New Forestar Releases NESynth – 8bit Synth App For iPhone

New Forestar has released the NESynth, an 8bit Synth App for the Apple iPhone. The NES interface is kind of fun, but the real Jedi Power is the fact that you can pitch bend the sounds using the iPhone’s accelerometer, as well as jam with a friend who also has the app and hear what they’re playing on your phone. The synth portion contains three pulse wave forms (duty cycle 1:1 1:3 1:7), a virtual triangle wave form and two...

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Sony Readies New NWZ-S545 & NWZ-S544 Walkman Digital Media Players

Thanks to a dodgy French retailer, Sony’s new 8GB NWZ-S544 and 16GB NWZ-S545 personal media players have been unveiled. The new players feature built-in speakers, 2.4-inch (QVGA) screens and contain a Lithium Ion battery that Sony claims provides 42 hours of audio, or 6.4 hours of video playback. Other features included an on-board “kick stand” for tabletop video viewing, a built-in microphone, a FM tuner. Both...

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