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Grain Science 1.2
Canis
http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/grain-science-1-2.html
2012-02-07T23:47:22Z
<p>Today, version 1.2 of <a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/products/grain-science/' >Grain Science</a> was released. It's another big update!</p>
<p>The things I personally like the most in v1.2 are the new Chorus unit, Pulse-Width Modulation and (just because it "feels" nice to use) swapping FX units by drag-and-drop.</p>
<p>Here's the complete list of changes:</p>
<ul><li>New: Chorus FX unit</li><li>New: Pulse Width Modulation blend mode</li><li>New: Wave list shows a count of how many instruments use each wave</li><li>New: More musician-friendly BPM system, goes up to 180bpm with 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 and 1/32 options (old system can still be selected)</li><li>New: Multiple-octave chord arpeggiation</li><li>New: Swipe to delete unwanted audio from wave & audio import lists</li><li>New: "Reed" built-in wave</li><li>New: 6 additional built-in instruments</li><li>New: Tube Resonance Bass can be programmed</li><li>New: UI improvement — swap FX units by dragging them around by their names</li><li>New: Setting to choose whether recording is hold-to-record or tap-to-start/tap-to-stop</li><li>New: Mini VU meter on recording button during recording (or, in hold-to-record mode, tap to toggle on/off)</li><li>New: Cropping selections now snap to zero-crossings for smoother results</li><li>Improved: Easier to see when a cropping selection is about to begin</li><li>Improved: Avoids "popping" while installing/uninstalling FX units</li><li>Improved: Slightly more useful naming for newly-created instruments</li><li>Fix: Crash bug when mapping certain kinds of parameter in otherwise-unmodified instruments</li><li>Fix: Issue with reverb resetting itself after re-opening Grain Science</li><li>Fix: Control Mapper shows the same names for Tube Resonance parameters as on their FX dials</li><li>Fix: Issue with Control Mapper Auto-Reset not always auto-resetting to the correct value</li><li>Fix: Issue with Single-Shot grain mode</li></ul>
<p>Today, version 1.2 of <a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/products/grain-science/' >Grain Science</a> was released. It's another big update!</p>
<p>The things I personally like the most in v1.2 are the new Chorus unit, Pulse-Width Modulation and (just because it "feels" nice to use) swapping FX units by drag-and-drop.</p>
<p>Here's the complete list of changes:</p>
<ul><li>New: Chorus FX unit</li><li>New: Pulse Width Modulation blend mode</li><li>New: Wave list shows a count of how many instruments use each wave</li><li>New: More musician-friendly BPM system, goes up to 180bpm with 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 and 1/32 options (old system can still be selected)</li><li>New: Multiple-octave chord arpeggiation</li><li>New: Swipe to delete unwanted audio from wave & audio import lists</li><li>New: "Reed" built-in wave</li><li>New: 6 additional built-in instruments</li><li>New: Tube Resonance Bass can be programmed</li><li>New: UI improvement — swap FX units by dragging them around by their names</li><li>New: Setting to choose whether recording is hold-to-record or tap-to-start/tap-to-stop</li><li>New: Mini VU meter on recording button during recording (or, in hold-to-record mode, tap to toggle on/off)</li><li>New: Cropping selections now snap to zero-crossings for smoother results</li><li>Improved: Easier to see when a cropping selection is about to begin</li><li>Improved: Avoids "popping" while installing/uninstalling FX units</li><li>Improved: Slightly more useful naming for newly-created instruments</li><li>Fix: Crash bug when mapping certain kinds of parameter in otherwise-unmodified instruments</li><li>Fix: Issue with reverb resetting itself after re-opening Grain Science</li><li>Fix: Control Mapper shows the same names for Tube Resonance parameters as on their FX dials</li><li>Fix: Issue with Control Mapper Auto-Reset not always auto-resetting to the correct value</li><li>Fix: Issue with Single-Shot grain mode</li></ul>
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Segmented Control Accessibility
Canis
http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/segmented-control-accessibility.html
2012-02-06T23:36:54Z
<p>Most of the posts here are aimed at the people who use the stuff we make. This one is aimed at fellow iOS developers, who might be searching for a solution to a particular problem.</p>
<p>That problem is that <var>UISegmentedControl</var> doesn't offer good VoiceOver accessibility. This is unusual for Apple as their accessibility stuff is normally extremely strong.</p>
<p>(If you're lost already, VoiceOver is the name of Apple's technology for making devices usable by people who can't see — amongst other things, by reading out the names of items as they pass under the touch of a user running their fingertip across the screen. <var>UISegmentedControl</var> is the technical name for those widgets that look like one long button, split up into pieces, where you can tap the pieces to select one of several options. If you open up the Maps app, it's the thing that says "Search | Directions". )</p>
<p>Most of the posts here are aimed at the people who use the stuff we make. This one is aimed at fellow iOS developers, who might be searching for a solution to a particular problem.</p>
<p>That problem is that <var>UISegmentedControl</var> doesn't offer good VoiceOver accessibility. This is unusual for Apple as their accessibility stuff is normally extremely strong.</p>
