Newzik is the new sheet music reader app on iPad and iPhone that allows all musicians to read and manage PDFs, Lyrics and Chords and MusicXML scores as well as audio and video files. Import, organize, transpose, annotate, synchronize and of course... turn the page with your AirTurn pedal.

A little bit about Geo Shred from Moforte... 

Geo Shred is a professional musical instrument for iOS devices that lets you create music using a powerful physical model of the guitar … and beyond!



Geo Shred has a unique and responsive user interface for performance and sound design that gives you direct control of dozens of model parameters and effects. With Geo Shred you have the power to make music that comes alive with expression - realistic controllable feedback, finger vibratos, note slides, power chords, auto arpeggios and much, much more.

Designed for the iPad2/iPhone 4s or better, Geo Shred is being jointly developed by Jordan Rudess' Wizdom Music Software and moForte, Inc., and is based on 3rd generation Physical Modeling research of  Dr. Julius O. Smith III of Stanford/CCRMA and others.

Check Out The Geo Shred Demo Here

This is more than just a music display system. Power Music gives you total control over your music collection

Create and manage your chord sheets in PDF and Word documents into fully transposable chord sheets. You can share music, set lists and annotations with everyone in the band. Swing by our website to get more details and watch the Power Music Video to learn more about the 20 plus features. 

Read The Whole Power Music Article Here

BandHelper is an online service with companion mobile apps designed to organize your band and  power your live show. You can enter  your lyrics, chords, set lists, stage plots, events, income and expenses into the iOS or Androids Apps, or use the web interface from your computer, and everything will sync to your bandmates' devices automatically.

And on stage,  you can use the Bluetooth remote control, auto-scrolling, screen sharing, backing tracks, click tracks and MIDI, all from a customizable screen layout. 

A few things that distinguish it from other apps:

- Besides its repertoire and performance functions, BandHelper offers time-saving features for scheduling gigs, building stage plots and tracking your band’s income and expenses.

- BandHelper includes iOS and Android apps, plus a web interface you can access from your computer, and all your data syncs between them automatically.

- BandHelper account owners can provide full or read-only access to band members, and band members can add their personal lyrics, chords and notes alongside the band’s shared data.

AirTurn pedals (HID or PED) can be used to…

- Change songs

- Change pages in a song

- Scroll a song manually, or pause and resume auto-scrolling

- Pause and resume backing tracks and adjust playback volume

- Play tempos and reference pitches

- Send MIDI data

- Cycle through custom screen layouts

- Switch to other apps

More detailed blurbs are on the home page: http://www.bandhelper.com

NEW and Improved AirTurn TAP is HERE!

So what if you're a drummer and your hands and feet are busy? The AirTurn TAP provides a piezo interface that takes a tap from a finger or drum stick to trigger an event such as a page turn, sound effect, metronome, light show, set-list, backing track and bass player tempo controls!

Using all the same features as the BT-106 series transceiver, the TAP brings easy-to-use page turning and events to drummers and other active percussion players.

Comes with all mounting hardware to mount on any post up to 1.5 inches in diameter. Position can be set at any angle and height.

We've also partnered with Roland's BT - 1 for a single or double switch control. You can contact us if you have more ideas for a piezo pad control to command your tablet or iPad.

Find out more about Roland's BT-1 HERE!

Kyle Hollingsworth is an American rock keyboard player best known for playing in The String Cheese Incident. Kyle sings and plays electric piano, Hammond organ, clavinet, synthesizer and accordion. He also has his own project called the Kyle Hollingsworth Band.

After meeting up with him at a festival in Denver, CO we set him up with a MANOS Mount & goSTAND for his set lists. You can tell by his excitement that we brought him something he needed. He liked it so much that he brought the MANOS Mount & goSTAND to Red Rocks Amphitheater the following night. He was nice enought to send us a picture of his setup with The String Cheese Incident during soundcheck.

You can check out The Kyle Hollingsworth Band HERE.

Taking a hand away from the bass to turn a page stored in your tablet has always been a test of speed and coordination. If you can shoot your hand to the screen and get it back to your instrument without missing a note, you're golden. Or, my personal favorite, not getting any response and touching the screen one more time to advance two pages ahead instead of one...

A lifesaver was the invention of the footswitch controller that let your hands stay active on the instrument. Simply use your foot to tap a switch to turn a page. 

One of the leaders in the foot controller market, AirTurn recently launched a major update to the well-known BT-105 wireless foot controller. Dubbed the DUO, the new model features the ATFS-2 two-pedal foot controller for hands-free page turns as well as triggering effects and more than 100 computer and mobile applications. 

See the full article by John Kuhlman,  HERE