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toneman88

@deadpoetlive said:

@offbrands said:
Interesting pricing structure of Fugue Machine in general. I wasn’t into iOS music, hell making music in general until late 2022 but if this pricing is correct it was $5 for over a year.

Then just stays at the same price, the highest price point, for over 2 and a 3rd years. Just a wild pricing activity lol.

Has to the be only app that has this much of a range with little to no rhyme or reason. The epitome of just going off of vibes.

and on that journey from $5 to $20 would you believe, if my old eyes are still working, there wasn't even a single update. but I agree an 'expensive' app used is better than a dozen cheap ones that are not.

Just checked my purchase history. Seems I paid £3.99 for it in June 2016. I don’t know what that would be with 8 years inflation added, and I don’t know if that was full price or sale. I don’t think I’d pay $20/£20 for it today though if there haven’t been any updates. I’m sure there are other more flexible alternatives these days.

offbrands

@toneman88 said:

@deadpoetlive said:

@offbrands said:
Interesting pricing structure of Fugue Machine in general. I wasn’t into iOS music, hell making music in general until late 2022 but if this pricing is correct it was $5 for over a year.

Then just stays at the same price, the highest price point, for over 2 and a 3rd years. Just a wild pricing activity lol.

Has to the be only app that has this much of a range with little to no rhyme or reason. The epitome of just going off of vibes.

and on that journey from $5 to $20 would you believe, if my old eyes are still working, there wasn't even a single update. but I agree an 'expensive' app used is better than a dozen cheap ones that are not.

Just checked my purchase history. Seems I paid £3.99 for it in June 2016. I don’t know what that would be with 8 years inflation added, and I don’t know if that was full price or sale. I don’t think I’d pay $20/£20 for it today though if there haven’t been any updates. I’m sure there are other more flexible alternatives these days.

Forum heads probably represent the small minority of people who debate or talk about these type of things. I wonder if more units are sold at that price point. But who knows! I agree with you though.

reasOne

Fugue machine is great. Id buy it for like 8.99- 10$ and if it had all the parameters exposed to control with an LFO id pay more.
Its a classic tho. Everyone should have it

satchnut

@offbrands said:

@Gavinski said:

@ejacul337 said:
My bundl> @Darkstring said:

I kinda want Fuguemachine, but since a lot of other apps do what it does - just not as stylish - I’ve been holding out for a sale.

Which apps are like fugue? Only one I know of alternating playheads is mker, fugue machine, and there's another one...

Yeah, there's nothing quite like fugue, though you can often cobble together something similar using a few instances of other apps like Atom2.

There’s this patchstorage patch for Drambo as well. Works pretty well.

Fugue is super nice but for $20 seems pretty high for what it is. Like $10 more dollars you have a full unlock of Loopy Pro. Same price you have Drambo. $20 gets you Koala and every IAP. I don’t know just seems a bit much to me.

I bought Fugue early on at full price for $10-15. Thought it was a decent purchase at the time, considering its quality and the lack of options back then. No way I'd pay $20 for it now unless I needed that specific functionality. Even $10 seems a bit much now.

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@satchnut said:

@offbrands said:

@Gavinski said:

@ejacul337 said:
My bundl> @Darkstring said:

I kinda want Fuguemachine, but since a lot of other apps do what it does - just not as stylish - I’ve been holding out for a sale.

Which apps are like fugue? Only one I know of alternating playheads is mker, fugue machine, and there's another one...

Yeah, there's nothing quite like fugue, though you can often cobble together something similar using a few instances of other apps like Atom2.

There’s this patchstorage patch for Drambo as well. Works pretty well.

Fugue is super nice but for $20 seems pretty high for what it is. Like $10 more dollars you have a full unlock of Loopy Pro. Same price you have Drambo. $20 gets you Koala and every IAP. I don’t know just seems a bit much to me.

I bought Fugue early on at full price for $10-15. Thought it was a decent purchase at the time, considering its quality and the lack of options back then. No way I'd pay $20 for it now unless I needed that specific functionality. Even $10 seems a bit much now.

I think it’s worth a solid tenner but with all the midi sequencers out there $20 does seem on the pricier side. I grabbed it on sale many years ago for $10.

offbrands

@Poppadocrock said:

@satchnut said:

@offbrands said:

@Gavinski said:

@ejacul337 said:
My bundl> @Darkstring said:

I kinda want Fuguemachine, but since a lot of other apps do what it does - just not as stylish - I’ve been holding out for a sale.

