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3QuarterSet 1.0 Preview

Hi y'all,

Here's a preview of my upcoming iPhone/iPod Touch virtual drones/regulators app, based on my Kirk Lynch 3/4 set:

YouTube (audio got a bit of growly distortion in recompression):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEx6npjpnPE

Download high quality version:
http://drop.io/3QuarterSetPreview/asset/3quarterset3-mpg

Currently in beta test phase, will be releasing to the iTunes App store in the near future.

Cheers,

Michael

# Posted on November 20th 2009 by Michael Eskin

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Here's a live demo of 3QuarterSet 1.0 using my Benedict Koehler chanter in a practice set configuration, with the iPhone on a foam block attached via a velcro wrap around my leg:

YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YggD8d_eHBo

Download high quality:
http://drop.io/3QuarterSetPreview/asset/3quartersetdemo-mpg

Cheers,

Michael

# Posted on November 21st 2009 by Michael Eskin

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nice - is that a takahashi fs in the background?

# Posted on November 21st 2009 by airport

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takahashi fs

# Posted on November 21st 2009 by airport

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Its an old Parks PRT-2 60mm refractor I restored a few months ago. Found it on Craigslist for $35!

# Posted on November 21st 2009 by Michael Eskin

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dang - how'd I do that twice? 102 I was going to say

# Posted on November 21st 2009 by airport

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wow!

# Posted on November 21st 2009 by airport

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New video demonstrating pitch change feature, 3QuarterSet supports keys of D, C#, C, B, and B-Flat.

YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXzoFVqI5IU

Download high quality:
http://drop.io/3QuarterSetPreview2/asse ... chdemo-mpg

# Posted on November 21st 2009 by Michael Eskin

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(Correction of URL from last post)

New video demonstrating pitch change feature, 3QuarterSet supports keys of D, C#, C, B, and B-Flat.

YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXzoFVqI5IU

Download high quality:
http://drop.io/3QuarterSetPreview2/asset/3quartersetpitchdemo-mpg

# Posted on November 21st 2009 by Michael Eskin

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That's amazing. Regulators for the poor! Well, the poorer since iPhones aren't cheap but they are a hell of a lot cheaper than real live regs.

# Posted on November 21st 2009 by DrSilverSpear

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You don't need an iPhone, specifically. It also works with the iPod Touch.

# Posted on November 21st 2009 by Michael Eskin

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Why should 3QuarterSet be limited to just Uilleann pipers? Here's a demo using a Bb/F Anglo Concertina...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufcGFEt4HfE

:-)

# Posted on November 21st 2009 by Michael Eskin

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Pardon my ignorance. I had to look it up just to be sure I understand how one works the regulators;
http://www.bcpipes.com/pipes.html#anchor366205
How, exactly, do you work the regulators, on your i-touch, while simultaneously playing the practice set?

# Posted on November 22nd 2009 by Ben Steen

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I realize the answer is self evident to pipers. Might you humour the rest of us with a little bit of detail? Is it easy, more difficult, or exactly the same as regular regulators?
My jaw has still dropped after seeing a Beta v.1 for anything uilleann.

# Posted on November 22nd 2009 by Ben Steen

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Here's a slow aire:

YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMEqRyiapjc

Higher Quality for Download:
http://drop.io/3QuarterSetPreview3/asset/3quartersetairedemo-mpg

# Posted on November 22nd 2009 by Michael Eskin

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It feels similar in some ways, but without the pressure control requirements and skills associated with the real thing. My primary set that it was based on is a Kirk Lynch 3/4 set and so I know how the real instrument feels to play. I've only had it fully working for about a day, so its been very interesting playing with it. If you forget that you're playing a virtual instrument, its very easy to start having the experience of playing real regs, the mind plays tricks on you. The spread is narrower because of the screen size, but since I have small hands that's actually a good thing. The one big difference is that with a small surface to work with, it didn't make sense to implement individual keys, the regs in the program only play in the common pairs. Perhaps I'll add that in a future release, but it turns out that the velcro I use to strap it to my leg would obscure one of the regs, most likely for live performance, it will remain just reg pairs.

# Posted on November 22nd 2009 by Michael Eskin

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Also, I removed the concertina video... even I felt that was jumping the shark a bit... :-)

# Posted on November 22nd 2009 by Michael Eskin

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Here's the final user interface:

http://drop.io/3QuarterSetPreview4/asset/3quartersetui22nov2009-mpg

# Posted on November 23rd 2009 by Michael Eskin

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Just submitted both 3QuarterSet and 3QuarterSetFree to the iTunes App Store for review.

The free version has all the features as the paid version, but only supports the key of C#. Those of you with a C# set, rejoice! :-)

Hopefully, I didn't do anything stupid and Apple will quickly approve both apps and get them up on the store.

Cheers,

Michael

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by Michael Eskin

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Csharp :-)
Keep us informed

# Posted on November 25th 2009 by bazouki dave

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Here's the final version that I submitted to Apple for the App Store. With any luck it will be approved in the coming week or two:

YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRXyh6oY0Fs

High quality version for download:
http://drop.io/3QuarterSet/asset/3quartersetappstoredemo-mp4

# Posted on November 27th 2009 by Michael Eskin

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Change of plans, the free version is in C instead of C#...

# Posted on December 3rd 2009 by Michael Eskin