Fantastic App
I bought this app many years ago but still come back to it time and again. It’s also a very solid and stable app.
Great App for students!
Custom pattern entry is slow and confusing
After half an hour of struggling to enter a single measure of rythmn dictation, I gave up. It’s easier to do it by hand.
Maybe this app is better at showing example rhythm, seems geared towards British music curriculum. I didn’t look at that very much because I just wanted a quick tool to check rythmn dictation.
Response from developer
Hello, coldnebo, Thank you for your review. Feel free to use the Contact page at https://www.rhythmlab-app.com/contact/ with any concerns - I'm more than willing to help you. There are help pages with explanations of how to use the Custom Screen Insert Mode (https://www.rhythmlab-app.com/knowledge-base/screens/custom-screen/custom-screen-insert-mode/_ , and the Edit, and Measure Tools (https://www.rhythmlab-app.com/knowledge-base/screens/custom-screen/custom-screen-editing/). They are actually not difficult, and are designed to be quick. Placement of the cursor in Insert mode is done with a quick tap, while insert is done with a long press. Edit mode uses a drag of the finger anywhere in the white space to select any contiguous group of notes, which produces the standard edit context menu. Measure editing simply requires a tap inside the measure you want to edit. Please contact me to explain what you mean about beams being inaccurate. Beaming is done in Edit Mode, and is completely dependent upon the user's choice of which notes to beam or flag. Tuplets follow the MusicXML convention of replacing the "normal" number of notes (for example, two 8th notes) with an "actual" number of notes (for example, three 8th-note tuplets). You would need to send me a screenshot of a 16th-note triplet reverting to an eighth note, because I am unable to reproduce that. If it's a bug that you've discovered, I'd appreciate the opportunity to find it and fix it. Otherwise, I have no idea what you are referring to. I will be producing a video soon to demonstrate actual examples of editing functions and it will be placed with the growing number of help / quick tip videos. Perhaps an in-app tutorial screen on the Custom Screen would also be helpful.
Great
Fine for 1 handed rhythms, not good for 2 handed rhythms
The rh line doesn’t capture the full note length when you are holding down your finger on the pad. The lh line does the opposite and registers a fully held note value when you’ve lifted your finger after a tap.
I’ve cleaned the screen, and I’ve used the iPad in different orientations and the same issues present, so it’s not a problem with my touch screen