<p>(If you're lost already, VoiceOver is the name of Apple's technology for making devices usable by people who can't see — amongst other things, by reading out the names of items as they pass under the touch of a user running their fingertip across the screen. <var>UISegmentedControl</var> is the technical name for those widgets that look like one long button, split up into pieces, where you can tap the pieces to select one of several options. If you open up the Maps app, it's the thing that says "Search | Directions". )</p>
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Grain Science 1.1
Canis
http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/grain-science-1-1.html
2012-01-20T19:21:05Z
<p><a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/products/grain-science/' >Grain Science</a> has been out for a month, and our first update has just been released. Version 1.1 brings quite a lot of new stuff!</p>
<p>The most exciting is probably the virtual MIDI/background audio support. This allows you to launch another app while Grain Science continues to play music in the background, either to combine their output, or because you want to use the other app as a controller. It's pretty neat tapping, say, the controls in <a href='http://polychordapp.com/' >Polychord</a> and hearing Grain Science's distinctive sounds in response.</p>
<p><a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/products/grain-science/' >Grain Science</a> has been out for a month, and our first update has just been released. Version 1.1 brings quite a lot of new stuff!</p>
<p>The most exciting is probably the virtual MIDI/background audio support. This allows you to launch another app while Grain Science continues to play music in the background, either to combine their output, or because you want to use the other app as a controller. It's pretty neat tapping, say, the controls in <a href='http://polychordapp.com/' >Polychord</a> and hearing Grain Science's distinctive sounds in response.</p>
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Introducing: Grain Science
Canis
http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/introducing-grain-science.html
2011-11-25T17:32:36Z
<p>You may have heard we have a new project under way! We'd like to tell you a bit about it, and answer a few questions you may have.</p>
<p>It's a new granular synthesiser for iPad, and it's codenamed <a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/products/grain-science' >Grain Science</a>. We haven't decided if that will be the final name or not — we like it, but might be confusing for people expecting corn- or wheat-based foodstuffs :)</p>
<p>You may have heard we have a new project under way! We'd like to tell you a bit about it, and answer a few questions you may have.</p>
<p>It's a new granular synthesiser for iPad, and it's codenamed <a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/products/grain-science' >Grain Science</a>. We haven't decided if that will be the final name or not — we like it, but might be confusing for people expecting corn- or wheat-based foodstuffs :)</p>
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A Bunch Of Releases
Canis
http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/a-bunch-of-releases.html
2011-10-12T17:51:50Z
<p>Hey folks! There's a whole bunch of news today!</p>
<p>First of all, our <a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/products/gtfo/' >new game, Get The Flock Out</a> is now <a href='http://itunes.apple.com/app/id442123319' >available in the App Store</a>! If you haven't been following along, it's a sheep-herding game with 36 levels of tightly-knit action, for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.</p>
<p>With <a href='http://www.apple.com/iphone/ios/' >iOS 5</a> due out tomorrow, there are new versions of both Sylo Synthesiser and Hokusai available on the App Store today — these contain important compatibility updates.</p>
<p>Hey folks! There's a whole bunch of news today!</p>
<p>First of all, our <a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/products/gtfo/' >new game, Get The Flock Out</a> is now <a href='http://itunes.apple.com/app/id442123319' >available in the App Store</a>! If you haven't been following along, it's a sheep-herding game with 36 levels of tightly-knit action, for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.</p>
<p>With <a href='http://www.apple.com/iphone/ios/' >iOS 5</a> due out tomorrow, there are new versions of both Sylo Synthesiser and Hokusai available on the App Store today — these contain important compatibility updates.</p>
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Hokusai updated: v1.0.4
Canis
http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/hokusai-update-104.html
2011-09-16T19:51:17Z
<p>Another new <a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/products/hokusai/' >Hokusai</a> update, v1.0.4, should have hit the App Store by the time you read this. It's quite an interesting one... so what have we added?</p>
<p>Well, the biggest "crowd-pleaser", if your emails and tweets are anything to go by, will be the per-track gain control dials. These allow you to set the volume level of each track, nondestructively. You can also double-tap them to mute a track.</p>
<p>Another new <a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/products/hokusai/' >Hokusai</a> update, v1.0.4, should have hit the App Store by the time you read this. It's quite an interesting one... so what have we added?</p>
<p>Well, the biggest "crowd-pleaser", if your emails and tweets are anything to go by, will be the per-track gain control dials. These allow you to set the volume level of each track, nondestructively. You can also double-tap them to mute a track.</p>