Which apps are like fugue? Only one I know of alternating playheads is mker, fugue machine, and there's another one...

Yeah, there's nothing quite like fugue, though you can often cobble together something similar using a few instances of other apps like Atom2.

There’s this patchstorage patch for Drambo as well. Works pretty well.

Fugue is super nice but for $20 seems pretty high for what it is. Like $10 more dollars you have a full unlock of Loopy Pro. Same price you have Drambo. $20 gets you Koala and every IAP. I don’t know just seems a bit much to me.

I bought Fugue early on at full price for $10-15. Thought it was a decent purchase at the time, considering its quality and the lack of options back then. No way I'd pay $20 for it now unless I needed that specific functionality. Even $10 seems a bit much now.

I think it’s worth a solid tenner but with all the midi sequencers out there $20 does seem on the pricier side. I grabbed it on sale many years ago for $10.

Seems like the general consensus here in this extraordinarily small sample size is that the app seems currently overpriced.

Not sure how in touch the dev is with the iOS music app market currently, and for all we know they have more units sold at this price point than they used to at a smaller rate. Considering the growth of the market I wouldn’t be surprised and there’s a few huge YouTube videos that mention fugue machine and I don’t believe they mention a price so I’m sure that helps the sales.

In contrast I don’t love that an app like Samplr is $19.99 but it being a one of a kind sort of playable instrument, I get it somewhat. That and one of the largest artists on earth mentioning their love and usage of it, might as well capitalize on that free press and keep the price where it is.

I’m also reminded of the game Factorio on Steam. They’ve never lowered their price or offered a sale, except when their pricing was a conversation they upped the price.

I think it’s fair for devs to get paid what they view their product is worth, but a market that could be attained and could create and promote these apps gets lost at every higher pricing tier for people who can’t justify the pricing.

It’s all conflicting! Neon is a steal In comparison @ $5 I’m fairly certain I could get the same play style as fugues with two - 4 instances now that I’m thinking about it.

deadpoetlive

@offbrands said:

@Poppadocrock said:

@satchnut said:

@offbrands said:

@Gavinski said:

@ejacul337 said:
My bundl> @Darkstring said:

I kinda want Fuguemachine, but since a lot of other apps do what it does - just not as stylish - I’ve been holding out for a sale.

Which apps are like fugue? Only one I know of alternating playheads is mker, fugue machine, and there's another one...

Yeah, there's nothing quite like fugue, though you can often cobble together something similar using a few instances of other apps like Atom2.

There’s this patchstorage patch for Drambo as well. Works pretty well.

Fugue is super nice but for $20 seems pretty high for what it is. Like $10 more dollars you have a full unlock of Loopy Pro. Same price you have Drambo. $20 gets you Koala and every IAP. I don’t know just seems a bit much to me.

I bought Fugue early on at full price for $10-15. Thought it was a decent purchase at the time, considering its quality and the lack of options back then. No way I'd pay $20 for it now unless I needed that specific functionality. Even $10 seems a bit much now.

I think it’s worth a solid tenner but with all the midi sequencers out there $20 does seem on the pricier side. I grabbed it on sale many years ago for $10.

Seems like the general consensus here in this extraordinarily small sample size is that the app seems currently overpriced.

Not sure how in touch the dev is with the iOS music app market currently, and for all we know they have more units sold at this price point than they used to at a smaller rate. Considering the growth of the market I wouldn’t be surprised and there’s a few huge YouTube videos that mention fugue machine and I don’t believe they mention a price so I’m sure that helps the sales.

In contrast I don’t love that an app like Samplr is $19.99 but it being a one of a kind sort of playable instrument, I get it somewhat. That and one of the largest artists on earth mentioning their love and usage of it, might as well capitalize on that free press and keep the price where it is.

I’m also reminded of the game Factorio on Steam. They’ve never lowered their price or offered a sale, except when their pricing was a conversation they upped the price.

I think it’s fair for devs to get paid what they view their product is worth, but a market that could be attained and could create and promote these apps gets lost at every higher pricing tier for people who can’t justify the pricing.

