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That is a very good point. If Apple did realise this, and toss even a fraction of their development budget toward IOS based music making, it would be a sea change.
For me it’s part of the same problem: Apple strategy.
Apple has changed is music and professionals focus to sell every year goes new iPhone to young and new markets (China and so). Our problem is part of the same big picture that started at Logic Pro/X, Final Cut Pro/X and so. Apple has shifted focus from those users into lower entry level users... until ditch totally the pro label.
iPhone X value proposition and iPad pro post-pc ads show this long trail strategy. Even when they promised go back (iMac Pro, New Mac Pro and Modular Mac mini) they are all lies. IOS12 performance improvements will be battery level and app switching but probably still glitch for music apps (prophecy mode: off)
So concerning to Ampify and other developers (like Korg or even Intua) they try to follow that trail and keep their income... but once again performance and feature roadmaps are wrecked (and let’s put aside subscription models...) which translates into glitching apps and priority list focused into the focused target. Not only EDM children but Fornite/Pubg rats... messing with APIs and iOS core services themselves...
We will see how iOS12 goes but Apple trust is on the lowest level I saw (even weird than Lion era) and trail pursuers are playing an All in on the Apple card which could make them losers if Apple f##k it.
Apple could revive from ashes since they have lots of money but music devs have the performance handicap and the lowest revenue of the platform. If Apple doesn’t take care of them (like in the past) we could see some of them go broke. iOS app on desktops could be a great idea to bring new developers into Mac or the last nail in the coffin for some desktop developers...
Outside the Apple platforms this is represented by problems with driver updates (Serato ie) or brands going standalone and ditching the platform (NI Traktor app, Akai with Mpcs...) even we could see new ones coming to iOS (like Ableton).
Prophecies aside and focusing in now as a musician iOS has flaws like some app market gaps, actual performance not suitable for live enviroments and unclear license model strategies (with full payed apps going subscription model and vanishing from the appstore or iAPs/packs etc) making the whole ecosystem (Apple) untrusty for professionals or semiprofessionals. Only prosumers (or well stablished pros with 5K to expend into iMac Pro) could handle this scenario since their income doesn’t depends on the platform (or can pay the ultrahigh pro Apple tax).
Side by side dedicated hardware has become cheaper and the reason to suggest Apple platform to friends has dissapeared (that time when Apple didn’t need professional sellers due every Apple user was the best reseller...)
Sorry for the long history but I feel Ampify is just a little part of the big picture.
This seems to me to be the crux of the matter - if you look back at earlier threads in which the dev commented, the impression given was that they were eagerly listening to the users in the forum. However, careful reading of their comments reveals they promised nothing that wasn’t already on their road-map, while giving the overall air of being keen to hear suggestions. It’s possible people are put out because of being misleadingly encouraged to take part in a project that seemed to be open to suggestions, when in fact subsequent experience suggests it was never anything of the sort.
Has anyone who is grateful for these taken the time to write to the developers to thank them very much for the gift of their free apps?
Or have you just taken them and gone for the popular vote on the forums by whining at the folks who raise issues with them?
Yes, and I have also thanked them by buying an insane amount of sounds packs that now make these apps the most expensive ones on my iPad.
No regrets!
Glad to hear it. Good etiquette there
Here is my take on Apple.
Fucking pigs.
Like a drug dealer or cancer medication regiment, they always find a way to make every move about some very tacky profit motive.
Beats headphone = Remove headphone jack
Roli "partner" = put any real midi refinement into a technology the MAJORITY of people don't use (MPE)
I have never saw a company in my life where so many people begrudge the manufacturer as much. It is actual comedy to a point.
Apple is like the cable or electric bill, a necessary evil and petty issue of having 1st world problems.
Ampify..............I don't know already.
I feel like there are opposing mindsets in the company.
One of a true music company the other of a "mass appeal and trendiness".
They send repeated emails asking about what "you want as a use"
To click and find out they only mean out of the 5 choices they have for me to say.
That sums them up.
Hey everybody knows I use nothing but Novation, so don't get me wrong.
But, at one point, I sort of started feeling a little less "excited" about their apps.
Which is sad.
Once again, 1st world problem of course.
I was a huge fan of Novation apps (when these wasn’t free I remark again) and even I have sent them, not only grateful mails, but even hardware mockups proposal and lots of ideas for app improving (like dedicated hardware for Blocs long time before they integrate export into Launchpad). I bought an entirely set towards those. Just check my instagram for some of these.
