Man, Rockstar is bringing the thunder today. A little bit after dropping word that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is being developed for the iPhone (and iPod Touch), it also announced that Beaterator would be coming to the iPhone (and iPod Touch). I don’t know why (I do that).
If you were with us last week, you’ll remember that Rockstar also released a video showing Timbaland (and his son!) messing around with the “game.” Again, game is in quotes because it’s more Ableton than Rock Band.
The iPhone version is slated for “this fall.”
Not that it matters, since most of the CG crew has been pushing Greg’s Button all day long.
That is to say, we’re easily entertained.
I did a live demo at PAX for Beaterator with the DJ. It is amazing. With the iGadgets abilities to export and import MIDI the sky is the limit. Just think about multiple people at the same time creating songs. Or Beaterator on the PSP all at once.
Beaterator works differently than most software, including Ableton Live because you can edit on the fly much easier. It’s a big deal in the audio world.