Ready to live out your dream as a big-time music producer? PSP Rhythm will let you do just that. Well, probably minus the extravagant lifestyle, though. Anyway, the latest version, 8.0, features a brand-new GUI as well as an optimized audio engine. Hit the full article for more.

Attention, resident PSP owners and audiophiles! The PSP Rhythm Development Team has just announced that in line with the release of their application's version 7.1, they will be holding a song contest. The contest proper is an invite for all willing participants to see how far they can go creating their own custom tunes using the PSP Rhythm audio sequencer/sound mixer. As for the contest rules:

Rules:

• You must use the sound samples provided below, and may choose to use one of your own custom samples to create your song.
• You must submit your song before the deadline.
• Enter as many songs as you like.
  

Prizes:

• All entries will get a Rhythm 7.1 Special Edition skin.
• The grand prize winner will receive a 2.0GB SanDisk Ultra II PRO Duo Memory stick.
  

Deadline for song file (use .r_7) submissions will be on June 1. Submitted songs will be judged on creativity, originality, and use of PSP Rhythm 7.1 features. The contest's submission email address should be available at the QJ.Net Forum link below, originally posted by member RCON. Details can also be found at PSP Rhythm's home site, available at the Read link. To all community members planning to enter this contest, we wish you the best of luck!

Download: PSP Rhythm 7.1 Song Contest samples
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When it comes to homebrew application PSP Rhythm, it's sometimes scary as updates don't come in close intervals. We're not complaining or anything though. It's just that we fear, like the last time around, that the PSP Rhythm Development Team will eventually let go of it. But to our surprise, the developer proved us wrong once more (and that's okay!) and rolled out version 7.1.

Basically, PSP Rhythm is an audio sequencer and re-mixer. If that short bit didn't do it for you, here's a longer explanation for yah: the program is a music workstation in itself. It has various features like playback and manipulation of audio effects and samples. If you will, it can be considered as a song re-arranger (take audio samples and tinker with them, and record your own songs).

Since December, a few changes have been implemented to PSP Rhythm, but don't let the number of the improvements fool you as all of them are highly important. The changelog for version 7.1 is as follows:

• Pattern Sample Playback (Loop)
• Export Song by Audio Track
• Improved Graphics
• Improved Audio Engine
• Improved Rendering to Wave File
• Bug fixes

Download: PSP Rhythm v7.1 (Windows Installer)
Download: PSP Rhythm v7.1 (Manual Installer)