A chilled-out creativity system for personal expression, relaxation, thinking, sharing and peace. FREE version, too!
How it works:
Type or paste in emoji, text or words and Wotja will generate a tune from the first 101 characters that are entered (which can be in any language) - this is a "wotja". As a special case (particularly relevant for the Wotja Watch App), the 1-3 characters or emoji will generate a 3-4 note melody. Use the Shuffle button to get quick variations of some of the settings or Change your wotja settings to suit (e.g. adding a background image from your device's camera roll). Even play a simple music game!
See also the Wotja videos
How to play a wotja:
On your iOS device simply open a wotja email attachment, visit a "WJURL" (Wotja URL) * or use Open/Save to open a wotja file.
Playback requires a user to have Wotja or Wotja FREE installed.
If you make and share a wotja make sure you don't infringe the copyright of others!
* A "WJURL" (Wotja URL), is a URL that includes the various Wotja settings and any emoji used in the wotja (but nothing else from Wotja 1.7+). It can be played using the wotja.com service by using your iOS browser to visit the URL. From Wotja 3.1.0 all exported WJURLs created with an internet connection are "goo.gl" shortened and of the form "http://wotja.com/?wotjamusic&http://goo.gl/shortenedstring". WJURLs created when offline are a long string of the form "http://wotja.com/?wotjamusic&longstring". See Website TOS.
This is the screen you see when you launch Wotja.
The version number diplays top right for a few seconds.
The Files screen is where you can create a new wotja file or open one you have previously created or opened, as well as where you can delete / duplicate / rename files and access System Settings.
Tip: When you first start Wotja, you're prompted if you want to use Cloud or Local. If you change your mind, go the iDevice's Settings screen, look for Wotja, and flip the switch in there.
New: Tap "+" to create a new Wotja file.
Action:
Settings: Select for Wotja Settings screen.
Edit:
New: Tap "+" to create a new file.
Saved File: Tap on one of the Saved File document icons to open a previously created Wotja file. A file's thumbnail will briefly jiggle when you close the file and return to the Files screen, making it easy to see what file you have just played or edited.
File Name: Tap on the green File Name for a pop up dialog that lets you rename a selected file.
Wotja FREE: Does not support iCloud, saving/opening local files, emailing of Wotja Files or iTunes App File Sharing for backup. Purchase Wotja if you require these features.
WOTJA BACKUPS: Make these by: A) Using iCloud to store your files, or by B) backing up / synching your iOS device (note that a device restore will be needed to recover your wotjas); C) emailing yourself a backup copy of each wotja, or; D) if you are using Wotja (not Wotja FREE) and have a desktop computer, use iTunes Apps File Sharing to copy your wotjas off your device and to save them to your computer. Using iCloud / iCloud Drive is the easiest way to manage your files, but if you do not want to use that and/or want to manually back up your files see the instructions on the Intermorphic website for How to Copy To/From your device.
You see this quick help screen overlay when there is no text or emoji entered (or something similar if at any time you tap the top right "Help" button). Although a backing track may well play, there is no melody generated until you enter text!
Note: The shuffle button is inactive before entering text.
You will enter Full Screen mode when you open a Wotja file or launch Wotja via a Wotja email attachment or Wotja URL. This screen can also display a background image.
Tap the top left Files button to return to the Files screen.
Tap anywhere on the screen to move to the Main screen where you have access to the bottom toolbar e.g. to stop the wotja playing.
See no text?:
Tip: You can also enter this mode from the Main screen by tapping "Wotja" or tapping to the left or right outside the Text area.
The Main screen is where you have access to the toolbar can can play/stop any wotja you have created, opened or loaded.
The Text screen is where you enter or edit your text.
The Change screen gives you access to all the key controls to let you to manually change / customise your wotja, perhaps after you have used Shuffle.
As well as being a generative music writer, Wotja is also a community reflective/generative music publishing system. This is through its ability to both import a Noatikl file for use as Custom Content (e.g. as Custom Backing) and then to export wotjas for sharing as Wotja URLs / Files. These can then be played in Wotja FREE, a free player.