It’s all conflicting! Neon is a steal In comparison @ $5 I’m fairly certain I could get the same play style as fugues with two - 4 instances now that I’m thinking about it.

and how about Rozetta sequencer suite ... all 10 apps for a tenner... :-)

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Don’t get me wrong figure is a great app, fun, useful, creative, etc… I use it. I guess I’m just saying the occasional sale would probably put it in a more reasonable position

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@Poppadocrock said:
Don’t get me wrong figure is a great app, fun, useful, creative, etc… I use it. I guess I’m just saying the occasional sale would probably put it in a more reasonable position

Heck I might have only paid $5 looking at price history.

busker

@Poppadocrock said:

@Poppadocrock said:
Don’t get me wrong figure is a great app, fun, useful, creative, etc… I use it. I guess I’m just saying the occasional sale would probably put it in a more reasonable position

Heck I might have only paid $5 looking at price history.

I'm sure you meant Fugue Machine rather than Figure, but I get bummed out when I'm reminded of Figure because it's such a fun app and it could have been great with a song mode and proper export options.

The whole Allihoopa thing ended up as a dud, and most likely killed all further development.

Simon

@busker said:
I'm sure you meant Fugue Machine rather than Figure, but I get bummed out when I'm reminded of Figure because it's such a fun app and it could have been great with a song mode and proper export options.

Amazing to think that Figure came out 12 years ago. But it is still in the app store and is now free.

Figure history here.

Poppadocrock

@busker said:

@Poppadocrock said:

@Poppadocrock said:
Don’t get me wrong figure is a great app, fun, useful, creative, etc… I use it. I guess I’m just saying the occasional sale would probably put it in a more reasonable position

Heck I might have only paid $5 looking at price history.

I'm sure you meant Fugue Machine rather than Figure, but I get bummed out when I'm reminded of Figure because it's such a fun app and it could have been great with a song mode and proper export options.

The whole Allihoopa thing ended up as a dud, and most likely killed all further development.

I did mean Fugue, apologies.

Yea figure is an OG app. It was one of the first that got me started with iOS music.

Gavinski

@offbrands said:

@Poppadocrock said:

@satchnut said:

@offbrands said:

@Gavinski said:

@ejacul337 said:
My bundl> @Darkstring said:

I kinda want Fuguemachine, but since a lot of other apps do what it does - just not as stylish - I’ve been holding out for a sale.

Which apps are like fugue? Only one I know of alternating playheads is mker, fugue machine, and there's another one...

Yeah, there's nothing quite like fugue, though you can often cobble together something similar using a few instances of other apps like Atom2.

There’s this patchstorage patch for Drambo as well. Works pretty well.

Fugue is super nice but for $20 seems pretty high for what it is. Like $10 more dollars you have a full unlock of Loopy Pro. Same price you have Drambo. $20 gets you Koala and every IAP. I don’t know just seems a bit much to me.

I bought Fugue early on at full price for $10-15. Thought it was a decent purchase at the time, considering its quality and the lack of options back then. No way I'd pay $20 for it now unless I needed that specific functionality. Even $10 seems a bit much now.

I think it’s worth a solid tenner but with all the midi sequencers out there $20 does seem on the pricier side. I grabbed it on sale many years ago for $10.

Seems like the general consensus here in this extraordinarily small sample size is that the app seems currently overpriced.

Not sure how in touch the dev is with the iOS music app market currently, and for all we know they have more units sold at this price point than they used to at a smaller rate. Considering the growth of the market I wouldn’t be surprised and there’s a few huge YouTube videos that mention fugue machine and I don’t believe they mention a price so I’m sure that helps the sales.

In contrast I don’t love that an app like Samplr is $19.99 but it being a one of a kind sort of playable instrument, I get it somewhat. That and one of the largest artists on earth mentioning their love and usage of it, might as well capitalize on that free press and keep the price where it is.

I’m also reminded of the game Factorio on Steam. They’ve never lowered their price or offered a sale, except when their pricing was a conversation they upped the price.

I think it’s fair for devs to get paid what they view their product is worth, but a market that could be attained and could create and promote these apps gets lost at every higher pricing tier for people who can’t justify the pricing.

It’s all conflicting! Neon is a steal In comparison @ $5 I’m fairly certain I could get the same play style as fugues with two - 4 instances now that I’m thinking about it.

