True Tuner and Cupcake Compatibility
Now that Cupcake is rumored (I don’t think it has been officially confirmed) to have been officially released as an OTA update, I’ve decided to make a big update of my own. Musical now has a real live tuner, complete with microphone input. Musical still works completely on Android 1.0 and 1.1, but if you are running 1.5 (Cupcake), the tuner will look completely different (as pictured right). The “Frequency Analysis” section displays an FFT graph of the audio coming into the microphone. The graph updates approximately every second and has a resolution of 1hz. Based on my testing, it seems to be quite accurate.
The rest of the application has been also updated to ensure Cupcake compatibility (mainly the physical keyboard mapping on the Keyboard, which had stopped working under 1.5).
Go ahead and download the new version of Musical Pro today, and as soon as your G1 is updated, the new Tuner will show up. You can also takes things into your own hands and update now with JF’s latest 1.5 update (and therefore be able to use the multitouch drums).
NOTE: Musical Lite has also been updated with a bug fix release to ensure Cupcake compatibility.
Great!
Here is what I would like to see in future updates.
Tuner auto-selecting pitch rather than having to manually tell musical where to put the meter.
Freely configurable beats, i.e., 3+2+3 or 1+2+2+3+2 etc.
Awesome app, Thanks
Steve
Oh, and finer resolution on pitch, if possible.
The problem with raising the pitch resolution is that it is directly related to the update frequency.
Currently I have it set to 1hz resolution, 1 sec update
Other possibilities are 2hz, .5 sec update; .5hz resolution, 2 sec update; .25hz resolution, 4 sec update; etc
I’ll probably let you choose between these in the next update. It is also possible that I can find a way to further optimize the code and double the resolution (without changing the time), but I can’t guarantee anything
Freely configurable beats are on my list, but I don’t know when they will be done
Tuner auto-select is tricky due to harmonics, so I’m not sure if I’ll add that feature or not
hi Chris! have you removed the tuner from your app? i had to install musical pro from market again, since it got canceled while my mobile was at service. i downloaded the app today, i like the new improvements very much, like recording instruments etc., but what happened with the tuner… ???
You can redownload it at http://androidmusical.com/tuner if you would like it back, but it has been deprecated.