Author Archives: steve

Cricket 1.0.23 released!

Posted on February 7, 2012 by steve

Cricket 1.0.23 is now available for download. New features: Added support for positioning sounds in 3D space relative to the listener Added CkSetOutputCallback() and CkSound::setAudioCallback() to set callbacks for custom audio processing Changes in volume to playing sounds can now … Continue reading →

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NEON optimizations for iOS and Android

Posted on December 5, 2011 by steve

I spent some time over the last few weeks optimizing some of our low-level DSP functions using ARM NEON instructions, and thought I’d share my experience here, as there were a few surprises. First, some background on NEON.  Many of … Continue reading →

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The 4 most annoying Xcode bugs

Posted on November 30, 2011 by steve

I don’t envy the programmers who write IDEs like Xcode or Visual Studio; they’re tasked with designing an incredibly complex piece of software that’s both powerful and easy to use, and their end users (other programmers) are a particularly cranky … Continue reading →

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Cricket 1.0.22 released!

Posted on November 10, 2011 by steve

Cricket 1.0.22 is now available for download. This adds a few new useful features, and includes some major performance optimizations. New features: Better loop control: you can now specify loop start and end points with CkSound::setLoop(), query the number of … Continue reading →

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Announcing DimSong

Posted on October 3, 2011 by steve

Today is the official release of DimSong, an interactive music remix app from VenLabs, LLC, available now for iPhone and iPod Touch on the Apple App Store.  We’re particularly excited about this app because not only is it powered by … Continue reading →

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Cricket 1.0.21 released!

Posted on October 3, 2011 by steve

Cricket Audio 1.0.21 is now available! New features include: New functions for setting/getting playback position in a sound New options in CkConfig for setting audio update interval, stream buffer size, and stream file update interval Download the demo or purchase … Continue reading →

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Join the Cricket mailing list!

Posted on September 7, 2011 by steve

We’ve set up a new mailing list for news about Cricket. We’ll send occasional emails out to the list when there’s big news to report, like a major release. (We’ll try to send infrequently, maybe a few times a year.) … Continue reading →

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Cricket Audio 1.0.19 beta released

Posted on September 2, 2011 by steve

New in this version: Added -single option to cktool, to make it easier to create banks containing a single sound with an XML file. On Windows, you now have your choice of linking dynamically or statically to the Microsoft runtime.

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Become a beta tester for a new app!

Posted on August 9, 2011 by steve

We’re collaborating with our friends at VenLabs on an interactive music app for iPhone & iPod Touch using Cricket Audio. We can’t say too much about it right now, but there are still some slots available to become a beta … Continue reading →

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Cricket Audio 1.0.18 beta released

Posted on July 26, 2011 by steve

New in this version: Added support for two new data formats: ADPCM and 8-bit PCM. 8-bit PCM data uses 8 bits per sample, compared to 16 bits for the default 16-bit PCM; ADPCM is a compressed format that uses only … Continue reading →

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