Poor UI and untrustworthy
The music is good, but the user interface is poor in my opinion. It’s not helped by the ‘help’ information, which is either incomplete or inaccurate. For instance, to get to My Playlists you now have to go through Select+, but on at least one video My Playlists is described as being on the main menu. To make matters worse, there seem to be bugs in the playlists feature. I spent a long time setting up playlists yesterday, only to find today that they’d quite disappeared, replaced by some old playlists from last October. What I’ve learned is - I don’t trust it.
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Great for performace but
a missed opportunity for practise. You can loop parts of a song to practise BUT you can't save it as a favourite and come back to it, you have to redo it everytime you start the app. Setting the loop isn't easy either, its really fiddly. Having to pay extra for things like instrumentation choices though...come on...
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Gute Musik schlecht programmiert
Die Musiker haben ihre Jobs sehr gut gemacht. Trotzdem nur 3 Sterne, weil die App noch nicht fertig ist. Es fehlt dringend ein Equalizer, weil ich die Bässe anheben muss. Und ich muss bei jedem Stück auswählen, dass ich drums und Bass hören möchte, das nervt und gehört in eine globale Voreinstellung. Da ich Schwerhörig bin und dadurch tiefe Töne nur sehr schlecht höre, ist die App ohne EQ für mich nicht nutzbar!
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Best quality backing tracks and great resource
This is an incredibly useful tool for practising my saxophone skills. The quality of the sound is unbelievably good, it’s exactly like practicing with a world class quartet, in my own practice room. It’s like Aebersold on steroids. Also useful for performing too and I can’t believe you get 150 world class tracks for such a great price, it’s amazing. What’s not to love!
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Awesome sound but there are improvements to make
There is a world of difference between Ireal and Quartet app sound wise. But the sad part is that 1- we have to be connected to internet in order to change the instruments, it would be nice to have the possibility to download everything and 2- we cannot choose only 1 instrument at a time (only bass, only drums, only sax…). It’s a pity because as already said, it’s a cool app with cool sounds !
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Super Jazz Playbacks - Super Service!
Phantastische Playbacks mit guter App Bedienung!
Klasse Service. Bei Fragen rasche Antworten und Hilfe !
Klasse Service. Bei Fragen rasche Antworten und Hilfe !
Accords
Ce que serait top c’est que les notes des accords soient affichées sur la mesure où il y a l’accord. Juste après l’accord il y a la place et quand on ne maîtrise pas tout les accords ça aiderait énormément. En tous les cas pour un saxophoniste. Ça ne devrait pas être trop dur à faire puisqu’ils s’affichent déjà sur mode piano
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Attenuate!
Nice tracks, but wish I could lower the output vol in the app. Like set a max limit.
Très bien mais des problèmes à régler !!
Son fantastique, mais ne pas pouvoir séparer la batterie et la basse comme dans IReal ni ne pouvoir régler le volume de chaque piste est vraiment embêtant
Good app but
Good instrumentalists and fun to play with but …
For an unknown reason all my edits, ie: key changes, metronome changes and instruments selections were wiped out. Also on Gentle Rain I can’t put it into A minor which is how I play it and it used to be in Quartet as A minor. Haven’t had a chance to check everything else out.
For an unknown reason all my edits, ie: key changes, metronome changes and instruments selections were wiped out. Also on Gentle Rain I can’t put it into A minor which is how I play it and it used to be in Quartet as A minor. Haven’t had a chance to check everything else out.
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No endings and lots off wrong chords, bad mixes and inconsistent mastering.
Like others have mentioned, the abrupt endings with no turn around are just bad. On top of that there are a lot of wrong chords and awkward changes. Some are exactly the same bad changes from iReal. In some cases the chords in the charts are not what the players are actually playing, for example, the Cmaj7 on Road Song is actually played Cm7, which is the correct chord, and there many other wrong chords in other tunes, like in some of the blues tunes charts are not what the players are actually playing. It seems like lazy programming. I cannot recommend this app to my students and fans. The mix/mastering is also not good or consistent, also noticeable is the out of tune bass in Ain’t No Sunshine.
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GREAT APP
Great play along app with good time feel. Using it for live performance.
Cool but horrible UI
The idea and backing tunes are awesome. But the UI is so bad it makes this whole app almost unusable and makes me prefer the midi iReal. Changing to tempo is a total pain because the markings are so small and it only changes one tempo point at a time.
Then there’s the matter of finding songs. The font colors are poorly chosen so it’s hard to read what you’ve typed out.
Also having all the tunes spread out over four apps is so messy.
