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Re: Show HN: I finally released that sheet music app I keep yammering about

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Post by nex3 »

wheels wrote: post #76
cj wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Using timing to scroll eliminates the ability for the player to add any speed variations in a piece, which most experienced players would. It's a fun app for the common folk, but useless to experienced players.

I don't think that's the deal breaker for experienced players. That'd be pretty to solve with a bluetooth foot-pedal. Here are a few of the things that come to mind that pro-level folks would have hang-ups on: • Typesetting: I don't know what score format they're using, but this can be a big one. There's a big difference between a professionally engraved score and just having the right notes there. • Annotations: Fro…

It was mentioned elsewhere that the typesetting is done via LilyPond, which is supposed to be excellent.

Re: Show HN: I finally released that sheet music app I keep yammering about

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Post by seasoup »

sant0sk1 wrote: post #17

$2.99? I really hope you raise the price. This app looks exquisite and it provides immediate value. Well done! The iPad version could be a game changer...

I hope you raise the price as well, the reason being that this is a niche application. For the people it provides utility to, 4.99 or 7.99 even might well be worth it and for people that it does not provide utility to, it's not worth buying even at .99 and probably not even worth the trouble of downloading for free.

Re: Show HN: I finally released that sheet music app I keep yammering about

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Post by latortuga »

You've made a pretty impressive looking app. What is your feedback like? What do your prospective users think of it? Without having used it, my first reaction is that I think it would be pretty annoying to try to play a piano while reading from an iPhone - constantly having to squint at a tiny screen and a nightmare of scrubbing to practice sections of the song are two specific complaints I can make right away. I'm interested to hear the reception of this app.

Re: Show HN: I finally released that sheet music app I keep yammering about

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Post by latortuga »

aristoxenus wrote: post #67
cj wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Using timing to scroll eliminates the ability for the player to add any speed variations in a piece, which most experienced players would. It's a fun app for the common folk, but useless to experienced players.

Nah, not useless -- come on. The speed variations aren't going to be that huge, and the variations will matter even less on an iPad. I can imagine a number of technical solutions to this issue that don't involve any signal processing. It's a valid point insofar as it would need to be addressed for advanced players, but let's not be so quick to dismiss this guy: the app is absolutely beautiful and he's clearly skilled…

He's not dismissing it, he's giving feedback. This is exactly the kind of thing I'd want to hear if I were launching - how I can make my product better and appeal to more people.

Re: Show HN: I finally released that sheet music app I keep yammering about

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Post by cj »

aristoxenus wrote: post #67
cj wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Using timing to scroll eliminates the ability for the player to add any speed variations in a piece, which most experienced players would. It's a fun app for the common folk, but useless to experienced players.

Nah, not useless -- come on. The speed variations aren't going to be that huge, and the variations will matter even less on an iPad. I can imagine a number of technical solutions to this issue that don't involve any signal processing. It's a valid point insofar as it would need to be addressed for advanced players, but let's not be so quick to dismiss this guy: the app is absolutely beautiful and he's clearly skilled…

I wasn't dismissing it. For 90% of people who would consider this app, it's great! I really just posted this because someone previously said that this could replace sheet music.

The highlighting of the keys is also an amazing feature. I've posted YouTube videos of me playing the piano with the camera angled unintentionally over my shoulder.. and actually used the video to see what keys I was playing and copied what I was doing.

There should definitely be a "no sheetmusic" mode in this app for people who previously copied people's finger position on youtube... for people who have no desire to learn how to read sheet music.

Good luck.

Re: Show HN: I finally released that sheet music app I keep yammering about

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Post by reiddraper »

DrJokepu wrote: post #59
cj wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Using timing to scroll eliminates the ability for the player to add any speed variations in a piece, which most experienced players would. It's a fun app for the common folk, but useless to experienced players.

Some really basic audio recognition should enable the software to figure out the current position on the sheet, hence making it useful for experienced players as well.

really basic? score following is hard.

Re: Show HN: I finally released that sheet music app I keep yammering about

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Post by breck »

tvon wrote: post #65
dangrover wrote: post #37

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Luckily, I have a precise answer to this because I have this weird habit of tracking every minute of my time on my own projects. Here's the breakdown on Etude in hh:mm Actual iPhone app: 210:11 Song converter: 72:52 Store (UI + server side): 82:23 Building site and designing marketing materials: 44:52 I did most of the work, but I did contract some of the graphics I had trouble with to a designer, and I've taken some…

OT, but how did you get into that time tracking habit and what do you use to track your time? (not) Properly tracking my time is my biggest weakness.

One thing you could use is Freshbooks. I started using it for consulting and then started gradually using it for general time tracking.
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