| Version | 1085756592 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Noodleheaven |
| Release date | Nov 7, 2008 |
| Date added | Jul 16, 2004 |
| Os requirements | Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows, Windows XP |
| Requirements | Windows 98/Me/2000/XP |
| Total downloads | 5,738 |
| Price | Free to try |
Description
Noodle is a game and a music player. We call it an interactive music player, but it's more than that. Once you have a track loaded into Noodle, the way you play it is entirely up to you. People have likened it to a musical instrument even nonmusicians can play.
Review
Using Noodle is like eating an artichoke: a whole lot of effort with little payoff. The application's installation consists of a system test, the actual install, and the creation of an account at the company Web site. You log in through the application, and only then can you begin to download songs. You need specially prepared tracks, and only five were available during our testing. Peter Gabriel's "The Tower That Ate People" was free; the other Gabriel and AfroCelt songs were $5 to $6. The program took up every bit of CPU and memory resources on our test computer. The big payoff is dragging blobs, which the program calls
musicians
, around the visual representation of an audio space to rearrange samples and instruments. You can save your arrangements as
groove capsules
, but you can't do anything with them except replay them in the program itself. Poor implementation takes all the fun out of the program's good concepts. However, aspiring DJs may enjoy playing with Noodle.
