Like so many things I do this started off in a very different direction to the one it ended up being. Never mind. I still quite like it though
Category: Mobile Applications
I’m a big fan of mobile applications. It started with the Palm OS and Windows Mobile, and has continued with iOS and Android. Who knows where mobile apps will go to next, it’s a journey, and an interesting one at that. If you’re looking for more on mobile apps then also check out the menu sections for pages on specific apps and things I’ve done with them.
Brute LFO and Molecule Synth
I do like using this app with stuff. You can get some really interesting sounds and effects from the various modules in my molecule synth.
Goodbye Foursquare, it was fun, you ruined everything sadly
FourSquare have finally gone too far. They’re forcing users to switch to their new app Swarm. I don’t really know why, but the new app runs GPS in the background and therefore uses loads of battery. So I’ve decided that enough is enough. I’m giving up on check-ins with FourSquare. If they subsequently change their minds and stop doing this stupid two app stuff then maybe I’ll start using it again, but for now I’ve had it with FourSquare.
PalmSounds: See what I thought of Oscilab
I put together a few thoughts on the app Oscilab, which I thought might be of interest to you. You can read the post at Palm Sounds.
SoundLab site is live
We’ve got our new SoundLab site up and running. It’s already got some great resources available there and we’ll be adding more very soon. Please do check it out.
littleBits adding new synth modules
Which is brilliant, as I think that these go beyond what I’d hoped that they would add. I thought it would be great if we just got MIDI, but this is awesome. I’m looking forward to getting my hands on these and connecting my littleBits kit to a bigger musical world.
IFTTT comes to Android, but not your Android (well not mine really)
I got really excited today when I heard that IFTTT was finally coming to Android. It was always something I knew that they’d do, just a question of when, and the when was now. So when I opened up my Nexus 7 to find the IFTTT app on google play, and it wasn’t there I was a little disappointed. Of course, it was there, but just not for me, or rather, not for the Nexus 7.
I suppose it will come to Android tablets eventually, but it’ll take a little while I guess, which is a shame as the Nexus 7 was Google’s flagship 7″ tablet. I suppose I just don’t get why apps like this can’t come to the OS fully universal from day one? It doesn’t make sense to me.
So I’m back to waiting again for this, and what’s worse, I know about the Android specific channels that IFTTT have built into their Android app. So I really do know what I’m missing!
Audiobus Preset store
I thought I’d like to capture some Audiobus presets for myself and store them somewhere. So I found a way to capture the presets to a Google spreadsheet and then embed the sheet in a web page. The page you can find here. I’ll be adding to it over time, so it’ll grow and more and more Audiobus presets will get added. Obviously, to get them to work you’ll need to access them from your iOS device and not a desktop.
Updates coming to Pythonista and Editorial
This is of course amazing news. These two apps are incredible powerhouses of iOS automation and the new UI module and its associated features will take both apps into new directions for automating text using iOS devices. The developer’s extensive description of how it all works and what’s behind the release is brilliant too.
I can’t wait to get my hands on the new versions. I just hope it won’t be long.
Video for my track: Sympaticon
I quite enjoyed making this and getting it finished off. It isn’t perfect by any means, but it isn’t bad, and as a first attempt (almost first) I’m quite pleased with it.
Of course, it makes me think of other stuff I’d like to do with video, so expect more at some point.
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