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How to Redeem iPhone App Promo Codes?

Sunday, November 27th, 2011

We occasionally give a bonus to our mailing list members and twitter followers. One of the bonuses that we give from time to time is a code to download a free copy of the Salsa Rhythm application to your iOS devices (or your best friend’s device, if you already have our app!).

Since we have been getting a lot of questions about how to redeem these codes, here is a short tutorial that explains how to do it in 3 simple steps directly from your iPhone/iPod/iPad device.

Step 1: Lunch the AppStore application

Simply tap the “AppStore” icon from your home screen:

Step 2: Tap the Redeem button

You will find the Redeem button under the “Featured” tab. Go into the “New” section and scroll all the way down. You will find the “Redeem” button there, just tap on it:

Step 3: Enter the code and redeem your app

Enter the promo codes in the “Redeem” window. When you finish, tap the “Redeem” button on the top-right corner of the screen:

Congratulations, you have just won a free copy of the Salsa Rhythm app for your iPhone!

If you like the app, please find a minute to rate us in the appstore. You can rate us by tapping the info (“i”) icon on the main screen of the app, then the “Rate Salsa Rhythm on the Appstore” button. Thank you!

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3 New Piano Patterns, 1 New Bass Pattern

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

We have just added 3 new Piano patterns, contributed by Tyrone Collis from Germany. While at it, we also added a new Bass pattern that matches the existing I-IV-V-IV piano pattern, suggested by the trumpet player Pete Nater from New York. Finally, we added some new percussion patterns contributed by Jürgen Messerer from Switzerland. Jürgen is currently working on creating additional bongo patterns for us, so expect another update soon.

Here is the list of the new Salsa music patterns:

Piano

  • Montuno I-V-V-I + Passing Tones
  • Montuno i-V-V-i (minor)
  • Montuno V-V-I-I

Bass

The new bass pattern is called “Tumbao I-IV-V-IV”. It matches the first two piano patterns, “Montuno I-IV-V-IV” and “Montuno I-IV-V-IV + arpg. + passtone”, as well as the minor variation “Montuno i-iv-V-iv” and the ‘light’ variation “Montuno I-IV-V-IV Triads”.

Percussion

  • Bongos – Martillo Var1
  • Bongos – Martillo Var2
  • Bongos – Martillo para clave
  • Cowbell – Every Beat
  • Güiro – Güiro Danzón
  • Maracas – Maracas Son
  • Maracas – Maracas Son Montuno
  • Maracas – Maracas Son Montuno 2

iPhone version updated

Yesterday we also released a new version of Salsa Rhythm for iPhone. The Salsa Rhythm application version 1.7 now includes all the new patterns mentioned above, along with a new Rhythm & Timing videos page providing direct access to our online Salsa Rhythm & Timing video collection.

Salsa Rhythm app on the iTunes AppStore

Downloadable version

All registered members can download an updated version with all the new patterns. To download the new version, please follow this link: http://www.salsabeatmachine.org/download.html.

If you want to become a registered member, you may consider donating to support the project.

Eddie Palmieri, a famous Latin Pianist

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Salsa Rhythm 1.4 for iPhone is arriving

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

We have just uploaded a new version of the Salsa Rhythm iPhone application to the iTunes appstore. The new version is currently waiting for Apple’s approval, and it should be available to download within a week or so.

Features in the new version:

  1. Control the Clave orientation directly from the main screen (see the screen shot below). You no longer need to open the settings screen for changing the clave orientation.
  2. “Overlay audio” mode – Lets the Salsa Rhythm play over music from other applications, so you can put it on the top of a song from your iTunes music library, for example. This new setting is configurable from within the settings window.
  3. iAds – There are now iAds integrated in the embedded in-app browser. We have not included any iAds in the main screen nor the instruments configuration screens, in order to keep these screens clean and keep the users’ focus on the main app functionality.
  4. The memory management code was rewritten, fixing a few memory leaks that existed in previous versions.

You can see the new clave orientation switch marked in red in the screen shot below:

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Salsa Rhythm App v1.3 is finally available!

Monday, October 4th, 2010

Free upgrade to all existing users of the Salsa Rhythm app for iPhone/iPod Touch.

What’s new?

  • 3 new piano patterns, 1 bass pattern from “El Preso”
  • Now the application can play even when the screen is locked. This can save a lot of battery life!
  • Control the auto-lock feature from the settings screen

Thanks for William Ch. Liu for suggesting the new play-while-screen-locked feature!

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Apple is Fast !

