It is beautiful to look at and amazing to play with, if a little difficult to get your head around. Still well worth it in my book.
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.
Isle of Tune is wonderful
Of all the music games I’ve played, and I’ve tried to play as many as possible, I think that Isle of Tune is the most successful. But why? What makes it so good? I think the ability to be able to make simple tunes in such a playful way goes a long way toward making this one of the best apps that crosses over from game play to music creation.
I’m really pleased that it’s come to the iPhone too.
App revisit: Slice
I’ve mentioned before that I think that pretty much all the Strange Agency’s apps and this isn’t any different. Slice isn’t their finest, that’s for sure. Many of their later apps are far more interesting, but slice is still good, still fun to play with and still an interesting design.
App revisit: iSequence
Another app that seems to continue to work well on my 3G is iSequence. I remember when this app first came out. It was something of a revelation, and it’s still a very good sequencer for putting together tracks.
Anyway, it’s a keeper for my 3G music device and still works very well for setting up tunes either in their own right or for taking into something else to work on.
App revisit: BtBx
Another old app that hasn’t seen the light of day for a very long time, and whilst it does still work and in fact works very well on my 3G, it isn’t too functional. You have to remember though that this app first came out back in 2008 I think, so it isn’t as though it wasn’t a good piece of software. When it came out it was an excellent app considering the others that were around back then, but by today’s standards it isn’t anywhere near as complex as many others.
Even so, I think I might keep it on my 3G just for fun.
App revisit: bleep!Synth
Another app I haven’t used in ages and ages. But why? bleep!Synth was (is) excellent, and if that wasn’t enough it runs good on my 3G too.
App revisit: 8Bitone
I decided to revisit 8bitone after ever such a long time. To be honest I could never get my head around this app when it came out and never managed to make anything that was even vaguely satisfying. I thought that when I went back to it I might find it easier, but no, I still don’t get it as yet, which makes me really annoyed!
It’s a shame, as Yudo were so promising in the early iOS days, but they’ve just disappeared from that whole scene now. I guess that happens, but I still see it as a lost opportunity.
Getting the Donut
Now that I’m back to using my iPad for music again I thought I’d have another go at Donut, and suddenly, it really clicked. I used it to record some vocal cut ups and it was wonderful, or that is to say, I really enjoyed it anyway.
I really do love The Strange Agency. They’re amazing!
Planning to start sharing some Jasuto stuff
I’ve been doing a lot more tinkering about with Jasuto of late and I think I’m actually starting to make things that, whilst quite experimental from my perspective, might actually be fun for other people to play with as well. So I plan to start sharing these to the Jasuto community soon. When I do, I’ll let you know.
Mac OS 7 on Android
I finally found the files I needed to get this emulator running on my somewhat underpowered Android phone. Guess what, it works really well. So far I’ve only managed to get a few things working, but so far so good. It may even be useful, especially as I have a hypercard player app too.
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