<p><a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/hokusai-update-104.html'>More...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WoojiJuiceBlog/~4/u9-twAm5tvg" height="1" width="1"/>
Hokusai updated: v1.0.3
Canis
http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/hokusai-update-103.html
2011-09-01T00:36:12Z
<p>A new <a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/products/hokusai/' >Hokusai</a> update, v1.0.3, is now rolling out across the App Store. We have a bunch of new stuff to tell you about!</p>
<p>One feature we've already mentioned is the <a href='hokusai-time-bar.html' >new Time Bar</a>. Only available to paying customers, it adds an overview of where you are in your project, using a scrollbar-style indicator and a gracefully-zooming ruler. You can enable it from the View panel (iPad) or Project Actions menu (iPhone). But you knew that was coming already, so what else have we added?</p>
<p>A new <a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/products/hokusai/' >Hokusai</a> update, v1.0.3, is now rolling out across the App Store. We have a bunch of new stuff to tell you about!</p>
<p>One feature we've already mentioned is the <a href='hokusai-time-bar.html' >new Time Bar</a>. Only available to paying customers, it adds an overview of where you are in your project, using a scrollbar-style indicator and a gracefully-zooming ruler. You can enable it from the View panel (iPad) or Project Actions menu (iPhone). But you knew that was coming already, so what else have we added?</p>
<p><a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/hokusai-update-103.html'>More...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WoojiJuiceBlog/~4/as_ihwdCyHk" height="1" width="1"/>
Hokusai's Time Bar
Canis
http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/hokusai-time-bar.html
2011-08-22T13:14:15Z
<p>With <a href='hokusai-update-102.html' >Hokusai 1.0.2</a> out, what's next? Well, we have a number of features in development, but we'd like to show you one upcoming feature now, the Time Bar.</p>
<p>The Time Bar is like an extra toolbar (and optional — we like to keep Hokusai clutter-free where possible) that features:</p>
<ul><li>A time line/"ruler" which marks off the progress of time through your project, </li><li>A scroll bar-style indicator to show whereabouts in your project you've zoomed to. If you've zoomed out to show the whole project, it smoothly fades away.</li></ul>
<p>With <a href='hokusai-update-102.html' >Hokusai 1.0.2</a> out, what's next? Well, we have a number of features in development, but we'd like to show you one upcoming feature now, the Time Bar.</p>
<p>The Time Bar is like an extra toolbar (and optional — we like to keep Hokusai clutter-free where possible) that features:</p>
<ul><li>A time line/"ruler" which marks off the progress of time through your project, </li><li>A scroll bar-style indicator to show whereabouts in your project you've zoomed to. If you've zoomed out to show the whole project, it smoothly fades away.</li></ul>
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Hokusai updated: v1.0.2
Canis
http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/hokusai-update-102.html
2011-08-18T10:59:07Z
<p>Another free update to our iOS audio editing package, <a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/products/hokusai/' >Hokusai</a>, is now in the App Store — we got the notification from Apple last night, so the update should have rolled out across the different regions by now.</p>
<p>It brings a number of new features as well as bugfixes and so on. We're also working on even more stuff for future updates, of course! I'll write more on that another time...</p>
<p>Another free update to our iOS audio editing package, <a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/products/hokusai/' >Hokusai</a>, is now in the App Store — we got the notification from Apple last night, so the update should have rolled out across the different regions by now.</p>
<p>It brings a number of new features as well as bugfixes and so on. We're also working on even more stuff for future updates, of course! I'll write more on that another time...</p>
<p><a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/hokusai-update-102.html'>More...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WoojiJuiceBlog/~4/FzBndi9vCsE" height="1" width="1"/>
Hokusai updated: v1.0.1
Canis
http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/hokusai-update-101.html
2011-08-10T10:02:50Z
<p><a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/products/hokusai/' >Hokusai 1.0.1</a> is now available in the App Store, a free update. It adds the ability to import tracks from your iPod music library, as well as fixing a handful of minor issues reported by our existing customers.</p>
<p>And we're still working on new improvements to Hokusai. Currently being tested out: vertical zoom, per-track audio level meters, and a handy "duplicate project" button in the document browser, so you can try out some crazy edits on a spare copy of your project. And more stuff still in development!</p>
<p><a href='http://www.wooji-juice.com/products/hokusai/' >Hokusai 1.0.1</a> is now available in the App Store, a free update. It adds the ability to import tracks from your iPod music library, as well as fixing a handful of minor issues reported by our existing customers.</p>
<p>And we're still working on new improvements to Hokusai. Currently being tested out: vertical zoom, per-track audio level meters, and a handy "duplicate project" button in the document browser, so you can try out some crazy edits on a spare copy of your project. And more stuff still in development!</p>
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