Still here!!
Here we go again!
Yet another apologetic post, making excuses for a recent spate of silence! I’ve no proper excuse other than life just getting in the way. However, there should be some good stuff coming soon, including some new goodies from Hollow Sun, one of which is pretty massive!! Sworn to secrecy, but this could be mahooosive for Steve 
Also, I’ve been, and still currently am, involved with a marketing exercise with Nokia and their Comes With Music service. 20 of us from around the globe have been recruited to download as much as we can from the Nokia Music Store and then talk about it on Facebook. Apart from giving me tons of free music and a new mobile phone, I’m getting a good insight into online music retailing and some of the good and bad things about it. Be assured that there will be an extensive review about my experience right here.
I’ve got a bit of time off work soon, so hopefully that should see a few more posts popping up! Thanks for checking back and persevering!
The Failed Muso App!
I’m very pleased to announce that the Failed Muso App is now available for free download!
The Failed Muso App for Nokia
Currently, it is only available for Nokia mobile devices via the Nokia Ovi Store. However, I am exploring the possibilities of getting iPhone & Android variants created and made available soon.
Whilst it’s nothing spectacular, the Failed Muso App gathers together the four main web presences that I have which are this blog, the Twitter feed, my YouTube page and Facebook Fan Site. Once installed, you can access all these aspects at the touch of your screen/button.
It’s totally free of charge and does not contain any advertising. I am making exactly ZERO £££ from this.
It’s my gift, from me to you
BeatEd – a simple drum machine for S60 Mobile Phones
For all of us with Symbian based Series60 phones (such as Nokia 6120 Classic, N82, N91, N93i, N95, E51, E60, E65, E70, E90 Communicator) programmer Saku Tiainen has come up with BeatEd, a drum machine with support for user samples. It’s brilliantly simple to use, clearly laid out, and, above all, works !!
Check it out:
In Saku’s own words:
“BeatEd is a simple drum machine application for Symbian S60 mobile phones. It was originally developed in couple of nights to get a drum machine and metronome application for personal guitar playing purposes. After getting a lot of new ideas and positive feedback, I decided to improve it a bit and make a decent public release of it. So here it is, have fun!”
Feature highlights:
- Easy to use beat editor, even easier beat player.
- Change tempo and volume while playing.
- Edit beat on-the-fly while playing.
- 16 bit 16 channel audio mixer.
- Extremely accurate beat timing (1-999 BPM).
- Real-time VU meters.
- 16 different drum tracks.
- Supports S60 v3.x mobile phones.
- Adjusts to different screen layouts.
- Random volume variance.
- and much more..
Supported devices:
- All S60 3rd edition devices (Forum Nokia list)
Tested devices:
- Nokia 6120 Classic, N82, N91, N93i, N95, E51, E60, E65, E70, E90 Communicator
Contacts:
Saku Tiainen: suckho@byterapers.com
UPDATE: New kits have just been uploaded. Nintendo Game Boy 8 bit chip tune kit and Roland TR-808, Roland CR78 and TR-909 kits are now available for mobile beat making.