I definitely had to do a double take when I saw the current price vs the (I think) $5 I paid some years ago. You could always send an email to the dev outlining your views, I guess? I also think he might make more profit overall if this was priced at a tenner, but I really don't know and that's definitely for the dev to decide!

Gavinski

@Gavinski said:

@offbrands said:

@Poppadocrock said:

@satchnut said:

@offbrands said:

@Gavinski said:

@ejacul337 said:
My bundl> @Darkstring said:

I kinda want Fuguemachine, but since a lot of other apps do what it does - just not as stylish - I’ve been holding out for a sale.

Which apps are like fugue? Only one I know of alternating playheads is mker, fugue machine, and there's another one...

Yeah, there's nothing quite like fugue, though you can often cobble together something similar using a few instances of other apps like Atom2.

There’s this patchstorage patch for Drambo as well. Works pretty well.

Fugue is super nice but for $20 seems pretty high for what it is. Like $10 more dollars you have a full unlock of Loopy Pro. Same price you have Drambo. $20 gets you Koala and every IAP. I don’t know just seems a bit much to me.

I bought Fugue early on at full price for $10-15. Thought it was a decent purchase at the time, considering its quality and the lack of options back then. No way I'd pay $20 for it now unless I needed that specific functionality. Even $10 seems a bit much now.

I think it’s worth a solid tenner but with all the midi sequencers out there $20 does seem on the pricier side. I grabbed it on sale many years ago for $10.

Seems like the general consensus here in this extraordinarily small sample size is that the app seems currently overpriced.

Not sure how in touch the dev is with the iOS music app market currently, and for all we know they have more units sold at this price point than they used to at a smaller rate. Considering the growth of the market I wouldn’t be surprised and there’s a few huge YouTube videos that mention fugue machine and I don’t believe they mention a price so I’m sure that helps the sales.

In contrast I don’t love that an app like Samplr is $19.99 but it being a one of a kind sort of playable instrument, I get it somewhat. That and one of the largest artists on earth mentioning their love and usage of it, might as well capitalize on that free press and keep the price where it is.

I’m also reminded of the game Factorio on Steam. They’ve never lowered their price or offered a sale, except when their pricing was a conversation they upped the price.

I think it’s fair for devs to get paid what they view their product is worth, but a market that could be attained and could create and promote these apps gets lost at every higher pricing tier for people who can’t justify the pricing.

It’s all conflicting! Neon is a steal In comparison @ $5 I’m fairly certain I could get the same play style as fugues with two - 4 instances now that I’m thinking about it.

I definitely had to do a double take when I saw the current price vs the (I think) $5 I paid some years ago. You could always send an email to the dev outlining your views, I guess? I also think he might make more profit overall if this was priced at a tenner, but I really don't know and that's definitely for the dev to decide!

Or yeah - even the occasional flash sale down to 10, similar to what Lumbeats does. This would be enough to tempt the ABF app junkies for whom 20 just seems too much, but who do really want to get this. I feel that would definitely net more money for the dev than keeping it at a static 20.

oldsynthguy

@Gavinski said:

@offbrands said:

@Poppadocrock said:

@satchnut said:

@offbrands said:

@Gavinski said:

@ejacul337 said:
My bundl> @Darkstring said:

I kinda want Fuguemachine, but since a lot of other apps do what it does - just not as stylish - I’ve been holding out for a sale.

Which apps are like fugue? Only one I know of alternating playheads is mker, fugue machine, and there's another one...

Yeah, there's nothing quite like fugue, though you can often cobble together something similar using a few instances of other apps like Atom2.

There’s this patchstorage patch for Drambo as well. Works pretty well.

Fugue is super nice but for $20 seems pretty high for what it is. Like $10 more dollars you have a full unlock of Loopy Pro. Same price you have Drambo. $20 gets you Koala and every IAP. I don’t know just seems a bit much to me.

I bought Fugue early on at full price for $10-15. Thought it was a decent purchase at the time, considering its quality and the lack of options back then. No way I'd pay $20 for it now unless I needed that specific functionality. Even $10 seems a bit much now.

I think it’s worth a solid tenner but with all the midi sequencers out there $20 does seem on the pricier side. I grabbed it on sale many years ago for $10.

Seems like the general consensus here in this extraordinarily small sample size is that the app seems currently overpriced.

