sequencism 4+

This app is another take on a method for playing with song ideas based on chord progressions and scales. There are many apps that do various aspects of this but this one attempts to simplify the user interface and streamline it. I think it works well in that regard. This is why I rate it highly. I does exactly what it says it will for you.

Like almost all other apps in this class it does a poor job of allowing you to import/transfer your work from other apps. It has a very minimal MIDI file reader that does not even know how to break a file down into tracks. It just dumps all the note data into one track. I would love to see an approach to reading MIDI files in this app like the one in Synthesia but with more control and auto detection of key changes and chord progressions. There is no app that I can find that does this so it might provide a nice reason to spend $$$ on this app. I would be happy to pay for an app extension that does MIDI file import and true analysis and mining of good “ideas” in a MIDI file. Bonus point for support of those old “INS” instrument definition files as a way to translate the MIDI data.

Also - support for the SFZ standard would be nice.

In fact, it’s good. It’s just not anything you might want in your head, but thats not where we’re at. As someone who is garbage at making apps but understands the struggle for doing, thanks so much for giving this project of yours for free. Keep it up.

This app is very user friendly and useful for sketching out music ideas. I like that in addition to built in sound fonts you can also load in AU instruments from other apps. Thank you to the generous developer for sharing this tool for free.