Comments on: Toward the Hackable iPod: BUG Labs, Now Wired for Sound http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:06:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: BUG Labs - machine quotidien http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-948918 BUG Labs - machine quotidien Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:06:31 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/#comment-948918 [...] at CDM, they have a write up on the new BUG Labs modular computing platform that caught my eye: …BUG Labs, makers of open source, Linux-based hardware you can snap [...] [...] at CDM, they have a write up on the new BUG Labs modular computing platform that caught my eye: …BUG Labs, makers of open source, Linux-based hardware you can snap [...]

]]> By: Bug Blogger » Blog Archive » CES 2009 - We came, we saw, we drank a lot of caffeine http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-760821 Bug Blogger » Blog Archive » CES 2009 - We came, we saw, we drank a lot of caffeine Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:39:24 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/#comment-760821 [...] to those BUGmodules, we received some great mentions in blogs and publication such as MAKE, Create Digital Music, Gizmodo, Engadget, CNN Money, DVICE, and Barron’s just to name a few. Check out our press [...] [...] to those BUGmodules, we received some great mentions in blogs and publication such as MAKE, Create Digital Music, Gizmodo, Engadget, CNN Money, DVICE, and Barron’s just to name a few. Check out our press [...]

]]> By: Taylor Livingston http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-752301 Taylor Livingston Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:25:38 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/#comment-752301 This is one of those things which I can tell has huge potential, but I can't really think of any useful applications yet. I don't have a cell phone or mp3 player because they aren't especially useful to me, so I don't have any interest in a souped-up iphone. What I do like are little boxes that do complex things. The new Bugsound module would have the most appeal to me, but I'm not sure what kind of audio processing you'd actually be able to get done with that processor. I guess I have to wait until some people start doing cool things with this to get some ideas. I have a vague idea about audio-controlled visuals being projected from the little mini projector... This is one of those things which I can tell has huge potential, but I can’t really think of any useful applications yet. I don’t have a cell phone or mp3 player because they aren’t especially useful to me, so I don’t have any interest in a souped-up iphone. What I do like are little boxes that do complex things.

The new Bugsound module would have the most appeal to me, but I’m not sure what kind of audio processing you’d actually be able to get done with that processor. I guess I have to wait until some people start doing cool things with this to get some ideas.

I have a vague idea about audio-controlled visuals being projected from the little mini projector…

]]> By: Darren Landrum http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-752140 Darren Landrum Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:53:12 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/#comment-752140 I think what I'm saying is a really miss my $22/hr job and really hate being broke. ;-) I think what I’m saying is a really miss my $22/hr job and really hate being broke. ;-)

]]> By: › jjjismyjjj › jjjismydisgusttt http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-752050 › jjjismyjjj › jjjismydisgusttt Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:41:06 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/#comment-752050 [...] Create Digital Music » Toward the Hackable iPod: BUG Labs, Now Wired for Sound2009-01-08 23:56:29 [...] [...] Create Digital Music » Toward the Hackable iPod: BUG Labs, Now Wired for Sound2009-01-08 23:56:29 [...]

]]> By: Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-751313 Peter Kirn Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:41:30 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/#comment-751313 @Darren: Well, I think it's the modularity of the platform, combined with the potential to have more openness, that could give it appeal. I certainly here the economics question. I make the same point re: Google Android in the Motion article. And Android's *software* is open. Then again, apples to oranges: you'd need an Android handset, and a cell contract, and you can't very well open the case *physically* so the hardware isn't open. I'll put it this way: I think what you're pointing out is that the applications and the means of developing are converging. (For instance, learn Java, some mobile stuff, Linux, and even the IDE Eclipse, and you can apply that to both the Android and BUG Labs and many other things.) The specifics do matter, and I do believe BUG will find a niche. If you compare BUG's cost in terms of prototyping or research, for instance, it becomes really competitive. But I also hope to cover this not just in a way that says "go buy a BUG" but that gets at some of the underlying potential of all these platforms. They'll each find their specific place, but it's the underlying point that gets really interesting. @Darren: Well, I think it’s the modularity of the platform, combined with the potential to have more openness, that could give it appeal. I certainly here the economics question. I make the same point re: Google Android in the Motion article. And Android’s *software* is open. Then again, apples to oranges: you’d need an Android handset, and a cell contract, and you can’t very well open the case *physically* so the hardware isn’t open.

I’ll put it this way: I think what you’re pointing out is that the applications and the means of developing are converging. (For instance, learn Java, some mobile stuff, Linux, and even the IDE Eclipse, and you can apply that to both the Android and BUG Labs and many other things.) The specifics do matter, and I do believe BUG will find a niche.

If you compare BUG’s cost in terms of prototyping or research, for instance, it becomes really competitive.

But I also hope to cover this not just in a way that says “go buy a BUG” but that gets at some of the underlying potential of all these platforms. They’ll each find their specific place, but it’s the underlying point that gets really interesting.

]]> By: links for 2009-01-07 « Brain Music –Gadgets, Neuroscience, Music, Social Media, Health 2.0 & More http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-751195 links for 2009-01-07 « Brain Music –Gadgets, Neuroscience, Music, Social Media, Health 2.0 & More Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:04:26 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/#comment-751195 [...] Create Digital Music » Toward the Hackable iPod: BUG Labs, Now Wired for Sound (tags: music gadgets iPhone) [...] [...] Create Digital Music » Toward the Hackable iPod: BUG Labs, Now Wired for Sound (tags: music gadgets iPhone) [...]

]]> By: Darren Landrum http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-751138 Darren Landrum Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:21:07 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/#comment-751138 The BugLabs stuff, though a cool idea, is way, way too expensive for me. I could get a nice iPod, a T-Mobile G1, and a Flip camera for the same total price as their bundle. Not as hackable, perhaps (well, I could write my own software for the G1), but I think I would find those things more useful. I was about to make some comment along the lines of "now if the idea could be brought way down in price," but the fact of the matter is, their market niche is so narrow there is no help from economics of scale. So, I guess I just have to get some cush tech blogging job instead. :-P The BugLabs stuff, though a cool idea, is way, way too expensive for me. I could get a nice iPod, a T-Mobile G1, and a Flip camera for the same total price as their bundle. Not as hackable, perhaps (well, I could write my own software for the G1), but I think I would find those things more useful.

I was about to make some comment along the lines of “now if the idea could be brought way down in price,” but the fact of the matter is, their market niche is so narrow there is no help from economics of scale. So, I guess I just have to get some cush tech blogging job instead. :-P

]]> By: bliss http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-751124 bliss Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:10:45 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/#comment-751124 Great article, Peter! Great article, Peter!

]]> By: radian http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-750973 radian Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:54:32 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/01/07/toward-the-hackable-ipod-bug-labs-now-wired-for-sound/#comment-750973 I nearly didn't click this since it had iPod in the title but I'm glad I did since it's the first time I heard of BUG Labs. I nearly didn’t click this since it had iPod in the title but I’m glad I did since it’s the first time I heard of BUG Labs.

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