Comment by czeluff | January 9, 2008 | 4:17 pm

I’m still crashing, but the button works well.

Thanks Erica!

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Comment by eduz | January 9, 2008 | 4:20 pm

Suggestion for next versions: grab the music lyrics as well! Awesome app!

Comment by martijnve | January 9, 2008 | 4:42 pm

Ok working fine,

I just had a great idea if i may say so:
Maybe you could draw the UI upside down
That way you could point it at the speakers and still see the ui normally.

Comment by pzich | January 9, 2008 | 4:50 pm

Still amazes me, it would be awesome if you could grab the artwork too, but as an option because it could be annoyingly slow on edge.

Comment by coadyj | January 9, 2008 | 5:04 pm

Very good, amazed at what it can do.

Crashes the phone a bit but im sure that will be fixed in the next beta.

i really am impressed with your programing skills.

Comment by rosner | January 9, 2008 | 5:09 pm

WOW! I have been testing this app ALL DAY LONG every time i hear a song! Works great nearly the whole time. New version even better!

A sugestion would be to call the “Send to mail” “Mail” and not “Note”. I am sure the application itself will get more and more stable.

GREAT JOB ERICA!

Thanks so much

Comment by likwidfuzion | January 9, 2008 | 5:14 pm

This appears to be a better release. The “Push to Start Sampling” button could use some cosmetic work though. It looks weird and out of place when it’s overlayed on background. :p

Nice work overall, thanks!

Comment by mav | January 9, 2008 | 5:18 pm

A suggestion that would make this app perfect:

Ability to store samples on iPhone. Why? Because on the road you don’t always have access to WiFi, and EDGE is expensive in some countries. So it would be perfect if you could store samples (and name them as you wish), and identify them later.

Comment by nicotlsefr | January 9, 2008 | 5:29 pm

Hi erica…so beautiful app…but why isn’t it working for me?beta1 to 6 are the same….reboot, or the few times that it works, no song found…even with the beatles and michael jackson…lol

I can’t understand why it is so different from one to another iphone…do you understand what happens?

Thanks and pardon for my english (i’m french…)
And please go on….

Comment by hersh | January 9, 2008 | 5:29 pm

Amazing App !

I second some suggestions ;
- drawing the UI upside-down for better pointing
- renaming Note to Mail
- storing samples on the iPhone for later recognition

And a new one : to store the search results on the iPhone (as notes / list or whatever) so as not to be obliged to send each of them as a mail

Personally i’m not experiencing frequent crashes.

Awesome work, thanks again for everything!

Comment by ola | January 9, 2008 | 5:35 pm

First off; thanks for a great program!

I have to say I disagree with the requests for lyrics, artwork and upside down GUI. Keep it simple like it is now.
I’ve noticed that when I use it I hold the phone in such a position that I don’t see the screen. Would be great if you could implement vibration when it’s done sampling (kinda like Sketches do when you erase the screen). This way we would know when it’s done sampling regardless how you hold the phone..

Comment by hersh | January 9, 2008 | 5:57 pm

This is the great thing with the www. Scrap the upside-down UI, ola is right ; vibration would be the ultimate “done” signal.

Comment by NetMage | January 9, 2008 | 6:00 pm

One thing that seems useful for a lot of people would be some type of level meter so you can decide if you have adequate signal before sampling.

A quality indicator after sampling wouldn’t be bad either

Comment by geircito | January 9, 2008 | 6:03 pm

Why “drawing the UI upside-down for better pointing”?

I don’t turn my iPhone around so the mic is directing directly to the speaker (on the stereo/radio). I just place it on my desk, hold it in my hands as usual or place it in the dock. Listen is fully capable of recording the sample using this method, and I don’t have to play my music loud either.

Comment by alberas | January 9, 2008 | 6:09 pm

this soft bug all time all time in my iphone reboot reboot

Comment by geircito | January 9, 2008 | 6:34 pm

People with crash issues:
When 0.1beta was out I had a lot of crashes with Listen - the same with Voice Notes (it actually didn’t record a thing). So I decided to do some cleaning and reinnstalled 1.1.2. After that both Listen and Voice Notes works with no crashes at all.

Comment by ecosta | January 9, 2008 | 6:38 pm

Working just fine. No reboot or look up. 1.1.1
I agree on vibrate to indicate the end of recording. Its a good idea.
Sometimes the recording fase takes to long, 10 or 15 seconds. I can’t figure out why.

Comment by flodi | January 9, 2008 | 7:26 pm

hi I am from Brazil and it’ worked for me since beta 1.

