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MusicScienceGuy



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:24 am    Post subject:  Using the Apple products as a platform for instruments
Subject description: Some Notes from creating jammer applications on iPxxx gadgets.
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I and some associates have helped Michael Eskin create jammer applications for Apple's iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad. Very Happy

Development was fast; he does this as a hobby, and has done all sorts of instruments. I'm alerting you about this as it has become apparent that here is a new experimental instrument prototyping and development system that could save us instrument developers a fair bit of time.

For more details, see my blog. Here's the pocket summary of what he wrote in just a few weeks:

2 stand-alone instruments:
HexJam: a "Hexagonal Jammer Concertina for the iPhone or iPod Touch"
Turns a iPhone/iPod into a pocket concertina with 52 notes (3 1/2 octaves) literally under one fingertips. He says it works well with 2 iPhones. And ... it also runs on the iPad.

HexJam HD - "Hexagonal Jammer Concertina for the iPad"
The same thing, but for the iPad. Both of these applications have their own built-in sound.
2 Midi Controllers:
mJammer - for the iPhone or iPod Touch, simulating 1 keyboard per unit.
It links to an Apple or Windows PC (probably Linux too) wirelessly. This app also has the ability to send controller (volume, expression, modulation, or breath controller) messages by tilting the device with adjustable sensitivity. Runs on the iPad.

iJammer is a Midi controller function for the iPad, simulating 2 independent keyboards.
It links to an Apple or Windows PC (probably Linux too) wirelessly. There are simple instructions for hooking it up. There's no direct sound.

These are fairly simple applications, based on the basic apple application package: one finger at a present velocity per note, and nothing more fancy. With time one could produce one hell of an instrument.

If you can help Michael, give him a dingle.
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