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

They have just sent me a notification email to tell that Salsa Rhythm 1.3 is now being reviewed. This is only 24 hours after I have submitted the fixed version, following the bug they found yesterday in this version. Let’s cross fingers and hope they time the review will pass peacefully, and the new version will already be available tomorrow.

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Salsa Rhythm App v1.3 Delayed, Rejected by Apple

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

The release of Salsa Rhythm App v1.3 was planned for today. Unfortunately, a that bug was found during apple’s review process will cause the release to be postponed until the next week.

The bug per Apple’s description happens on iOS 4.1 in the following scenario:

1) Launch Salsa Rhythm.
2) Go to the info page by tapping on the info button in the bottom right corner.
3) Select the “Send us Feedback” button.
4) The app crashes.

Unsurprisingly, when I tested the above scenario on my device it did not crash at all, no matter how hard I tried. Since my device had iOS version 3.1.2, I realized that this was the time to upgrade to the latest version, so I went all through the upgrade process.

Even then, after upgrading to iOS 4.1 I still was not able to reproduce the bug. I went all over the code again and again trying to guess where the bug could come from. Finally, after almost an hour of scratching my head, the solution came into my mind: Perhaps the app reviewer at Apple did not have an email account configured on his iPhone device?

With that idea in mind, I deleted the mail account settings from my iPod Touch, and voila – the app crashed when clicking on “Send us Feedback” and I was finally able to reproduce the bug. Needless to say, the solution was simply adding two lines of code for displaying an error message in case the user has no mail accounts configured.

This bug existed since the very first version of the application, but it was only discovered yesterday during Apple’s  review process. In my opinion, this bug has almost no impact – in reality, who uses an iPhone/iPod touch without taking advantage of its Mail program ?

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100 Downloads, Free Bonus for All Users

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

It has only been a week since the release of the Salsa Rhythm application for iPhone, and we have already had more than 100 downloads of the new application. Excited by this quick adoption and download rate we have decided to create a free standalone, downloadable version of the iPhone application that can run on your desktop and laptop PCs.

This means you can enjoy all the benefits of the iPhone application also on your PC, without needing any internet connection: the new Salsa Rhythm app for PC looks just like the real iPhone version and works the same way the iPhone version does, bringing the power of the iPhone application to your desktop too.  I have a screenshot to show you what it looks on my Windows XP computer – Yeah, it really is an iPhone-lookalike running the Salsa Rhythm from within my desktop.

The new iPhone Simulator 1.0 version of Salsa Rhythm will be available for download during July, without any charge, and we will let you register for a free download starting from tomorrow. The link for registration & download will be published on this blog and also on social media, facebook and twitter tomorrow, so stay tuned…

Free PC version of the Salsa Rhythm for iPhone Application

Previewing the new version, soon available for free download

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Salsa Rhythm for iPhone now on the iTunes Appstore

Friday, July 9th, 2010

The long-waited iPhone version of the Salsa Beat Machine is now available for download under the name “Salsa Rhythm”. You can find it by searching for “Salsa Rhythm” in your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad AppStore, or even easier, you can go directly to this appstore link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/salsa-rhythm/id379868541?mt=8 and click the blue “View In iTunes” button on the right.

If you like the new Salas Rhythm application, please take a minute and leave a review in the appstore. If we see that the iPhone application becomes popular and gets more than 80 reviews and ratings, we will purchase an iPad device and start working on developing a new version designed especially for the iPad.

Thank you for your patience waiting for this release, and be sure that we are already working on our next release, Salsa Rhythm for iPhone v1.1, with exciting new features.

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Interactive Demo of Salsa Rhythm for iPhone – Try Now on your PC

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

The Salsa Beat Machine for iPhone is currently being reviewed by Apple engineers for selling on the iTunes Appstore. While we receive a lot of excited feedback from users, some say they just can’t wait to see it running on the iPhone device. Since we can’t do much to speed up apple’s application review process, we came out with a cool toy to keep you busy with:

The Interactive Demo of the Salsa Rhythm Application for iPhone !

Interactive Demo of the iPhone Application

Interactive Demo of the iPhone Application

So what is the Interactive Demo? It’s a flash application that simulates the iPhone application, so not only you can see how it’s going to look like, but you can also play and interact with in, try all the fancy features and get an overall impression of how the real application is going to be. We have also included a small web-form where you can choose to opt-in for an email notification once the real iPhone application is available on the appstore.

The Interactive Demo is a part of the new website we have built for the iPhone application, and is available here:

http://www.salsarhythmsoftware.com/iPhone

We hope you will enjoy this interactive demo, and are looking forward to hearing your impressions…

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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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