Whistler. A revolutionary music interface for us all.
Utilising advanced technology to make music feasible and fun, whilst giving professionals a unique new tool in their studio.
Whistler listens to anything you play to it. Your humming, tapping,
table trumming, beat-boxing, singing, existing music and of course, whistling. Whistler then moulds it into glorious instrumentational
form.
Live playing of instruments. A built in orchestra of instruments, bashes, basses and bleeps. Load your own external instruments and FX (Audio Units, VSTi).
Whistler isn’t just about notes and chords. Tapping, Drumming and beat-boxing can be turned into a mighty drum kit.
Don’t have a MIDI keyboard for Garageband? Frustrated at your playing ability?
Whistler can utlise industry standards to route all the nuances of your performance into MIDI for Garageband or almost any Professional music application (Logic, Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Cubase, Reason).
Either by exporting a MIDI file or by creating a MIDI device for instant routing into the sequencer.
Don’t want to buy expensive MIDI converters for wind instruments or guitars? Whistler can listen to your guitar, trumpet, flute, oboe, didgeridoo, harp, meowing cats, singing parrots, kitchen utensil drum kit or bongos. Anything that makes a sound!
Auto Tuning. Either Select a musical key, or play some notes or song to Whistler and it will keep you in tune.
Auto Chords. Using your notes as a basis, Whister can automatically create chords of any type.
An Arpeggiator will play your chords in a large variety of styles.
Auto Progression. Whistler has a built in library of classic, time tested chord progressions and chord maps. Whistler will create highly satisfying musical sequences, following your cue.
Select a mood, ‘Happy’, ‘Sad’, ‘Jazzy’, ‘Uplifting’, ‘Epic’ or
‘Cinematic’. Define your own progressions or download others.
Auto Timing. Are your beats too loose? Or not loose enough? Whistler has quantising to keep perfectly in time or perfectly funky.
Transposing. Extend your musical range up and down to hit those high notes and nail that bass.
Built in Synaesthesic Sequencer. Codename ‘Soundscape’.
A rotating, pulsing sphere materializes over your desktop.
Made up of layers, Each layer represents a different instrument. As it rotates your music is etched onto the surface in explosions of colour.
Use the mouse to manipulate the soundscape, morphing your music over time. A large set of pre built ‘Soundscapes’ will let you quickly record a tune in an entirely new freeform & inspiring way. Quickly select an ‘ambient’ soundscape to record an ambient piece for instance.
A new type of sequencer and a fun way for everyone to easily experiment with music. boom.
(note - visual inspiration from Sega’s Rez as well as a personal, long
journey enduced epiphany .
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=4959299523940688460&q=rez )
A screensaver which plays your soundscapes, filling your desktop with colour and sound.
Export to MIDI, wav, aiff, aac & MP3.
Play along with iTunes songs. Whistler can analyse the song
before hand, setting itself up for perfect accompaniment.
Training games. A set of simple lessons to help you develop your listening and performance skills.
See how well you can play or sing along with your iTunes songs.
Setup iChat sessions with Friends. Over audio and video. Collaborate on Whistler compositions. Utilise video chat to see your friends in your soundscape.
Advanced MIDI setup. Route midi data in anyway you want. Manipulate audio and midi in creative ways. Whistlers raw audio to midi engine is there to be used and abused.
Most importantly, Whistler may help you discover a love and ability for music you never knew you had. Isn’t that worth exploring?
