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With how many musicians use voice memos on iOS, this hits the right niche--somewhere between voice memos and garage band.

• JanNash 5y ago
  > somewhere between voice memos and garage band Nicely put :)
• kall 5y ago
  Interestingly, apple at one point made an app just like this called "Music Memos" but dropped it pretty soon. I think it has been partly rolled into garageband.
  • _red 5y ago
    "Music Memos" was the perfect 'recording snippet app' for me. I honestly think they let a diamond in the rough escape them. The tempo detection and ability to overlay basic drum / bass backing was brilliant.
• filmgirlcw 5y ago
  As mentioned, Apple launched an app just for that, Music Memos, and it was a great idea but fairly niche and not updated much over the nearly five years it was out. Apple discontinued it in December 2020. Fun (well, maybe not fun, but interesting) fact: when Apple was doing press briefings for the app, they managed to get me a quote from now-disgraced musical artist Ryan Adams (who was in the middle of a career renaissance of sorts after his acclaimed cover album of Taylor Swift’s acclaimed 1989), in part because they knew I was a big fan of his. It just feels awkward nearly six years later, but at the time, Apple was leaning really hard on the respected establishment community of musicians to push the app. It’s a shame it never seemed to have much life or uptick after its release because as a 1.0/MVP it was really good. And with just a few more features, it could hack been an insanely useful app for lots of musicians who naturally use Voice Memos to capture lyrics or riffs or other content. Alas.
  • earthnail 5y ago
    What are the features you would have loved Apple to ship in subsequent updates for Music Memos?