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By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:16:21 +0000

dave: I don’t find it that ugly. But if GuitarToolKit added uke support I’d definitely be interested.

Jodi: I don’t think I’ve ever been so desperate for porn that I couldn’t wait til I got home.

Emily: I’ve bought games that I rarely play. But that’s mainly because I could play Texas Hold ‘Em for hours on end.

Anthony: Thanks very much for the pointers. Good to know.

Richard: Just make sure to keep your fingers hovering over Windows and M.

Mike: Thanks for the reviews. iReal Book looks interesting. I might check it out.

By: Mike Gilbert

Mike Gilbert — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:50:26 +0000

I’ve been using the “Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic” to record my uke playing with the free iTalk app. It’s good enough for reviewing my playing, and it couldn’t be more convenient. These are the $30 Canadian earphones, not the $80 ones that Apple promotes.

I also use Guitar Toolkit, which has a chromatic tuner, metronome, and guitar scales and chord dictionary. The guitar stuff is useful as a reference, but the really useful tools are the tuner and metronome. The tuner works with the earphone mic. It’s pretty accurate, though sometimes I need to restart the Touch to make it work properly. The metronome is really cool – it will play the beats as audio or as a flashing light, and you can tap on the screen to set the tempo. I should probably use it more often…

There is also a fake book available on the app store – I think it’s called iReal Jazz or something like that. Has anyone used it?

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:09:13 +0000

Thanks for the tips!!! Just got my Touch a few days ago. I’m still figuring out t iTunes, but I did a search for ukulele and uke first thing, but came up with nothing. I have Uke Chords on my old PDA that really raises some eyebrows at the local uke club. Everyone wants one. Can’t wait to get to work so I can do some downloading… I mean so I can work really hard.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:02:58 +0000

The iphone apps mentioned are sweet. I also have OmniTuner which is a great chromatic tuner app that is configurable and well suited to tuning your uke. Its not the cheapest app at $7.99AUD but worth it for the fact you always have a tuner in your pocket. It seems pretty accurate too.

Whats also cool is if you have a chordie songbook online, the songs show up pretty well on your iphone safari for a mobile songbook although there is a download ‘as ipod document’ feature at chordie.com, I’m not sure that you can actually sync it to a iphone(I haven’t tried yet).

have fun

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:36:36 +0000

I’m a big fan of my iPhone. It’s helped me through some long lonely nights. I’ve restricted myself from buying gaming apps otherwise I’d never get anything done.

Thanks for the uke apps review. I hadn’t even begun to think of the uke/iPhone app connection…man, the possibilities on this thing are ENDLESS!

By: Hello Jodi

Hello Jodi — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:58:10 +0000

#1:
http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-03-10/
Funny because I had the very same conversation with a friend. I love my iPhone. Yes, in that way. You know there is a mobile YouPorn site? I’m just sayin.

Thank you for this! I’ll check these out…

By: dave

dave — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:48:03 +0000

I love the functionality of UkeChords, but it’s danged ugly. I wrote the developers of GuitarToolkit, which has similar chord finding functionality, and apparently uke support is in the works.