dot Melody App Reviews

Very cool. Great and easy to use, But. And its a big "but". A fat, fat, FAT BLACK "BUT" Your app is still just a toy if there are no triplets. If a musician came to me and said he doesnt use triplets, I would clockwork orange him into triplets. Bottom squiggly line, Triplets.

I love the design of the app but along with that is an almost endless supply of fun. Its also quite easy to grasp and for most part pretty stable. Add Audiobus to the equation, what you end up with is ingenious way of creating music.

Super fun and cool! Very inspiring! Easy to get some interesting things going.

Feature rich. Very programmable and musical. Midi out, and Audiobus really expands dot Melody. Nice work Dev. Would like Audioshare as export.

dot Melody is an interesting app that allows you to create musical patterns quickly and with a unique interface. The visuals of the app are interesting, but it can be confusing if you have a specific progression in mind to try and create that with the grid. Placing dots left or right on the grid changes the length of each note, while going up and down changes the pitch within a selected scale. Except that notes lower on the grid are higher in pitch, and you cant really predict what a pattern will sound like from the visual representation. You can create custom scales, and there are quite a few instruments, so theres some unique possibilities. Some people have compared this app to Propellerheads "Figure", but it seems a little more random than that. Basically, you just place a series of dots on the grid and move things around hoping to come up with something new. I do think this is an interesting creative tool, and it has tons of features including a note sequencer. Its just a bit of a steep learning curve, which I have yet to master. I also note that Virtual MIDI output is an intriguing option for this type of app, but it is an in-app purchase for $1.99. Not a huge cost, but beware of that separate purchase if you intend on using the app with other synths.

Easy to use. Fun to use. Works immediately without any instruction . The instructions help clarify some of the features on the program . Nice sound quality on head phones. Sounds great on the speaker system which I used through AirPlay. I understand there is a midi connection but I have not yet tried it. Simple to use and not difficult to make melodic chords and rhythm

Great music app. Fun to mess around with. I agree that time/progression can be a little confusing. I purchased the midi add on and Im confused on how to design a tone

It has a lot of potential but the learning curve kills it. Also the instruments arent that great either.

Has a great and different way of generating sequences. Making changes to the sequences is easy. And a great way of stringing chord changes and melodic sequences together. A modest IAP for midi functionality. All around FUN!

Crappy app. Bad presentation, boring sounds/interface/capabilities. Didnt even want to download it. For some strange reason when I tapped "details" while looking into this crap it selected "buy" and didnt prompt me for a password. Even now that I "accidentally" downloaded this junk I can very carefully and directly tap "details" and iTunes acts as if I selected buy/open. Something is fishy about that. Sure just get a few thousand people to think they accidentally downloaded a $3 useless app to gain a few extra bucks.

While rather limited as a standalone instrument, its as a midi sequencer / arpegiator that this app really shines. The interface/workspace is amazingly well put together and intuitive... Easily in the same league as Xynthysizr, Poly, and Arpeggionome (although not quite as granular) Well worth the in app purchase! Amazingly easy to create organic yet very pleasing rhythms and short melodies. A separate out for bass /drum/lead makes it easy to send isolated signals to multiple instruments.

This little app is a super fun sketch pad for any musician. I especially like how it promotes new ways of thinking about music, yet is still usable with traditional principles. Im addicted to the darn thing! Havent got the in-app midi rig, but am likely to-- just to more fully explore the app as a compositional tool with my full sound bank and Logic. Good Job, Guys!

I was skeptical at first reading some of the reviews...Im glad I got dot melody. It is a wonderful little idea generator that can take you outside of your usual rhythm. It is quick to learn, easy to use, and while I usually hate IAPs, this is worth it for the small cost.

This is a good tool. Its fun to use, has robust MIDI settings and versatility that could be used for many types of users, from starters to serious . With this one can use it as a quick go to app for quickly sketching simple melodies in a visual way, or use it to drive other synths or beat boxes. The built in electronic sounds nice quality and can stand on their own. The only issue I can think of is that its optimized for an iPhone up, therefore its sort of bulky on an iPad but a still very usable and fun! Developers: please make an iPad optimized version.

10 seconds in and I’m enjoying this app a lot. It really let’s you get creative while still sounding good.

My expectations were high for this app considering the other excellent work this design house has put into the world. This app (so far) is not impressive. There are pages of notes one could review, but as this is a music app the app should be judged by how it sounds, and the sounds are not great.

Another app with a description thats too good to be true. In fact, the description was written better than the app itself. The programs capacity seemed to me to be greatly embellished through the use of open ended, broad statements, which paint many pictures of its few features. The app itself produces little more than random weirdness. The potential chaos that comes with apps of this sort has undergone a type of stupefied taming process via the limiting of the number of instruments to a paltry three, all of which are definitively ambient. Im not saying that I hate this app, Im sure Ill be able to come up with some sort of use for it, however subtle that may be. But the navigation is clunky, the sounds lack punch & the track programming brings to mind an analogy of a being with a beautiful head, arms and legs, sans the torso. The sequencer is the torso and it is what ties together programs like this. Weak programming capabilities hold this guy back from being a powerful "all-in-one" and keeping it in the awkward "unsynth" category. I do see their artistic vision of a "new type" of sequencer, but they took the all important editing screen and randomized it, without any possibility of further editing. That in itself turns this into nothing more than a toy. Im going to take a guess that maybe 1% of all songs ever feature random instrument sequences. If I sound bitter, I apologize. Im trying to write a productive review. However I just keep remembering all the great apps I have in my collection that didnt cost $3.99. Yes, Im a cheapskate, but its all relevant.

Would be nice if it did though, along with a portrait orientation for iPhone.

im a figure-holic-- this app, while not as robust, is well on its way there, AND covers things figure does not (like automated alternate time signatures and chord-switching on the fly, as well as customization based on a piano keyboard.) im very glad i bought it.

Amazin unique input app. I recommend their whole iPhone/ iPad catalog ! Limitations are amazing. Perfectly placed. This promotes creative zen :)