There’s no denying that cosmetically the iPhone 5S is little more than a paint job, under the hood is an all new roaring 64 bit beast of an OS and shiny new A7 just gagging to throw your audio and video around like a desktop system would. Thus algoriddim djay and vjay have been updated to harness this new grunt, as well as adding full HD support and realtime harmonic matching.
Here’s the words courtesy of algoriddim:
ALGORIDDIM ADDS 64-BIT A7 PROCESSOR SUPPORT FOR DJAY 2 and VJAY FOR iPHONE, INTRODUCES HARMONIC MATCH™, VIDEO MIXING AND RENDERING IN HD RESOLUTION ON iPHONE 5S
(Munich, Germany) – Sept 23, 2013 – Today, the creators of the world’s best-selling iOS DJ software, Algoriddim, announce support for Apple’s A7 Processor running at 64-bit with updates to djay 2 and vjay.
“With the launch of the iPhone 5s, we are also releasing updated and fully optimized versions of our iPhone apps, djay and vjay, taking advantage of the power of the A7 64-bit architecture.” said Karim Morsy, CEO of Algoriddim. “Running our apps in 64-bit allows us to make some amazing advancements and really push what can be done with audio and video on a mobile device.”
64-bit optimization enhancements include:
djay
With full support for the A7’s 64-bit architecture on iPhone 5s, djay 2 now brings desktop-class power to mobile DJing:
– Up to 2x faster audio analysis on A7 using fully optimized 64-bit processing. djay auto-analyzes BPM, beat grids, waveforms, sound frequencies, gain, as well as the key of each song. With the iPhone 5s, users will now load and process tracks even faster, preparing the perfect transition in their performance without missing a beat.
– Harmonic Match™: High precision key detection and key matching, leveraging 64-bit audio processing. This allows users to create pitch-perfect mashups by adjusting one song’s key to match another in real-time. For example, if one song is in D major and the other song in E major, djay can now transpose a song in real-time to match its key with that of the other song, for an even more seamless transition.
vjay
With full support for the A7’s 64-bit architecture on iPhone 5s, vjay now brings desktop-class power to mobile video mixing:
– HD video playback, mixing, effects, and recording on iPhone 5s brings more than double the video render resolution, processing more than 4 times more video data in real-time. This is done by leveraging the A7’s 64-bit processor, including its significant graphics performance improvements. This allows vjay to playback, record, and mix videos in HD resolution with cutting-edge power rivaling desktop systems.
– HD video and smoother playback at higher video frame rate when sharing vjay’s mixed video output via AirPlay using iPhone 5s. With this advancement, vjay users will experience stunning, low-latency connectivity to TV playback all without even connecting any wires.
iPhone 5S — The Quickening
Each time a new lump of Apple hardware is released, I get a gushing email from algoriddim telling me how cool the updated version of software is because of a, b, and c. But this time, the power of the iPhone 5S seems to have got them seriously giddy. You must remember that to actually do some of the things that djay and vjay do, a lot of processing power is needed. And this is especially true of realtime manipulation, especially video. The previous version of vjay for example could handle HD internally, but did choke a little, and simply wasn’t capable of outputting full HD. But this new version is, which does rather put the processing power in the realms of desktop machines. Nice.
And yes, it’s iPhone 5S only. To guarantee a smooth experience, djay and vjay need the raw power of the A7 chip to deliver glitch free operation. I have no doubt that people will be upset about this but lines must be drawn somewhere. Sadly, I have yet to get an iPhone 5S, so I won’t be able to give the new versions a go right away. And even if I did, I’d be too busy playing Infinity Blade 3 and shooting 120fps slomo video to care.
I expect a stream of comments from the usual suspects, comments about Android, plus a few naysayers using the word toy a lot. Off you go, but expect to be shot down. Well… everyone but Gábor anyway, because he’s too smart mess with.