BeatBox Pad is joined by only one other drum app in the iPad App store
Developing an iPad app after one college class in mobile applications is tough to do, but 21-year-old Brian Schachter took on the challenge with his iPad App BeatBox Pad. One of the first iPad applications to hit the App store, BeatBox Pad combines Schachter’s love for music with his talent as a developer. BeatBox Pad was released before the iPad hit stores.
How did Schachter develop an app for a device he’d never seen before?
It came down to a lot of thinking, drawing and executing. The only experience Schachter had in mobile app development was from a class he took at New England Institute of Art in Brookline, Mass., where he’s a full-time student. By the end of class all of the students had produced iPhone applications, and that’s where Shachter’s inspiration for BeatBox Pad came from.
BeatBox Pad turns your iPad into a musical instrument; with over 25 sounds BeatBox Pad is simple, yet perfectly brain numbing. Check out the short demo below:
BeatBox Pad may not be the most advanced iPad app to hit Apple’s App store, but the fact that a college guy with only one semester of experience in mobile development could create it is proof of a new trend emerging. Mobile applications are becoming easier to develop. Given this ease of creation, the number of mobile applications could rival the number of websites sooner rather than later.
Students and professionals alike will be able to create simple and purposeful apps quicker and easier. Expect more high school and college classes on mobile development and increased demand for mobile developers in the job market.
What’s next for Schachter?
He’s taking his mobile development experience and working on turning an iPhone / iPod touch application he created, Melody Ear Training, into an iPad app. Melody Ear Training is an application that helps train and improve a musician’s sense of pitch and transcription by turning any iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch into a keyboard. For all you music theorists out there, it’s great for interval training. The app plays a set of notes and then has the musician play it back. The free version of Melody Ear Training has already been downloaded over 3000 times!
Schachter also plans on adding a recording and looping feature to BeatBox Pad after receiving user feedback. BeatBox has been downloaded over 150 times and is playing a role in setting trends in musical app development for the iPad. Keep an eye out for Schachter as he plans to increase his skillset in Objective-C development and turn out more music-based mobile applications. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I am going to go play some drums.
What are some of your favorite iPad apps? Do you think there will be as many mobile applications as there are websites one day?
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