Publish what you have made to build an audience for your creations and also to help grow a creative generative muic community (i.e. those that have Wotja and Noatikl) that can rework it and build on it!
Note: The Player and Backing selector screens look and behave similarly.
To select one of the included content items, just tap it to select it. You can stop / start it with the top right play control.
Option not available in Wotja FREE
If you want to modify any exported included content or to edit/modify your own Noatikl files then you will need to have licenced either Noatikl 3 or Mixtikl 7.
The Game screen, accessed from the Game icon on the toolbar in the Play screen, is where you can play a simple game. Your challenge is to get as high as score as you can!
Your high score is not currently saved to your wotja, and is reset when you restart Wotja or open another wotja.
The Action screen is where you share / export a wotja as a Wotja File or Wotja URL (WJURL).
Wotja FREE: Does not support emailing of Wotja Files. Purchase Wotja if you require that feature.
Here you find a few key System settings which are not saved to your wotja (all "Change" settings are).
Wotja FREE: Does not support MIDI out (Core MIDI, Virtual MIDI, MIDI Clock, Latency) or Sleep Timer. Purchase Wotja if you require these features.
The Wotja Watch App provides an easy and convenient means to use Wotja for iOS and to control some of its key features - all from your wrist on a paired Apple Watch!
Although it affords a lot of control, it is actually very easy to use and enjoy as you only need to access that power if you really want to explore.
For information on the controls in Wotja Watch App reference the relevant section for Wotja for iOS.
Glance Screen
App Screen
Text Entry Screen
Change Screen
Melody Screen
Player Screen
Backing Screen
Settings Screen
Wotja FREE 3 is as Wotja 3 but with the following principal limitations:
Purchase Wotja for a fully functional, ad-free version!
First ensure that Wotja or Wotja FREE is installed on your iOS device (iOS is the only platform currently supported).
If you don't already have it, either download Wotja FREE or get Wotja.
Wotja URL (web link)
"Open URL"
or "Twitter" wants to open "Wotja / Wotja FREE"
; select "Open"
and
it will load and play in Wotja (once you have done this one you may not see this popup again); or,"Action"
button (arrow pointing up) and then from the pop up Action sheet select "Open in Safari"
and it will be loaded into Wotja and then play.First ensure that Wotja or Wotja FREE is installed on your iOS device (iOS is the only platform currently supported).
If you don't already have it, either download Wotja FREE or get Wotja.
Wotja File
"Open in Wotja / Wotja FREE"
.It is actually quite easy once you know how and have got the hang of it! These instructions assume you have Wotja 3 / Wotja FREE 3 already installed on your device. If not, get it now!
There are three main cases:
Mobile device with free Dropbox App installed (Wotja; recommended for all others)
Note: You do not need to have a Dropbox account or to be signed in to it for you to use this method, but you must have the Dropbox app installed!
Open in App
and then from a popup dialog Open in "Dropbox"
select Open
.WotjaFile...
(Wotja File) or noatikl://ptk3....
(Noatikl file). Select the top right action button (arrow pointing up)."Open in"
(found in the bottom row, you may need to scroll)."Copy to Wotja FREE 3"
or "Copy to Wotja 3"
.Mobile device without Dropbox App installed (Noatikl / Mixtikl / Liptikl only)
Note: This method only works for apps that have an import facility, e.g. Noatikl, Mixtikl or Liptikl. It does not work for Wotja which has no file import facility.
noatikl://ptk3....
(Noatikl file).
. Double tap the text and then select all of it and then "Copy" from the pop up control which will copy it to the clipboard.Desktop PC
.txt
file; e.g. the myfile.noatikl
Noatikl file would be saved as myfile.noatikl.txt
..noatikl
file.It is very easy!
It is very easy!
If you do not hear anything, try the following:
When you import into Wotja 3 a Noatikl file or Mixtikl content cell exported to the clipboard, we strip out all patterns except Rhythm patterns (e.g. those of the form <100 R ...>.
