I’m writing this post from my new iPod touch using the wordpress application. Lately I’ve been reading a few reviews of cool apps to make music with and with all the other stuff it comes with it seems to me a bargain for the price now that it’s only around $200 for the 8GB version. I don’t really want it for the music since my creative zen still does a great job, especially now that spotify isn’t working anymore for being away from home and while I find some kind soul to setup a VPN for me it’s still gonna be much needed.

Starting with a quick review. The first thing I realized was how cool, light and well designed it is and once I started playing with it I couldn’t stop.

So far I’ve downloaded a bunch of free apps from the store and a few of them to make music. There’s a piano and a simple substractive synth and they sound great. Also a multitrack recorder and a guitar tuner. However, I’ll only be able to use these ones when I get myself a mic but i’m looking forward to it since it can be very handy as a quick draft tool for writing songs.

The screen is very sensitive and it’s very easy to play melodies and chords. There’s also a free version of Groovemaker, which although I’ve only been able to play with for a few minutes looks and sounds very promising. And this is only the start. I guess that the Ipod had the potential to become an extremely powerful tool for making music.