(I apologize, I don't know what section to place this under)
there's a contest going on over at MyDreamApp.com. thousands of people submitted their software ideas to be realized by pro-programmers and it's down to six. There's only one music app left on the list and it looks like it has REAL potential. Here's the description:

Whistler. A revolutionary music interface for us all. Utilising advanced technology to make music feasible and fun, whilst giving professionals a unique new tool in their studio.

Listens to anything you play to it. Humming, tapping, table trumming, beat-boxing, singing, existing music, guitar playing and of course, whistling. Whistler then moulds it into glorious instrumentational form.
Live playing of instruments. A built in orchestra of instruments, bashes, basses and bleeps. Load your own external instruments and FX (Audio Units, VSTi).
Whistler isn’t just about notes and chords. Tapping, Drumming and beat-boxing can be turned into a mighty drum kit.
Don’t have a MIDI keyboard? Whistler utilises industry standards to route all the nuances of your performance into MIDI for Garageband.
Auto Tuning. Auto Chords. Auto Progression. Auto Timing. Transposing.
Built in Synaesthesic Sequencer. Codename ‘Soundscape’.
Screensaver which plays your soundscapes.
Export to MIDI, wav, aiff, aac & MP3.
Play along with iTunes songs.
Training games.
Collaborate over iChat sessions with Friends. Over audio and video.
Advanced MIDI routing.



If you think this would be beneficial to the mac music community at all (I think it's groundbreaking and could open up for a whole new breed of unique musicians), PLEASE keep an eye on the site and vote when the time comes.

This would make many pieces of hardware near obsolete. there would be no need for MIDI to USB devices as all you'd need is a microphone to capture pitch and modulation from any source (voice, drums, guitar, piano, etc.). It's next generation MIDI where ANYthing capable of producing sound is applicable. Those not good at playing piano but good at singing could create a piano concerto with their voice, or those lacking a digital drumset could reassign the sounds in a recorded drum piece. I REALLY think this is worth taking the time to support, if nothing else to see what comes of it.

If you would like to see this happen please vote

here are the links

(VOTE)
http://mydreamapp.com/contestants/view/ric...whitelock/idea/



(here is the concept software's site) : http://www.stratfordisland.com/whistler/


Spread the word, there were 6,500 votes last night
FYI, I have no affiliation with the programmer aside from being a fan of the idea and wanting the software

Please direct me to the exact place to download this application. I have been everywhere and I do not see the link for download. Thanks

It does not exist.

Just a last minute push for votes.

While certainly possible, it would require thousands upon thousands of man hours to develop. IMHO. There are less lofty sourceforge projects that never got off the ground.

It will likely forever remain a "Dream App" www.mydreamapp.com

If we're lucky, I'll be proved wrong. ;-)

This post has been edited by lancet: Mon 16 Oct 2006, 16:36

I reckon it's more than feasible. There are enough apps already that can turn audio into MIDI. I can see this as an offshoot of that technology, with a few extra bells and whistles (pardon the pun). But to be honest, I haven't read all the details yet.

Where do you go to vote? I couldn't see a link?