This looks very interesting. I'm curious though, as I look at the in-app purchase descriptions on the App Store, why the developer doesn't appear to have an over all bundle to purchase the various features at once. When I see that kind of in-app purchase architecture I get the impression the developer isn't particularly user-centered and it puts me off a bit from getting the app. Have you played with it much? Did it feel worth it to you?
Perhaps not if you're already familiar with Noatikl and Mixtikl. It's really just a cut-down version of the Noatikl engine using a randomisation seed in place of the geeky algorithmic controls that might scare off casual users. Its chief virtue is as an immediately accessible, instant-gratification introduction to Intermorphic's engine which cleverly screens you off from the deeper features that reveal themselves once you start exploring. It's well worth trying, and supporting, particularly if you've been tempted by Noatikl as a MIDI controller for other apps. But it's a gateway drug rather than a serious tool, and in its present form doesn't really do justice to the engine's potential to generate more complex and structured kinds of composition than the plinky noodlings that their headline apps allow you to move beyond. The speech synthesiser is fun, though – particularly if you mess with the language settings...
This looks very interesting. I'm curious though, as I look at the in-app purchase descriptions on the App Store, why the developer doesn't appear to have an over all bundle to purchase the various features at once. When I see that kind of in-app purchase architecture I get the impression the developer isn't particularly user-centered and it puts me off a bit from getting the app. Have you played with it much? Did it feel worth it to you?
ReplyDeletePerhaps not if you're already familiar with Noatikl and Mixtikl. It's really just a cut-down version of the Noatikl engine using a randomisation seed in place of the geeky algorithmic controls that might scare off casual users. Its chief virtue is as an immediately accessible, instant-gratification introduction to Intermorphic's engine which cleverly screens you off from the deeper features that reveal themselves once you start exploring. It's well worth trying, and supporting, particularly if you've been tempted by Noatikl as a MIDI controller for other apps. But it's a gateway drug rather than a serious tool, and in its present form doesn't really do justice to the engine's potential to generate more complex and structured kinds of composition than the plinky noodlings that their headline apps allow you to move beyond. The speech synthesiser is fun, though – particularly if you mess with the language settings...
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