The new Betas keep getting better. On the other versions I couldn’t use it through EDGE and I dont know why, but it’s ok now on the beta 6

My suggestion is to have the option to save as notepad like they have inter the wetool.

Anyway. Congratulations for the work u have been doing for the iphone users. Good Luck

Comment by ald3n3 | January 9, 2008 | 7:41 pm

oh man, this is the best app i have yet so far, it’s amazing what you guys can do, thnx!!!

Comment by guidomo | January 9, 2008 | 7:59 pm

For people who don’t have Edge all the time: it would be great if one could record several bits of music and then have them all looked up when back to an Internet connection.

Comment by dirfrops | January 9, 2008 | 9:25 pm

Works great even on Edge. No need to hold it to a speaker as long as the music is loud enough to hear comfortably. In the car it worked fine. Went home to show my fiancee and she loaded up some Chinese music and THAT is when she became amazed. Everything spits back just as it should…in Chinese too. Sweet Erica…totally Sweet…but I wish beta 6 had the find in iTunes store like the previous beta had.

Comment by tk | January 10, 2008 | 12:24 am

It worked for Smashing Pumpkins Cherub Rock, but it didn’t work for Nirvana Smells like teen spirit!!

where can we see what songs are on the server?

Comment by JuiCe | January 10, 2008 | 12:49 am

I’m now using 1.1.2 instead of 1.0.2 and the app works perfectly. No crashes, no glitches, no disappointment of any kind. Although you are not responsible for the actual audio comparison, this is an invaluable app, and I am compelled to donate for it. Time spent means nothing when it comes to good apps. Innovation is everything, and this is as innovative as it gets. Thanks to Gracenotes, but without Listen, Gracenotes wouldn’t exist for the iPhone.

Create a donate link!!!

Comment by Magicride | January 10, 2008 | 1:22 am

First of all, great work on everything you have done!

Now, since beta 1 I have been able to try to identify ONE song, after that one song try my phone crashes and reboots. I am running on 1.1.1 (3A109a) Modem 04.01.13_G, unlocked with T-Mobile via Unlocker. The app works and looks nice but has not successfully identified any songs. I hope that this can be fixed in a later version as I am very excited for this app. OH by the way I have voice notes and that has no problems whatsoever, if that helps you any.
Thank you so much,

Magicride

Comment by royale | January 10, 2008 | 4:09 am

Great app. All beta versions worked great on my 1.1.2 iPhone.

Only wished it would have a more unified iPhone app look to it.

Looking forward to updates. Thank you.

Comment by StrikerX | January 10, 2008 | 4:16 am

Hi Erica, nice work;)

Some suggestions ;
- rotate the UI on 180* at start
- add “Save to Notes”
- add “Open in iTunes”
- history of searches

Good luck=)

Comment by Rudi77 | January 10, 2008 | 4:32 am

Works great here too. Couple of comments.
1) when not on wifi, gprs doesnt seem to kick in. Usually I see the little spinning star at the top of the screen when the iphone uses gprs (email, maps etc)
2) in the case above where gprs isnt used to contact the server, the only message back is “song not found”
Using 1.1.1, on Vodafone Live subscription in the Netherlands. Any suggestions appreciated. My favourite app right now thanks Erica! If the GPRS issue can be fixed I’d be so happy!

Comment by omatzyo | January 10, 2008 | 6:34 am

i’ve had the same issue with all of the betas so far. when using edge, it always responds with ’song not found…’ however, if i’m on wifi it recognizes everything, flawlessly.

(don’t see spinning symbol on edge, as rudi77 pointed out)

very nice application! thanks!

Comment by mrshibby | January 10, 2008 | 6:42 am

application is just too good

only thing i miss is that edge works.. so i can only check songs when i´m at home.. and most things i play there are from my itunes where i can look what artist and title it is

so if you get the edge working this would be the killer app

nice work!

Comment by leandroc76 | January 10, 2008 | 6:49 am

Well done. Worked for me on just about every song. It didn’t recognise a few songs because of static. or at least that’s what I think.

I tried singing into it but fails every time. Course I’m a horrible singer!

Has anyone tried singing into it?

Comment by nicotlsefr | January 10, 2008 | 7:04 am

As for others users, it doesn’t work for me…with all the betas..
So i’ve tried Vnotes and it’s the same for me….record nothing or crash…
Is there a problem with the microphone level or activation?
thanks for your help and support
it seems that when listen is not working on an iphone, vnote is not working too…

Comment by Ryan9104 | January 10, 2008 | 7:10 am

TK, I don’t think you can. It uses the Sony Ericsson network to lookup songs.