Cool backing tunes but they should’ve had someone spend just as much time in fixing the UI as they spent recording the tunes.
Then there’s the matter of finding songs. The font colors are poorly chosen so it’s hard to read what you’ve typed out.
Also having all the tunes spread out over four apps is so messy.
Cool backing tunes but they should’ve had someone spend just as much time in fixing the UI as they spent recording the tunes.
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Please Dark Mode
Nice app , great job guys , excellent selection of jazz standards. BUT please make a Dark mode option for us that get blinded with that glaring white screen ;)
It’s very nice but it needs improvements.
As I say in the title, this is a very nice sounding app. The recordings are very nice, but it could use some improvement so here’s my wish list:
1. Add a tap tempo button.
2. It would be nice to be able to make your own charts and have the band follow in different styles.
3. Not all recordings are super nice. Most of them are, but for example, Fly me to the Moon the drums are horrible.
4. There is no mixer to play with the levels of the instruments. It would be nice to have a mixer.
5. You can only export the file to M4A format it would be nice if you could export to WAV file and MP3 which are more commonly used.
6. It would also be nice if you could export the chord chart as a normal chart or have a choice to view the chords in different ways normal chart or the default way.
7. You have a choice of having the Quartet playing, having Bass and Piano or bass and Drums, but there is no way to just have Drumms only Adding a mixer with alleviate this.
8. The endings have no turn around like a lot of standards do so they end abruptly and well… it be nice if we had the choice.
9. There is no intuitive way to play your personal playlists, you have to click the Edit graphic to be able to see the list you created also as you make your list it’s displayed backwards the first file you add will show up last and the last file you make will show up first. There is a way to rearrange the list but that’s an extra unnecessary step.
10. A lot of the swing files are really fast though they sound nice that speed may not be what the audience is familiar with for example A Foggy Day is recorded at 200 bpm when the most famous recording is around 150 bpm that’s a lot of difference maybe they should have two versions of the song the one they want and the bpm tempo of the one that’s the most famous recording. Like they have two versions of Autumn Leaves.
As for bouncing:
You can bounce to stems for an extra fee or 99¢ per song, it should really be for free I mean the bundle is almost $40 and each separate is $15 a lot of music apps allow stems for free.
All in all I really like it and I recommend it but hopefully they will be developing and adding these much needed features for free.
1. Add a tap tempo button.
2. It would be nice to be able to make your own charts and have the band follow in different styles.
3. Not all recordings are super nice. Most of them are, but for example, Fly me to the Moon the drums are horrible.
4. There is no mixer to play with the levels of the instruments. It would be nice to have a mixer.
5. You can only export the file to M4A format it would be nice if you could export to WAV file and MP3 which are more commonly used.
6. It would also be nice if you could export the chord chart as a normal chart or have a choice to view the chords in different ways normal chart or the default way.
7. You have a choice of having the Quartet playing, having Bass and Piano or bass and Drums, but there is no way to just have Drumms only Adding a mixer with alleviate this.
8. The endings have no turn around like a lot of standards do so they end abruptly and well… it be nice if we had the choice.
9. There is no intuitive way to play your personal playlists, you have to click the Edit graphic to be able to see the list you created also as you make your list it’s displayed backwards the first file you add will show up last and the last file you make will show up first. There is a way to rearrange the list but that’s an extra unnecessary step.
10. A lot of the swing files are really fast though they sound nice that speed may not be what the audience is familiar with for example A Foggy Day is recorded at 200 bpm when the most famous recording is around 150 bpm that’s a lot of difference maybe they should have two versions of the song the one they want and the bpm tempo of the one that’s the most famous recording. Like they have two versions of Autumn Leaves.
As for bouncing:
You can bounce to stems for an extra fee or 99¢ per song, it should really be for free I mean the bundle is almost $40 and each separate is $15 a lot of music apps allow stems for free.
All in all I really like it and I recommend it but hopefully they will be developing and adding these much needed features for free.
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Very good musical playbacks – good value for the money
This app (and the other 3 in the series) give very good value for the money (especially, if you buy the bundle!): the songs are played very musically from real humans, so they don’t sound artificial. It is just like you sit in with a band at a local Jazz cafe. The rhythm group is playing solid, nothing crazy, but give a nice background to solo for the horn players or (i am a drummer) give enough room for trying things out. I think the app brings nearly everything you need to practice with it - tempo and key changes, shows you the chords/leadsheet etc. THERE IS ONE THING MISSING: while you can count in, it would be great (1) to ADD A METRONOME/clicktrack and (2) put all different tracks/instruments/metronome to the right or left channel only to create clicktracks (i know, i know, real Jazz musicians do not play with clicktracks, but if your group has no piano player, the rhythm group needs the click)
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Great app - wish tempo changes were easier
Overall great app. One annoying feature - having to change tempos one number at a time. Would love a feature where you could type in a tempo or scroll quickly through speedups/slowdowns. Now it takes 50 clicks to go from 150 to 200 bpm! Otherwise, a wonderful app and a great tool for learning jazz.
