ProTools on your iPhone?

alexfoinc · 5th December 2007, 02:45 AM

Hi there,

I'm looking for people with a "jailbroken" iPhone and a ProTools rig to help beta test a piece of software that I wrote for the iPhone.

It's a control surface with 8 touch sensitive faders that works over Wifi.
Here is a video of an older version of it:
ProRemote

thanks!

(note: I cross posted this as a reply to another thread by accident!, sorry...)

Solar · 5th December 2007, 03:57 AM

Hollllly shit! This is amazing.. i wish i had a Iphone.. soon maybe!

Tibbon · 5th December 2007, 04:22 AM

I've got my iPhone here. Send it over so I can try it out.

Otherwise, I dunno... I smell bs for some reason. The only reason I say this is that there's sooooo many Apple related fake things out there AND that your finger doesn't look like it's actually touching the iPhone in the video. Looks like you key'd it out over that section. But hey, if its real...I apologize in advance and would like to test the software!

However if you want something that I know for sure is real and currently available, there's a few software vendors out there right now that are making software that allows remote control of your desktop from your iPhone. It's stable and I tried it out and it seems to work well enough. Works with Mac or PC. I'll try to remember the name. It does any software however, not just PT.

mrbobb · 5th December 2007, 05:20 AM

send it my way too!

Versatile255 · 5th December 2007, 05:39 AM

holy shit that looks crazy.

Versatile255 · 5th December 2007, 05:40 AM

if this works ill buy a iphone i need a phone anyway.

slaves666 · 5th December 2007, 05:52 AM

Make one for Nuendo as well. :)

Jake 2.0 · 5th December 2007, 05:56 AM

Either thats real and pretty badass or you are one pro video/graphic editor!

C Heat · 5th December 2007, 06:07 AM

Impressive.

thermos · 5th December 2007, 10:58 AM

Yeah, I wanna try. Thats cooooool.

void · 5th December 2007, 11:01 AM

errr, can i ask why??

macleodgrant · 5th December 2007, 11:09 AM

if it works on iphone it should work on ipod touch too...

i doubt this is true but it should be possible...

sr2000 · 5th December 2007, 04:42 PM

I've got a jailbroken iPhone - so let me know when you get this thing running w/Logic 8 and I'll check it out for ya

pbell · 5th December 2007, 04:51 PM

To Cool! I would love to see this for plugins!

mahasandi · 5th December 2007, 04:58 PM

Hey I have an I phone and this is f*cking awesome.
Great idea.

Only thing is I would do the apple sdk thing
apple is releasing February that
allows 3rd party apps.
Cause the so far with each apple update
all "unauthorized" 3rd party apps are fried.....

alexfoinc · 6th December 2007, 02:17 AM

I swear it's real and would be glad to give all you guys the software to help test it out.
I need the help!

The thing is I need you to sign a NDA first because this shit was hard to do and I want to actually sell this software once Apple lets me. I need to protect it while it isn't finished. It does a bunch more than I can show you in that screen shot-

It will be cheap when I release the software (assuming apple lets me) so don't get mad at me for charging money for it-- beta testers naturally get the software free.

The reason that the video looks a little fake is that there are both bugs in the software and the user (me!)... I wasn't hitting that tiny freaking fader control (which makes me think I should make it bigger)...the fader won't move unless you hit it exactly and I was looking at the camera not the iPhone. So think what you will- if I could retouch that many frames and make it look that good I would have a different job!! :) [I actually started out doing image retouching on main frames but never video]... btw, the fader is much easier to hit in the latest version of the software....

I'll do another video soon (with close ups) but by that point you will have the code to test for yourselves and won't care anymore because you will have become used-to controlling ProTools from your iPhone- life will slow down at that point and all the colors will saturate.

alex

alexfoinc · 6th December 2007, 03:02 AM

It works on the iPod touch and the reason "why" you would want this (at least for me): by the time I have gotten up and walked over to my console 10 times to adjust the levels, I no longer want to play music. This stupid software allows me to control my rig from the drums or my guitar setup and hopefully keep the music flowing. Of course I haven't had a second to try this as I'm still banging out the code to finish this puppy up.

Finally, I intend this stuff to use the Apple sanctioned SDK when it comes out. In the meantime this has all been reverse engineered and not so easy if I must admit that. I'm looking for a few good honest folks to help out and test the code.

cheers!
alex

neil33 · 6th December 2007, 03:24 AM

VERY cool! If I didn't have a Tranzport I'd be all over this.

indie · 6th December 2007, 03:26 AM

unreal!!

alexfoinc · 6th December 2007, 03:36 AM

I have a Tranzport which is what inspired me to write this software. I can't get far enough away with my tranzport and it doesn't have touch sensitive faders! :( Not to mention the UI on the tranzport is 2 lines and certainly not in color - plug - ...

I was thinking it would be cool to support their plugin architecture so that I could support the same DAWs as they do on my iPhone (they support them all it seems). I don't think I can distribute their code but I could probably tell people where to get it! :)

One more thing: Folks that are interested in beta testing: please send me your full name and address for the NDA. sorry for the formality.

alexfoinc · 6th December 2007, 04:34 AM

Okay, I updated the video for those in doubt, hope this helps you believe this sh*t is for real.

