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June 9th, 2008
Not many posts lately as we've been preparing several projects for the iPhone and iPod Touch. We will not be doing direct ports of our Palm software to the iPhone; basic differences in the platforms prevent this. Also, this gives us a chance to redesign the software from scratch and to take advantage of iPhone specific features. We plan to have at least one music application ready for the iPhone 2.0 launch event, and will also be releasing a couple of non-music products under our Lint Labs brand. We will of course continue to support all of our Palm OS products and have a few updates to release this year.

March 19th, 2007
MixPad is now available for purchase. The free demo will only play the first 30 seconds of your MIDI files. The Pro version and the first free upgrade are already in development and should both be released before the end of Spring.

February 26th, 2007
We have begun beta testing MixPad. If you haven't signed as a tester up yet, contact us quickly (at our support address) to try it out. This new version features Krikit Synth playback on most modern handhelds; we've completely retooled our synth for extremely high quality timing (no latency) and after the release of MixPad we will be moving the new synth into NotePad and BeatPad for more accurate playback.

January 18th, 2007
We have isolated the bug on the Treo 680 and found a work-around. All of our software has been updated to work correctly on the Treo 680. We have posted new demos of all of our products. If you already own miniMusic software and have upgraded to the Treo 680, please contact us to get the new versions. These upgrades are not needed for any other handheld or phone.

December 11th, 2006
There is a known issue with most of our software running on the new Treo 680. The 680 is not running the Krikit Synth properly which can cause the device to freeze or crash when quitting. We are working on the issue now and hope to have a fix out by the end of the week. This behavior is not seen on any other Palm OS handheld or phone.

November 20th, 2006
AxisPad is now available, check out the new free demo. New features include custom guidelines, color settings, full MIDI and sound card support, and much more. For a limited time we are including AxisPad for free when you buy the Handheld Music Suite or Pro Music Suite. We will be moving immediately to work on MixPad which is closer than ever.

November 8th, 2006
We have posted a second preview of AxisPad. Preveiw 2 can now run on any Palm OS 3.0 device or higher, but some features still require OS 5. Performance is vastly improved to eliminate clicking when changing the volume of a sound. Also, we have sent out the majority of the free BugBand upgrades. If you own BugBand but have not received the upgrade please contact us.

October 31st, 2006
Happy Halloween! We are celebrating with spooky sounds and creepy crawlies. We've released a free preview of our upcoming AxisPad application which lets you create sounds similar to a Theremin, the instrument used to make eerie sounds for many famous films. Also today, we've released a new version of BugBand. This free upgrade adds new instruments (violin and trombone), our Krikit synth for rich audio, and a new "boring mode" that uses standard notation instead of colorful bugs.

June 15th, 2006
The new 1.4 version of NotePad is now available. We will be sending out upgrades over the next couple days; if you have not received your upgrade by the beginning of next week please contact us and make sure we have your correct e-mail address.

March 27th, 2006
We've spent the early part of the year solving some conflicts with SoundPad on the Tungsten TX. That is finally solved! For our next trick, we've decided by popular request to add some features to NotePad. The new 1.4 version of NotePad should be available within the next month. Here is a sneak peek showing the new overview screen (20 measures at once!) and new scroll bar! Much more coming soon!

November 4th, 2005
The new BeatPad 1.1 is now available. This is the largest upgrade BeatPad has ever seen with the Krikit Audio Engine now built in, a library screen to organize multiple pattern banks, MIDI file exporting, pattern chaining, and much more. We have also released the new "Pro Music Suite" that includes NotePad, BeatPad and SoundPad. Now sounds designed with SoundPad can be used in both NotePad and BeatPad!

October 14th, 2005
We've finally overcome some hurdles with BeatPad and expect to release the next upgrade by the end of October. The new version fully integrates our Krikit Audio Engine so that you can use any sounds designed in SoundPad to play BeatPad patterns. We will also be releasing a new "Pro Music Suite" that includes NotePad, BeatPad and SoundPad.

May 27th, 2005
SoundPad has been released, letting you design sounds for the Krikit Audio Engine. We used SoundPad to design all of the sounds now available in NotePad 1.3 and now you can edit those sounds or add new ones. Try out the new free demo (only saves one sound). SoundPad requires a handheld running Palm OS 5 (Palm OS Garnet) with a headphone jack.

May 24th, 2005
We found one minor bug in the last stages of testing SoundPad (a problem with re-naming sounds). We believe it is now fixed but want to do a final day of testing before releasing it. We may begin shipping pre-orders tonight, but otherwise the full version should be available in the next day or two.

May 18th, 2005
NotePad 1.3 has been released. This is the first miniMusic product powered by our new Krikit Audio Engine. If you purchased NotePad 1.2 or later (in the past year and a half) you will get the upgrade for free. We are asking those who purchased earlier versions to pay a small upgrade fee to help us pay for the development of this new technology. The next Krikit powered product, SoundPad, will be released on May 24th, in one week. SoundPad will let you design your own Krikit Synth sounds for use in NotePad and other Krikit powered software.

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