MindPlace Mobile - iOS and Android Testing
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, 02-23-2015 at 08:46 AM (77531 Views)
Exciting news today everyone... MindPlace is going mobile with our first AudioStrobe app!
This is our first foray into these waters so we have decided to use a 'shell application' as a testing platform to try out different interfaces and controls. This helps us to avoid the App Stores and the unfun parts of the making mobile apps and get right to the good stuff. It also allows us to switch out things quickly and try new versions.
The platform is called MobMuPlat - Mobile Music Platform. http://www.mobmuplat.com/
There are free apps for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...edia.mobmuplat and iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/...597679399&mt=8
Install the one you need from the respective App Store. Do this first before transferring the attached test app/s to your device.
The attached archives are documents that need to be opened by the MobMuPlat app. After transferring the files and opening MobMuPlat, click the round icon with the 'i' in it... Info button and select the AudioStrobe file from the list. It should be the first one.
Once you have installed the app then transfer the archive to your phone. You can do this through iTunes for iOS (instructions on ModMuPlat site, but basically go under Apps in iTunes and scroll to the bottom to find File Sharing and click the MobMuPlat row to see its documents, then extract the zip archive on your computer and copy the 2 contained files into the iTunes window) For Android connect your phone or tablet for Media Sharing. It mounts as a drive and you can copy files into the MobMuPlat folder under storage. If you can't find this then you can just copy it to the Documents folder and then find and click those files on your device.
That's the hard way, but the way you need to learn to do it, as we change out files.
The easy way is to email the zip file to yourself and open the email attachment on your device. If MobMuPlat is installed (you did install it first right!!!) then it will extract the archive, copy the files to its documents folder and open the app. Again, this is great at first but if you want to later replace those files, it might not work.
So, there are several archives to choose from. Pick the one that fits the screen of your device.
Android Tablet:
iPad:
Wide Phone: (iPhone 3,4 and small Android phones) There are 2 screens that you can swipe between.
Tall Phone Portrait (iPhone 5,6,6+ and large Android phones) There are 2 screens that you can swipe between.
Tall Phone Landscape (iPhone 5,6,6+ and large Android phones)
This first app is pretty simple. It sends AudioStrobe and an isochronic tone out the headphone jack. Connect one of our light and sound machines (any that supports AudioStrobe) with the AUX connection by a patch cable. You will need to turn up the frequency, volume and depth for the tone and AS color channels.
You probably want to play with the volume on your phone to get the fullest range of AudioStrobe from full brightness to off. Experiment with the phone volume and Volume sliders for the colors to set it. The Tone volume can be set to taste.
Play! Change the frequencies and brightness in realtime with your glasses on. Phone or tablet on lap below you helps.
I will make some videos on different apps you can use to record the sessions on iOS. Android I'm not sure if you can record across apps but if someone knows a way then post in comments.
So this is a start and a simple one... but fun! Please test out, comment below, and ENJOY! More apps in this MobMuPlat document format are coming.
The interfaces are not exactly pretty but they work well in my initial tests. Note the isochronic audio tone can be distorted. This will be handled better in later versions. Release early and often. This is a testing platform so you must have some tech sense and a love of exploration. There may be bugs, and some of them might be out of my control (with the MobMuPlat app)
BTW, this is open source and uses PureData as the audio engine. The included .pd files are the full patches. If you have some tech ability then have a go at expanding or altering them... but share and share alike.