It would be better if they made better use of double-tapping in the space next to a chord to add a new one, and double-tapping an entered chord to allow one to make changes to it. You can’t drag entered chords into different positions and adding and changing chords require a trip to the top menu. You can print or email your tabs from the app. You can open the progressions between iOS and OSX which is cool. You can save your little progressions for later work. And when each chord plays, the tab symbol wiggles in a friendly way. It’s pretty bare-bones: no tempo and you can’t choose to play one chord for 1 beat then the next for 3, but you’ll get a sense of what it’ll sound like. After you put in some chords, you can play them back with a guitar sound or a piano sound. Give ChordMate3 your key and a chord, and it’ll give you some suggestions for the next chord. We also looked at Harmonic Sense‘s ChordMate 3 for OSX and iOS and the OSX only Songs Pro. ![]() You can download free demo versions of TuneSmith and Rhyme Genie at their site so you’ll have nothing to lose: ![]() ![]() It would be nice if there was an “audio scrubbing” feature on attached audio files so you could find just the section you want, but that’s probably a fairly complicated thing to add. Pasting to NotePad on Windows and a text only program on the OSX, then copying from that to paste into TuneSmith (and really any other program) clears up all the cruft that comes from Word. Nicely done!Ī couple of rough edges: it requires QuickTime on the PC (which is free from Apple, and if you copy from Word, results can be a bit unpredictable since Word includes all its wacky formatting codes when copying. If idolumic creates an iOS version where you can access all this info while you’re out and about, this might be the must have APP for anyone serious of their songwriting business. TuneSmith helps you keep a list of your musical contacts, your songs and meta info about them (time, who played on them) attach sound files to the entry and even keeps a list of songs you’ve pitched to people (a must if you’re someone trying to become a pro songwriter) with a great CRM (Customer Relations Management) system just like those corporate sales folks have. If you buy Rhyme Genie you get TuneSmith free! Unfortunately for the iOS version, a byzantine process of installation (you just can’t get it from the app store so it takes multiple steps – I almost gave up numerous times) and a non-responsive screen layout causes the gang to recommend giving the iOS version a pass untill the creators are able to make a fully native iOS app. They do offer video tutorials on their website to help you along. I think renaming it “Definitions’ or “Glossary” would be a better option. One strange bit is that the “Help” icon just gives you information on what the different types of rhymes are, as opposed to offering assistance on how to actually use the program. It would be nice to have option to search a rhyme you click on. It lets you select “similarity of sound” of the rhymes, gives you filters for adverbs, adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc, and lets you select how many syllables the rhymes have. The desktop versions are brilliant and much better than any online rhyme services I’ve found (it even give you Feminine Pararhymes – so you know, there you go).Ī great interface too. Overall it’s a great way to keep organised and it’s a great time-saver over more traditional ways of taking and keeping minutes.In our first Apps Review Show, we take a look at Idolumic’s Rhyme Genie and Harmonic Sense’s Chordmate Apps.įirst up was Idolumic’s Rhyme Genie a fully cross platform (PC, Mac & iOS) program that boasts over 330,000 rhymes and more rhyme types than you’ve ever heard of. Each line on the summary ToDo list can link back to the original, tagged note. When I have multiple pages with notes tagged as ToDo, or with other, custom tags (eg to track changes, or items needing further research), with a click I can create a summary page of all the tags, to act as my ToDo list. Microsoft Groups and Teams sites come with a team notebook pre-configured. Any actions coming out of a meeting can be tagged as ToDos, or I can create a linked task in Outlook. I have my project notebooks stored on my OneDrive, so I can share them with other Office365 users and so I can work in the same notebook on my iPad, drawing sketches or annotating photos. The integration with Outlook is fantastic - I can set up a page for meeting minutes (or note-taking from any other kind of appointment) pull in the appointment details (including a checklist of attendees and a link back to the appointment in Outlook) and then write the notes underneath. ![]() BrilliantEros's Experience I’m using this for work.
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