BeatEd - a mobile drum machine application for S602010-03-13T01:30:59ZSaku TiainenCopyright 2010, Saku TiainenSPHPBLOGSome progress with S60 5th. This doesn't yet mean that it actually works on 5th edition. There are still major shortcomings with UI, because e.g. Nokia 5800 does not have any keypad or navigation keys so using BeatEd is now very limited. But still, every functionality you can access works well, including playback. So now it only requires that I'll implement some kind of touch UI. I have drawn some sketches on paper of tool bar from where you could access those functionality normally used with keypad. Let's see when I do have time and motivation to start implementing those plans.
The fact is that I hate that crappy Nokia 5800 device, but I also see that there are more devices coming, e.g. N97 and Samsung Omnia HD. Obviously touch based UIs are really coming to S60 this year and that must be the way of the future for BeatEd, too.
I'll come back with more news and probably some beta release when I have got something concrete done.]]>http://www.byterapers.com/BeatEd/blog/index.php?entry=entry090328-2035042009-03-28T00:00:00Z2009-03-28T00:00:00ZProblem solved! About server issues.. There may still be breaks in the service and some hassle with DNS updates, etc. Please be patient and try again later if the page is down.]]>http://www.byterapers.com/BeatEd/blog/index.php?entry=entry090326-1650102009-03-26T00:00:00Z2009-03-26T00:00:00ZProblems.. DOWNLOAD DOES NOT WORK It seems that I managed to break the BeatEd install package while updating the certificate, so currently you can not download and install the application. I don't know the reason yet, but it seems that the app crashes immediately after start-up. I'll try to fix that as soon as possible, probably this evening. Please be patient!
BREAKS ON SERVER Also, there have been some service breaks because our server has been moved to a different machine yesterday. These breaks may continue for few days since there is still lots of maintenance work ongoing. ]]>http://www.byterapers.com/BeatEd/blog/index.php?entry=entry090326-1326382009-03-26T00:00:00Z2009-03-26T00:00:00ZBeatEd one year old!! Anyway, big thanks to all you BeatEd users and fans out there who have given lots of valuable feedback and positive comments during the last year! BeatEd application is now downloaded over 20000 times from this official home page and the count is increasing all the time! Thanks!
I hope I'll find some time and motivation to further develop BeatEd this year. You can help in that motivation part by pressing that "Support BeatEd via PayPal" button on the right :)
Keep on drumming! 1..2..3..4! Hey Ho Let's Go! ]]>http://www.byterapers.com/BeatEd/blog/index.php?entry=entry090324-2251342009-03-24T00:00:00Z2009-03-24T00:00:00ZAll SIS packages signed with new cerificate.http://www.byterapers.com/BeatEd/blog/index.php?entry=entry090324-2245562009-03-24T00:00:00Z2009-03-24T00:00:00ZCertificate expired.http://www.byterapers.com/BeatEd/blog/index.php?entry=entry090324-2204482009-03-24T00:00:00Z2009-03-24T00:00:00ZBeatEd ranked #9 on AAS Top10 Samsung S60 freeware list Read the original article in the following link: AAS article
I haven't done extensive testing on Samsung S60 devices, so I'm not really aware of all devices BeatEd runs on. If you are a BeatEd user who uses Samsung S60 device, please comment to this message and attach information about your device model and if there is any compatibility issues on that model.]]>http://www.byterapers.com/BeatEd/blog/index.php?entry=entry090131-1105112009-01-31T00:00:00Z2009-01-31T00:00:00ZBeatEd v1.20.02 UI Update Fix The new version is available at: Downloads
New features: - (none)
Fixed issues: - UI performance issue on some older 220MHz devices fixed.
Known issues: - Still slower than v1.11.00, due to more complex mixer.]]>http://www.byterapers.com/BeatEd/blog/index.php?entry=entry090119-0853482009-01-19T00:00:00Z2009-01-19T00:00:00ZFour new sample kits available! Clapper Kit: 16 hand claps to build rhythmic clapping with. Glitch Kit: Edgy, sharp, shorty, unusual but usable modern sounds. Simmons Kit: Classic and lesser known sounds from the famous Simmons electronic drum kit. C64 Newskool Kit: Fat Commodore 64 8580 SID sounds from the master of SID drums, Linus/Triad+Viruz.
All kits are arranged by Juha-Matti "AMJ" Hilpinen and samples for the C64 kit are provided by Linus/Triad.]]>http://www.byterapers.com/BeatEd/blog/index.php?entry=entry081221-0146002008-12-20T00:00:00Z2008-12-20T00:00:00ZNew sample kits coming very soon..http://www.byterapers.com/BeatEd/blog/index.php?entry=entry081219-1601122008-12-19T00:00:00Z2008-12-19T00:00:00Z