SiriusXM iPod Touch / iPhone App.
SiruisXM has official released their new iPod Touch and iPhone App. putting their expanded internet content in the palm of your hand. SiriusXM Radio is now available at the Apple App Store.
Press Release
SIRIUS XM Radio Now Available on Apple App Store for iPhone and iPod Touch
NEW YORK, June 18, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ — Official app delivers SIRIUS XM’s exclusive sports, entertainment, comedy, and 100% commercial-free music channels to millions of users of iPhone and iPod touch
iPhone and iPod touch users can now get Oprah Radio, MLB Home Plate, Martha Stewart, SIRIUS NFL Radio, Opie & Anthony, Jamie Foxx, Blue Collar Comedy, E Street Radio, The Grateful Dead Channel, Eminem’s Shade 45, Jimmy Buffett’s Radio Margaritaville, Elvis Radio, Siriusly Sinatra, Metropolitan Opera Radio and many others Read more
Interesting use of a MacBook
This unique use of the Macbook to compose music as individual instruments to create a orchestra intrigued me. The salad bowl speakers are a nice touch as well. What do you think? You can read an excerpt of the article from Apple’s website.
Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk): Musical Macs
By Dustin Driver
When composer/researcher/programmer Ge Wang looks at a MacBook, he sees more than a computer. He sees a versatile platform for creating custom electronic instruments-the perfect tool for transforming lines of code, user input, and even gestures into music.
Wang is the man behind the Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk), an ensemble of student computer scientists and musicians that uses 20 MacBooks to compose and perform new music. It’s an experimental fusion of portable computing and live performance that harnesses the notebook’s plug-and-play compatibility, state-of-the-art sensors, and raw processing power.
SLOrk director Ge Wang conducts the ensemble.
“We use the MacBook itself as an instrument,” says Wang. “We tilt the notebook and use its built-in accelerometer to expressively control sound. We use the trackpad as a kind of violin bow. We use peripherals like USB game pads and even Nintendo Wii Remotes. Sometimes we modify code directly to generate sound and musical gestures. You can make some wild, diverse music with the MacBook.”
SLOrk generates an avant-garde synthesis of sound: computerized clicks, chimes, and bleeps dance over the drone of string instruments, square waves, and clean electronic tones. Wang conducts the orchestra, leading his musicians through acoustic landscapes as they perform electronic chamber music and compose freestyle melodies.
The music fits right in at the Stanford University Center for Computer Research in Music (CCRMA), the orchestra’s home, where Wang is an assistant professor. “Our goal here is to figure out what computers can enable people to accomplish musically,” says Wang. “With SLOrk, we’re pushing the boundaries of how people make electronic music. For us, the MacBook is at the center of that goal. It enables everything we do.”
Smule
Wang has begun experimenting with music-making applications for the Apple iPhone. In 2008, he co-founded a company called Smule to explore sonic applications on the device; the first product, Sonic Lighter, is now available via the iTunes App Store.
“One of our newest apps, Ocarina, lets you play an ocarina on the iPhone by physically blowing into the microphone, using multi-touch to control fingering, and leveraging the accelerometer to modulate the sound. Furthermore, there is a globe visualization that allows the user to listen in on people playing around the world in real time. We aim to push the boundaries of what’s possible on the iPhone with sound and interaction.”
New Ipod Touch
Apple has unveiled the second generation Ipod Touch. It is packed with tons of great new features along with great stuff you already love and it’s cheaper. Go on over to apple.com to watch the guided tour.
4th Generation Ipod Nano
Tuesday Apple unveiled the 4th generation Ipod Nano. I guess thin is still in… with the new Nano being the thinest Ipod ever.
Colorful New iPods
Word is that the new iPod Nanos will come in multiple colors, that is multiple colors on each iPod. That’s right . . . fruity looking iPods - not that they don’t look fruity enough already. Additionally, expect the storage capacity to double. 9to5mac says they have more coming down the pipe on the new iPod and other Mac gear.
5 Free iPhone 3G Audio Apps
Along with the release of the iPhone 3G, Apple opened the doors to 3rd party developers to deliver applications to iPhone users through Apple’s own "App Store", which is integrated with iTunes. Some of these developers have really outdone themselves with the functionality of new iPhone applications. Below are 5 popular and free audio applications that should spice things up on your new iPhone 3G.
1. Shazam - When you hear a song and wonder what it is, Shazam is there with the answer. Hold your iPhone to the music and within seconds Shazam will tell you the artist and track name.
2. Tap Tap Revenge - This rhythm game lets you tap (think: Guitar Hero) and shake your iPhone to the beat of the included tracks and challenge friends in head-to-head two player mode.
3. Midomi - If you like the sound of Shazam, then you’ll really dig Midomi. You can search for music by singing to your iPhone, saying the song or artist name, typing it in, or by holding your iPhone to a speaker playing the music. Then you can find it on YouTube or buy it on iTunes.
4. Pandora Radio - Free streaming internet radio. Pandora personalizes things by starting with an artist or song and then it builds your own station with more from that artist and similar music.
5. AOL Radio - AOL Radio is powered by CBS radio with over 200 stations comprising more than 25 genres of music. Plus, you get access to popular terrestrial stations from New York, LA, Chicago, Atlanta and more. Did I mention that it’s free?
Sirius Satellite Radio on Apple iPhone and iPod Touch
Apple iPhone / iPod Touch owners and Sirius Satellite Radio Subscribers, you might want to sit down. (I guess you probably already are.) Oh yeah! A program called uSirius has brought you Sirius subscribers slash iphone and iPod Touch owners together. For you iPhone owners, isn’t that great? You can have your phone, iPod, camera, web surfing device and now Sirius radio all in one cool little package. What next?
You can stream Sirius radio tunes with an application called uSirius, developed by Millard Software, via Wi-Fi and EDGE. Once the iPhone 3G hits the streets you’ll have connectivity via HSDPA also. You are, of course, responsible for a Sirius subscription to get terrestrial tunes on your iPhone and iPod Touch.
Millard software has developed a software called uSirius - iPhone Edition BETA v.62 that is available for download at www.millardsoftware.com
