it's a competition where people submitted ideas for a new software appication for the mac, and the best ones are being voted for - the three winning ideas will be programmed by a bunch of clever people. voting finishes today, and i'd really like to see whistler finish in the top 3 - i have no association with the app or its designer, but i like the sound of it and want to try it out
so if you've got a minute to spare, please click the above link, select whistler on the left, click the vote button when it appears on the right, then submit! you have to enter a username/password/email address, but it only takes a second and i promise they don't spam you
Whistler. A revolutionary music interface for us all. Utilising advanced technology to make music feasible and fun, whilst giving professionals a unique new tool in their studio.
* Listens to anything you play to it. Humming, tapping, table trumming, beat-boxing, singing, existing music, guitar playing and of course, whistling. Whistler then moulds it into glorious instrumentational form.
* Live playing of instruments. A built in orchestra of instruments, bashes, basses and bleeps. Load your own external instruments and FX (Audio Units, VSTi).
* Whistler isn’t just about notes and chords. Tapping, Drumming and beat-boxing can be turned into a mighty drum kit.
* Don’t have a MIDI keyboard? Whistler utilises industry standards to route all the nuances of your performance into MIDI for Garageband.
* Auto Tuning. Auto Chords. Auto Progression. Auto Timing. Transposing.
* Built in Synaesthesic Sequencer. Codename ‘Soundscape’.
* Screensaver which plays your soundscapes.
* Export to MIDI, wav, aiff, aac & MP3.
* Play along with iTunes songs.
* Training games.
* Collaborate over iChat sessions with Friends. Over audio and video.
* Advanced MIDI routing.