Due to the increasing popularity of Mojo, we want to recommend that you know the people you are adding to your roster. Mojo connects you directly to your peers, which gives them your unique Internet address. Don’t forget, the application license you must agree to in order to use Mojo forbids users from distributing copyrighted works via Mojo.

Thanks,

Luke Steffen
Deusty Designs

We’ve been working hard for the last few months trying to get the 2.0 version for windows ready. And today we’re finally ready to release a beta version.

Download here: http://www.deusty.com/mojo/win/Mojo_2.0.0.exe

Hi Everyone,

Quite obviously I haven’t written here quite in a while, so I will try to give an short update on everything that has been happening here at Deusty.

First of all, we renamed Maestro to Mojo. Since the renaming, we have released 17 versions of Mojo. Most noteably, we released the 1.0 Windows version of Mojo on March 25, 2008. We have had a lot of questions about the 1.0 version. I would like to clear up any confusion about the lack of Internet capability of the Windows version. We first released Mojo 1.0 for Mac February 20, 2007. The original version of Mojo only included the ability to share over the local network. Keeping in line with the Mac version, the 1.0 version of Windows also only has the ability to share over the local network. We are working as quickly as possible to add the Internet functionality for all you Windows users. Porting software to a completely different operating system takes time, and we appreciate the patience while we finish catching Mojo Windows up to its Mac counterpart. We except to have a Beta release of the 2.0 Windows version of Mojo in the not to distant future.

Next, I would like to mention our recent publicity due to a couple articles written about Mojo on Lifehacker.com and the multitude of ensuing articles and posts. We have seen a huge jump in our user base, and we dealt with a few growing pains soon after. Along those lines, we are doing our best to catch up with support emails, so please be patient. We are excited to continue to grow as Mojo matures. Currently, we are in the process of switching to a new server, which should allow us to keep up with Mojo’s growing popularity. We hope to have the server switch completed sometime next week. We will keep you posted on any outages, which may arise during the switch.

Finally, I would like to say thank you for all the kind words and support from everyone. Hearing first hand about how excited people are about Mojo really drives us to continue to work hard on development.

Thanks again,
Luke Steffen
Deusty Designs

Very soon Deusty Designs will be changing the name of our Maestro software. Another company also uses the name Maestro for a product which is somewhat similar to ours. We have opted to change the name of Maestro in order to prevent any confusion between the two. Deusty will be taking this opportunity to further distinguish our software from others.

If you haven’t noticed, we have added a couple new sections to our website. First, we have started a forum dedicated to Maestro. We added the forum as a place for people to get together and talk about music, meet new maestro users, and spread the word about Maestro.

The other new section of our website is something we are pretty excited about. We are starting an open source initiative here at Deusty. Development is a passion of ours, and we want to contribute to other developers who are striving to make great software. Also, all the source code we release will be under a relatively loose license because we believe if we are giving out the code, you should be able to do whatever you want with it.

It’s been quite a while since we last posted, but I promise we have been working hard. The last few months have been dedicated to readying Maestro 2.0. We are very excited to have it out for everyone to enjoy. Maestro has some very exciting new features.

-Add Internet users to your roster
Add any other Maestro user in the world, and always know when they are online.

-No more router configuration
Now Maestro users are more accessible then ever through integrated router traversal.

-Subscriptions to Internet users
You asked for it, you got it. Library subscriptions are now available over the internet.

-No more 30 day trial
Try it for as long as you want. When you’re convinced that you love it, a full license will be waiting for you.

We appreciate all the feedback we’ve gotten, and we hope you keep on telling us what you think about Maestro. The release of 2.0 has only further committed us to making the best product we can.

-Luke Steffen

We have completed another big step in our development of Maestro. We have implemented a password protection option for our security minded users. We have a lot more planned for Maestro, and will be implementing even more security options in the future. Stayed tuned for more updates soon!

After several months of hard work and lost sleep, we are ready to release version 1.0. There are many new exciting features in this version. One we would like to highlight is the ability to browse and download music from other Maestro users over the Internet. Also, we have made countless interface enhancements and fixed all the bugs we are aware of. We are going to offer lifetime upgrades to Maestro for a limited time, as well as giving two free licenses with any purchase. So grab your copy today! Maestro is still under heavy development, and we have much more planned for the future. Also, thanks to all the people gracious enough to test our beta versions of Maestro.

Deusty Designs is proud to annouce we have released a beta version of our new software Maestro. The Maestro beta has no restrictions and is free to download. You can send any feedback or bug reports to maestro -at- deusty.com, or you may just head to our support page and give your feedback there. The beta version of Maestro will expire so check back for updates.

We are excited to announce our website for Deusty Designs is officially launched. We hope you like it, and we would love to hear your feedback.