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🌀 Music Video Recording app with a click track?
Looking for a video recording click track enabled app? Muser Studio goes further with camera looping with an Adaptive Metronome that can follow your first loop or a set BPM.

Jeff Ranasinghe
Aug 312 min read


📦 Muser Studio v1.0.18 Release Notes: Audio Resume Fix, Loading Screen, and UI Polish
The v1.0.18 update fixes Muser Studio’s audio not recording after suspend/resume, adds a loading screen, and squashes some UI quirks.

Jeff Ranasinghe
Aug 201 min read


📦 Muser Studio v1.0.17 Release Notes: M-Vave Chocolate as a Video Looper
Muser Studio v1.0.17 adds support for the M-Vave Chocolate BLE MIDI pedal — giving you hands-free control for recording, looping, and resetting on the fly.

Jeff Ranasinghe
Aug 62 min read


📦 Muser Studio v1.0.16 Release Notes: Video Looper Project Files
Project sharing is here! Muser Studio v1.0.16 now lets you import and export .msarc project files, perfect for collaboration or backup. Also: smoother scrolling FTW.

Jeff Ranasinghe
Jul 212 min read


🌀Soundgarden Overfloater and Why I Make Live Loops with Muser Studio
iPhone + AirPods + guitar + Soundgarden stuck in my head = live loop session. Why I make live loops with Muser Studio? Let me show you.

Jeff Ranasinghe
Jul 172 min read


🪄Quick Tip: Reset your recording with a PageTurner
Flubbed a take in Muser Studio? Just double tap the left button on your PageTurner pedal to reset your recording, hands-free.

Jeff Ranasinghe
Jul 111 min read


How to Make Music/Loop Videos: Introducing Muser Studio Quick Tips 👈
Snack-sized tutorials. Simple tricks. Real creative help. Muser Studio’s new Quick Tips series shows you how to make music loop videos, one tiny tutorial at a time.

Jeff Ranasinghe
Jul 111 min read


📦 Muser Studio v1.0.15 Release Notes: Export Video Loops as movie files
With Muser Studio v1.0.15, export your video loops as remix-ready video files – with BPM metadata and clean filenames. A powerful new feature now in Open Beta for all Muser Studio users.

Jeff Ranasinghe
Jul 102 min read


The Real Reason I Chose a Subscription Model for Muser Studio
Subscriptions can feel gross – I get it. But after years of building creative tools (and actual guitars), I landed on a model that supports sustainable, user-driven growth.

Jeff Ranasinghe
Jun 293 min read


📦 Muser Studio v1.0.9 Release Notes: Interactive Timeline Indicator
Now you can scrub your performance video and see exactly where you are. Plus: improved Mandarin translation, and a Project Browser fix.

Jeff Ranasinghe
May 302 min read


🧘♂️ Zen and the Art of Music App Onboarding
If your app does something new, users won’t just figure it out.
Here’s why I built a lightweight in-app Tour Guide for Muser Studio - and what it teaches.

Jeff Ranasinghe
May 272 min read


Eminem Function crash on iPhone 13
One small floating point error on iPhone 13 broke a key drawing algorithm in Muser Studio. Here’s how I tracked it down, fixed it, and what I learned.

Jeff Ranasinghe
May 241 min read


Run before you can walk - aka video looper coding tangents
if you decide to enter into some mad dash you may cover a lot more ground which, albeit unstable, can give you a feel for what is to come

Jeff Ranasinghe
Sep 17, 20242 min read


Bluetooth Keyboard as Looper remote controller
You can use the humble Bluetooth keyboard as a looper pedal. Here's how.

Jeff Ranasinghe
Sep 3, 20242 min read


Persistant Loops - enabled
Recording audio was satisfying. Less satisfying was losing the recording when shutting down and restarting the app. Is it fixed? Yes....

Jeff Ranasinghe
Aug 28, 20241 min read


Remote controlled audio app on iOS
The humble page-turner, re-imagined to be a multi-function input device transforms you iPhone into a looper pedal!

Jeff Ranasinghe
Aug 21, 20241 min read


Wrote an app instead of buying batteries
I wanted to film a guitar loop and my improvised solo over the top, keeping the parts separate, yet in sync. A mixer would help with...

Jeff Ranasinghe
Aug 18, 20242 min read


Remote controlled Audio Looper UI
The mock UI has the basics: record, play, rewind and erase.
If the buffer is empty, it would make sense to have the button...

Jeff Ranasinghe
Aug 1, 20241 min read


Remote controlling iOS apps
Using Bluetooth footswitches as multi-function remote controls for iOS apps.

Jeff Ranasinghe
Jun 10, 20242 min read


Ridiculous steps of starting an audio app
A mobile app, on the other hand, needs to manage the audio device and the managing of audio blocks (chunks of audio data) itself, as you can

Jeff Ranasinghe
Jun 7, 20241 min read
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