We're giving away something special.

Thanks for making Wej possible. 

You have been with Wej, a hackable wireless music performance base for iOS, from the very beginning. You've supported our first hardware project through each and every step of production and turned what was once a dream into reality. We can't thank you enough, really. We were thrilled to ship Wej to our preorder customers earlier this spring.

Seeing your enthusiastic response to Wej has overwhelmed us with gratitude! We've sold out multiple times and our factory has been pretty busy. ;) It has been amazing to see Wej in your hands and hear about how it's enhanced your creative process.

We want to celebrate 2016 by giving you the chance to win an Akai Professional MPK Mini MKII 25-Key USB MIDI Controller. Follow the directions here for details on how to enter the giveaway.

Thank you for believing in us. We're grateful for you.

Wej is in production! Shipping as soon as we receive final units

Wej update: We visited the factory building our Wej earlier this week! As soon as we confirm the boards off the assembly line are working to spec, we'll begin final mass production. All the final components and parts are ready and the rubber enclosures are in transit on a ship across the Pacific. As soon as everything is assembled, we'll start shipping to pre-order customers!

Wej is a hackable wireless midi performance base for iOS. Learn more and order yours!

Weekend Sale and Wej Progress

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Wej Progress: Circuit Board



We got an exciting package in the mail today — the Wej circuit board! It's not quite the production version; we're using this for final debugging and programming as we close in on another milestone...



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Progress on Wej & schedule update

Last week we passed another big milestone on Wej. We finalized the circuit board layout, and we’re sending the board to the manufacturer (for those that are interested, you can download the eagle file for the layout and the schematic file). This means that we’ll have a final circuit board in hand soon to complete programming, testing and production.

Completing the layout is a big milestone! Dan marathons the final stages in this time-lapse.

Design update — more ports!
As we’ve finalized the electronics, we improved the design of Wej. The prototype we showed in the announcement video had two USB ports. You could use these for charging your iOS device or connecting a midi controller. The final version of Wej will have three USB ports. Two for USB MIDI, and one dedicated port for charging your iPad or iPhone. This makes Wej a more reliable base for controllers and iPad as you won’t have to choose between power and control. The case design is being refined as well.

Milestones and Estimated Ship Date
We’ve been making great progress on Wej, with 8 milestones completed. Here’s a look at the progress checklist:



Revisions to the electronics have taken a little longer than we planned, and we’re now predicting that we’ll be shipping Wej to pre-order customers in 3–5 Months. We’re working tirelessly to make Wej great, and we’ll keep you posted on our progress on the next 4 milestones.

"Debacle" Hackathon 2015 recap

Last week was Retronyms annual retreat/hackathon, affectionately referred to as the "Debacle". We made lots of great progress on AudioCopy, iMPC Pro, Wej, and more. Here's some highlights from youtube:

JP was making samples for a new AudioCopy Store Sound Pack... using AudioCopy :) Grabbing a bunch of samples in AudioCopy allows you to use them in any apps... convenient.

Louis shows of the latest progress on the Slice Loop feature in iMPC Pro. There's more info about this this in recent iMPC Pro Log videos. It's looking and sounding quite nice.

AudioCopy workflow is getting a big improvement — Locky shows off the Multi-paste feature coming soon to the SDK. You'll be able to paste entire folders of sounds with one tap. Slick!

There's more photos and posts from Debacle 2015 on our Facebook page. Stop by and say "hi".

Wej Schematic and live demo

In this episode of The Build, Dan talks about the development of Wej. Take a look at the "development guts" of Wej as Dan outlines the components he's been using to write the firmware. At 4:38, Louis appears to stress-test the setup with a wireless controller-driven solo.

Wej is a hackable wireless midi performance base iOS. Learn more!

Introducing Wej. Wireless MIDI base.

Wej is a non-skid performance platform that lets you connect your USB controllers to your iOS music apps wirelessly over the new Apple Bluetooth LE MIDI protocol. Plus it features super bright multicolor LEDs that dance in time to the music.

Wej needs you! With your help, we're looking to gather enough pre-orders to support building Wej. Save 20% and get Wej for just $99.00 if you order before November 7. Visit preorder.retronyms.com.



Connect your controllers to Wej, and it will transmit their MIDI messages wirelessly to your iPad. Expand your iOS studio with keyboards, drum pads, fader banks, sequencers, and more. Wej uses Apple's Bluetooth Midi protocol introduced in iOS 8, providing a fast wireless bridge. Wej is compatible with any app that supports this protocol.

Wej is powered. Use it to charge any USB device, including your iPhone or iPad (even while it's connected to a controller). Supply enough juice to run power-hungry USB music gear.



Use Wej to add ambiance to your studio or serve as an ultra-portable light show with its bank of programmable multicolor LEDs.

Customize your animated light patterns with the Wej Control App. It's a Tabletop Ready app that integrates seamlessly with Retronyms software and works with anything that supports Apple's Inter-App Audio standard on iOS.

Open Source and Hackable

Built with open source in mind. The core of Wej is an Arduino application processor. Download our open-source sketch and hack away at it. Learn more at preorder.retronyms.com/hacks.html