ReBirth 1.2 Released, Adds WIST Support

The latest version of ReBirth - 1.2  - is now in the App Store!  Both the iPhone and iPad apps have been updated, and the newest feature of this release is WIST support.

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Retronyms Interview in SF Weekly!

SF Weekly has a great interview with one of our co-founders out today!  If you've ever wondered about the origins of Retronyms or our products, take a minute to check out the article.

ReBirth for iPad in the App Store!

That's right, ReBirth, everyone's favorite desktop synth that we helped port to iPhone last spring, is now available for iPad!  It's still the same app you know and love, with the added bonuses of sharing your music via Facebook and Twitter, not to mention the delight and ease of using ReBirth on the iPad's larger screen.  But check out this video, it does a great job of explaining everything in detail:



So if you've got an iPad and love makin' beats, be sure to pick up ReBirth!

Propellerhead's ReBirth for iPhone

As you can guess by the type of products that we develop, most of us are huge computer music fans (in fact, one of our team just finished up a north american tour with Angel Theory and Assemblage 23). So bringing ReBirth to the iPhone was a special project for us.

When ReBirth was released, it signaled the beginning of software-based music synthesis and production. Like the instruments that it virtualizes, it’s a major music milestone. Propellerhead’s ReBirth provides an amazing kit for a musician. I’ll point you to rebirthapp.com for more details. These instruments defined a genre of music. Any music fan should know about these tools.

Not only do you hear 303s and 808s in many popular songs, they are so loved that musicians actually write songs about them, like Fatboy Slim’s “Everybody Needs a 303.” Bands name themselves after them like 808 State. Outkast knows you want the 808 in their catchy song, “I like the way you move.”

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