Having created its last album solely on an iPad, the Gorillaz band is no stranger to music apps and virtual beats. In honor of the band's ingenuity, Korg has released the iElectribe Gorillaz Edition, a limited-edition version of the dedicated beatbox app for iPad. The iElectribe Gorillaz Edition ($9.99) is now available in a limited run of 10,000 apps.

The iElectribe is a virtual analog beatbox for the iPad. According to Korg, making sounds and beats with the app is easy, fun, and intuitive, just as on a vintage analog synthesizer. To get started with the app, all you do is choose a part and touch the 16-step sequencer to build a groove. The aggressive sound, unique functionality, and intuitive beat-building style of the iElectribe made it a favorite of Gorillaz for their latest album The Fall, says Korg.

The special Gorillaz Edition keeps all of the main features of iElectribe and adds some new ones too. This version is essentially a new "machine" customized to generate Gorillaz samples from The Fall which allow you to create music in a wide variety of musical styles. The iElectribe Gorillaz Edition features an original design and synthesizer engine, including 128 new sounds created by Gorillaz; plus 64 ready-to-use pre-programmed patterns by the sound team Gorillaz, Stephen Sedgwick, and Korg.

Main features:

• 128 Gorillaz sounds created using the iElectribe synthesizer engine
• 64 Preset Patterns accurately reproduce some of the finest Gorillaz grooves from the latest album
• Sound Engine: PCM Synthesizer; 128 PCM Samples; 8 parts x 16 types
• Instrument Voices (Parts): 8 PCM synthesizer parts
• Effect Section:
  - Master Effect: Assignable per step / per part
  - 8 Effect Types: Short Delay, BPM Sync Delay, Grain Shifter, Reverb, Chorus / Flanger, Filter, Talking Modulator, Decimator
• Sequencer Section:
  - Patterns: 64 steps maximum per part (Motion Sequencing can memorize all knob motions in a pattern)
  - Tempo: 20-300BPM (with Tap tempo and Swing function), Pattern-set function
• Pattern Memory: 160 Total:
  - 32 preset patterns x 2 banks
  - 32 blank patterns x 3 banks
• Virtual Valve Force Tube Modeling
• Audio Export feature: Bounce Pattern, Real-Time Recording (16-bit, 44.1 kHz Stereo WAV format)
• Publish and share songs online with the SoundCloud music distribution site
• Supports WIST (Wireless Sync-Start Technology)
• Supports "AudioCopy" function
• Supports performance and controls on an external USB-MIDI device (via the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit)

The iElectribe Gorillaz Edition app is now available for iPads running iOS 4.2 or later. For more details, please visit korg.com.