The developers at Rambax are responsible for some of the best music applications for iPhone. Pocket Voice is their latest work that enables you to record a sound and play it with a Piano keyboard or the set of tunes available in this app. Pocket Voice is essentially a virtual instrument. You have a set of sounds available to you and a set of tunes. By mixing and matching them, you can create all kinds of songs, which is why this app so much fun.

You can choose from a set of sounds available in this app to get started:

• Piano, Flute, Guitar, Sax, Vibraphone, and …
• Cat Meow, Dog Bar, and …

Essentially, you get to mix and match these sounds with the tunes available to create your own recordings. If you are creative and into music, you are going to love the ability to mix and match all these sounds. Let’s say you want a frog to sing the happy birthday song. Just choose the frog sound and match it to your tune.

The interface is very easy to get used to, and you don’t have to jump through the hoops the get started with Pocket Voice. The app is very flexible and recording couldn’t be easier. If you are looking for a fun mix and match music app for iPhone, Pocket Voice is a great app to get started with.

If you have been following iAF for a while, you probably know I am a big fan of music apps for iPhone. I don’t hesitate to call out iPhone apps that are not that great, but there are a lot of cool music applications available for this platform. Piano Sharp is another one of those cool music applications for iPhone. It’s a mobile piano that makes it so easy to compose music. You can record new songs and play your existing MIDI files. If you are into piano or music overall, this app has a lot of new features that makes it worth your while.

Piano Sharp lets you pre-record upto 3 different parts of your songs separately and then put them together. I found the piano itself very easy to work with. You can use the accelerometer to manage the piano more effectively. Another feature that I loved in this app was the ability to export recorded songs and also import MIDI files.

I am not a musician, but working with Piano Sharp is so easy that you don’t have to be a musician to have fun with it. You can play 5 keys simultaneously and roll the keys easily with your fingers. You can also change the position and tempo of the songs that you are playing. And who can forget about the 15 sample songs that you get with this app.

All in all, Piano Sharp is one heck of a music application. It’s very intuitive and lets you compose your music while you are on the go. If you are a fan of piano, you can’t afford not to try this app.

Verdict: A

You got to love the creative minds who are working hard to bring more value to the iPod Touch/iPhone platform. If you have been following this site, it’s no secret that I am a big fan of music apps. FingerPiano is another music application that provides immense value to music lovers. I am not a Piano player, and in fact I am not even that good with music. But with iPhone apps such as FingerPiano, anyone can start playing with music. You don’t have to be a musician to do it.

All you have to do is follow the scrolling notes and play with your forefinger. You can do it with one hand or two hand. There are 70 songs to choose from, so you will have plenty of options to choose from. FingerPiano is fun to play for everyone, but if you are someone who wants to play music but have no idea how, you are going to get the most value out of FingerPiano.

Price: $2.99.

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