miniMusic make a suite of music making titles for the Plam based handheld device, but the latest update to BeatPad brings a number of new enhancements and give you many functions you would expect from a dedicated drum-machine. BeatPad 1.1 now uses miniMusic’s new Krikit Audio Engine (or Krikit Synth) to create “rich sound� on most modern handheld computers (like the Zire 31, 71, 72, Tungsten T, T2, T3, T5, C, E, E2, Treo 600, 650, Tapwave Zodiac, Sony Clie UX40, UX50 or TJ35, and others). The Krikit Synth is polyphonic and multi-timbral so that you can play chords or counterpoint and use multiple instrument sounds with no additional hardware. BeatPad also supports models with built-in sound cards (like the Tapwave Zodiac, Sony T, TG, NR, NX, and NZ-series Clies or Handspring Visors with the Beat Plus Springboard module). BeatPad lets you save multiple banks of patterns (melodic/bass lines and drums), swap the patterns during playback, chain patterns together for longer loops, change MIDI instruments and channels, and much more. Registered users are already raving about the new update, with the new save to MIDI feature making it possible to export your patterns into your favourite MIDI/DAW rig for further incorporation into your composition.

Available as a download for $29.95
• http://www.minimusic.com/beatpad.html

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