ProRemote v0.0.1

alex

Y-Studios · 6th December 2007, 04:36 AM

Wow!

i want a iphone nowwwwww!

Football · 6th December 2007, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexfoinc

Okay, I updated the video for those in doubt, hope this helps you believe this sh*t is for real.

ProRemote v0.0.1

alex

Holy Crap, that's friggin cool!!!

I have an iPhone and Pro Tools but don't quite understand this "jailbroken" thing.

M2E · 6th December 2007, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Football

Holy Crap, that's friggin cool!!!

I have an iPhone and Pro Tools but don't quite understand this "jailbroken" thing.

Me neither. I as well have and iPhone and Pro Tools. I don't understand the Jailbroken thing as well. Could someone explain please?

Thanx

M2E

Michael Lin · 6th December 2007, 06:41 AM

I'm using an ipod touch to surf GS at the moment and am pretty interested in testing that app as well. Please put me on the list of betatesters.

"jailbreak" is another term for cracked-allowing ppl to bypass restrictions placed by Apple.

alexfoinc · 6th December 2007, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M2E

Me neither. I as well have and iPhone and Pro Tools. I don't understand the Jailbroken thing as well. Could someone explain please?

Thanx

M2E

Sorry about that: a jailbroken phone is a phone that can run 3rd party software. The jailbreak is a reference to a Unix term that was tweaked by the iPhone community. Technically: a phone that isn't chroot jailed to /Media
Non-technically: a phone that runs 3rd party apps.

There are tutorials online on how to "jailbreak" your iPhone. Once you do this you can install all sorts of applications and games for the iPhone- it doesn't "unlock" the radio on the phone, just opens it up to new applications. Eventually Apple will release an SDK for the iPhone that lets us install apps on phones that aren't jailbroken. That will happen hopefully sometime next year.

alex

Tibbon · 6th December 2007, 06:48 AM

Awesome. Sorry for the disbelief at first. It's freaking cool that you've got this going. I've just seen SOOOOOOO many fake apple products, screenshots, claims, pieces of software, etc. I remember someone making a video of OS X running on an iPod or something silly like that.

Very cool.

A27Hull · 6th December 2007, 06:56 AM

you got a winner there alex, good luck and the best of fortunes with apple. Awesome new video too, it speaks for it self.

Geoff Firebaugh · 6th December 2007, 08:10 AM

Count me in on that for Cubendo/ and reaper. what are the chances for a transport control in there as well?

-geoff

jbuzz · 6th December 2007, 11:41 AM

check out remote buddy
Products > Remote Buddy > iPhone™ / iPod® Touch // IOSPIRIT - fueling creative minds worldwide ..

i use it to succesfully remote logic with my touch.

maybe protools works too.

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5th December 2007, 02:45 AM	#1
alexfoinc Gear nut Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 86	ProTools on your iPhone? Hi there, I'm looking for people with a "jailbroken" iPhone and a ProTools rig to help beta test a piece of software that I wrote for the iPhone. It's a control surface with 8 touch sensitive faders that works over Wifi. Here is a video of an older version of it: ProRemote thanks! (note: I cross posted this as a reply to another thread by accident!, sorry...)

5th December 2007, 03:57 AM	#2
Solar Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada/Vegas Posts: 678	Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!! Whats next? Hollllly shit! This is amazing.. i wish i had a Iphone.. soon maybe! __________________ MY Music Producer, Mix Engineer www.myspace.com/absolutmy

5th December 2007, 04:22 AM	#3
Tibbon Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Boston/MA Posts: 4,089	I've got my iPhone here. Send it over so I can try it out. Otherwise, I dunno... I smell bs for some reason. The only reason I say this is that there's sooooo many Apple related fake things out there AND that your finger doesn't look like it's actually touching the iPhone in the video. Looks like you key'd it out over that section. But hey, if its real...I apologize in advance and would like to test the software! However if you want something that I know for sure is real and currently available, there's a few software vendors out there right now that are making software that allows remote control of your desktop from your iPhone. It's stable and I tried it out and it seems to work well enough. Works with Mac or PC. I'll try to remember the name. It does any software however, not just PT. __________________ David Fisher (aka tibbon) What is Noise, Blog (DIY, gear, tech, etc) Follow me on Twitter

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mrbobb Gear Head Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Santa Monica, CA Posts: 49	send it my way too!

5th December 2007, 05:39 AM	#5
Versatile255 Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 836	holy shit that looks crazy.

5th December 2007, 05:40 AM	#6
Versatile255 Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 836	if this works ill buy a iphone i need a phone anyway.

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5th December 2007, 10:58 AM	#10
thermos Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,952	Yeah, I wanna try. Thats cooooool.

5th December 2007, 11:01 AM	#11
void Gear nut Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 76	errr, can i ask why??

5th December 2007, 11:09 AM	#12
macleodgrant Lives for gear Join Date: May 2007 Location: Dublin Posts: 2,018	if it works on iphone it should work on ipod touch too... i doubt this is true but it should be possible...

