Beatport: Music Discovery Goes Mobile
Beatport, the leader in electronic music downloads, needed an iPhone app to put their catalog in the hands of DJs worldwide and add an additional revenue stream via mobile.
Objectives
• Enable mobile purchasing for nearly 2 million tracks• Reorganize Beatport’s full catalog for iPhone navigation
• Create a simple interface for Top 100 charts & featured releases
• Reroute in-app purchases through the Beatport website
Encouraging Mobile Purchases
At every stage in the design process, we strove to make finding and purchasing music a simple and seamless process. In addition to song previews and easily navigable charts, we routed all music sales through the main Beatport website to circumvent in-app purchasing fees.
Mashbox: The Ultimate Mobile Mashup Machine
Mashbox is an intuitive mashup tool that lets budding musicians mix tracks from their favorite artists. We created a powerful mashup engine that automatically adjusts track tempos between songs for seamless overlays and lets users shift tempo on the fly without distortion.
App Features
• In-app purchasing from Beatport’s digital music catalog• Adjust tempo, loops, and track elements on the fly
• High-resolution throwback interface is designed for ease of use
Designed for Simplicity
The throwback interface is designed to mimic an analog mixing board, with skeuomorphic meters and dials to help beginners immediately grasp the controls. We worked to keep the design as simple as possible, reducing clutter to level out the application’s learning curve.
