![]() It was like half-painting and half-music making.I would know for sure if I were to get my hands on this software again and play it. And now that I look at the screenshots some more, I'm about 95% positive that this is it, because I remember the instrument icons on the left and the paint & erase options. When I first started this search, I actually asked her if she recalls having a music maker software on her computer, but she didn't know what I was talking about until I showed her the pics. And what do you know-she remembered it! She says that she used to play it with me and that we would make songs together. While it did look vaguely familiar and matched my description, I still wasn't entirely convinced it was it, so I showed the pics to my mom. It was around 2003 when I played it, so the dates match up. An Amazon listing for it says that it was developed by Sonic Foundry and was released on July 21, 2001. I googled it since it sounded like something aimed towards young children, and a few images popped up of the software's original packaging and some screenshots of it in action. ![]() Then, I came back to the reddit thread and saw someone mention a "Super Duper Music Looper". Browsing around Wikipedia and other sites didn't turn up anything, so I thought I reached a dead end. The few comments under that thread gave a few suggestions, but they weren't what I was looking for. What they described sounded very similar to what I played so I wasn't the only person who played it. I googled "kids music maker software early 2000's" and the first result was a reddit thread from 2017 of someone trying to find a music maker software that they played as a kid. The name of it had escaped me for years, so I decided to do a little research. My memory of it is very vague since I was so young at the time, but I distinctly remember it being very "kid-friendly" and simple. When I was around 5, I used to play this music maker software on my mom's PC that allows you to make music by combining prerecorded instruments together. ![]() What I'm about to talk about isn't exactly "lost media", more like old/obscure media. That said, I give this 3 stars for the vision and idea behind the app, but the implementation feels off.Hi everyone! So I have a little story to share with you all. I think it's a processing issue (so it may not be an issue with the app), but I can't recommend this if I can't get my own tablet to run this app without that slow down. Plus, maybe it's just my hardware, but on an iPad 2, when I would try and make a beat on tempo to the click track, it would slow down and my beat would be off time. So you're more or less taking shots in the dark to see what will play. Playing with this app offers that kind of experience except that this instrument/app isn't something standard like a piano keyboard. ![]() Imagine playing a piano without being able to see the keys until you play a note. This wouldn't be a big issue except that you can't see what the grid/note overlay is until you're already playing a sound. Now, it does look cool to see the visual splash, but without a grid overlay or some indication of what square you'll be touching, it's easy for a finger to slip away from the square you're working with and go to a totally different sound on an adjacent square. For one, the grid to play the sounds with is hidden until you play a note. And, to be fair, this app features a nifty interface, a few nice sounds to work with, and offers some cool visual effects.īut, as an instrument, this is a tough one utilize. After all, it's free, looks pretty slick, and seems kind of fun. As a musician, I wanted to try this app out.
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