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  • The Workbench & Rehearsal Room iPad:My Top 10 Apps

    The Workbench & Rehearsal Room iPad:
    My Top 10 Apps

    iPad: Your pathway to a more productive and better organized workspace!
    It’s not as if Apple needs more free publicity, but IMHO, the iPad is the greatest workbench and rehearsal room innovation since the Mesopotamians perfected beer.*

    Seriously — I find myself reaching for the thing as often as I reach for the soldering iron. In fact, I sometimes confuse the two, which probably explains the sketchy wiring in my pedals and the mysterious burns on my fingertips.

    Marketing hype notwithstanding, there’s isn’t always “an app for that.” (In particular, I eagerly await the “Why Doesn’t This $^%&Y# Thing Work?” app.)

    But I would like to share a few tools that proven consistenly useful in the two years since the iPad’s debut. Prices range from free to a whopping $5.99 for Electronic Toolbox Pro.

    01. Electronic Toolbox

    Electronic Toolbox Pro

    02. Cleartune

    Cleartune Chromatic Tuner

    03. Safari

    Safari Web Browser

    04. Dropbox

    Dropbox

    05. Metronome™

    Metronome™

    06. Camera

    Camera

    06. Kindle

    Kindle and/or iBooks

    Noteshelf
    08. StreamToMe

    StreamToMe

    09. Voice Memos

    Voice Memos

    10. iCircuit

    iCircuit

    11. Plants vs. Zombies

    Plants vs. Zombies

    01. Electronic Toolbox thumbnail
    02. Cleartune thumbnail
    03. Safari thumbnail
    04. Dropbox thumbnail
    05. Metronome™ thumbnail
    06. Camera thumbnail
    06. Kindle thumbnail
    07. Noteshelf thumbnail
    08. StreamToMe thumbnail
    09. Voice Memos thumbnail
    10. iCircuit thumbnail
    11. Plants vs. Zombies thumbnail

    Is anyone else foolhardy enough to expose their expensive mobile devices to hazardous workbench and rehearsal room environments? What are your observations? Recommendations? Bitter regrets? Do tell.

    * Just kidding. Kids, don’t drink and solder.