Comment by Rudi77 | January 10, 2008 | 7:14 am

One small feature request, if we can’t customize the subject and/or message that goes into the email (send note), could you make it so that there’s a subject already filled in? Maybe “Song Search Result from Listen.app” or “Cool song! - found with Listen.app” - I know I can just re-type it, but it might be cool as an option in preference settings for the app.

Thank you thank you thank you! You’re awesome - and how can it be less than 60kb! brilliant!

Comment by Rudi77 | January 10, 2008 | 7:19 am

sorry to mail so much, but I’d also agree that having the iphone vibrate once when the sample is reorded would be an awesome idea.

Thanks Erica for listening to our requests and moan sometimes and spending your time on these apps. I think it’s great you do this, and BTW, It’d be a pleasure to click on a “donate” button.

Comment by martijnve | January 10, 2008 | 10:32 am

@leandroc76

Singing into it is never ever going to work,
this system works bij analyzing the sound not the words. even if you had the origianl singer sing it perfectly it would not be recognized.

Comment by pm200107 | January 10, 2008 | 1:14 pm

Dear Erica,

this project is awesome.

Could you explain the basic concepts?
I 5 sec, are you able to identify an invariable signature for each track before comparing it to a db?

In Any case, I love it!!! congrat .

how is it possible to write you personally?

Pm

Comment by Iphonenew | January 10, 2008 | 1:24 pm

As other users Vnotes and Listen all betas not working in my Iphone 1.1.1.
Mic is working good durin phone calls…seems not working with this apps.
Tried Earphones too: same problem just weirds sounds recorded.
Help please to solve the problem: mic problem? activation problem?
Some app to help solve this problem?
ERICA PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!

Comment by jrob_mn | January 10, 2008 | 4:42 pm

Awesome app — just keeps improving. Beta 6 performs well over EDGE, which makes me smile.

Held the phone up in a bar last night to find out what the DJ was playing. Worked like a champ (as long as the people around me weren’t talking too much).

Your comments say there’s a donate button, but I don’t see it in beta 6. coming soon?

Comment by jrob_mn | January 10, 2008 | 4:43 pm

oh, duh — on the site. Sorry.

Comment by Andres | January 10, 2008 | 4:46 pm

Very nice application!! best one until now.

I think it would be nice to have, instead of the round button, a slide switch like the one to unlock or answer the phone, that would say ” Slide to Listen”.

Just a suggestion.

Comment by TAPshooter | January 10, 2008 | 5:02 pm

Fantastic application! I’ve been using it since beta1 and love the newest version. Here is some feedback -

I’m running version 6 on an iPhone version 1.1.1 (3A109a) in the USA with modem firmware 04.01.13_G.

I’m having no issues with the microphone. I don’t have to point the mic towards the music to get a successful song query. It works fast and near 100% on WIFI and is very consistent on edge. I’ve been using it in the car on my way to and from work and just sit it on the center console with the music at a comfortable volume and even on edge and driving 70mph I’m getting great results. I was even able to make it work at the grocery store by sampling the music being piped in over the ceiling speakers.

Using this version, I’ve only had one reboot after about 75 song samplings (on edge).

Things I like:
The big button is easy to find and press while driving
Love that it works so well on EDGE
I like the simplicity

I like some of the suggestions made above but hope you implement them as options in a settings menu and not as standard features. I would like the options to retrieve album art, artist bios, and lyrics, but only on WIFI. I would also use the feature to save the track information to a note so I can look up info on the artist or song later.

Thanks for the great applications.

-Steve

Comment by Iphonenew | January 10, 2008 | 6:47 pm

As other users Vnotes and Listen all betas not working in my Iphone 1.1.1.
Mic is working good durin phone calls…seems not working with this apps.
Tried Earphones too: same problem just weirds sounds recorded.
Help please to solve the problem: mic problem? activation problem?
Some app to help solve this problem?
ERICA PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!

Comment by Bay | January 10, 2008 | 7:30 pm

This is the absolutly fantastic software I’ve ever used.
I made a test the song Angels from No Angels from the You’re Beautiful compilation. It took only 6 sec and I had the right answer including the right album from which this track was taken.

Unbelievable…

Comment by vaiowiz | January 10, 2008 | 8:12 pm

1..1.2 unlocked ! I had like 30 “track 1″ Track 2″ I was able to update them in Itunes thanks to this Erica and now I know whom and what I am listening to, thanks Erica, so excited I hit the donation button twice!!

