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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

BeatGauge: Automatic BPM detection for iTunes

I'm happy to announce, that beaTunes got a little brother today. His name is BeatGauge and he's a dead-simple, automatic BPM calculator. While beaTunes aims at the larger goal of improving metadata to build great playlists, BeatGauge does only one thing, but it does it very well:

It computes BPM values for your iTunes songs.

Simply drag your tracks from iTunes onto the app and it will automatically start calculating, reporting the results back to iTunes immediately. Honestly, I don't know how this could be done any simpler.
Under the hood, BeatGauge uses multithreaded GCD code, taking advantage of your computer's multiple cores. It's written in Swift for OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)—in other words: Apple's latest technologies.

As of today, BeatGauge is exclusively available via the Mac App Store (MAS). If you're using iTunes on Yosemite and are looking for a light-weight BPM calculator, BeatGauge is definitely a nice addition to your audio tool-belt. Give it a try!

Demo

Labels: BeatGauge, BPM, MAS, OS X, Yosemite

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Apple bans non-MAS apps from Apple Design Awards

Back in December Apple made clear that it does not want Java apps in its store. Now the company took the next step: non-MAS (Mac App Store) apps are banned from the Apple Design Awards (see Ars Technica).

I fail to recognize how using a particular sales channel is a sign of good design, but I'm sure Apple knows what it's doing to boost sales. Its sales.

Labels: ADA, Apple, MAS