Not sure how in touch the dev is with the iOS music app market currently, and for all we know they have more units sold at this price point than they used to at a smaller rate. Considering the growth of the market I wouldn’t be surprised and there’s a few huge YouTube videos that mention fugue machine and I don’t believe they mention a price so I’m sure that helps the sales.

In contrast I don’t love that an app like Samplr is $19.99 but it being a one of a kind sort of playable instrument, I get it somewhat. That and one of the largest artists on earth mentioning their love and usage of it, might as well capitalize on that free press and keep the price where it is.

I’m also reminded of the game Factorio on Steam. They’ve never lowered their price or offered a sale, except when their pricing was a conversation they upped the price.

I think it’s fair for devs to get paid what they view their product is worth, but a market that could be attained and could create and promote these apps gets lost at every higher pricing tier for people who can’t justify the pricing.

It’s all conflicting! Neon is a steal In comparison @ $5 I’m fairly certain I could get the same play style as fugues with two - 4 instances now that I’m thinking about it.

I definitely had to do a double take when I saw the current price vs the (I think) $5 I paid some years ago. You could always send an email to the dev outlining your views, I guess? I also think he might make more profit overall if this was priced at a tenner, but I really don't know and that's definitely for the dev to decide!

I paid about a fiver for it too, when it was released. I used it quite a bit, but there’s more options available for this type of functionality these days - for example I prefer using 4pockets Euclidean, or Harmony Bloom. Bloom is £9.99 full price, and currently £4.99 on sale, so twenty quid seems a bit steep in comparison.

Simon

@Gavinski said:
Or yeah - even the occasional flash sale down to 10, similar to what Lumbeats does. This would be enough to tempt the ABF app junkies for whom 20 just seems too much, but who do really want to get this. I feel that would definitely net more money for the dev than keeping it at a static 20.

Please also tell that to Olympia Noise Co. (Patterning 3) - no sales from them this Black Friday.

No sales = no sale.

yellow_eyez

@Simon said:

@Gavinski said:
Or yeah - even the occasional flash sale down to 10, similar to what Lumbeats does. This would be enough to tempt the ABF app junkies for whom 20 just seems too much, but who do really want to get this. I feel that would definitely net more money for the dev than keeping it at a static 20.

Please also tell that to Olympia Noise Co. (Patterning 3) - no sales from them this Black Friday.

You know what, that was a surprise - I think Ben should do at least a flash or limited time sale - everyone should have patterning 3!

Johnmayo

@yellow_eyez said:

@Simon said:

@Gavinski said:
Or yeah - even the occasional flash sale down to 10, similar to what Lumbeats does. This would be enough to tempt the ABF app junkies for whom 20 just seems too much, but who do really want to get this. I feel that would definitely net more money for the dev than keeping it at a static 20.

Please also tell that to Olympia Noise Co. (Patterning 3) - no sales from them this Black Friday.

You know what, that was a surprise - I think Ben should do at least a flash or limited time sale - everyone should have patterning 3!

Especially with the model of adding numbers to their new apps, instead of giving free updates or IAPs. 30 is a LOT for an app when people paid out for a previous version.

ejacul337

Bro- not having access to patterning 2 on iPad infuriates me. patterning 3 costs your first born child, and patterning for iPhone is just garbage on 3rd gen IPad.

Ben is cool and all, but fk bro- participate i. Some sales man. I check this thread daily for Fred's shit and Ben's P3 which imo is way better than oneshot.

yellow_eyez

I was waiting o. The FAC bundle too loll

U got good taste kiiiid

satchnut

Finally caved. Sending "odd times" grooves from Future Drummer to Jazz Drummer sounded too good to resist. And it is -- even without flex swing.

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So, I got STRNG- ran it thru all of my midi generators and it all sounded like shit, unless I use an actual controller. weird right?

So I loaded it up in MidiStep and it sounds absolutely incredible. I'm not certain why midisteps excelled where the other generators failed.

I haven't tried it in Harmonicer yet- but anyone have a similar experience with STRNG? Like I was super dissapointed, until I heard it in midisteps. Maybe it's hard to get lush sounds with it, I dunno. I usually use MODAL for string stuff.

ejacul337

@satchnut said:
Finally caved. Sending "odd times" grooves from Future Drummer to Jazz Drummer sounded too good to resist. And it is -- even without flex swing.

Let us hear