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"If you\u2019d told me not so long ago that I could have a touch screen device in my pocket quick enough to allow me to manipulate audio by scratching with a virtual turntable, I\u2019d have told you to get out of town. Nonetheless here I am, displaying my next to useless DJ\u2019ing \u2018skillz\u2019 to anyone who will listen, using Baby Scratch from developers Async.\r\n\r\nAfter launching the app you are presented with a nice looking virtual turntable complete with volume slider disguised as a pitch control, stop/start button, transformer button (more on this in a minute) and a button to trigger some ready made beats for you to scratch over. As soon as I \u2018grabbed\u2019 the turntable with my finger for the first time, I knew I was going to have fun.\r\n\r\nThe scratch noises provided include a lot of classics and the turntable itself is impressively responsive. Wiggling your finger back and forth and tapping the transformer button is immensely satisfying even if, like my good self, your skills leave much to be desired. The way the pitch fluctuates as you scratch really sounds smooth, despite the overall sound being a tad grainy. There\u2019s a lot of nice maths going on here though, and all credit to the developers for getting this working in real time on a Phone.\r\n\r\nYou can also record a snippet of audio using the iPhone\u2019s microphone by pressing - you guessed it - the microphone icon. During testing this led to a lot of puerile fun I can tell you, fun which continues to this day.\r\n\r\nAs is the fashion these days, you can download extra sound packs for $0.99 a pop. I haven\u2019t done this yet because despite the \u2018808/Electro Crate\u2019 and \u20188 bit Crate\u2019 previews sounding good, the one I am most interested in, \u2018Dusty Crate\u2019, seems to have a broken preview.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nBaby Scratch is great fun if a little basic, but in my view that\u2019s the charm of it. Async also make a couple of other tasty looking turntablist apps for your iDevice but this one costs the princely sum of absolutely nothing (excluding in app purchases), so go and grab it now and start making beautiful music. Or as in my case, an enjoyable racket."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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