This post is inspired by a number of people asking me about how easy or not it is to get started making music with a handheld. It seemed strange when the first person asked me, but then more than one asked, and I thought, I have to write something about this.
I think it stems from the fact that lots of people wish they could do something musical. Well the good news is that if you already have an OS5 Palm you are only a few dollars away from doing something musical. Of course, I’m not promising that it will be very musical, but whatever it is you come up with it should be at least partially recognisable as music.
Anyway, if you have an OS5 Palm device you need to download a trial of an application called “Microbe”. You can get it at www.chocopoolp.com or the usual palm sites. Install it and you are ready to make some music.
Now it is worth pointing out at this stage that the kind of music you are going to make now will be electronic music. You’re not going to end up as a jazz king using a palm. Anyway, run the app and click on the menu, go to View and select Drums. This shows you a very simple pattern editor allowing you to create drum rhythms. Play.
Once you’ve done that for a bit, again Menu > View > Synth 1. Another pattern editor, but with a keyboard down one side (notes and the like). Play again and have fun.
If you like it, keep going and buy the app. Enjoy music, enjoy PDAs, and mostly, enjoy yourself.
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