This holiday season I had the chance to try the HP Envy x2 Always-Connected PC (ACPC) running Windows on ARM. My main goal was to get Chronotron running smoothly on it; however, I thought I may as well share in this blog what I learned about the device. You will find on the Internet some … Continue reading My HP Envy x2 Review

Release 113 is the last Chronotron update of this year. That's at least the plan, unless unexpected issues trigger another urgent deployment. As you can read in the Release Notes, this update brings a couple of quality improvements. The most noticeable change is that the audio scroller is now resizable, motivated by the fact that … Continue reading 2018 + 113 + 14 + 18 = 2019

Get Chronotron for 50% off the regular price on Black Friday! Go to the Microsoft Store on Nov 23rd (from 00:00 to 24:00 UTC) to benefit from this deal. In the meantime, you can download Chronotron and enjoy its trial period, during which the app is fully functional.

Long ago, the Chronotron user interface was tab-based, close to the ribbon toolbar concept in Microsoft Office. This worked fine for a while, but as the application grew more and more features, the upper part of the screen started to get a bit too crowded. It became clear that a better solution had to be … Continue reading Exit the Hamburger Menu

You may have noticed a number of remarks in the app change log regarding specific improvements on ARM CPUs. Knowing that Chronotron isn't available for Windows Mobile, what's the point of those "DSP performance enhancements on ARM"? The answer is that there are a few Windows laptops and convertibles out there which sport an ARM … Continue reading Chronotron on ARM and the Chicken and Egg Problem

I've been using Chronotron as my daily driver since Release 43, when it first supported playlists. Even though Chronotron main purpose is to deconstruct tunes – audio and video material in general – and to assist musicians while they practice an instrument, the app has evolved over the years to become an all-rounder media player … Continue reading Everyday Chronotron

Chronotron supports playlists since Release 43. The playlist functionality is accessible through the Playlist pane, which you can open by selecting Playlist out of the hamburger menu. In this post I'll go through the ins and outs of playlists in Chronotron. Creating Playlists There are multiple ways to create playlists in Chronotron. You can either: … Continue reading Using Playlists in Chronotron

The G-clef is arguably the most recognizable musical symbol, also for non-musicians. Its familiar shape looks like a distorted ampersand symbol, though you might be surprised to learn that it actually emerged as an evolution of the letter G (well, I'd say it's as close to the original as this portrait of Picasso, but historians … Continue reading The Clock-Clef

Ventriloquists can utter entire phrases while their lips remain still. Their second voice doesn't appear to come from the usual parts of the body you would expect it to come from, yet it is there. So, when I first saw Jeff Dunham perform, I joked to my colleagues "This guy must have two soundcards". The … Continue reading Chronotron and the Ventriloquist Machines

When I use Chronotron to practice guitar licks, I find it cumbersome to operate the app while having my two hands lying on the instrument. For us guitarists dropping the pick to hit a button isn't a big deal after all, but things get really bad when you're playing violin or cello. There are different … Continue reading Your Voice is My Command