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Brilliant app, thanks man. Yes it does work on iPhones, i've got firmware 1.1.2. It works perfectly. Great app!
 
Looks interesting, but what are you supposed to do with these besides stretch your fingers? Can you play along with songs, ala Guitar Hero?
 
Looks interesting, but what are you supposed to do with these besides stretch your fingers? Can you play along with songs, ala Guitar Hero?

Of course it's possible to play it along with your songs. I guess it's harder than playing Guitar Hero (and it's nearly impossible to play fast guitar riffs because of the latency), but you can play it like a real guitar.
 
Shinya - Wow. I figured what the heck and loaded it and am surprised how good it is. Very good job. Acoustic sounds great and can do multiple notes.
The bass doesn't have much volume though and is a bit iffy. Well, my husband just grabbed it out of my hands (he's a musician) and is having a field day with it. He was going to upgrade to 1.1.3 but now probably not as I expect he'll want me to load your app on his phone.

Thank you! This is a good one.
 
Shinya - Wow. I figured what the heck and loaded it and am surprised how good it is. Very good job. Acoustic sounds great and can do multiple notes.
The bass doesn't have much volume though and is a bit iffy. Well, my husband just grabbed it out of my hands (he's a musician) and is having a field day with it. He was going to upgrade to 1.1.3 but now probably not as I expect he'll want me to load your app on his phone.

Thank you! This is a good one.

Yeah I agree that the bass sound has low volume, especially for lower strings... I'll fix it for the next version.
 
can someone post a little video of it, please?

I dont have any videos, but I have a few screenshots...

guitar1mg5.jpg

guitar2hh1.jpg

guitar3lm4.jpg
 
Problem

Well... I can't get it open! I tap on the icon, it shows a black screen, shows the ringer volume, and then I'm back to Home menu!
1.1.1 iPhone
 
Details (via Terminal):

-sh-3.2# /Applications/PocketGuitar.app/PocketGuitar
2008-01-21 01:08:59.909 PocketGuitar[6244:d03] Distorted Guitar
2008-01-21 01:08:59.920 PocketGuitar[6244:d03] Acoustic-Electric Guitar
2008-01-21 01:08:59.924 PocketGuitar[6244:d03] Electric Bass
2008-01-21 01:09:00.243 PocketGuitar[6244:d03] init about
2008-01-21 01:09:00.257 PocketGuitar[6244:d03] volume=0.500000 name=Ringtone
2008-01-21 01:09:00.260 PocketGuitar[6244:d03] route=Speaker
2008-01-21 01:09:00.262 PocketGuitar[6244:d03] state=0
reload
cleared
2008-01-21 01:09:00.347 PocketGuitar[6244:d03] SampledGuitarFactory: newInstrument: /var/root/Media/PocketGuitar/DistortedGuitar/e6.raw 82.406891
2008-01-21 01:09:00.350 PocketGuitar[6244:d03] SampledGuitarFactory: loading from /var/root/Media/PocketGuitar/DistortedGuitar/e6.raw
2008-01-21 01:09:00.353 PocketGuitar[6244:d03] *** Uncaught exception: <WaveDataError> failed to stat file
Trace/BPT trap
 
How does this install? The only apps I've installed were in installer. I haven't even started to take on the whole SSH thing.
 
Yeah I'm sorry. I didn't click the link thinking it was an install that would have required me to do something. I'm going to check it out now. Unless it's in installer or unless I have some time to really understand how to use SSH on my iPhone I need simple methods. ;)

Edit: When I added the source I went to install the app which appeared twice under toys. The first link gave an error :main script execution failed!" The second link said I needed BSD subsystem installed so I can install and uninstall this app. :( However, I came out and saw the icon, clicked and it crashed. So I figured I'd go find BSD, which I did, installed and all is well. I think that it'd be best to remove the other install app. Not sure how you manage that and it could be that you publish under more than one source. IDK.

That said, this is a fun little app. Difficult in a way because obviously it relies on the touch being spot on, but I do like it. Another reason to stay on my jailbroken 1.1.1 and not go to 1.1.3 as I planned earlier this week.

Suggestions:
I don't know if this is at all possible but wouldn't it be awesome to let it record your chords? I'm not great at playing, I'm no song writer, but I've put a few things down and always wished to have a way to see if I couldn't jot down my thoughts and use a travel guitar to do so. This won't replace that, but it is very cool. If it recorded things like on a notepad then allowed me to save and e-mail that'd be awesome.

2nd, I wish it would save my settings once I exit. I was surprised when I returned and it was on distorted guitar.

Also, with a case on my iphone it makes it hard to get to both E's. Then again having to stretch is nothing new to me because using a real guitar I am stretching due to my shorter fingers. :)

Good work on this, I dig it.
 
Very nice App, I don't play any music instrument at all, but I have a lot of fun with it.
I have a 1.1.2 iPhone and the Bass doesn't sound at all, I have to put my iPhone close to my ear to barely hear any sound.
I wonder if my iPhone loudspeaker isn't that good or if it's realted to this app only.
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