Great content - awkward UI
Quartet review
The repertoire and musicianship of the tracks are excellent. However, I find the user-interface awkward and counterintuitive.
Playlists:
I can create a playlist by selecting songs once, but once it’s created, I can only delete songs or re-order them. I cannot add new songs to a playlist once I’ve created it.
It appears that playlists are meant to play songs in sequence just like other music-listening apps. But this is not how I want to use playlists. I want to use playlists only for organizing songs that I want to practice to find them easily in one list and pick one and play. But to do that I have to “Edit” the playlist before I can choose the song I want to play.
Tempo:
To change a tempo, I have to click on the “+” or “-“ buttons repeatedly to change the tempo one BPM at a time. I can’t just type a number I want in an edit window.
Contrast in search window:
When my iPad is set to dark mode - white text on black background - the insert-cursor, text, and the background of the search window are all dark making it difficult to read what I type.
Music Layout:
Music is always rendered as two measures per line. I’m used to reading four measures per line for standard 32-bar forms. Look at how iReal displays charts.
Window size limit:
I cannot resize the window to be smaller than about 90% of my iPad 15 Pro screen. This app’s window doesn’t need to take up so much space. The music chart layout could be much more compact, even if it were to render four measures per line. Again, look how iReal manages rendering a chart when its window is resized. It can be much smaller and still legible.
This app has good “bones” but the UI badly needs a redesign to make this app look and interact more like I’ve learned to expect in most other music players, since that is what Quartet is essentially - a music players that specializes in practice tracks curated by its creators. For this reason I give 4 starts instead of 5. I hope its creators will address these issues for the next major release.
The repertoire and musicianship of the tracks are excellent. However, I find the user-interface awkward and counterintuitive.
Playlists:
I can create a playlist by selecting songs once, but once it’s created, I can only delete songs or re-order them. I cannot add new songs to a playlist once I’ve created it.
It appears that playlists are meant to play songs in sequence just like other music-listening apps. But this is not how I want to use playlists. I want to use playlists only for organizing songs that I want to practice to find them easily in one list and pick one and play. But to do that I have to “Edit” the playlist before I can choose the song I want to play.
Tempo:
To change a tempo, I have to click on the “+” or “-“ buttons repeatedly to change the tempo one BPM at a time. I can’t just type a number I want in an edit window.
Contrast in search window:
When my iPad is set to dark mode - white text on black background - the insert-cursor, text, and the background of the search window are all dark making it difficult to read what I type.
Music Layout:
Music is always rendered as two measures per line. I’m used to reading four measures per line for standard 32-bar forms. Look at how iReal displays charts.
Window size limit:
I cannot resize the window to be smaller than about 90% of my iPad 15 Pro screen. This app’s window doesn’t need to take up so much space. The music chart layout could be much more compact, even if it were to render four measures per line. Again, look how iReal manages rendering a chart when its window is resized. It can be much smaller and still legible.
This app has good “bones” but the UI badly needs a redesign to make this app look and interact more like I’ve learned to expect in most other music players, since that is what Quartet is essentially - a music players that specializes in practice tracks curated by its creators. For this reason I give 4 starts instead of 5. I hope its creators will address these issues for the next major release.
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Eigentlich gut, aber…
Eigentlich ist das eine sehr gute App. Ich bin froh, dass es sie gibt. Aber für eine volle Sterne-Bewertung fehlt folgendes:
es fehlt eine echte Playlist. Es gibt zwar etwas, dass sich Playlist nennt, aber man kann es nicht als Liste öffnen. Man kann also keinen Song aus der Liste auswählen. Das ist unpraktisch.
Außerdem ist die Schriftgröße viel zu klein und es fehlt ein Vertikalmodus.
es fehlt eine echte Playlist. Es gibt zwar etwas, dass sich Playlist nennt, aber man kann es nicht als Liste öffnen. Man kann also keinen Song aus der Liste auswählen. Das ist unpraktisch.
Außerdem ist die Schriftgröße viel zu klein und es fehlt ein Vertikalmodus.
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Fantastic app
I just wish it wouldn’t force my phone into landscape mode.
