Apple Planned to Launch a Classical Music App in 2022, But Time is Running Out

[tubular]

Due to ALAC’s A-lack of a stored MD5 checksum per-track, if you really need to use ALAC for whatever reason I would suggest that one of your backups be stored as FLAC. As an additional bonus, the improved compression efficiency of FLAC means that you’ll need less hard drive space to store it than a second copy of the library in ALAC.

Of course, please correct me if I’m wrong but I suspect that if Apple implemented proper FLAC support on their devices you probably wouldn’t want to use ALAC at all

There’s a difference between FLAC and ALAC, but not a very compelling difference. I don’t listen to these files outside the Apple ecosystem, so ALAC does the job.

 

[return2sendai]

The delay is….classic!

 

[tubular]

Why is this so hard? Can't the old Music app still play classical music? Why does it require a separate app? Is it because the standard Music app defaults to RAP music if you don't specify any preference?

The issue isn’t playing it so much as finding the piece you’re looking for. Search is a disaster.

 

[Allen_Wentz]

Hard to understand why there is a need for a separate app.

For me, all my music in one place is the only way to go.

Easy enough to go to a separate app for the totally different classical presentations. Just include it in the AM fee so we do not have to screw with yet another subscription. AM curating already sucks in many ways; we do not need Apple to make it even worse as it attempts to integrate classical.

 

[citysnaps]

I'm still waiting for a Kate Smith Music App from Apple.

 

[rgwebb]

Summary I'm guessing from this headline:

"We kept on saying this was happening and now we are going to get frantic about an unannounced thing we told you about not coming out when we said it would"

 

[genovelle]

Apple Vapor Music

I don't prefer to have separate music apps, I'd rather they simply improve the Music app, but if they're not going to do that, I'd rather classical music be kept separate. I'm not sure why it's so difficult to improve the Music app though. I for sure thought there were going to be improvements to it this year, especially when the rumor of a "ground up" overhaul came out, but the Music app has hardly changed at all since it was created out of iTunes.

I believe how the meta data for classical music is tracked and used is completely different, so the search mechanisms used for classical may create unnecessary and overwhelming complexity for non classical genres.

 

[BobSc]

None of us wants to have two separate apps for music, and try to figure out which app your music is to be found in.

None of us wants to pay extra for the "privilege" of having a classical music platform that actually works, including people who are already paying through the nose for Apple's subscription music services to begin with, for themselves and for their family.

Why do you think you speak for everyone with this "None of us" nonsense? Speak only for yourself. Two apps would be fine, depending upon any advantages to the classical app. And using playlists to keep the classical and non-classical music separate works well.

 

[genovelle]

Who said it would be a separate app? I’d totally understand if it ended up being being one, given how terribly the artist/album/song schema works with classical music. If the entire UI of a music player is based around this schema then classical music fans either suffer, or resort to extensive manual metadata curation.

If it takes a separate app to not present a ’movement from a work by a composer and performed by an artist or ensemble’ as a “song” on an album or in a playlist, then so be it.

They said it would be a dedicated app. There is a degree of complexity and a difference in how the music is consumed the makes the platforms work completely different. I think there may be a way to have both platforms live in the same app, but operate differently when working with classical music as opposed to popular music.

 

[alfonsog]

I tried primephonic and a couple other classical apps. I'd use this but there's no rush for apple; I mean what percentage of people listen to classical? I listen and perform a lot of living composer's music. I've gone to or performed about 35 symphony concerts this year besides all the chamber music I've played. I played Applachian Spring today. I play Messiah on Tuesday. Music is not even my full time job. I also subscribe to Berlin Phil digital concert hall and that is pretty amazing for what you get.

 

[BellSystem]

This is stupid anyway. Clean up the dumpster fire that is the Music app and cleanup the service. We don't need a special app for a genre.

People that complained about iTunes in 2005 clearly had no idea it could be far worse.

 

[egodspeed]

Apple should hurry up! I need this while scrolling through Twitter. 😂

 

[_Spinn_]

They are also on the verge of missing the 2 year Apple Silicon transition.

Apple also announced during WWDC that No Man’s Sky was coming to Apple Silicon Macs and iPads later this year and it has been radio silence since. This could be a problem on Hello Games’ side though.

 

[svish]

Don’t know whether it will happen this month. Apple might launch it early next year.

 

[tropic10]

If the app is going to be tied to an iOS update, we won’t see it this year. That ship has sailed.

Apple really needs to decouple as many first party apps as possible from iOS updates so they can follow their own update schedule. The current process is antiquated and seems to be driven more by politics and protectionism than good software development practices.

 

[skitidetdu]

Not stated by Apple if they mean calendar or fiscal year...😏

 

[rickbynight]

It really does seem like this sort of thing was exactly why back-in-the-day Apple always avoided future-looking statements. On the extremely rare moment when apple pre-announced something, they darn well shipped it.

 

[zapmymac]

It launching Christmas Day, it will our present 🎁 from Apple corp. 🤞🤞😬

 

[Morgenland]

Why always look at what is not yet there instead of looking forward to what already exists?
That's no way to find happiness in life....
Deutsche Grammophon is an outstanding label for classical music, and Apple bought the rights there early on. Thank you Apple.

 

[Nicky G]

I am really waiting for this app. I actually expect it to educate me about these genres of music, and kickstart a real interest. I don't know a ton about classical, baroque, chamber music, all of it, and a curated Apple-like experience will be great for me, and I imagine people in a similar place.

Bring it on! When it's ready.

 

[Nicky G]

It launching Christmas Day, it will our present 🎁 from Apple corp. 🤞🤞😬

I had the same thought, and that would be really, really cool if it happened! 🙏

 

[jgbr]

I’d like all my music in one place, you know. An app called ‘music’….

 

[jamcgahey]

My wife will love this for her students (3rd grade teacher). I think it's great to offer. I just wish apple would invest a little more in their regular music app. They add a lot of features (like sing, lossless, etc) all super cool. However, where are some of the basic features we have been asking for since it first released? Would love a better Spotify Connect-like feature. Also for the love of God please fix the queing system...

 

[JustSomebody12]

Time is running out for the Apple Silicon transition too. They don't care. And that's fine, but why make deadlines if you are not going to do anything in time? Just say "whenever we feel like it" and call it a day.

Only the Mac Pro are mising, which have a different target.

 

[Johnny907]

If they weren’t serious about it I wish they’d have just left PrimePhonic alone. Was a great app and I miss it.