St-Hyacinthe, CA Jun 22, 2010
Quebec-based Castiv Media is proud to announce the Guitar Sidekick, a
guitar mounted holding system designed for Iphones. The system enables
the musician to easily use any of the music/guitar apps available on
iTunes, such as: video lessons, lyrics teleprompter, audio recorder,
metronome, tabs display, and instrument tuner. Compatible with any
guitar, it does not affect playing or tuning.
The Guitar Sidekick is positioned between the nut and the machine
heads (tuners) of the guitar by clipping it around the strings. It
does not affect the sound, playing, or tuning of the guitar, and works
equally well with classical, acoustic, electric or bass guitars. The
grip can freely rotate and position the iPhone in either portrait or
landscape mode. The adjustable grip can accommodate the iPhone, iPod
touch, iPod nano, BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry, Android, PSP, Zune,
iTab, and more.
Feature Highlights:
* Easy to install and use
* Works on acoustic, classical and electric guitars
* Does not affect the acoustics of your guitar
* You can still tune your guitar with the Sidekick on
* Can rotate to accommodate either portrait or landscape view
There are currently more than 500 guitar apps for the iPhone/iPod
touch which provide a wide variety of teaching, recording,
accompanying, timing, and lyric reading functions. Particularly
popular are guitar tabs (tablatures), which are fingering diagrams for
songs, sometimes including lyrics. Castiv Media offers their own MP4
Tabs Lite application, permitting uploading of scrolling tabs from a
Windows computer to the iPhone or other mobile device.
Pricing and Availability:
Guitar Sidekick for the iPhone, iPod touch, and other devices is
available for $29.99 (USD). MP4 Tabs Lite is a free application.
Located in St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, Castiv Media is a design
company specializing in smartphone accessories for musicians. The
company was founded by Mark and David Garon in 2009, and the guitar
Sidekick is their first product released to the market. Later this
year they plan on extending the Sidekick line with several other
products. Copyright 2010 Castiv Media. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the
Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in
the U.S. and/or other countries.
*Samples are available on request for review.