The reason for this is that Wotja generates its tune patterns from text input only.
If you are authoring content for importing into Wotja (e.g. Noatikl file), either for use as a custom player or backing, we therefore recommend that if you want to use Fixed Patterns in your generators/voices, you limit that use to Rhythm patterns only. You can still do a great deal with those!
This can happen if you are trying to tweet a wotja that has a very complex Custom Player and/or Backing. The reason is the URL can be just too long to send. The solution is to export to Instant Message, copy the goo.gl shortened URL and then paste that into your Tweet instead (removing the longer URL). Alternatively, share it as a Wotja file.
Yes, from Mixtikl 7 you can export a Noatikl 3 file to the clipboard and then import that into Wotja as a Custom Player or Backing. You perform the export from a Mixtikl Mixer Cell via the Export button. Note that you cannot use Audio Loops in Wotja.
For further information on Custom Players/Backing see here.
Intermorphic apps that directly support save to/load from Apple iCloud and Apple iCloud Drive folders:
The iCloud Drive folder on macOS is found here:
~/iCloud Drive/Wotja/
~/iCloud Drive/Noatikl/
~/iCloud Drive/Mixtikl/
~/iCloud Drive/Liptikl/
We strongly recommend using iCloud / iCloud Drive wherever you can.
There are five main reasons for that:
Our iOS apps support "flat" folders meaning they will display all files under the root folder, including files in any subfolders.
Tip: If you want to limit what files are displayed in the iOS app, you need to move the files you don't want to see out of the main app folder, perhaps into a "Archived" folder under iCloud Drive.
See: iCloud Drive FAQ
Tip: Even if you have Wotja for iOS installed on your device, to see the Wotja iCloud folder on Mac, we strongly suggest installing either Wotja for macOS.
If you have just installed one of our iCloud Drive supporting apps for the first time, then it seems it can take a while for the iCloud Drive synching to happen and for the folders/files to appear on your Mac. We know not why.... but a couple of suggestions to try are:
Audio
Wotja is Audiobus / Inter-App Audio enabled which means you can send an audio stream out through that and then record it with another suitable 3rd party app that supports Audiobus / Inter-App Audio and recording.
Audiobus / Inter-App Audio support is enabled by default and we make no charge for its use *.
Wotja FREE: Being ad supported, Audiobus / Inter-App Audio is only supported when it is in the foreground.
Inter-App Audio
Please refer to the Apple website for information on how to use Inter-App Audio (and iOS 7+ system provided capability) with GarageBand. There are many other IAA enabled apps, such as Multitrack DAW and Thumbjam.
Audiobus
Please refer to the Audiobus website for instructions on how to use Audiobus.
* To use Audiobus you will also beed to install the Audiobus app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
MIDI
Wotja is a very powerful MIDI application and supports Core MIDI and Virtual MIDI. You can record it with another suitable 3rd party app that supports Core MIDI / Virtual MIDI and MIDI recording.
Wotja FREE: MIDI out and related settings are not supported.
You might want to do this if iOS updates to a new version and you do not or are unwilling to do that or you have removed Wotja and the new version of Wotja is no longer available for your version of iOS (we use Apple tools to build our apps, and Apple updates to these tools change which versions of iOS we can build for). So, how do you restore the last version of Wotja available for your version of iOS?
See Apple's instructions on how to do this or an AppleInsider article. Alternatively, you might try restoring from a device or even TimeMachine backup.
We try as hard as we can to make our apps stable. To that end we now include in our apps either HockeyApp or Crashlytics that informs us whenever there is a crash. So, rest assured we will have been alerted to it and we will be trying to fix it.
We make a number of apps! See the links here.
Sure! All you need to say to your Apple Watch is "Hey Siri, launch Wotja". However, you need to make sure you pronounce Wotja as "wohja" or "woatja" or "woatya" etc. We pronounce Wotja as "Whatja", but Siri does not seem to recognise that!