Google has just released a preview of the Android 1.5 SDK (aka Cupcake). Because 1.5 makes dramatic changes in the sound APIs, any development I make using the old SDK will be counterproductive, so I have decided (unless I get enough email objections from users) that I will continue future development of Musical with the newer SDK. The meaning of this is twofold for users of Musical:

1.  I can add new features that were not possible before: full grand piano, faster response times, smaller application size, dynamic synthesized instruments, and the big one, a real tuner!

2. The downside, is that users won’t be able to use any of these improvements until Google releases the 1.5 update to your phone.  I repeat, there will be no more regular updates to Musical until Cupcake is released (at which point, there will be a very large update with hopefully many many new features).

I encourage anyone who has an opinion on this to email me, but I think it will be best in the long run if I get a head start on the new features, rather than having to rewrite everything later.