[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":453},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-5900772":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":29,"sentiment":30,"stance_mix":31,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":48,"post_text":50,"what":51,"said":74,"maker_in_thread":231,"shape":241,"grid":245,"attempts":414,"same_week":415,"maker_shows":43,"maker_hidden":445,"reader_version":446,"card":447},"5900772","We're releasing SoundBrush","An app that lets you draw music","title","Show HN: We're releasing SoundBrush, an app that lets you draw music","http:\u002F\u002Fgetsoundbrush.com","getsoundbrush.com","jayrhynas",1371577461,2013,155,64,114,1739,7,"notable","creative","music creation app","mobile_app",[24,25,26,27,28],"music creation","ipad","drawing music","piano roll","music sequencer","mixed",-0.009,{"positive":32,"neutral":33,"mixed":18,"critical":34},10,17,12,46,{"pricing":37,"execution":40,"design":42,"idea":44,"performance":46,"docs":47},{"positive":38,"critical":39},0,4,{"positive":38,"critical":41},3,{"positive":39,"critical":43},1,{"positive":43,"critical":45},2,{"positive":38,"critical":45},{"positive":43,"critical":38},[41,43,38,41,38,38,43,43,43,41,41,41,38,41,41,41,41,41,41,49,41,49,41,41,49,41,43,41,43,49,38,43,38,49,49,41,41,49,43,41],5,null,{"problem":52,"audience":59,"pricing":64,"motivation":50,"time_to_build":50,"stack":70,"openness":71,"stage":72,"team_size":73},{"value":53,"source":54,"evidence":55},"Lets casual users create music by drawing notes","inferred",[56],{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},"5901848","Drawing waveforms is a neat approach to visualizing music, but we decided to take a different direction for more casual users",{"value":60,"source":61,"evidence":62},"Casual users with little music background","maker",[63],{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},{"value":65,"source":61,"evidence":66},"Free to download with one free instrument; other instruments unlocked by liking\u002Ftweeting or in-app purchases",[67],{"id":68,"by":11,"text":69},"5901590","The app is free to download and includes all functionality and 1 free instrument. 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I also love the intro video - slick and professional, but gets straight to the point and gives an excellent overview of how the app works.",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"5901735","hawkharris","I like the interface, and the marketing website \u002F video did a great job of explaining the product.",{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"5903006","d0m","Probably one of the best video introduction I've seen in a while!",{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"5901509","fuddle","Its amazing what a good video can do to sell an app.",{"value":97,"source":78,"evidence":98},"Interesting concept of drawing music with touch",[99,103],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"5901291","codereflection","Lovely execution. This is the type of app that I feel Bret Victor is talking about, allowing you to explorer and create in new ways with immediate feedback. 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Make a lite version that presents the interface and…",{"value":124,"source":78,"evidence":125},"iPad only, no iPhone version",[126,127],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"5900953","lfuller","Really cool app. Are you planning to add an iPhone version?",{"value":132,"source":78,"evidence":133},"No MIDI import or export, so creations stay trapped in the app",[134,138],{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},"5901478","davidjade","Nice app. I find the overall color of UI elements to be a little too dark. Right now with a little room light reflections on my iPad I find it hard to see some parts of the UI.…",{"id":139,"by":121,"text":140},"5901808","Dude, why would you weld a nice responsive interface to the sound and sensibility of a cheap plastic keyboard? Make it work with Audiobus, rebrand it as a sequencer, and sell it…",{"value":142,"source":78,"evidence":143},"Chromatic notes sound bad; no scale constraint apparent to commenters",[144,148],{"id":145,"by":146,"text":147},"5901271","nsxwolf","I am not musical. This app has not changed this. Everything I draw sounds like crap.",{"id":149,"by":121,"text":150},"5901788","That's because it's chromatic; the smart thing would have been to let you pick a scale (a subset of the 12 notes that sound good together, and which are standardized)and then…",[152,157,164,171],{"value":153,"source":78,"evidence":154},"MIDI and CoreMIDI support",[155,156],{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},{"id":149,"by":121,"text":150},{"value":158,"source":78,"evidence":159},"Audiobus and Inter-App Audio support",[160,163],{"id":161,"by":136,"text":162},"5901773","ok, I see that Facebook isn't required now but it wasn't completely obvious to me. 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(I know this sounds like a job interview question but I'm actually quite…",{"value":184,"source":78,"evidence":185},"Is an iPhone version planned?",[186],{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},[188,192,202,213],{"value":189,"source":78,"evidence":190},"Animoog and Borderlands Granular",[191],{"id":149,"by":121,"text":150},{"value":193,"source":78,"evidence":194},"Figure, Looptastic HD, Garageband",[195,198],{"id":196,"by":113,"text":197},"5901241","The easiest one I've used is Figure (http:\u002F\u002Fwww.propellerheads.se\u002Fproducts\u002Ffigure\u002F). You'll probably want something on your desktop\u002Flaptop to pull everything together. Feel free…",{"id":199,"by":200,"text":201},"5902728","Tloewald","+1 for Figure. Looptastic HD is quite nice for putting something together with almost no effort.",{"value":203,"source":78,"evidence":204},"Renoise, Musagi, Sfxr, PXtone",[205,209],{"id":206,"by":207,"text":208},"5905149","zwieback","Renoise http:\u002F\u002Fwww.renoise.com\u002F (demo seems to be full-featured) is a little more complicated but pretty powerful. It took me a little while to get used to the UI but it's worth…",{"id":210,"by":211,"text":212},"5902330","Avshalom","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.drpetter.se\u002Fprojects.html Musagi and Sfxr were both created essentially for making basic game music and http:\u002F\u002Fhp.vector.co.jp\u002Fauthors\u002FVA022293\u002Fpxtone\u002Findex.html…",{"value":214,"source":78,"evidence":215},"Hyperscore, SoundBow, FL Studio (FruityLoops), TuxGuitar",[216,219,223,227],{"id":217,"by":211,"text":218},"5902364","Hyperscore was my first thought https:\u002F\u002Fhyperscore.wordpress.com\u002F Though in the intervening years (6 shit!) it appears to have gone from a cute mit tech demo to a commercial…",{"id":220,"by":221,"text":222},"5901589","incision","Reminds me of SoundBow [0]. 0: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.binaura.net\u002Fstc\u002Fwrx\u002Fsoundbow\u002F",{"id":224,"by":225,"text":226},"5903450","woah","HHmm reminds me of fruity loops",{"id":228,"by":229,"text":230},"5904470","arc_of_descent","I've recently started to compose music, and nothing beats the simple notation software like TuxGuitar. 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