1273. Pixound

Pixound turns your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad into an amazing musical diversion. Imagine creating music in real-time, using any picture you choose as a unique controlling interface for a vast range of sounds and musical parameters. Pixound makes that a reality.

Pixound qualifies as both fun and useful. If endless hours of play are't use enough, iPixound provides a very friendly, logically structured means for the exploration and understanding of fundamental musical components such as scale / modality, chord progression / transposition, rhythm / beat, tempo and note value.

One does not have to be a musician to achieve a great performance with Pixound. If, however, you do happen to be a musician you will delight in the fabulous visual / musical playground Pixound opens up for you.

At the heart of this one-of-a-kind software is a patented technology that translates RGB color information into musical information, thus enabeling you to make music using pictures and videos as the control interface, simply by moving your finger over the image. The music produced is fully structured by you in the music settings you select, in any key, any scale (over 60 to choose from), at any tempo and using any instruments. You may also load presets that you have saved from past settings that you like or use presets that we provide with the software.

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Pixound is a technology that can be utilized by all. Graphic designers, dancers, music therapists, educators, audio, video and game producers as well as music enthusiasts and children will all find uses (and enjoyment) in Pixound. Unlocking the musical power of color information, Pixound is unique in the world of music/graphics software. Every image becomes a new musical experience to explore. Many software packages have gone from music to color, but only Pixound can go from color to music.

What's New in Pixound 5.0?We've added many incredible new features in version 5 including:

Whammy bar to bend notes all together or for just one voice
Control many aspects of Pixound independently for the RGB voices
New Legato feature adds a smoothness never before possible
Note cycle changes the rates of play for different voices
Control where pixound creates rests for the different voices
Control the musical range of different voices
Support to import samples from AudioShare™
Add harmony voices to the mix
Pressure sensitivity for devices that support it
Updated UI for all devices

What Can Pixound Be Used For?In general, Pixound is not a means to an end, any more than a game or a toy. It's for pure in-the-moment pleasure by the user—which is quite enough! However, this is just the beginning of its usefulness and we're sure you'll come up with your own uses too. Here's a small list:

One-person-band
Instrument in live performance
Music and art therapy
Parties
Games
Memorization of art and photos
Creative Inspiration

Accompaniment
Guitar or other instrument trainer
Teaching device
Deejay tool
Audio surface level
Soothing a baby or toddler
Assistive device for visually impaired

Where We Plan to Take Pixound in the FutureFuture products will more fully take advantage of Cyclophone (another Techné software), multi-touch, video, MIDI, Bluetooth, OSC, Recording, Social Networks such as Soundcloud and more. The future of Pixound is bright!

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