ADD BASS DRUMS
This app has high potential. It would be 5 stars but they don’t have bass drums. PLEASE ADD BASS DRUMS IT WILL BE SO FUN!!!
Waiting
Glad somebody is making a Drumline notation app but this is missing a lot. Asking for $6 and giving the bare minimum was disappointing. While tools are intuitive they are not as detailed as the high premium would make someone assume. I haven’t seen follow up updates to responses from years ago and want to make sure this project is alive.
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Response from developer
On it! Truly
Good but why not the full drumline
This app is very good and I’ve enjoyed making beats that I like, but when it comes to making a full drumline cadence, I’m forced to buy another app for the bass drums and I am confused as to why this app doesn’t have one. This app is enjoyable but I think y’all could or should maybe add a bass drum feature so that people like me can compose a full drumline cadence or feauture.
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Needs basses
The app is good but I do wish that there were basses because there part of the drum line too
Great idea but horrible execution
So hard to use and keeps freezing/deleting my notes randomly. I’m so upset that I paid money for this awful app. Complete waste of time
Good but needs stuff
This is a amazing drum app, but it needs bass drums, able to merge/add different parts like different snare or tenor parts, aswell as add dynamics, aswell as being able to choose a part to start the music instead of starting at the beginning
app
why can’t i add an accent with buzz
Pretty good app
The app is pretty good but certain things i cant write like quarter not triplets is a vital thing that should be added but other than that its a very good app and I'm enjoying using it!
Nice!!
This app has enormous potential!! Please don’t give up on it!
5/5
I love the app! Maybe I’m missing it but I don’t see quarter note triplets :(
So much potential
Why did you stop updating, this app could have been so incredible with just a few more features
Response from developer
It is time. Thanks for keeping the faith and for the download!
More drums
Great platform for making drum specific music but there’s only two different drums. It would be better if there was a bass drum and toms, maybe even symbols.
Good
I love this app, but it needs one thing. Bass drums I think they would be an awesome addition. Good luck.
MORE RUDIMENTS
Great app that is simple to understand and effective! However, I wish the app had a wider variety of rudiments (pre made and smaller subdivisions).
Good app
Decent app would like to be able to double stack notes on tenor
Response from developer
You can using the note+ symbol!
Good app
This is a really good app I like writing down my ideas and cadences I already know and having the ability to pull out my phone and create something whenever. I have 2 suggestions, 1. Basses, this app only has snare and tenor which is kinda sad, plz add basses, 2. You should add a feature where you can combine all the parts together to create your own cadence and listen to them with all there parts playing together. Other wise, great app 👍
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On the right (a great) track for the most part
This app is the only one of its kind on the market, and I’m really liking the direction it’s taking. I believe that this app is well worth my money already, but I would say that there need to be signs of moving forward for it to continue to grow and expand its audience. A few things I’d like to see-
• Of course, Bass Drum and Cymbal notation (though this has been talked about already) • More export options (ability to change zoom level, measures per line, etc.)
• The ability to combine multiple instruments into a single drum break (this has also been mentioned before- something to note, though, is that you could add some sort of score feature even without having to implement the playback of them all yet- or choose to export a score pdf/jpg where you have a selection screen of your breaks and can select a break of each instrument type)
• More even playback - lower on my priority list, as it’s decent atm, but would be nice to have more precise timing at some point.
• (probably furthest down the road, I understand) Integration with your other app, Drumline- play general rhythms in Drumline (pre-specified tempo is fine) and have them roughly quantized to Break Creator (big, difficult ask, I know)
• Highest priority and most importantly to me- more communication. Be it on the Twitter page or a devlog/news section in the app, users need to know what’s going on, even (especially) if the news is that you’re going to be busy and won’t have time to work on the app itself. Give us a heads up so that we aren’t worried about the state of the app and its future. We won’t bite 😁
Great work so far, John. Can’t wait to see this continue to grow!
• Of course, Bass Drum and Cymbal notation (though this has been talked about already) • More export options (ability to change zoom level, measures per line, etc.)
• The ability to combine multiple instruments into a single drum break (this has also been mentioned before- something to note, though, is that you could add some sort of score feature even without having to implement the playback of them all yet- or choose to export a score pdf/jpg where you have a selection screen of your breaks and can select a break of each instrument type)
• More even playback - lower on my priority list, as it’s decent atm, but would be nice to have more precise timing at some point.
