Dated amusement
It's not a bad app, but it is *very* old, from the nascent days of iOS music making. May have provided some novelty back then, but it has little value today.
I have been looking for something this intuitive for decades
Thank you. I am breathing sighs of relief that I finally feel like I can work my music into something digital. I have been working musically for decades and have tried every program and app trying to find something that could intuitively work for the way my mind works. I am likely to buy the rest of your apps. I rarely want to invest in music software because they feel so unintuitive for me. So so so grateful this exists. Thank you. 🙏🏻
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Whack.. but doesn’t need to be.
Firstly, I adore Patterning and have all of the devs apps, Dot Melody is dope, had some great elements, sounds, capabilities- but the inability to quickly export midi and wav is absolutely missing and makes this app a pass for any suggestions. Audiobus recording is garbage- we need the ability to export our saves, otherwise- this was completely pointless and could have purchased something worthwhile.
Removing from device(s)
Removing from device(s)
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Needs AU3
It is a shame that such a nice app, with huge potential has been neglected. If this was AU3 it would have a whole new lease of life, inspiring sonic imaginations.
AUv3 Pretty Please?
It’s wonderful and creative but adding AUv3 makes a workflow gem. Hoping…
Creative Freedom
This app is so cool, You don’t really need to learn anything. Such an intuitive app, I was creating music that I would otherwise never have conceived. If your a fan generative or ambient music, you will love this. Excellent App!!!
Kudos to the developer
Kudos to the developer
Nice melody generator
It’s fun!
It works again!
The latest update fixed the crashes I was experiencing in iOS 11. I’m so happy that the dev is still supporting this wonderful app!
Such a cool little sequencer but...
The internal sounds are whatever...but I come up with such cool melodies that I'd never come up with otherwise. This is so close to perfect, what it needs is A) external midi control... so you can send chord and sequences changes to keep things tight.B) Also, as I said, the external sounds are whatever, and I don't have much use for a monophonic drum sequencer, so it would be cool if you could set the green track to behave like the regular melodic tracks when sending midi out. C) Also, the ability to transpose up and down octaves when sending midi would be awesome as well. Add that and this goes from a great app to a 5 star, genius level tool for coming up with crazy inhuman melodies.
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Original mobile groovebox
Olympia Noise Co are true innovators in software musical instruments. They have a track record consisting of the outstanding Patterning drum sequencer as well as Ribbon (fka Ondes) and Chordion.
dot Melody is a stripped back groovebox with a twist, the sequencer's interface is activated by a blank grid where you drop, tap and drag interconnected dots.
Like Allihoopa's Figure, dot Melody may feel like too much of a toy on an iPad, on the iPhone it makes much more sense as a simple sketch pad for tight moments. Ideal for commuting or being creative in private spaces (ahem.) With its preset sounds you can focus on song structures and progressions with its easy to use pattern bank.
However like Figure, it would be greatly improved with a export or multichannel record feature like say in ElasticDrums or audio output per channel like in Patterning.
Then the sketches whipped up on your tea break could be uploaded to dissected and fleshed out on a DAW.
Apps like this are often caught in a space where they conform to a preset ecosystem making them feel like toys but for them to evolve into bridges to professional tools, these kinds of exports could be great outlets.
But toys are fun and the appeal of dot Melody is its dot chaining interface, a new way to play music. A huge feature is that it can even be used as a 3 channel MIDI controller for other apps or with the help of a MIDI interface could be used to control 3 hardware instruments!
Olympia Noise Co deserve recognition along side developers like apeSoft for really pushing the boundaries of creating music on tablets and smartphones.
dot Melody is a stripped back groovebox with a twist, the sequencer's interface is activated by a blank grid where you drop, tap and drag interconnected dots.
Like Allihoopa's Figure, dot Melody may feel like too much of a toy on an iPad, on the iPhone it makes much more sense as a simple sketch pad for tight moments. Ideal for commuting or being creative in private spaces (ahem.) With its preset sounds you can focus on song structures and progressions with its easy to use pattern bank.
However like Figure, it would be greatly improved with a export or multichannel record feature like say in ElasticDrums or audio output per channel like in Patterning.
Then the sketches whipped up on your tea break could be uploaded to dissected and fleshed out on a DAW.
Apps like this are often caught in a space where they conform to a preset ecosystem making them feel like toys but for them to evolve into bridges to professional tools, these kinds of exports could be great outlets.
But toys are fun and the appeal of dot Melody is its dot chaining interface, a new way to play music. A huge feature is that it can even be used as a 3 channel MIDI controller for other apps or with the help of a MIDI interface could be used to control 3 hardware instruments!
Olympia Noise Co deserve recognition along side developers like apeSoft for really pushing the boundaries of creating music on tablets and smartphones.
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Truly innovative
Olympia is definitely on the forefront of the most interesting and innovative interface designs out there today.
The most easy music software for none musiciens
I have always wanted to learn and make music, and never got it, now with this software I start understanding right away. This software worth every penny. I just wish they will make more software with different sound... Thanks guy beautiful work
Intriguing
A really elegant UI, and an interesting set of constraints for creating tunes.
Terrific fun awesome
It is so much fun making music with your programs
DOTS da "T"
Only my 2 or 3 review but this little twinkle bot rhythm and melody matrix is more than it seems. If you are interested in ethereal bit or any non mainstream electronic music this is a buy. Link and Audiobus ready and also secret but has midi out and can be used like a generative sequencer on 3 diff models midi channels.
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Awesome
Love this app! Really good to play around with ideas then connect to any soft synth or Daw! Ace👍
Unique
Forces you to approach music a bit differently, which is always good. I still can't always predict what a pattern will sound like based on how it looks. It seemed like more of a toy before but Link integration makes this into an instrument you can actually jam with, and because it's so unique, it can push you in weird directions.
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Almost perfect for what it is!
Thank you sooo much for giving this the iPad love!
Only thing I'd ask for is the option to have chord changes synced to bar changes for smoother transitions.
Oh, and the ability to trigger chord and track changes via midi.
Bravo Ben! Great work as usual!
Only thing I'd ask for is the option to have chord changes synced to bar changes for smoother transitions.
Oh, and the ability to trigger chord and track changes via midi.
Bravo Ben! Great work as usual!
Joy
Joy
Love this app
Glad you made it iPad compatible!
