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Appletell reviews Abaltat Muse for OS X

I can write a scene, I can cast and shoot it (act when necessary), edit it and upload it to the Internet. The one skill I don’t have is in composing music, but Abaltat Muse might just have the solution to that problem: the program generates music not out of loops, but by analyzing the color scheme of your video. It works like this: you open the video in AM (the program doesn’t work on its own, without a video source), then it breaks the video down by colors and how those colors peak and recede within it.

Appletell review: Guitarist for iPhone/iPod touch

Guitarist is an app developed by Moo Cow Music that attempts to be your on-the-go guitar. It’s not going to replace your real guitar, but it might help you seize the moment when creativity strikes.

Since the iPhone has multitouch, using it as a guitar simulator makes sense. There is one striking negative about this app, and I want to get it out right at the start. Since you’re only working with a piece of glass, there is no tactile feedback. It should be noted that this is not a problem with the app, but a limitation of the device itself. If you can get over this one point, then you’ll love this app.