iOS Motion Controlled Music Gets an Upgrade with Shakie Percussion

February 20, 2012 in Music

[prMac.com] Indianapolis, Indiana - Blue Prophet today is thrilled to announce the release of Shakie Percussion 1.2, a musical instrument app for iOS. Shakie uses a realistic physics engine to model and animate pellets to simulate maracas, bells, shakers, tambourines and more. Shakie is a new type of instrument made possible with an iPhone or iPod touch's palm sized, motion sensing display.

When the user tilts or shakes their iOS device, Shakie's on-screen pellets respond and trigger a number of high quality sound samples. Every subtle motion is picked up and animated. This gives the app a really natural feel and makes playing fun. A real-time pitch shifter lets the user shift the pitch as they swirl and shake the pellets. The interface is beautifully clean, simple and ready to pick up and play.

Version 1.2 of Shakie brings the ability to change the shape of the pellet container, providing different spaces for the pellets interact. The update also makes the volume more sensitive to the velocity of individual pellets, increasing the richness and nuance of the sound.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, 3/4G iPod touch
* Requires iOS 4.3 or later
* 1.3 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Shakie Percussion 1.2 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available world wide exclusively through the App Store in the Music category.

Blue Prophet is the playground of independent developer Andy Chen. Andy focuses on creating innovative, well crafted, intuitive apps. Once the CTO of a crowd-sourcing software company, Andy is a widely exhibited photographer and the director of the StutzArtSpace gallery in Indianapolis. Copyright (C) 2012 Blue Prophet, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Andy Chen
Developer
United States

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