Show HN: Disco Fingers – Easily create funny beats
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I think you may have made the app I have been searching for. Pre-school students needs apps that let them create and not just "glorified work sheets" or some story told to them. I will let you know in the next few weeks how it works in my classrooms :)
Your students are a bit under our target group, I'll admit that. We've found that pre-school students might struggle with understanding the concept. But they still like to play with the characters and use the voice record functionallity.
Bit of feedback:
* I would have been willing to put down a couple of bucks up front just to try it out, even without the extras available in-app.
* How about "toddler resistant" mode that disables the sharing, feedback, social buttons? Kids tend to touch and drag all over the place, often seemingly at random. The less they end up in a strange place and are able to figure out the core interface, the better.
I have two suggestions: one is a tool/mode that lets you remove a bunch of stuff quickly, and the other is a simple undo mechanism. Since there isn't much instruction, you need to explore by touching, and e.g. when you're testing to see if a three finger gesture does something, you tend to create a lot of unwanted notes and potentially accidentally remove stuff that you overwrite.
For iPads able to run iOS 6+, you can activate "Guided Access" mode. Apps being run in this mode can have disabled hardware buttons and deactivate certain areas on-screen.
Once the global setting is enabled (Settings > General > Accessibility), triple-clicking the home button activates and deactivates the mode. There is a passcode, distinct from the unlock code, to exit "Guided Access."
I became familiar with this as part of an iPad kiosk project, and when my toddler discovered that iPads exist, it has been very valuable.
Also fantastic looking app, if I had an iPad I would download it :)
Anyone else remember Mod files and the Amiga?
So, thanks!
When you're restricted to just a scale rather than all 12 notes in the full octave available to you, it's just so surprisingly easy to come up with little riffs that sound good.
That being said, kudos, the app looks really fun. It seems to me that you should charge the one-time d/l fee ($0.99 USD)
1. "After 10 months of work, we have 100 days to get our unreleased app to 15K USD per month." [http://launchdiary.postagon.com/]
Our quote from the blog is more of a fact than a reference to our business model. Cause if we don't make 15K in per month in average by mid-February, we're out of business.
That said, definitely excited for the new sound APIs. It's been far too long.
Would really like to hear it if you're having troubles downloading it.