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Highly recommend!! Fantastic Tool for songs, But Could Use Live Note Display
As a passionate bass player, I've found Songen to be an incredible AI music generator. Its ability to churn out catchy melodies and dynamic chord progressions is truly impressive. However, there's one feature I wish they would implement: live note display. Songen's intuitive interface already makes it easy to experiment with different styles and arrangements. But as a bassist, I often find myself wanting to know exactly what notes are being played in real-time. This would greatly enhance the learning experience and help me better understand the underlying musical theory. It would not only make practicing more engaging but also accelerate the process of internalizing different scales and modes. Despite this suggestion, I can't understate how much I enjoy using Songen. Its versatility and creativity have become invaluable tools in my musical journey. I eagerly anticipate future updates and hope to see this feature added soon. In conclusion, Songen is a must-have for any bass player looking to expand their musical horizons. With the addition of live note display, it would undoubtedly become an essential part of every practice session.Show lessClint Coates
New updates are bad
I’m leaving this here until it’s fixed… they just added a new ‘feature’ that asks you to confirm with a pop up every time you try regenerate the arrangement. Extremely annoying and unwanted. Hinders workflow. Not sure who would ask for such a feature, but if you just made the operation REVERSIBLE this wouldn’t be needed. This is easily the worst feature ever added.
How about fixing the bugs that have plaguing this app for years, or adding features that would actually make this app better, like being able to route MIDI out of the app in real time or making a VST companion app?
All the recent updates are disappointing and $8.99/month for this subscription is becoming more and more unjustifiable. I’ve been subscribed 2+ years and have really loved the app, but until recently, this app has lacked updates and a lot of the genres have become repetitive, or just combinations of other genres that already exist in the app. I’ve sent you guys feedback but I guess you don’t read it so maybe a 1-star review will change that.
It would be really nice if they finally fixed the bug that happens on export where the save window pops up again immediately after you save it, forcing you to close it every time before you can continue. It’s been going on for over a year with no fix. Happens on my iPad and my new iPhone and old one.Show lessmacdigi
Developer Response
Hi, First of all – thank you so much for the elaborate feedback. Our team has reviewed it and here are our thoughts on it. Annoying pop up when sharing the files: This is now fixed and it will be included in the next update. Confirmation pop up when regenerating arrangement: We implemented undo and it will be included in the next update. Before we implemented the confirmation pop up, we tried implementing a general undo feature, but it turned out to be tedious to be added after building the whole app without it. After your feedback we reconsidered this feature and decided to implement an undo button that is specific to the arrangements regenerating. This is understandably nicer since sometimes quick iteration is what makes sense especially with loop variations option. About the genres – this is something we have been discussing recently. On one hand, we see that new trending music exhibits combination of genres and new subgenres seem to emerge where such results could be reached by mixing existing genres but not quite. While we want to focus on kind of music that gets the most attention listening-wise, we also have ambition towards introducing styles that push the trends forward out-of-the-box thinking and fresh new directions. Luckily we have now in the making some interesting genre additions that are definitely unique and are not about creatively mixing existing genres. We'll look into the midi capabilities and further closing the gap between Songen and the DAW of choice.Really Handy for my music creation
I love this app overall and it’s very helpful to be able to listen to a progression in different styles.
My only gripes are:
Not having a way to import an already written out chord progression (even if it’s just text like C, F, G, C) so that I don’t always have to manually adjust them.
Only being able to rearrange chords in “lock chord progression” by dragging one at a time and how once you add a couple sections worth of chords the chord boxes zoom too much and are only able to show “…”
I do realize though that the purpose of songen might not be to put a full song’s progression all in one file. I figured the process was probably meant to be: verse progression song, chorus progression song, outro progression song and then group then under a playlist together.
It would just be handy if under “lock chord progression” you could maybe have the ability to create progression groups. The reason I’d like that is so the app could mess with the arrangement of the entire progression at once.
But those are just convenience issues.
Incredibly helpful app though!Show lessShanatenay