We all know how iOS 4 is great for things like multitasking and adding folders to our homescreen. But what about some of the other more understated features? … Flare Scratch uses one such feature.

Previous to iOS 4, Apple kind of restricted the way developers used the user’s on-board iTunes music library. Today though, as reported by Create Music Digital, Flare Scratch is a new app which allows users to simply pick a song or track from their own music library and start scratching and mixing it like a true DJ.

“You can scratch any song in your iTunes library, meaning this app developer has figured out a way to access audio buffers as they’re played. Apparently, the API isn’t entirely perfect, but it sounds like a step in the right direction, based on the impressions we hear from this developer. The developers of Flare Scratch also make a more full-featured DJ tool called Baby Decks DJ for the iPad, which could mean that, with iPad support, the tablet could become an all-in-one DJ solution. (Of course, a MacBook still has one significant edge – far, far greater storage capabilities.)”

Pretty cool. Eh?

[Create Music Digital via @MacStoriesNet]

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