Songcraft
Creative
songwriting and tab builder
SHOW HN2019
152points
63comments
#278of 2,195 in 2019
Top 13%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
11 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score +0.20.
Idea: 5 for, 1 againstDesign: 3 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Well laid out, polished editor UX
From 3 comments
Wow nice work, I haven't seen anything quite as well laid out for typical songwriter use. There are some good web apps for handling notation and composition but I haven't found…
shams93 on HNCongrats on the launch and on the UX/UI of the editor. There are so many great features and yet it feels simple and not overwhelming at first.
d0m on HNThis is a huge unmet need in the market. I have over 300 guitar parts recorded into iOS Music Memos, which does a decent job of automating the break out of chords played but…
JamCult on HN
Many tools packed into one app
From 1 comment
This is super cool, and the number of tools you've packed into a single app (metronome, tuner, recording, rhyming dictionary, chord prediction) is really impressive. Great job…
maximp on HN
Objections
Pricing is unclear, including the launch discount and price changes
From 2 comments
This. And somewhat discouraged by the seemingly imaginary 44% discount on the pricing page. Has 8.95/mo ever been the price? Is it going to be? Is this just a permanent gimmick?…
ry-n on HNYou really need to clarify the pricing quickly. As it is now, if I signed up for the $4.95 offer and it got changed to $8.95 after three months I’d be pissed.
ChristianGeek on HN
No song playback yet
From 2 comments
App seems extremely well thought out from first look, however, how do i actually play a song back?
underdown on HNHow to play a song ? I don't see any play button there.
revskill on HN
Unclear data export and handling of paused subscriptions
From 2 comments
This. And somewhat discouraged by the seemingly imaginary 44% discount on the pricing page. Has 8.95/mo ever been the price? Is it going to be? Is this just a permanent gimmick?…
ry-n on HNI think deactivating accounts etc works for some areas of productivity but the creativity is so fragile. When you're busy and you're choosing between turning on one more switch…
xster on HN
Requests
Full song playback
From 3 comments
Thanks for making this! This was my first questions as well. Can you ship the very simple form, and later ship the more robust version?
this2shallPass on HNApp seems extremely well thought out from first look, however, how do i actually play a song back?
underdown on HNHow to play a song ? I don't see any play button there.
revskill on HN
Rhythm/bars alongside lyrics
From 1 comment
I wish you could incorporate rhythm/bars on top of the lyrics along with the chord symbols. I've been playing guitar since 2005, and I still find it exceedingly difficult to play…
byproxy on HN
MIDI export
From 1 comment
This is great, I've got a bunch of hacky tools that do something similar-ish, but not as polished as this! Good work Feature request: export to MIDI.
Mizza on HN
Standard notation support
From 1 comment
Any plans for supporting standard notation?
lhorie on HN
Tab hosting and sharing
From 1 comment
The editor looks fantastic! Have you considered hosting tabs for sharing? It would be great to see a replacement for UltimateGuitar who despite having the largest collection of…
ioseph on HN
Questions
What sets this apart from TuxGuitar?
From 1 comment
What sets this apart from TuxGuitar?
lightedman on HN
What chord progression suggestions are based on?
From 1 comment
Out of curiosity, what are the chord progression suggestions based on?
iamsaitam on HN
Alternatives named
TuxGuitar and MuseScore
From 2 comments
I think the native platform is well covered already. Musescore and Tux Guitar (which despite the name is available cross-platform, not just on Linux) do pretty much everything…
0815test on HNWhat sets this apart from TuxGuitar?
lightedman on HN
Hookpad and RhymeZone
From 1 comment
Thanks so much! Yeah, there are some great tools for composing, and some good stuff for individual features (RhymeZone, Hookpad, etc). I was surprised that I couldn't find…
gabergg on HN
UltimateGuitar
From 1 comment
The editor looks fantastic! Have you considered hosting tabs for sharing? It would be great to see a replacement for UltimateGuitar who despite having the largest collection of…
ioseph on HN