There is one semi-minor bug which made it into this release – the app doesn’t always save your current pattern when quitting the app (as it did before). The work around – make sure you always save your pattern. We have a fix for this issue ready and we are getting 1.1.1 ready to go ASAP. 1.1.1 will also boast the following:
White Noise Audio Software asked users of its debut iPhone music app, bleep!BOX, what they most wanted to see in the next update. White Noise heard them loud and clear and delivered upgrades plus a free version so that potential users can try before they buy.
The updated version includes a new sequencing mode that allows users to make songs out of multiple patterns. New transfer and recording modes allow users to save sounds to their computers and share files with friends. Interface additions streamline workflow.
Check out all of the new features:
* Song mode – lets you take up to 16 patterns and sequence them however you like. Patterns can also be switched live for some sweet jam sessions.
* .WAV recording – Now you can directly record your patterns and performances to a.WAV file. Includes slice points for easy trimming. This will make it easy to incorporate your bleep!BOX loops into your desktop applications.
* Export via built in http server. Download your patches, songs and to your PC or upload new ones to your iPhone, all over Wifi.
* UI Additions – Added a handy trigger button to the edit page, so you can hear the sound you are editing without having to create a pattern sequence. Also added arrows on all sliders for easy value increment / decrement.
* Init button – Now it’s even easier to start from a clean slate.
Want to check it out without first plunking down the cash? Try the free version, bleep!BOX Player, which lets users experience bleep!BOX’s awesome analogue beats for free. bleep!BOX Player allows users to do everything they can do in bleep!BOX, except for the ability to save.
bleep!BOX 1.1.0 has finally been approved and should be available in all app stores shortly (if not now). Press release to follow.
bleep!BOX is gracing the pages of Big Shot magazine this month and received good marks. We also took out an ad:
bleep!BOX magazine ad
Just received a great review of bleep!BOX on Nanolo.info – a site dedicated to pocket music apps. It’s a really in depth writeup that delves into almost every aspect of bleep!BOX. Check it out here.
Sorry to say that the update hasn’t been approved *yet* but I’m hopeful that it will be approved sometime this week. I will post as soon as it’s available.
I tried my hand at doing a reggaeton beat in bleep!BOX. Here are the results:
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(subtle reverb and compression applied)
Not totally satisfied with it, but it’s getting there. I love to experiment with other genres than what I’m used to – I always learn some cool stuff along the way.
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