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If anyone wants to mess around with “drawable” notation (along the lines of the “avant-garde” section), I made an iPad app called Composer’s Sketchpad[1] that l

If anyone wants to mess around with “drawable” notation (along the lines of the “avant-garde” section), I made an iPad app called Composer’s Sketchpad[1] that lets you do just that. You can use it to sketch out complicated solos or mess around with microtonal music in a way that ordinary notation does not permit. I really need to give it a nice 2.0 makeover with full MIDI in/out, but making money on esoteric App Store software is hard! [1]: http://composerssketchpad.com http://composerssketchpad.com Bonus devblog: http://archagon.net/2016/02/05/composers-sketchpad/ http://archagon.net/2016/02/05/composers-sketchpad/

baldfat 9y ago
> but making money on esoteric App Store software is hard! You mean "but making money on App Store software is hard!"
- hellofunk 9y ago
  You mean "but making money on software is hard!"
- archagon 9y ago
  Yeah, but especially when your app costs money, is targeted at a niche audience, and doesn't have a good way to do continuous updates or IAP!
evincarofautumn 9y ago
This reminds me of Hyperscore[1], originally a project from the MIT Media Lab[2]. Had you heard of it before? If not, perhaps you could use it as a source of inspiration. I spent many enjoyable hours playing around with it before discovering other composition software such as Anvil Studio and FL Studio. [1]: https://hyperscore.wordpress.com/ https://hyperscore.wordpress.com/ [2]: https://www.media.mit.edu/research/groups/1450/hyperscore https://www.media.mit.edu/research/groups/1450/hyperscore
- archagon 9y ago
  Yeah, it came up a few times! (Although I only found out about it after having already implemented the core of the app.) There are also things like fluXpad[1] which are much better suited for professional use, but at the same time far more limited in terms of expressiveness. [1]: http://mominstruments.com/fluxpad/ http://mominstruments.com/fluxpad/

baldfat 9y ago

> but making money on esoteric App Store software is hard! You mean "but making money on App Store software is hard!"

hellofunk 9y ago
You mean "but making money on software is hard!"
archagon 9y ago
Yeah, but especially when your app costs money, is targeted at a niche audience, and doesn't have a good way to do continuous updates or IAP!

evincarofautumn 9y ago

This reminds me of Hyperscore[1], originally a project from the MIT Media Lab[2]. Had you heard of it before? If not, perhaps you could use it as a source of inspiration. I spent many enjoyable hours playing around with it before discovering other composition software such as Anvil Studio and FL Studio. [1]: https://hyperscore.wordpress.com/ https://hyperscore.wordpress.com/ [2]: https://www.media.mit.edu/research/groups/1450/hyperscore https://www.media.mit.edu/research/groups/1450/hyperscore

archagon 9y ago
Yeah, it came up a few times! (Although I only found out about it after having already implemented the core of the app.) There are also things like fluXpad[1] which are much better suited for professional use, but at the same time far more limited in terms of expressiveness. [1]: http://mominstruments.com/fluxpad/ http://mominstruments.com/fluxpad/