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We have now posted the first examples of music created by Mixtikl 2, live, on 3rd gen iPod touch. Mixtikl will play fine on 1st or 2nd gen, but these were recorded on a 3rd gen device.
http://www.last.fm/music/Intermorphic/Mixtikl+2+-+Examples

They are all generative, meaning that they are generated live by the Noatikl generative music engine in Noatikl. They are also mixes created from some of the Tiklpaks (generative content “parts” and audio loops) that come with Mixtikl 2.

One of the mixes (Evensong Looper) also incorporates a couple of audio loops with EQ and filter applied.

We are looking forward to hearing your mixes, too, and we will do more example mixes in the run up to Mixtikl 2 launch.

Thanks to the helpful people at HTC support I have now found out how to play the MP4 video files I recorded on my HTC Touch HD – simply rename them to .3gp files and they will play fine in Quicktime.

I had been trying everything, including searching the net, for a solution as to why they would not play in anything I had in Mac or Windows. I could not find any suggestion anywhere, hence this post in the hope it might help someone. Every media player I tried just said something like the following (unhelpful Mac finder message) “The movie could not be opened. An invalid sample description was found in the movie.”

I was told by HTC that the 3gp format was derived from the mp4 format, which itself is itself derived from mov (quicktime). Well, why they do not save to a .3gp file instead of .mp4 file, which won’t play anywhere, goodness only knows! Go figure. But, at least the problem is now solved and I can play my video files.