Comment by nicotlsefr | January 11, 2008 | 6:45 am

Please Erica…
you’re our only hope…obiwan erica….
How can the microphone do work on phone and don’t work in record applications for some of us, many of us i think…
Voicenotes, listen and even greetings on Visual Voice Mail can’t work…
Have you got an idea? Where could i post to have any answers about this problem?
And i’m scared of the future with VOIP…
Please answer us
Thanks

Comment by Rudi77 | January 11, 2008 | 10:45 am

ok i dont know if this helps for debugging the Edge/gprs thing but here goes.
When wifi is on and there is a wifi connection this works great
When wifi is on but there is no wifi network around, there is a “connection error” message - and the little spinny GPRS wheel doesnt even try to spin to show sending the data
When wifi is turned off, and i try to use the app I just get - “song not found”, and the little spinny GPRS wheel doesnt even try to spin to show sending the data

Comment by areoqs | January 11, 2008 | 10:52 am

I MADE NEW ICONS FOR LISTEN APPLICATIONS.

HERE:

http://hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=22225&page=9

Comment by wildonrio | January 11, 2008 | 12:04 pm

I get an error every time now that it only works with Sony Erickson phones. My room mate also has an iPhone and it’s doing the same thing to him. Is this program finished now?

Comment by nicotlsefr | January 11, 2008 | 12:10 pm

OK….for the microphone….A french has resolved the issue…you must reset all settings in settings…many times until the microphone works again…

Comment by Tinman | January 11, 2008 | 12:10 pm

THIS APP IS FINISHED, as it stands now.

Apparently Erica is sending the requests to:
http://wap.sonyericsson.com/recognize/query

As soon as they found out iPhones were using it, you better believe they were going to put a stop to it.

Erica, do you have a Plan B?

–
Mike

Comment by loris | January 11, 2008 | 12:18 pm

I am wondering how they found this out since Listen is sending a fake SonyEricsson phone user agent request header … anyway, it’s sad, erica fix that pleassssse

Comment by Tinman | January 11, 2008 | 12:28 pm

If I’m right it’s going to be a shock for a lot of people who didn’t know what was happening on the back-end.

Hopefully I’m wrong and it’s just a temporary glitch.

–
Mike

Comment by Iphonenew | January 11, 2008 | 4:48 pm

I must say thank you to the great NICOTLSEFR that post the resolution for mic problems!!!!!!

(toComment by nicotlsefr | January 11, 2008 | 12:10 pm)

Can not say thank you to other people that wont help and even not answering to someone who need help!!!!!

Comment by nicotlsefr | January 11, 2008 | 5:50 pm

thanks a lot iphonenew…and thanks to Ekrus, the guy who gave me the answer

Comment by smilr | January 12, 2008 | 12:41 am

Very cool - the service was able to recognize some opening / credit music from some obscure anime shows! I couldn’t find the song name / artist elsewhere so this was a big help!

Suggestion - invert the screen controls, so that you can read them while holding the iPhone upside down as you point the microphone end at the music source please!

Here’s hoping Gracenote likes you!

Comment by razorseal | January 12, 2008 | 7:25 pm

I’ve been trying this thing like every hour (EDGE and wifi) and it keep saying connection failed…..

any ideas?

Comment by fluppel | January 13, 2008 | 8:11 am

Listen beta1 worked gorgeously, but since then the apps keeps on crashing. Unfortunately I don’t get any crash report in /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/LatestCrash.plist
I’m on a freshly installed 1.1.2 and everything else works like a charm.. Any hints?

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Comment by amr.goda | February 13, 2008 | 3:24 am

I can’t download the file, it says (404 Not Found
The requested URL /ftp/Applications/Listen/ does not exist.) i think it is not downloadable anymore, But WHY ? any help?

Comment by amr.goda | February 13, 2008 | 3:24 am

I can’t download the file, it says (404 Not Found
The requested URL /ftp/Applications/Listen/ does not exist.) i think it is not downloadable anymore, But WHY ? any help?

Comment by amr.goda | February 13, 2008 | 3:26 am

Where else i can get this file? or what is it’s installer.app source ? please some help.

Comment by perryprada | May 18, 2008 | 10:54 am

can some one help me with this app the listen n email me the source i cant dl it off this site so pls some one email me on pperrypradaaaa@aol.com thanks

Comment by thomasdu69003 | March 26, 2009 | 3:59 am

good