Show HN: I built a better music app for mac for people who buy music

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Post by edwellbrook » Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 8:28 AM UTC

Show HN: I built a better music app for mac for people who buy music
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Post by jibbers » Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 3:49 PM UTC

Always good to see new apps for those of us who still buy and manage our own music files. Your app looks fantastic. Any chance it will gain support for macOS versions before Big Sur?

Re: Show HN: I built a better music app for mac for people who buy music

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Post by sentientforest » Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 4:13 PM UTC

jibbers wrote: post #2

Always good to see new apps for those of us who still buy and manage our own music files. Your app looks fantastic. Any chance it will gain support for macOS versions before Big Sur?

I was scrolling down the page, thinking, "this application looks great, I have wanted something to replace iTunes for years. It plays FLAC _and_ ALAC! I would love to pay money for this."

But I don't currently have a mac running anything later than Mojave, 10.14.

And the primary machine I would want to host music on can't upgrade past it (2010 Mac Pro, 12 cores, 64 GB Memory, 4GB GTX 770, 4 easily-swapple internal hard drives, all in spent under $1,000, used, parts and all - not a bad deal, would anyone agree?). Of course, I'll probably be moving it to Linux at some point after Apple gives up on 10.14.

I'm a very atypical case these days - I don't stream music, I actually buy CDs sometimes (often cheaper on Amazon shipped to your door giving you a hard copy backup and freedom vs buying the digital version they offer). I like to repair and upgrade older hardware. This kind of music player is right up my alley.

I'm not trying to complain. This is awesome. Maybe I'll buy it anyway just for whenever I get around to upgrading my macbook.

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Post by tailspin2019 » Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 4:19 PM UTC

This looks awesome.

I'm a fan of electronic music (house, trance, drum and bass, EDM...) and consume the majority of my music these days via podcasts put out by various DJs/producers.

I've often felt that people like me are not catered for very well with the current crop of apps. There are no "music focussed" podcast apps (at least that I'm aware of) and since Apple pulled podcasts out of iTunes back in the day, my music listening experience feels very siloed. I go to Apple Music for albums, and go to whatever my current flavour of podcast app is for the latest DJ mixes.

So... question to the developer - have you considered incorporating podcasts into this app? Specifically music-focussed ones... I'd love to have an alternative to Apple's Podcasts apps (which I dislike, but haven't found anything better at least on Mac).

On my iPhone I used Overcast specifically to organise and listen to my music/mix podcasts, and PocketCasts for all other non-music based podcasts. (I listen to a LOT of podcasts, so putting all the music ones in a separate app helps me keep things organised).

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Post by happynacho » Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 4:28 PM UTC

A couple of questions and I'll buy it.

1) Does it feature 2-way sync? ie changes on playlist/data/playcounts on mobile will also change on the desktop.

2) On mobile, when browsing inside a single artist, do you have the option to see all songs by a particular artist? Apple stock Music only allows by Artist then single Album and I hate it.

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Post by happynacho » Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 4:40 PM UTC

sentientforest wrote: post #3

jibbers wrote: post #2

Always good to see new apps for those of us who still buy and manage our own music files. Your app looks fantastic. Any chance it will gain support for macOS versions before Big Sur?

I was scrolling down the page, thinking, "this application looks great, I have wanted something to replace iTunes for years. It plays FLAC _and_ ALAC! I would love to pay money for this." But I don't currently have a mac running anything later than Mojave, 10.14. And the primary machine I would want to host music on can't upgrade past it (2010 Mac Pro, 12 cores, 64 GB Memory, 4GB GTX 770, 4 easily-swapple internal ha…

I wanna chime in to say that's a great Mac. You could use a patcher to get it to Catalina but I definitely wouldn't go any higher. That will extend software support life a bit more.

Re: Show HN: I built a better music app for mac for people who buy music

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Post by edwellbrook » Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 8:28 PM UTC

tailspin2019 wrote: post #4

This looks awesome. I'm a fan of electronic music (house, trance, drum and bass, EDM...) and consume the majority of my music these days via podcasts put out by various DJs/producers. I've often felt that people like me are not catered for very well with the current crop of apps. There are no "music focussed" podcast apps (at least that I'm aware of) and since Apple pulled podcasts out of iTunes back in the day, my m…

Thanks!

Can relate to feeling like there aren't apps out there that really focus on this specific problem. Happy to see Doppler resonate with a lot of people today.

I've thought about incorporating music-focused podcasts into Doppler. There's a lot of really high quality ones out there (e.g. Resident Advisor). It's not something planned for the short term, but it's definitely on my radar.

Good to know I'm not alone in thinking it would be useful!

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Post by edwellbrook » Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 8:31 PM UTC

jibbers wrote: post #2

Always good to see new apps for those of us who still buy and manage our own music files. Your app looks fantastic. Any chance it will gain support for macOS versions before Big Sur?

Honestly, it's unlikely. I'm gauging interest, and while there is some, I have to weigh it against the extra dev time (and other things like compatibility, support etc).

I'm just one designer/developer, so I'll need to see fairly substantial demand before I can commit to it.

Not what you wanted to hear, I know, but hopefully it makes sense!

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Post by edwellbrook » Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 8:33 PM UTC

happynacho wrote: post #5

A couple of questions and I'll buy it. 1) Does it feature 2-way sync? ie changes on playlist/data/playcounts on mobile will also change on the desktop. 2) On mobile, when browsing inside a single artist, do you have the option to see all songs by a particular artist? Apple stock Music only allows by Artist then single Album and I hate it.

1 — This first version is just Mac -> iPhone (Same as iTunes). 2 way sync is in development and I'm hoping to have it out within the next couple of months. Playlists, liked songs, play history would be included in the sync!

2 — Not right now, but please drop me a quick email (https://brushedtype.co/contact/) and I'll let you know when it's out!

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Post by bredren » Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 11:13 PM UTC

tailspin2019 wrote: post #4

This looks awesome. I'm a fan of electronic music (house, trance, drum and bass, EDM...) and consume the majority of my music these days via podcasts put out by various DJs/producers. I've often felt that people like me are not catered for very well with the current crop of apps. There are no "music focussed" podcast apps (at least that I'm aware of) and since Apple pulled podcasts out of iTunes back in the day, my m…

SoundCloud is good for sets still as far as I can tell.

Daftcloud is an indie dev paid MacOS app that wraps SoundCloud without the high resource overhead found in soundcleod.