5th December 2007, 04:42 PM	#13
sr2000 Gear nut Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 106	I've got a jailbroken iPhone - so let me know when you get this thing running w/Logic 8 and I'll check it out for ya

5th December 2007, 04:51 PM	#14
pbell Gear maniac Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 199	To Cool! I would love to see this for plugins! __________________ Paul "He with the most gear goes to Heaven"

5th December 2007, 04:58 PM	#15
mahasandi Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 681	Hey I have an I phone and this is f*cking awesome. Great idea. Only thing is I would do the apple sdk thing apple is releasing February that allows 3rd party apps. Cause the so far with each apple update all "unauthorized" 3rd party apps are fried.....

6th December 2007, 02:17 AM	#16
alexfoinc Gear nut Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 86	I swear it's real and would be glad to give all you guys the software to help test it out. I need the help! The thing is I need you to sign a NDA first because this shit was hard to do and I want to actually sell this software once Apple lets me. I need to protect it while it isn't finished. It does a bunch more than I can show you in that screen shot- It will be cheap when I release the software (assuming apple lets me) so don't get mad at me for charging money for it-- beta testers naturally get the software free. The reason that the video looks a little fake is that there are both bugs in the software and the user (me!)... I wasn't hitting that tiny freaking fader control (which makes me think I should make it bigger)...the fader won't move unless you hit it exactly and I was looking at the camera not the iPhone. So think what you will- if I could retouch that many frames and make it look that good I would have a different job!! :) [I actually started out doing image retouching on main frames but never video]... btw, the fader is much easier to hit in the latest version of the software.... I'll do another video soon (with close ups) but by that point you will have the code to test for yourselves and won't care anymore because you will have become used-to controlling ProTools from your iPhone- life will slow down at that point and all the colors will saturate. alex

6th December 2007, 03:02 AM	#17
alexfoinc Gear nut Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 86	It works on the iPod touch and the reason "why" you would want this (at least for me): by the time I have gotten up and walked over to my console 10 times to adjust the levels, I no longer want to play music. This stupid software allows me to control my rig from the drums or my guitar setup and hopefully keep the music flowing. Of course I haven't had a second to try this as I'm still banging out the code to finish this puppy up. Finally, I intend this stuff to use the Apple sanctioned SDK when it comes out. In the meantime this has all been reverse engineered and not so easy if I must admit that. I'm looking for a few good honest folks to help out and test the code. cheers! alex

6th December 2007, 03:24 AM	#18
neil33 Gear nut Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 94	VERY cool! If I didn't have a Tranzport I'd be all over this.

6th December 2007, 03:26 AM	#19
indie Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: C-ville area VA Posts: 1,274	unreal!! __________________ rock on, Micah http://www.micahmixer.com http://www.myspace.com/wilshires

6th December 2007, 03:36 AM	#20
alexfoinc Gear nut Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 86	I have a Tranzport which is what inspired me to write this software. I can't get far enough away with my tranzport and it doesn't have touch sensitive faders! :( Not to mention the UI on the tranzport is 2 lines and certainly not in color - plug - ... I was thinking it would be cool to support their plugin architecture so that I could support the same DAWs as they do on my iPhone (they support them all it seems). I don't think I can distribute their code but I could probably tell people where to get it! :) One more thing: Folks that are interested in beta testing: please send me your full name and address for the NDA. sorry for the formality.

6th December 2007, 04:34 AM	#21
alexfoinc Gear nut Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 86	ProRemote video teaser update Okay, I updated the video for those in doubt, hope this helps you believe this sh*t is for real. ProRemote v0.0.1 alex

6th December 2007, 04:36 AM	#22
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6th December 2007, 06:41 AM	#25
Michael Lin Gear interested Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Posts: 28	I'm using an ipod touch to surf GS at the moment and am pretty interested in testing that app as well. Please put me on the list of betatesters. "jailbreak" is another term for cracked-allowing ppl to bypass restrictions placed by Apple.

6th December 2007, 06:48 AM	#27
Tibbon Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Boston/MA Posts: 4,089	Awesome. Sorry for the disbelief at first. It's freaking cool that you've got this going. I've just seen SOOOOOOO many fake apple products, screenshots, claims, pieces of software, etc. I remember someone making a video of OS X running on an iPod or something silly like that. Very cool. __________________ David Fisher (aka tibbon) What is Noise, Blog (DIY, gear, tech, etc) Follow me on Twitter

6th December 2007, 06:56 AM	#28
A27Hull Lives for gear Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tennesse Valley, AL Posts: 629	you got a winner there alex, good luck and the best of fortunes with apple. Awesome new video too, it speaks for it self.

6th December 2007, 08:10 AM	#29
Geoff Firebaugh Gear nut Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: the land of rhinestones and PBR Posts: 120	Count me in on that for Cubendo/ and reaper. what are the chances for a transport control in there as well? -geoff

6th December 2007, 11:41 AM	#30
jbuzz Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: germany Posts: 519	check out remote buddy Products > Remote Buddy > iPhone™ / iPod® Touch // IOSPIRIT - fueling creative minds worldwide .. i use it to succesfully remote logic with my touch. maybe protools works too. __________________ www.beansandbacon.com