Experience the sensations and mind twisting perceptions you get by ingesting psychotropic drugs - without the harmful side-effects - using a cool new app from Reality Jockey, Ltd.
Available today on the AppStore, the free single release and the $2.99 album release of RjDj will amaze and amuse you with its combination of built-in soundscapes and the unique contribution your personal reality brings to the party.
Using the microphone of your iPhone, RjDj takes the sounds of whatever ambient environment you find yourself in and morphs them into the single built-in track on the free version, or into one of six tracks on the album version, to both create and influence the music you hear.
The program also allows you to record the unique sensations you have while walking through the city, sitting with friends at a cafe, or playing with children in the garden, which you can save and listen to like a normal music track. Well, maybe not normal, but the effects are stunning, sometimes jarring, nonetheless.
In a world of one-off apps available for the iPhone, RjDj is one I could see going back to again and again.
Written by Lonnie Lazar on October 10th, 2008 with no comments.
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I was intrigued when I read my colleague Johnny Evans’ post about 7digital and its 4 million DRM-free tracks available in 320k MP3 quality, so I went to the site to pick up a copy of the classic Harry Nilsson album, The Point, which I’ve been wanting to buy.
I found the site easy enough to navigate, with a pleasant balance between text and graphics that seemed a refreshing change from iTunes’s hevavily-graphics-oriented interface. I located The Point quickly, listened to a couple of preview tracks and thought, hey, why not? Signing up for an account was even relatively painless and straightforward, and when it came time to give my address, I put in that of a friend who lives in London, which is when the deal started heading south. See how after the jump.
When I proceeded to check-out I was met with the following message:
Proceeding to the US store, I found a far more stripped-down version of the interface and suddenly 7digital started to seem a tad thin on presentation. I searched for Harry Nilsson and was delivered 76, artists, 127 products, and 811 tracks, none of which included Harry Nilsson or The Point.
OK, I could live without The Point for another day, so I started poking around for more music. Little Feat? Nothing. Well, not “nothing,” just every title in the catalog that includes the ever-popular notation So-and-So artist feat. Such-and Such guest, or Blah-Blah song feat. So-and So.
Lowell George, then. 7digital offered one album, perhaps the worst piece of crap he ever released in his all-too-brief career. I also began to notice that tracks in the US store feature a lot of 192k MP3s and not so many 320k. A quick hop over to iTunes delivered me The Point, half a dozen Little Feat albums, and several Lowell George selections, including the seminal Thanks I’ll Eat it Here.
7digital may have scored a coup by getting selections from all four major record labels, and perhaps its European customer base is pleased with what they have on offer. It says here, however, Apple and iTunes can rest easy about any threat to iTunes’ dominance of music download sales on this side of the pond.
UPDATE: An email query about buying selections in the UK store from the US was answered within a couple of hours by 7digital support. It says: We are preparing to release a more extensive US store later this year. If you like, we can take down your details and send you an email when the new site is launched. They do get points for being responsive.
Written by Lonnie Lazar on September 19th, 2008 with no comments.
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I was intrigued when I read my colleague Johnny Evans’ post about 7digital and its 4 million DRM-free tracks available in 320k MP3 quality, so I went to the site to pick up a copy of the classic Harry Nilsson album, The Point, which I’ve been wanting to buy.
I found the site easy enough to navigate, with a pleasant balance between text and graphics that seemed a refreshing change from iTunes’s hevavily-graphics-oriented interface. I located The Point quickly, listened to a couple of preview tracks and thought, hey, why not? Signing up for an account was even relatively painless and straightforward, and when it came time to give my address, I put in that of a friend who lives in London, which is when the deal started heading south. See how after the jump.
When I proceeded to check-out I was met with the following message:
Proceeding to the US store, I found a far more stripped-down version of the interface and suddenly 7digital started to seem a tad thin on presentation. I searched for Harry Nilsson and was delivered 76, artists, 127 products, and 811 tracks, none of which included Harry Nilsson or The Point.
OK, I could live without The Point for another day, so I started poking around for more music. Little Feat? Nothing. Well, not “nothing,” just every title in the catalog that includes the ever-popular notation So-and-So artist feat. Such-and Such guest, or Blah-Blah song feat. So-and So.
Lowell George, then. 7digital offered one album, perhaps the worst piece of crap he ever released in his all-too-brief career. I also began to notice that tracks in the US store feature a lot of 192k MP3s and not so many 320k. A quick hop over to iTunes delivered me The Point, half a dozen Little Feat albums, and several Lowell George selections, including the seminal Thanks I’ll Eat it Here.
7digital may have scored a coup by getting selections from all four major record labels, and perhaps its European customer base is pleased with what they have on offer. It says here, however, Apple and iTunes can rest easy about any threat to iTunes’ dominance of music download sales on this side of the pond.
UPDATE: An email query about buying selections in the UK store from the US was answered within a couple of hours by 7digital support. It says: We are preparing to release a more extensive US store later this year. If you like, we can take down your details and send you an email when the new site is launched. They do get points for being responsive.
Written by Lonnie Lazar on September 19th, 2008 with no comments.
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Plumb Amazing’s Record app for iPhone turns the device into a nifty little field recorder for capturing interviews, lectures, songs, bird calls, meetings, car sounds (to play for Clik and Clak on Car Talk), reminders, ideas, your child’s first words, street musicians, podcasts, science notes, observations, the list is limited only by your imagination.
Sounds in Plum Record can be tagged with photos, and text, multiple tags can be added at different locations in a sound file like bookmarks, allowing you to jump to different sections of the sound file instantly.
Plumb Amazing also offers a free server for uploading files, or you can transfer them directly to your Mac or other disk server.
Available now in the AppStore for a measly $5, many AppStore reviews of this software are glowing, though several complain about bugginess that prevents transferring files to Macs running Tiger.
Written by Lonnie Lazar on September 18th, 2008 with no comments.
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Griffin Technologies unveiled two iPhone accessories worth investigating at Apple Expo Paris on Wednesday: AirCurve is an acoustic amplifier that requires no power to amplify the iPhone’s built-in speaker, and Clarify has a lens for taking close-up photographs built in to its protective polycarbonate iPhone case.
AirCurve borrows design elements from Bose “wave technology” to turn your iPhone into a no-power-drain alarm clock on your nightstand, or a mini sound system that never needs batteries or adapters. An internal coiled waveguide collects sound from the iPhone’s built-in speaker, amplifies it, and projects it into the room. Designed with a pass-through slot that allows you to charge and sync your iPhone with a dock cable (available separately), AirCurve’s see-through translucent body lets you appreciate the acoustic curves inside that do all the work. Look for the AirCurve selling soon for $20 at major American electronics retailers.
Clarify is similar to dozens of other protective polycarbonate iPhone cases on the market but is distinguished by the built-in lens that trurns the iPhone’s 2 megapixel camera into something more than just a snapshot device with focus set to ∞. Without Clarifi, iPhone requires about 18 inches to focus properly. Slide Clarifi’s lens into place and you can move in to 4 inches for crisp, detailed macrophotography. The case has cutaways for access to the power switch, headphone jack, volume controls, and dock connector. Clarify will sell for $35 at major electronic retailers beginning in October and is compatible with iPhone 3G only.
Written by Lonnie Lazar on September 18th, 2008 with no comments.
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