You see, the MIDI standard defines support for “System Exclusive” messages (SysEx), which lets devices send anything they want over the MIDI channel. Not techy? Trust me, it’s super-cool.Īt the time, I was ruminating on the coolness, and had a thought. MIDI on the iPad and iPhone has quite a nice little feature called “Virtual MIDI”, which lets apps send MIDI messages to each other. In Loopy’s case, MIDI is used to synchronise the tempo with other devices. So, I was updating Loopy HD, with the beautiful countryside of northern France out the window, red squirrels burying nuts in the leaf litter outside, tweaking Loopy’s MIDI support (me, not the squirrels).įor those not in the know, MIDI is a quite simple, very mature format - there are devices made in the 80’s (that’s before I was even born) which work just fine over MIDI with devices made today, even iPads - which lets music hardware interact. Along the way, I’ve found my calling: developing creative apps. In mid 2009, we left our lives and loved ones in Melbourne, Australia, and began taking a few years off from the Real World to live our dream, travelling Europe. We found her in the Cotswolds, after all.). Thirteen months ago, while my partner Katherine and I were mid-roadtrip, Copenhagen to the South of France (now that’s a drive), I was working on an update to Loopy HD.įor those not familiar with our somewhat unconventional lifestyle, my home and office is a 6 metre by 3 metre 1993 Hymer motorhome named Nettle (an unconventional name for a German gal like she is, but we liked it. You can find out more about Audiobus itself at, but I wanted to take a moment to breathe, look back, and explain why the hell I’ve been so quiet over the last year. We’re very proud of what we’ve managed to do, and we both firmly believe that Audiobus is going to fundamentally alter the way people create music on the iPad and iPhone. Tomorrow, Monday December 10, my friend and partner-in-crime Sebastian Dittmann and I are launching a project over twelve months in the making: Audiobus.
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