• (probably furthest down the road, I understand) Integration with your other app, Drumline- play general rhythms in Drumline (pre-specified tempo is fine) and have them roughly quantized to Break Creator (big, difficult ask, I know)
• Highest priority and most importantly to me- more communication. Be it on the Twitter page or a devlog/news section in the app, users need to know what’s going on, even (especially) if the news is that you’re going to be busy and won’t have time to work on the app itself. Give us a heads up so that we aren’t worried about the state of the app and its future. We won’t bite 😁
Great work so far, John. Can’t wait to see this continue to grow!
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Good app
It is a great app but it’s missing some stuff. It needs basses 😂, double stops on tenor, and multiple drums on one song. It’s an amazing app which helps my high school drum line. We love it!!!
Needs lots of work
This app has lots of potential. The only real other app for notation from drumline is flat and flat is counterintuitive. I think the only thing that will
extend this apps life is the communication between the author and the community. He is already doing this which is great, but the work is just beginning. This app is for finicky, new, and honestly just unreliable. Here are some things that still need to be added:
-Playback, diddles for some reason sound like different sounds all together. Buzzes, jesus.
-Bass drums- No bass drums.
-Battery- the ability to add two instruments together is non-existent. It’s a “Drumline Break Creator “ right? Why can’t I right for two instruments then?
-More customizations- Does anyone really like that mustard background? Custom tab should exist, instead of flipping back and forth.
DYNAMICS- Why? Why? Why? Where are the dynamics????
Tuplet Tool- I like the idea of preset notes to just drag in but I also need stuff for my own.
Hertas- Here’s something to try, go in and drag out a triplet. Now drag out another but put the note divider on the first note. ITS NOT THE SAME SPEED, ITS A SIXTEENTH NOTE HERTA.
I could go on and name soooooooo many more problems. This apps release should have delayed and still shouldn’t be out because it needs actual work. Wouldn’t recommend the purchase until the app is actually a reliable notation app.
extend this apps life is the communication between the author and the community. He is already doing this which is great, but the work is just beginning. This app is for finicky, new, and honestly just unreliable. Here are some things that still need to be added:
-Playback, diddles for some reason sound like different sounds all together. Buzzes, jesus.
-Bass drums- No bass drums.
-Battery- the ability to add two instruments together is non-existent. It’s a “Drumline Break Creator “ right? Why can’t I right for two instruments then?
-More customizations- Does anyone really like that mustard background? Custom tab should exist, instead of flipping back and forth.
DYNAMICS- Why? Why? Why? Where are the dynamics????
Tuplet Tool- I like the idea of preset notes to just drag in but I also need stuff for my own.
Hertas- Here’s something to try, go in and drag out a triplet. Now drag out another but put the note divider on the first note. ITS NOT THE SAME SPEED, ITS A SIXTEENTH NOTE HERTA.
I could go on and name soooooooo many more problems. This apps release should have delayed and still shouldn’t be out because it needs actual work. Wouldn’t recommend the purchase until the app is actually a reliable notation app.
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Response from developer
Super appreciate this comprehensive review as well as making a few suggestions. Feedback like this 100% makes the app better. I have a ton of updates in the pipeline and most of these issues have been addressed and or added. Bass drums and cymbals are coming but aren’t ready for prime time yet, as well as the ability to playback and modify multiple instruments at the same time. I have something cooking that’s pretty unique for this. 🤓 Fatfluffypuppy please keep the faith. This app is going fff in 2021.
Some problems...
So first of all i guess dynamics just don’t exist?? i don’t know if i’m blind but dynamics are kind of extremely important in drumline.... second of all when i play the music i’ve written it’s extremely choppy and doesn’t sound good, kind of like glitches.
Response from developer
Thanks for downloading! Dynamics are coming –it’s actually not hard to do it’s just modifying the master volume and putting the different dynamics in a draggable tray. The reason they aren’t already there is because composition apps have a ton of little features which means there can be a metric ton of bugs and ux considerations. I’m making my way through those, optimizing playback so it’s smoother at higher tempos (as you mentioned). Playback is 4x better than version 1.1 already. There’s also some setup I’m doing to prepare for basses and other surprises. 😃 Thanks again for the feedback and stay tuned for more updates as I continue to improve and build new features rapidly.
