Very interesting - thanks. Typing the notes is laborious. Are there plans to have a screenshot option that removes the tedium? Many people may use an iPad or phone rather than a keyboard so a presentation on these devices would be interesting.
@@terrytk9398no plans for a screenshot option. It would be extremely difficult to get this to work correctly. The demo was actually on an iPad (just in the simulator on my computer for demo purposes). An iPad with Bluetooth keyboard can be used if you want to use keyboard shortcuts. It’s pretty much as fast to do it on an iPad or iPhone without keyboard shortcuts. This live Instagram shows me doing it on an iPad instagram.com/reel/DABb-U6MLj6/?igsh=MWN3bzRtcmMxM2J4Ng==
It won’t have konnakol audio samples as it gets too complicated and the idea is it’s an app for learning and figuring out polyrhythms, then you do any fancy stuff in PolyNome. However, I may add the option to customise the column labelling so you could use konnakol for labelling the subdivisions.
The Pro version (Drum Sequencer) has all features unlocked. The basic version (Metronome) has a subscription to unlock some features (includes a free month long trial). Comparison at PolyNome.net/features
Wow, this is an old video!! The basic version includes voice counting of beats and bars. You can access it by tapping the metronome button at the bottom of the sequencer page and choosing Voice Count from the sound menu. If you upgrade to pro or premium there’s an advanced voice count feature where it will count a rhythm that you’ve entered
Pro has playlists (as demonstrated in this video) along with all the other features (voice counting, practice log, goals, etc). With the basic version you need a subscription to use those features.
@@PolyNome I love this app but the biforcated subscription plan is a nightmare. Nobody wants subscriptions, and you shouldn't have two tiers of pricing. Otherwise love what you do!
Hi Joe - great looking App 😊. Sometimes when gigging it is easy to ‘forget’ the intro for the next song, particularly if you’re playing in a new band. Could there be a way to, for example, in a set list play the first few bars of the song before the metronome count in? This would be so cool and give an instant memory hook for those oldies amongst us 😂. Thanks Phil
Hi Phil, you have a few options. What I used to do was program the groove I’d be playing (or the intro fill), and use that as the count in. Getting the time from the groove you’ll be playing feels much nicer to me than getting it from a plain old click. The other option is to use the new Track Markup feature and actually add the song to your playlist. You can trim the start and end points so it will only play the couple of bars you need. However, you would need to reach down and hit the Next button to start the click. You can use Apple Music songs (if you have an Apple Music subscription), or anything on RU-vid, for Track Markup. Be mindful though that you’ll need an internet connection for those to work. You can also use local files on your device, so if you wanted, you could create a small audio file of the part of the song you wanted to hear as an mp3 and import that as a Track Markup preset. You might want to check out this video I recorded with Ron Wikso of the Steve Miller Band for some other ideas… polynome.craft.me/using-in-a-band Best, Joe
Sorry, but I’m afraid the chances are very slim. It will work on any device that runs iOS 15. You can pick up a second hand iPhone that’ll run that for less than the cost of a Dr Beat
I've been looking for an app like this and haven't found it - until now. I don't understand. Where is everybody? This app is absolutely AWESOME. So grateful that the developer(s) has/have used their skill to produce such a wonderful musical tool. It's a musical dream come true. Now - if you will excuse me I have to go as I have to watch every video on this channel.
Thank you for the kind words. I’m glad you like it. Big changes (for the better) coming in a few days when I release the next update, and another big feature addition planned for soon after that.
@@PolyNome Exciting. A bit of feedback as an outsider in case it helps. Much to my surprise and delight you have built all the technology necessary to create whole tempo tracks for songs/pieces - with the exception of providing the ability to store non-linear tempo changes. If you managed to add a way to enter non-linear changes (I realise it's a challenge when one has a preset which repeats a number of times - could the user click on some icon within the preset as it displays in a playlist which takes the user to a separate screen where they see every repeat of the preset displayed as a timeline and where graphical tempo changes can be drawn/mapped? You obviously don't have to provide this feature for any presets which are set to "Loop"). Or is there a standard DAW tempo track format (not that I know of) which you could support importing from? (Or is it possible for you to import the tempo data only from a standard MIDI file?) I believe that if you added this kind of functionality that you could start to be picked up by churches who want to work with a tempo track for SOME songs but who don't need to use a computer and a DAW because they don't want to use backing tracks. I don't know if you can provide SMPTE lock or MTC (I imagine these are hard things to do as a developer!) - that might allow your app to be used as the timing host of a number of devices (lighting console - video server etc) - the whole thing run incredibly easily by the music director (the person in the church band who decides which part of the song to go back to and calls it out to all musicians). Amazingly you already have technology which enables the next section of a song to be spoken - this is exactly what church band music directors do.
@@philipbenjamin4720 I’m afraid it would be tricky to do that based on how it works under the hood. It’s something I’ve thought about though, and I may find a way to do it eventually. Thanks for the suggestion.
