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That would have saved OMD so much work in the early days when they didn't have step sequencers and had to play bass sequences in real time
It's amazing how much things have changed since the late 70's

One thing... I don't call that an arpeggiator, I would call it a step sequencer.
The arpeggiators I use rely on you pressing multiple keys and having the arp step through those keys in a predifined sequence and speed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT4dIjWuKv4

Sniper Boy reminds me of the "pong" mode in Tank which was one of the bundled games that came with the original Atari 2600.

I just found this fun WP app named Morpho. It's better than I expected when I first started watching a video demo of it.
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/d58991c9-4503-e011-9264-00237de2db9e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbrvHLILGRQ

Maybe you already showed it on Hot Apps?

9 hours ago, laurendankie wrote

@dentaku: We wrote the app because we love Starbucks and wanted a WP7 app. Then we thought, "Hey, might as well share it with other WP7 users!"  Yes, it's definitely been a worthwhile project to work on and it's been fun developing for Windows Phone.

Thank you for your comments about it helping to make a difference for the WP7 platform.    

I haven't tried Tim Horton's yet, but I wish I tried it when I took a vacation to Canada last year! Guess I will have to take another vacation.

You'll haev to try the iced cappuccino.
I've never tried anything from Starbucks actually. I don't like drinking hot stuff  like cofee or tea.

Did you make the Starbucks app because you wanted one and thought it was a worthwhile project to work on or did Starbucks ask you to develop a WP7 app?
I know Starbucks certainly wasn't interested in Windows Phone when it first came out.
It's stuff like this that makes a difference when promoting a new mobile OS. The little things people use every day might not be as news-worthy as Angry Birds but they actually help more with word of mouth advertising.

By the way. In Canada, anywhere with any population might not have a Starbucks but they definitely have a Tim Horton's

19 hours ago, laurendankie wrote

Thanks for featuring our Starbucks Finder app, Laura!   Glad you like it and we're going to submit an update soon... stay tuned!

I like the virtual set thing you guys have been doing.
It's also probably easier to do a show standing up when both hosts are the same height.

@gduthie:Even though we have OSC now MIDI just keeps being the most usefull way to control stuff. The people at http://gesturespark.com/ seem to be using OSC is a smarter way though so it's becoming more usefull all the time.

27 minutes ago, deadlydog wrote

Can't agree more dentaku; would love the Lumia 900, but Rogers is the worst carrier you can go with in Saskatchewan so the phone would pretty much be useless

Also, I remember hearing that the 900 would have a front facing camera, but that wasn't discussed at all in this video.  Are there any apps yet that make use of it?

Yes, The Lumia 900 DOES have a front facing camera and SKYPE is available for WP7.5.
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/c3f8e570-68b3-4d6a-bdbb-c0a3f4360a51?wa=wsignin1.0

I tested out a Lumia 800 and it's such amazingly good quality. With the bigger screen the Lumia 900 should feel amazing especially since it doesn't have the pentile display which I find a bit blurry on the 800.

It's too bad the 4G LTE stuff means nothing to me because it's not available anywhere even close to me (maybe not even in the entire province). Even worse is that the Lumia 900, the first phone I might actually consider buying, is a Rogers exclusive in Canada and they don't even have 3G coverage in most of the places I might find a mobile phone handy.

Good stuff. I know it must be fun to work on real hardware sometimes and it's great to see a programmer who actually understands MIDI. It seems that so many people have no clue what it is and associate it with the sounds that came out of they're old soundcards many years ago even though MIDI obviously makes no sound.
Most good iOS music making apps support MIDI now but at the moment there's only one WP7.5 MIDI controller in the marketplace. Touchscreen devices are great for making all kinds of MIDI controllers and I wish WP developers where more interested in this stuff.

Like I said, it looks like fun to work with real hardware but touchscreen devices are more practical and flexible.