


ITM MCU is a virtual control surface that features assignable transport controls (Back, Forward, Stop, Play, and Record buttons), eight faders with Mute and Solo switches, Up and Down bank switches, Loop and Back to Arrangement (BTA) buttons, and a Scene button. ITM MCU is a virtual control surface for controlling the basic parameters of your DAW. (For synth players think of the first setup as appropriate for a Modulation Wheel controller where you may want to set it and forget it and the second as a Pitch-bend controller that you’d like to snap back to the home position after you’ve bent the note to your liking.) You can leave each controller open so that the control point stays where you leave it or lock it so that as soon as you stop touching it, it moves quickly back to the center. Assign each button to a different controller in your DAW and then tap a button to play with the controller assigned to it. iTM XYPad comes with five presets which are presented as A, B, C, D, and E buttons. For example, you might assign it to a Pan knob and use it to control where a particular track appears in the stereo field. With it, you move a point around a square to position a controller somewhere in space. ITM XYPad is suitable for any wheel, knob, or 3-D controller. Need to control a knob or joystick or move the position of a sound in the stereo field? Try XYPad. The developer is working on color codes and labels for a future version of the application.

No velocity control on this one and there’s currently no way to label pads so you can see what they do. Again you can assign the “pads” to any function you like within your DAW. ITM Matrix is a 4-by-4 or 8-by-8 grid that’s best used for triggering drum sounds as you would with a drum pad controller. ITM Matrix is the controller to use for triggering drum sounds. Latency (the delay between the time you tap a key or keys and you hear a sound) is there, but it’s not so bad that you can’t play in time. This is a controller that’s obviously useful for playing virtual synthesizers, but you’re just as welcome to assign its keys to different MIDI functions in your DAW or use it to enter notes in a notation application. ITM Keys is modeled after a MIDI keyboard controller, complete with pitch-bend controller. Just tap the bottom of the key to send a low velocity (quiet) and move up the key to “hit” the key with greater velocity. The keyboard can generate greater or lesser velocities (usually meaning a louder or softer sound, respectively). The keyboard is spacious enough that you can play minor seconds, you can move up or down an octave by tapping an Up or Down icon in the upper part of the screen, and there’s even a pitch-bend wheel at the top of the screen. ITM Keys is a one-octave virtual keyboard on your iPhone.
