Sublime & with Signs of Life
I’ve used Staffpad since it premiered on Windows ten years ago. It’s one-of-a-kind software with an extraordinary amount of thought put into the design. The interface appears simple but conceals an extraordinary amount of power, designed for composers who want to *write* rather than fiddle with notation software — there has, alas, been a ‘long dark night of soul’ following Staffpad’s acquisition by the Muse Group, with 3 years passing with no updates and mounting technical problems; but recently it seems momentum has returned. This gladdens me greatly. In the future, I would love to see (and throw money at) 1) a paginated editing mode, where within a zoom level, you could swipe between screens (the way it currently works in paginated playback); this would remove the annoyance of the score scrolling/zooming out from under you while trying to write. 2) formal integration with MuseScore, e.g. write in staffpad on iPad, then push to MuseScore on desktop to tidy up the notation.
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Pprofessorwug
I am in tears out of frustration
No matter what I do or how I draw them, accidentals will not be recognized. They just vanish. Transposition won’t work either for this purpose because I cannot control which accidental is used and it always seems to be the least logical selection (I’m in a flat key like FM, I say to transpose an E down one half step, and it nonsensically chooses to notate that as D#).
The fact that there’s no way to manually get around instances where handwriting is not recognized is INSANE. If my pencil strokes aren’t perfect (even if I’m copying the tutorial exactly) I’m just stuck with nowhere to go.
I cannot believe I spent so much money on this; I am genuinely furious.
The fact that there’s no way to manually get around instances where handwriting is not recognized is INSANE. If my pencil strokes aren’t perfect (even if I’m copying the tutorial exactly) I’m just stuck with nowhere to go.
I cannot believe I spent so much money on this; I am genuinely furious.
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JJ_borgs
Great app
I have genuinely loved this app! This really got me to writing music faster. I been using this app for 4 years now and I love composing on it and can’t do it any other way anymore. If you are someone who wants to sketch things out quickly or wants to write on the go, this app is great for that.
Aadrianahg89
Doesn’t launch
Crashes on launch on my old iPad though it is listed as compatible
WWyvern132
Still Crazy Unusable After All These Years
They promised the moon. I took the bait, paid their exorbitant amount, and couldn't make sharps and flats. Then they ghosted their users for two years.
Finally, an update. Which still doesn't work. A perfect example of overpromise, overcharge, then contemptuously fail to deliver.
Finally, an update. Which still doesn't work. A perfect example of overpromise, overcharge, then contemptuously fail to deliver.
OPoleander parks
