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patrickj
03-11-2008, 09:52 PM
The eagerly awaited one from Moo Cow Music, makers of Pianist and Drummer.

Demo and features list at the Moo Cow site HERE (http://moocowmusic.com/Guitarist/) ...
Apple124
03-11-2008, 09:55 PM
thats awesome.
wonder how long it will take before people master it just like the drums and paino.
GADeputy
03-11-2008, 10:06 PM
"Coming soon... Guitarist is currently in Beta test, but should be released in a day or two."

Should be out tomorrow. Hopefully.
Apple124
03-11-2008, 10:07 PM
I wonder which app people are going to like the most.
depthnerd
03-11-2008, 10:07 PM
"Coming soon... Guitarist is currently in Beta test, but should be released in a day or two."

Should be out tomorrow. Hopefully.
Refresh your sources - it's out now.
patrickj
03-11-2008, 10:11 PM
Refresh your sources - it's out now.

Exactly - as per title of this post :smile:
GADeputy
03-11-2008, 10:28 PM
Weird, I had to refresh my sources 3 times before it showed up. Downloading now. Thanks!
Lincoln
03-12-2008, 05:44 PM
Just downloaded it - great app. So much better than Pocket Guitar. I've already picked out Dani California, not to get fast with it...

- John
patrickj
03-12-2008, 05:54 PM
Just downloaded it - great app. So much better than Pocket Guitar. I've already picked out Dani California, not to get fast with it...

- John

I love that song ...
akophone
03-12-2008, 11:44 PM
Kinda awkward to me. Hard to handle. Love the Piano and the Drum though. Amazing what the devs are able to do with this iPhone!
acosmichippo
03-13-2008, 12:18 AM
funny... i'm a guitarist, and i prefer pianist. it just doesn't PLAY like a guitar.

good try though.
x999x
03-13-2008, 12:17 PM
funny... i'm a guitarist, and i prefer pianist. it just doesn't PLAY like a guitar.

good try though.

The author, "MooTheCow", put up a post in his developer's diary for Guitar I think it was. In it, he tries to explain why he has taken the route he did, and his reasoning behind it.

Unfortunately, it seems that many of the ideas he had wanted to implement had to be nixed out of concern that they may be misconstrued by existing guitar applications/games. He was already served a cease and desist by Apple for using an iPhone image for the splash screen of iAno. This has left a bad taste in the author's mouth, and as such he's playing it very cautious now.

Some of the ideas he had were predefining chords similar to how Jam Sessions does on the Nintendo DS, as well as a full repetoire of guitars with their own unique skins and sounds.

In a nutshell, I think all Guitarist really is at it's core is a reworked Pianist. Looking beyond that however, I can see the original intent -- to make Guitarist an option for songs that are otherwise impossible to play in PocketGuitar.
psylichon
03-14-2008, 02:24 AM
funny... i'm a guitarist, and i prefer pianist. it just doesn't PLAY like a guitar.

good try though.

I'm a pianist, and I prefer Guitarist :tounge:

Hammer-on style is more natural for us... here's me hammering out some GNR... although it sounds like it's on banjo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCa9rzxTwLY