Helio Workstation
Creative
music sequencer
SHOW HN2017
305points
113comments
#70of 2,242 in 2017
Top 4%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
20 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 5 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.
Idea: 9 for, 2 againstDesign: 7 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Beautiful, clean UI
From 3 comments
Beautifully clean, and simple! I've had my eye out for something like this, and I really do feel the other solutions are too big and clunky. That said, I think the font is…
dharness on HNAs a musician I must say that I love the simplicity, version control and workflow of this application! While as a developer I must say that I love seeing a modern cross platform…
ptrkrlsrd on HNLooks very nice, well done!
IshKebab on HN
Version control for music projects
From 3 comments
Finally a music tool with version control. I've been wishing for this to happen for so long! The first big player (Ableton etc) to integrate versioning will have a huge advantage.
hashkb on HNAs a musician I must say that I love the simplicity, version control and workflow of this application! While as a developer I must say that I love seeing a modern cross platform…
ptrkrlsrd on HNIt's beautiful and the version control feature is something I've been wishing for for a while. In the best case it'll probably still take a while till it is - no pun intended -…
cJ0th on HN
Chord suggestion wheel and circle of fifths chord entry
From 2 comments
I just had a play with this. I must say, my favourite feature so far is the chord suggestion wheel (dunno if this interface has a name). A lot of the time I feel like when…
zensavona on HNI love the circle of fifths based chord entry system. Very novel.
smrtinsert on HN
Objections
UI is hard to learn; lacks instructions and tooltips
From 2 comments
I like the idea. I'm a composer, and can never find a simple music sketch app that I like. Everything is either too complicated, too expensive, or some other kind of terrible. I…
psyc on HNBeautifully clean, and simple! I've had my eye out for something like this, and I really do feel the other solutions are too big and clunky. That said, I think the font is…
dharness on HN
Merging instruments into one track is a bad design choice
From 1 comment
As a DAW created by a single person, I must say great job. But one thing that stuck out for me most was the merging of instruments into a single visual track. As a person that…
baldajan on HN
Demo is too minimal to compare with full DAWs
From 1 comment
I was interested, until I saw the way too minimalistic demo on the homepage. If you call it a DAW with VST support and so, than just a demo of a piano piece with a huge piano…
uranian on HN
Requests
Improve UI and add tooltips
From 2 comments
I like the idea. I'm a composer, and can never find a simple music sketch app that I like. Everything is either too complicated, too expensive, or some other kind of terrible. I…
psyc on HNBeautifully clean, and simple! I've had my eye out for something like this, and I really do feel the other solutions are too big and clunky. That said, I think the font is…
dharness on HN
More built-in instruments
From 1 comment
Love the concept! Would be great to have more built-in instruments to try, maybe some could be adapted from LMMS? I also wonder which tools you used to build the UI. Good luck…
vincelt on HN
Trackpad pan and pinch zoom
From 1 comment
After playing with it a little, a few suggestions: 1. Make it possible to (inertial) pan and pinch zoom when using a Mac trackpad. This would be significantly faster than using…
archagon on HN
Android version support
From 2 comments
Looks interesting. Trying to install it on my phone gets me a "Your device is not compatible with this version" in Android's Play store. What is it you are doing in this app that…
alnitak on HNI installed it on a nvidia shield tablet with latest android 7.0 but it is stuck in the "starting the engines" screen.
fxj on HN
Questions
How to build on Linux
From 1 comment
How do I build on linux? Don't have debian.
webscalist on HN
How long the project has been in development
From 1 comment
After playing with it a little, a few suggestions: 1. Make it possible to (inertial) pan and pinch zoom when using a Mac trackpad. This would be significantly faster than using…
archagon on HN
Alternatives named
Reaper
From 1 comment
Looks a lot like Melodyne. And FL Studio. A "re-think" would be using depth of space to be able to go "in and out" like layers. It's a nice project and I hope it was gratifying.…
6stringmerc on HN
Studio One
From 1 comment
It's beautiful and the version control feature is something I've been wishing for for a while. In the best case it'll probably still take a while till it is - no pun intended -…
cJ0th on HN
Garageband
From 1 comment
I like the idea. I'm a composer, and can never find a simple music sketch app that I like. Everything is either too complicated, too expensive, or some other kind of terrible. I…
psyc on HN
FL Studio
From 1 comment
"Most of the DAW interfaces often seem overcomplicated, and they only tend to get more and more bloated over time." How much can you simplify the interface and still make it do…
ssharp on HN