet. Mobile broadband, such as 3G, allows internet access from anywhere at any time, and most mobile phones these days have mobile broadband technology integrated into their software.

Mobile broadband offers wireless high-speed internet access by means of a portable modem, cell phone or any other device that can access a wireless signal. It is available to laptops via a USB 'dongle' that provides a connection, and other Android devices that can provide mobile broadband connections are PC cards, notebooks with built in mobile broadband modules and all leading laptops.

One of the advantages claimed for Android is that because it is open source, more developers will use it because it's free, and the fact that it is implemented under an Apache license enables Android to be more easily used in software development. You should thus be able to connect your smartphone to car radios and many other Android devices.

A smartphone using Android always knows where you are, and one of the apps on Android Market is known as Aloqa. No matter where you are, Aloqa will make real time recommendations to your phone based on your choice of preferences in respect of restaurants, music, hotels, events and activities close to where you are at the time. This can be done because Android enables developers to interface the location of your device with other devices that can offer you this type of information.

Naturally, this also makes use of wireless internet or mobile broadband. Without either of these connections, Android would be extremely limited in application, as would other smartphones that don't use it such as Blackberry. Blackberry has its own platform and its own version of some of the apps on Google's Android Market.

So the obvious next question is which is better - Android devices or Blackberry or even Apple's iPhone system. If sales matter, then the Android platform phones are selling better in the USA than iPhones, while Blackberry (RIM platform) and Window's Phone 7 (Windows Mobile platform) dropped even more. Android phones now have 33% of the American cell phone market. It's not a matter of how they compare technically, but how many phone manufacturers are using each platform.

Naturally, you will find the best selling platform will have most apps, and Google is expanding its range of apps on Android Market. Not all are free, but a good number are. Among them are the highly rated games Robot Defense and Spec Trek. Both are extremely popular, but why not pop over to Android Market and check out what they have. Some are free while others are not so free.

Most Android devices therefore, such as the LG Axis 740, will also offer a WiFi internet connection and likely mobile broadband to enable you to make the most of the Android platform and apps downloadable from Android market. There must be some reason for most cell phones being supplied with Android, and Google is currently tightening up the rules regarding its use so that it less fragmented with more interoperability between applications and Android devices.

Author : Margaret Winfrey

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