Unreleased App Cadence May Change Music Listening…FOREVER
1:36 am, August 19th, 2009, Pete Mortensen
At this point, it’s hard to get excited by every amazing new iPhone app that comes down the pike. Even augmented reality has started to feel boring, and it isn’t even allowed on locked-down iPhones yet.
But man, does Cadence have me excited. Basically, it figures out the average tempo of your iPod library, then creates playlists by different BPM speeds so you can easily browse your music by pace. Watch the video at their site (not embeddable, unfortunately). It’s amazing, and a totally new experience.
And it’s something I’ve been looking for. I’ve never had my whole 25-gig music library on a single handheld device before, and I’ve found it’s hard to take advantage of so many songs and artists. I’ll inevitably stay in my comfort zone if I don’t discover what I’ve been missing — and Genius doesn’t help, it regurgitates the same 20 songs every time I use it.
This has that potential, if it’s smart enough to pick a random song within each tempo. I’m excited to use this, and I hope Apple has the sense to approve it. This is not duplicate functionality.
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Isnt there a mac app that does something like this, its called Tangerine! I think.
Sean, on August 19th, 2009 at 3:05 am
It’s a sad day when Cult of Mac editors are begging Apple to approve apps that might actually be useful.
Cadence is a neat idea but hardly new; Sony Ericsson came up with this idea a couple of years back. SenseMe rates songs along 2 dimensions, not just bpm. Trouble is that bpm alone doesn’t work… Otherwise my Perfect Circle’s Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rythm of the War Drums may end up being listed along with my Sarah McLachlan’s Angels. Doh. Then again, my bad for having a peculiar music taste.
I reckon the Spotify app has more potential than this. Never mind 32 gigs of songs, it gives you access to 6 million. Never pay for another song again! Sure the quality’s not there, but it’s waaay better than i-Tunes at finding new artists that are the genres you like.
Gordon Morris, on August 19th, 2009 at 3:54 am
I agree with Gordon. Something that’s been arround since ages finally makes it to the iphone…. so what ?
“May change music listening…..FOREVER”… Nobody gets exited about BS news every single day like Cult of Mac.
Guys, go get yourself a life !!!!
Kay, on August 19th, 2009 at 3:57 am
Spotify: great for you, bad for the artists.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/aug/17/major-labels-spotify
Ben G, on August 19th, 2009 at 4:19 am
Here’s a quick solution: 98% of the music is at ~120bpm. There, you’ve pretty much done all that Cadence does.
I’d be much happier if someone came up with a way to edit the iTunes database outside of the iTunes client. A nice matrix where I can adjust specific cells, not go through 5 menu picks to change a single entry.
imajoebob, on August 19th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
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Cadence: uma espécie de Genius viciado em BPM para seu iPhone/iPod touch | MacMagazine, on August 19th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Hello everyone. Appreciate your interest in Cadence app. Its exciting to see people checking it out already. I’m not sure how the news got out , we have not released any official news about it yet. In any case, its good to see.
I thought I’d pipe in and answer a few questions / comments shown above.
1.”Isnt there a mac app that does something like this, its called Tangerine! I think.”
Cadence guy: Yes, your right. What we are offering is a UI for the iphone or ipod touch that allows you to quickly find the bpm you want to listen to, and match that to the motion you are in. It allows for quick on the fly changing of the music associated to the BPM you are listening too. I’d encourage you to check out our desktop app which is similar to Tangerine! as well.
2.”Here’s a quick solution: 98% of the music is at ~120bpm. There, you’ve pretty much done all that Cadence does.
I’d be much happier if someone came up with a way to edit the iTunes database outside of the iTunes client. A nice matrix where I can adjust specific cells, not go through 5 menu picks to change a single entry.”
Cadence guy: You are correct that quite a bit of music will be in the BPM of 100-150 BPM range, but 98% is a very very high estimation. This works well for those who will be using cadence for running or exercise though. That BPM range is where most of the music will be for that kind of activity. The idea for Cadence is to be useful for exercise , but also for casual listening. For instance, if you are tired and need slow music to fall asleep too. Another example would be to use Cadence to play all very fast music to ramp up a dance party. Those extremes are what we are developing for. We have several updates to the UI in process at the moment that will add additional features, stay tuned. On our website you will be providing playlists organized by BPM which you will be able to purchase songs via iTunes. This will help to round our your full BPM range if you are low in a certain BPM range.
Most users will find they have an adequate music library to populate the majority of BPM’s.
A note about how Cadence works. You need to make your iTunes library Cadence compatible to use Cadence app. This is a process of setting up your iTunes library. We have created an application that will do this for you. There is more information on our website about that. It is currently still in development but will be ready once we do go live. The great thing about setting up your iTunes library this way is you can use this setup to organize your music in the same manner on your nano , shuffle , or classic ipod.
Appreciate your attention folks. Happy to let you know the app is approved and we are just putting the final touches on the website and user experience.We are more than happy to hear your ideas and feedback. Keep it coming.
-Cadence guy
Cadence guy, on August 31st, 2009 at 12:46 pm