The $150 Drum App for iOS

nowaysj · Post by **nowaysj** » Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:17 am

Techne wrote:ass sequencer

Tell me more, I'm listening now.

Techne wrote:why is there a famous (and brilliant) electronic musician using this software in the studio right now?

Because he is the only one who can afford a license?

RmoniK · Post by **RmoniK** » Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:37 am

Software developers: "MOAR OPTIONS AND MOAR PARAMETERS IS ALWAYS BETTER AND MAKES BETTER MOOZIK BY DEFINITION!"

Seen it happen so many times, the amount of options does not justify an increase in price, nor does it make the application superior just because it has more options. It's about usability to price ratio. I'm perfectly happy creating my drums with samples (with some processing obviously) and as far as sequencing goes, every possibility can be done by just turning "snap" off, which may take some time but is less limiting than any of these overpriced sequencing vsts...

alphacat · Post by **alphacat** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:42 pm

Revisiting this:

Again, the ideas behind this app seem somewhat... interesting? I guess that's the word.

But given that the guy who made this video (who actually likes the app) admits that there's a lot of buggy unpredictability and workflow weirdness... yeah.

Sexual_Chocolate · Post by **Sexual_Chocolate** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:15 pm

is the guy still trying to sell it for $150 though?

alphacat · Post by **alphacat** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:56 pm

Nevalo wrote:is the guy still trying to sell it for $150 though?

It's been "on sale" for $50 for the past few weeks I think.

Sexual_Chocolate · Post by **Sexual_Chocolate** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:01 pm

even thats a stretch for an app.

i think things would be a bit different if that was the original price though.

alphacat · Post by **alphacat** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:14 am

Nevalo wrote:even thats a stretch for an app.

i think things would be a bit different if that was the original price though.

Agreed. Just the whole deal with this app - from its unexplained proprietary algorithmic hoohaa (that dude in the video can't get to work consistently) to the weird sockpuppetry of the dev (see earlier about Soundcloud shilling with sockpuppets) - has been an extended lesson in how not to go about doing something like this IMO.

That said, while it is definitely on the steep side there are other music production apps successfully asking for $40 or $50 - Lemur, for example - but I think that the price tag still has to reflect its utility, quality, and uniqueness. Lemur is a MIDI/OSC control surface that can potentially do a lot of things... not so sure about this app though.

Also: if the price drops to $10 or lower I'll definitely get it. JUST BECUZ.

alphacat · Post by **alphacat** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:03 pm

It's now $15.

https://itunes.apple.com/app/id525272276?mt=8

But it's only for iPad.

I would get it at this price if it was Universal. Alas...

rockonin · Post by **rockonin** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:36 pm

lol @ Apple
lol @ this price

I'll stick to Pc and Android thanks.

alphacat · Post by **alphacat** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:52 pm

Well, tbf iOS smacks the tits off Android for music production.

YEAH, I SAID IT.

ChadDub · Post by **ChadDub** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 5:20 pm

The only reason I'd get a music production app for my phone is if it was like a 5$ basic sequencer with drums and a brass sound so when I come up with melodies or drum ideas when I'm out I can just put it in there.

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