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Salsa Rhythm iPhone Application is Ready !

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

We have finally reached the final release of the Salsa Rhythm iPhone Application version 1.0. The project is running for three months already, and it would not have been the same without all the help we have received from our users. We have compiled a list of all the people who helped in putting this release together, including the beta-testers, proof-readers, user-interface sketchers, and graphic designers. It is so amazing to see how many different countries are involved:

This list clearly shows that collaboration of people coming from different countries can achieve great results, and it is also included in the “about” screen of the final version, to let the world see how united the global Salsa scene is.

We will be uploading this version to apple for the Appstore approval process today, and once approved it will be available for everyone to download. The work, however, is not done yet – there’s an outstanding list of features waiting for version 1.1. So expect more to come…

Last but not least – We are working on an exciting preview site for the upcoming version, with some very exciting features. Stay tuned, more updates on this in the following days.

Thanks again to all the people who helped us with putting together this release,
together we have done this, and better !

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Apple Appstore Paperwork Completed

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

I have just completed all the paperwork required for selling apps in the iTunes store. The Salsa Rhythm application is just a few steps away from getting on the App Store – some final touches to the help file, quick homepage and we are ready to go !

The final 1.0 version will be submitted to the App Store by this weekend.

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Flash Player 10.1 and the Salsa Rhythm Software

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

Adobe has released the long-waited version 10.1 of the Flash Player just a little more than a week ago. Ever since, I have began getting reports from users about problems they had experienced with running the Salsa Rhythm Software on their machines.

As it turns out, adobe has changed the internals of their Flash Player in the 10.1 release, and the changes make it incompatible with older Flash Player 10.0. Thus, any of you who will upgrade their player to the new 10.1 version will no longer be able to run the Salsa Rhythm Software on their computer.

We know this may pose a problem to some of the users, and we are working very hard to get a new version which will be compatible with the new Flash Player released as soon as possible. Follow this blog and we will post an announcement as soon as such version will be available.

You can easily check what version of Flash Player you have on your system by going to this page and looking inside the “Version Information” box to the right of the text.

Sandrine, a user of the Salsa Rhythm Software, has sent us the following instructions, how to go back to Flash Player 10.0 in case you have already installed the new 10.1 version:

  1. Download the uninstall_flash_player.exe program from adobe site here and run it. This will uninstall Flash Player 10.1 from your system.
  2. Install the lastest 10.0 ActiveX version of the Adobe Flash Player. You can download it here.

Thank you Sandrine for sharing this information with us!

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The release candiadate of the iPhone version is just around the corner!

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

The release candidate of the first iPhone “Salsa Beat Machine” is just a few steps from getting on your iPhone.

A release candidate is very much like the final version – it is going to have all the features that are to be included in the final version, and will be freely distributed to all beta testers in order to spot any potential bugs.

What this mean, is that unless we find any severe bugs in the version (we believe we won’t), there is going to be “Salsa Beat Machine” in the iTunes app store very soon, maybe even next week.

Stay tuned, more news about the upcoming release to come soon.

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Saxophone is coming to the Merengue Machine

Friday, June 11th, 2010

We are currently experimenting with adding a Saxophone instrument to the Merengue Beat Machine.

The saxophone is one of the exotic instruments which gives the Merengue music its taste, and it’s the first brass instrument to be included in the Beat Machine.

Preview releases will be available for all donors, as a part of the Salsa Rhythm Software (the standalone version of the beat machine) starting from next week, feel free to request your copy by mailing to beatmachine@salsa4fun.co.il.

We are also looking forward to replacing the maracas with a Güira instrument – If any of the readers has a good sound samples of a güira, please contact us as we really want to include this instrument along with the Merengue Beat Machine.

Finally, we are about to release the first RC version (Release Candidate) of the Salsa Rhythm for iPhone. all users who have applied to our beta program will get a copy to play with.

More great news to come, stay tuned !

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2000 Fans on Facebook

Monday, May 24th, 2010

The Salsa Beat Machine facebook page has just reached 2000 fans. This is very exciting for me – By looking at all the different countries these fans originate from, I just realize how global the Salsa phenomenon is…

Italy, India, Hong Kong, Germany, Japan, and even Saudi Arabia !

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The blog is going alive again !

Friday, May 21st, 2010

It has been more than 2 month since I have updated the blog, but the reasons for this are very good: I am very busy working on the iPhone version of the Salsa Beat Machine.

An android prototype is also out for alpha-testing, while the iPhone version is already in the second beta.

If you want to become involved, you are welcome to join our community mailing list, where there is an active discussion going about the features, the user interface and the branding of the iPhone version:

http://groups.google.com/group/sbm-community

In addition, there are some instructional videos showing how to use the Salsa Beat Machine and teaching various dancing and shines patterns – more on that in the following posts… Stay tuned !

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New user interface for the Salsa Beat Machine

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

It’s been a while since my last post and a lot of stuff has been going behind the scenes… I will keep posting in the following days to keep you on the loop with the latest news and updates of the Salsa Beat Machine.

I have decided to redesign the user interface of the Salsa Beat Machine to make it easier to navigate and a newer look. The new design is already live and you can see it in our website: http://www.SalsaBeatMachine.org/.

This is just one of many incremental updates that I have planned. In a few days a newer version with additional changes will be up for you to see such as this preview for example displaying an upcoming version with a different look:
Introducing the new user interface for the Salsa Beat Machine

The previous user interface is still available, and you can easily switch between the two. I am waiting to hear your feedback, and I hope you will find this new version more useful and attractive.

Until the next post…

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No longer updating the “News” page

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Quick update: I’ve decided to stop updating the news page on the website (http://www.SalsaBeatMachine.org/news.html).

You can follow the development of the Salsa Beat Machine and related events in this blog, and also on twitter and facebook (use the links on the right).

Have a great weekend everyone!

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