Litte GP tracker

Sometimes I think I shouldn't look out for these kind of things. You start to find out about stuff, and then what happens? You're gonna want to buy one.

Well, that's what I'm starting to think here. There's an active community of users for this device, and Little GP tracker seems to be in constant development.

It is certainly something I'm going to keep an eye on.

tags technorati : Linux, GP2X, LittleGPtracker

Devices for mobile music making

I was thinking about this earlier. At present my experience of mobile music making is restricted to a limited number of devices or device types. Let me explain:

Device I own / or have owned:

- Various Palm OS devices
- Various PocketPC / Windows Mobile devices
- MadPlayer (weird device that generate music via algorithm)
- Laptops in general

Devices I am aware of / would like to own:

- Nintendo DS
- GameBoy
- PSP

Of course, what is left is the stuff I don't know about, and of course that I can't comment on.

I did have a little sniff around for any interesting apps running on Symbian, but I could find almost nothing.

I'd be really interested to know of other platforms or devices that are useful for mobile music making.

tags technorati : PDA, Mobile Music Making, Devices

DS Lite: Band Brothers

Another interesting music game rather than app. Looks like this is already interactively set up. I'd imagine that this would be good fun to use with children.

Tempting. Again!

tags technorati : Nintendo DS, Band Brothers

DS Lite: Axe

Another simple music application for the DS, but again, another reason to get one?

tags technorati : Nintendo DS, Axe

DS Lite: Drum Machine

Yet another reason to have a look at the DS as a viable platform. Ok, only a drum machine at the moment, but some possibilities of getting a softsynth too?

tags technorati : Nintendo DS, Drum Machine

DS Lite: NitroTracker

This little application seems to get more and more tempting as time goes by. There's also a hint of collaborative tracking via wifi to come in the future.

Of course, I've no idea who I'd collaborate with, but, nevertheless, very cool stuff.

Rebirth on my Libretto

An excellent suggestion was commented on my previous libretto post. I've downloaded the iso image, but having lots of trouble getting the disk image into something that works.

I think I'll have to do some more research to see how to sort this out.

tags technorati : Rebirth, Libretto 70CT

StyleTap on onetonnemusic

One Tonne Music have a good post today on StyleTap which reminded me that I should mention that their site has been updated recently. It looks much better than before, and has a good deal more content. There's also now more options for downloading as they've added a standalone installation app for Mac and Linux which I found really useful.

Having said that StyleTap is still a beta product, and I wonder what more they will add to it to before it finally goes live?

tags technorati : StyleTap, One Tonne Music

Loading up the Libretto

Late last night I started loading up some of the software I've found. The most useful I've found so far are:

- Goldwave: A bit like a very early version of Audacity
- Octomed Studio: Tracker Application
- Cubase Audio Lite
- CreateFX

I think I'd like to keep searching for more apps as the ones I've added so far haven't taken up much space at all. My current plan for the Libretto is to use it as a sort of hub between my handheld devices (Palm T3, Jornada and Zoom PS04). So that I can move files from each of the handheld devices using the Libretto.

The other main use for the libretto will be sound editing and manipulation. That's where goldwave comes in.

I'll need to do lots more testing, but so far I am quite enthusiastic that the Libretto will form a useful part of my mobile studio.

tags technorati : Libretto 70CT

Milkytracker for PocketPC

I loaded up Milkytracker on my Jornada 568. So far it works like a dream! I also noticed that there's a version for Windows 95, so I may well try that on my little Libretto 70CT.

tags technorati : Milkytracker, Jornada 568, Windows 95, Libretto 70CT

Mobile Music Technology: Receiver

This is an interesting online magazine and has a good article by Tim Cole. Worth a look.

Mobile Music Technology Workshop 2007

I posted on this before, but I've now been contacted by someone involved in the 2006 workshop. It made my day today. The workshop next year is in Amsterdam I'm told, and I think I'll do my best to attend it. More on this soon.

Palm OS4 Music

Here's a collection of links to posts about Palm OS4 Music.

Harmonic Square

Piezo Power

OS4

Capers

Harmony Central

I've been searching for Windows 95 software for my little Libretto 70CT. I've found that Harmony Central is quite a good resource for finding software. Check the link.

Libretto 70CT

For a few years I've had this little device. It is not much bigger than a video cassette. It has a 1.5 gb hard drive, and 32mb of RAM. It only runs Windows 95, and won't run anything higher, and it has no USB.

So, what should I do with it? This is the question that constantly vexes me. I could sell it on eBay, but I'd be lucky to get more that £40 for it. I could give it away, but no one wants something this limited. I couldn't dump it, that's just wrong.

So, my remaining option is to use it. But how? I don't really want to go through the pain of installing another OS on it. I'd like to find some decent Windows 95 software to run on it and make it useful.

I'd love this to be a part of my constantly evolving mobile studio. But, as of now, I'm not sure how to make that happen.

If you're reading this and have any thoughts on it, please do let me know.

tags technorati : Libretto 70CT

My Jornada 568

I was going to sell my old HP Jornada 568, but after much soul searching I've decided that I am going to keep it. I've fitted a new battery to it (which was so much easier than the T3 battery), and I plan to load up a big bunch of new software very soon. I plan to add:

- StyleTap (PalmOS environment for PocketPC)
- Bhajis Loops (running inside StyleTap)
- Microbe (running inside StyleTap)
- SSEYO MiniMixa (which I really want to try out again and see if I can get it to work)
- MilkyTracker (see previous post)

It is already running:

- Griff (including all synths etc)
- Syntrax
- PocketJam
- Phoenix Studio

That's the plan. Once done I aim to make it part of my mobile studio again. We'll see how I get on with it.

Bhajis Scales and the .tun format

Whilst I was on holiday I started to play with these scales downloaded from the Bhajis Garden site. What an eye opener. I really enjoyed finding new scales, it completely changes how you think about forming music.

If you are a Bhajis user and you haven't played with these as yet, you really should try it out.

Invent Music

I just happened upon this blog. It looks so interesting. I have to subscribe to the feed. I think that the idea of building musical instruments is fantastic. What a great idea.

... whilst away on holiday ...

I started to think about what a handheld device would look like if it were designed specifically for making music. I ended up being quite taken by this idea and so I started making some drawings and sketches of what it would look like, and how it would function.

Don't get too excited, it isn't that wild, but I hope to be posting some of the pictures and descriptions of function in the next week or so.

Who knows what will happen.

Milkytracker

Wow, a new tracker for PocketPC. Or that is new to me anyway. I've just downloaded it. I'm looking forward to something new on the PocketPC.