The other day I was browsing through iPhone / iPod Touch apps, hoping to find something that would catch my interest because I am seriously considering getting an iPhone 3G.

I am ecstatic to report that there’s a whole lot more than just Super Monkey Ball to load up on the iPhone. The most exciting app I found is Beatmaker. This app is a surprisingly capable music sequencer that uses 16 touch pads to hold and playback audio samples that you can upload to the iPhone. If you don’t know much about samplers, sequencers and music composition in general, it’s not very hard to pick up. Basically, you strike the touch pads and they playback a short segment of sound (e.g. drums, stringed instruments, vocals, etc.). Then you record the pattern than you played and loop it. Finally, you can string together different loops for a song.

The app costs $19.95, which is relatively expensive compared to the other offerings at the iTunes Store, but with Beatmaker, you are getting a professionally developed app that has a lot of features and capabilities; don’t confuse this app with the torrent of amateur projects that you’ve seen released for the iPhone, in fact, check out some videos of it in action to see just how awesome it can be!