This was such a great little app - an Apple gem! What a shame
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Apple Officially Retires Music Memos App
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Was a great app and I'll miss it. Among the very simple things, I liked to go back through old ideas and assign stars. Can't do that with voice memos. Why do we have to make things worse?
OK Apple, so you don't want to develop this further. But why does that mean you have to kill it off?
I for one used this app regularly. I loved how it automatically created and added a drum beat and bass and how you could toggle them on or off. It quickly gave life to an idea and revealed its potential without having to wait to add those other elements at a later time. There was a lot of potential here. I'm really sad to hear about this.
I don't understand this either. Did it really cost them anything to "support"? Things like this make me shake my head. "Hey musicians, you can't use this anymore instead you have to use this other thing with 10% of the functionality."
I’d like to get the files I’d created in Music Memos into Voice memos. Unfortunately, this is the first I’d heard that the app was being discontinued and I’ve only got version 1.0.6 installed. I hadn’t used the app in some time and hadn’t updated. It now being March 2nd, I’m unable to install 1.0.7 to transfer the files as suggested.
Could anyone suggest a way to get this done?
Could anyone suggest a way to get this done?
I use iCloud on music memos, and that means every music memo file is uploaded to a folder in icloud, accessible in the Files app. I couldn't get exporting to work properly, but I can access the files in icloud and either just listen to them through the Files app or import them into voice memos from there (I think)
I've been using Spire, which I found recommended here when the music memos app discontinuation was initially announced. It's nice! Not as quick of a tool, but still very simple and straightforward to use. It also allows for easy multi tracking, which I haven't taken advantage of yet but which is cool.
I don’t know anything about Apple’s future plans, but I think it’s interesting that they took a step to make GarageBand’s recording more immediate when they announced that they would be ending support for Music Memos a while ago. I would not be surprised if more of music memos functionality ended up in garage band as a side feature to that immediate recording mode. Instead of recording in one app then taking that over to GarageBand you’d just record in GarageBand.
You can also do a soundcheck right before you record so that sets your levels. During that soundcheck, it also analyzes the audio and suggests a recording profile that best matches it, drums, guitar, voice, etc. I’ve had fun using the multitrack feature to create comedic dialogs
I’d noticed my files were saved to the cloud as well. Thanks for reminding me. Incidentally, over time, I have more often used Voice Memos for some reason. I’ll look into Spire, but I’m thinking I may begin to overlook it too. Seems the quickest way to just get my idea down wins. Thanks again.
Is there no way to have your voice memos stored in iCloud? I've never used the voice memos app and always used the music memos app. I've just exported my music memos into the voice memos app but there is no voice memos folder in iCloud Drive? Seems a bit backwards to me.
Why didn't they just merge the features and call it audio memos? Grrr
Thank you very much. I'll have to give Spire a go.
I'm sure with Music Memo's being removed that more options will come onto the market at some point
Something that I only JUST now realized (first time I’ve tried to bring MM audio into GB). Music Memos created songs show up in GarageBand for iPad as “Automatic” and, as a result, you can’t alter the tempo in GarageBand (you’d have to copy the tracks into a separate song in order to set tempo). Would be cool for MM’s features to show up in GB and/or Logic Pro
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As expected, Apple has officially retired its Music Memos app, which allows musicians and songwriters to capture song ideas on the fly.
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As noted by The 8-Bit, as of today Music Memos no longer shows up in App Store searches. Nevertheless, users who installed the app prior to March 2 can still use it and re-download the app if necessary using their App Store purchase history.
Apple announced in December that it planned to retire Music Memos after March 1, and advised users to export their Music Memos recordings to the Voice Memos library to ensure that they're saved.
Originally launched in January 2016, the app was able to analyze rhythm and chords of acoustic guitar and piano recordings, and instantly add drums and a bass line to provide a virtual, customizable backing band.
It was my favorite app. Now we have to move to this junk software named Voice Memo. Makes me remember when they killed iPhoto and asked us to move to another piece of junk: Photos.
I'm still using Music Memos and will continue to do so until it doesn't work with whatever the latest OS is. And, still hoping the feature is rolled into GarageBand (especially since it creates GB compatible files with variable tempo).