Then Launchpad start wrecking, iTrack dock stop working at some iOS update (now works again but I avoid updates) and I found some weird strategies like “knowing bugs not being solved but still marketing for those devices”. I can say post service from Focusrite is great but IDK how to feel about the novation>>ampify transition... so yes I’m talking on my own experience and I can prove it.
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Fifth (keeping the hope from my comment in such pic “Not the expected but hoping updates come in some moment”...)
Sixth (Take action by myself instead just moaning to add footpedal into launch control since ampify didn’t put external midi control in launchpad even as iAP and some of us need hands free playing)
Seventh (dealing with teensy to finish my launch control mod when...
...Some iOS update or Launchpad update with still glitches make me burn out and just go and buy an arranger and ditch the idea of going live gigging with Launchpad app and iPad.
First trying with old computer to keep the launchkeys
Finally selling all the novation stuff and buying a korg arranger
I can post you some old email with ideas and lovely words for them since I was amazed with the possibilities and first focus...
Conclusion: I still have the launch control basic inside a box waiting for teensyfication (or just pedalization) but since Launchpad/iOS11 had lost my trust I prefer focus on make music with real tools and time to time rant to prevent other users to fall into a trap.
I see your point but no, it’s not free ranting from free app users. It’s great frustration from huge long time fan being left in the dust.
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Not in such grovelling terms.
But then we - three okay men one fabulous woman - have each bought the apps before they were free, plus a huge amount of IAP’s, and two of us have spent lots of time beta testing for these guys.
Wanting already great apps to be even better, and a much stated willingness to pay for such improvements, is not a crime against Ampify.
I give praise where due and try to give constructive input where appropriate. Raising issues in a respectful way is one thing. I see way too many “these guys suck” posts with no support as to why. If @AmpifyxNovation literally promised certain specific things, then they should be given the opportunity to respond if they didn’t come through. If they don’t, that is on them and reasonable grounds to not support their product. If they indicated they would “consider” someone’s input then that’s worth the same as when I was working at a certain place and management said they would “look into” pay increases. Don’t count on it!
There was also a present on the forum from them, up to now no one from @AmpifyxNovation has chimed in on this discussion.
I used to use launchpad app quite a lot but I have been using REMix Live even more often these days.
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Remix Live has always had great potential. But for some reason they will not add state saving. Without that it is way too tedious to recall settings.
Oh boy. That deserves a bump
This idea sounds good @brambos
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A crown, there for the taking? Bring on Bramblocs!
I think the buyer has to take some responsibility, especially on iOS. In the beginning with Blocs Wave, it was a very inexpensive product by a company that isn't a small independent developer with no bottom line. There was never any guarantee what was to become of the app. They could have abandoned it at any time. They can adjust their marketing or direction for the app at any time. If they come here asking and answering questions, they're putting feelers out, not making verbal contracts. That's the real world. Anyone who buys a load of sound packs or other IAPs for a product that isn't already where it needs to be for their uses is taking a risk that should be obvious. The lesson is don't buy something that isn't worth the price as is. Know what an actual guarantee is.
My guess is that Novation understands that they're not going to make everyone happy. They may piss some buyers off by not meeting everyone's wishes. So they just do what's best for their business. I'm fairly certain none of us here knows exactly what works best for them. All I know is I bought Blocs Wave for what it was, not what I thought it might become. I generally recommend that approach, but for a few bucks, sometimes it's worth gambling on an app still in development.
You all got the wrong guy.
@Michael is the one already making SuperLoopy. You should see how that is going.
(Sorry about the “SuperLoopy”. Not sure of the real name.).
Loopy: Masterpiece Edition. It was announced as plans in 2014.
Shows these apps are big undertakings. People tend to focus on what apps can't do or what doesn't work as expected rather than what they're getting for so little money.
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Always interested to see what such a clever fellow does next. As this new app has apparently been in production since 2014, my expectations are high.
Bramblocs, however, if such a fantasy app ever became real, may well be developed as speedily as his other excellent products.
On topic I think everyone would be happy with IAPs focus on other features ( beside sound packs )
For example I love GrooveBox and would buy an IAP that would bring standard midi in features ,such as selecting midi controller and channel per module (and midi learn)
I am not a marketing expert but bringing features even as IAP that improve functionality would lead to further IAP buying .
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Makes sense to me. Adding to already great apps benefits all.
Agree totally. I would be very happy to pay for feature improvements.
That’s the point... these features seem doesn’t fit in their strategy!
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WOOHOOO!!
Sorry to abuse the nautical metaphor you've mentioned but the problem has to do with Captian Cook sinking the ship.
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As was the case in the past with Apple execs, if the course charted by ‘Captain Cook’ puts Apple on the financial rocks, he’ll walk the plank.
Arggghhhhhjh.