Monthly Archives: April 2011

Arduino Based MIDI Ribbon Controller Project

Posted on April 23, 2011 by jjob

Giuseppe Di Cillo has just shared his design and code for an Arduino based MIDI ribbon controller. Below is a video of it in action with it built into a custom case and controlling the Grobian Reaktor ensemble through Ableton … Continue reading →

Posted in arduino, controller, hack, hardware, instrument, make, MIDI, prototyping | Tagged Arduino, Arduino MIDI Project, DIY, MIDI, MIDI Ribbon Controller, Swarmatron | Leave a comment

iOS Still Image Capture Using AVCaptureSession

Posted on April 18, 2011 by jjob

I had a request to show how to capture a still image of the live video feed in the AROverlayExample project. This is probably the simplest use of the output of the AVCaptureSession possible so I have created a new … Continue reading →

Posted in AR, code, iOS, iPad, iPhone | Tagged AR, AVCaptureSession, camera overlay, Image Capture, iOS Save Image To Photo Album, iOS Take Picture, iPad camera overlay, iPhone camera overlay, Still Image Capture | 109 Comments

iOS Camera Overlay Example Using AVCaptureSession

Posted on April 13, 2011 by jjob

I made a post back in 2009 on how to overlay images, buttons and labels on a live camera view using UIImagePicker. Well since iOS 4 came out there has been a better way to do this and it is … Continue reading →

Posted in AR, code, iOS, iPad, iPhone | Tagged AR, AVCapture, camera overlay, iOS, iPad, iPad camera overlay, iPhone, iPhone camera overlay | 127 Comments

Archiving And Distributing Ad Hoc Builds With Xcode 4

Posted on April 7, 2011 by jjob

Note: If you are having issues with archives that say “This kind of archive cannot be signed” and won’t let you create an IPA then please pay particular attention to the part of this post titled Skip Install. With my … Continue reading →

Posted in app, code, iOS, iPad, iPhone, XCode | Tagged ad hoc distribution, adhoc, archiving, cocos2d archive, IPA, provisioning, skip install, xcode, xcode4 | 85 Comments

Korg Monotribe Is Official

Posted on April 5, 2011 by jjob

Today pictures of the upcoming Korg Monotribe Analogue Ribbon Station were released into the wild. It appears to be more of a Monotron-plus than an Electribe-Monotron fusion but looks like it offers lots of hands on control, including the Monotron … Continue reading →

Posted in hardware, instrument, sound, Synth | Tagged analogue, analogue ribbon station, electribe, flux mode, korg, korg monotribe, monotribe, synth | Leave a comment

New Analog Hardware Coming From Korg?

Posted on April 2, 2011 by jjob

Really hoping this is not an April Fools prank. Yesterday I heard that Korg had registered the name Monotribe as a trademark for “multi-track rhythm and drum machines”. Today when I opened up either of my iMS-20 or iElectribe apps … Continue reading →