Air App Reviews

It really does evoke Music for Airports (and thats a good thing). The samples are wonderful; my only complaint is that occasionally some of the triangles stop responding, and the app needs to be restarted. Otherwise, Air is a wonderful addition to the App Stores generative music catalogue.

I like it. Worth the cash.

Fun instrument but only piano works on my iPhone :(

Makes no sound on 3gs. Please fix

I have this app running during the day thru my stereo at home. Every guest I have over is drawn to the sounds Air makes. My only gripe is that the voices sound too electronic in the way that they begin. If they were to fade in more, would it sound more natural? And like another reviewer pointed out, there are some annoying gaps from time to time. Tho setting the delay seems to help. For v1.0, this app rocks. I can only imagine that the developers will improve it much like they did with their other apps. ...speaking of improvements. I love listening to this when Im going to bed. Itd be great if I could turn the screen off and still hear everything.

Bloom was a wonderful app, but what I didnt like was that there was only one type of audio and some of the tones were at an uncomfortably flat or sharp pitch. This app, on the other hand, uses a more controlled set of tones using both piano and vocals. I think, in terms of the potentials for this kind of app, this is a nice evolutionary step toward having entire randomly generated music. Right now its starting to blur the line between random sounds and ambient music. The next step, as I see it, is to add more instruments, go from single notes to chords (within keys, using something like Blooms "moods"), and bring back the moods from Bloom (limiting the chords and voices to fit certain keys). One thing I dont like is that I find this app sometimes goes quiet, especially without the background "hum" that was present in Bloom. Other than that, its a great app. I really look forward to finding out (and likely buying) what these guys (and girls) come out with next.

Brians description of an endless version of Music for Airports fits the app perfectly. There are two main options: Listen, or conduct. The algorithm powering the listen mode is excellent, providing a lovely soundscape in true ambient spirit. The Conduct mode lets you tap on the triangles as you see on the screenshot. Doing so allows you to trigger samples of either the singers voice or the piano (in either high or low pitches). The multiple player option allows the Listen mode to adjust the density of its algorithmic triggers, allowing for each device to set off only simple combinations that will work well across multiple outputs. My only gripe: knowing a bit more about what happens behind the scenes and the samples we can trigger! Perhaps Mr. Chilvers will educate us on his website.

This app is a bit simple compared to bloom and trope, and sometimes the sounds dont work on my iPod. This makes me frustrated, and Im kind disappointed with my purchase, I love bloom and trope but this one just isnt as good.

Im a fan of all of Enos apps. This experiment produces very beautiful results.

Kind of limited and banal, though, ironically, it did feel like a pick-me-up, even when youre left wondering when a more innovative sound will extrude.

もうすこし厚みがほしい。Music of Airportが好きだっただけにちょっと残念。

BloomもTropeも買いましたが、このAirが音楽としてはいちばん気持ちいいです。たしかに"Music for Airports"を彷彿とさせます。 残念なのは、iPhoneをスリープにすると音楽が止まってしまうところ。Bloom/Tropeはスリープでも音が出ていたので、これは残念です。 よいところはスリープタイマーがあるところ。これのおかげで、眠りに着くときもとても簡単にAirを楽しむことができます。

Apple EarPods with Remote and Micだと最高！

If you are into ambient music, Brian Eno is one of the best. This tool lets you listen to an unending symphony of voices, piano and sounds. Plus, it is also interactive. But when iPhone/iPod touch enters to sleep mode, the music ends. So if you want to listen endless music, youll need to keep the screen active and kill your battery. Because of this it looses one star. At the end, its a great app. After a hard days work or before sleeping this will definitely calm you.

Music for airports infinite. Please add in version 1.1 a random key feature...

Really enjoyable

A really enjoyable and easy-to-use ambient music generator. The result you can get is something similar to the final track in Music for Airport… not bad!!

I am a huge fan of "Ambience" and this doesnt dissapoint, but I feel like there should be a bit more user control. The sounds are fantastic, exactly what you would want and expect. They are "airy" but very present to the listener. You can either let the app take control of the sound making (which seems to turn out some pretty cool stuff), or you can manually control the sound creation process. Essentially, you can start a sample and it will run its course. Naturally layering these samples if where all the fun comes in, but I couldnt help feeling like there could be more done in the UI. The iphones multitouch capability begs to be used and a simple "tap here, tap there" app leaves a lot to be desired. Im sure that a lot of time and work was put into crafting this app but I think that gesture would make an awesome contribution to the UI. I would like to be able to swipe to fade in and out effects or to dry up the reverb or even to fade in and out the sounds. An option to have the piano looping (similarly to "Ambience") would be great and it would be very cool if on the "Listen" mode you could adjust the frequency of changes, so that the piano could play more often or less often. Lastly, it would be great to see a min-max idea to randomization of the frequncy of when sounds are triggered. I think this is a cool app with potential and would like to see it supported with future updates.

Great start—looking forward to future developments.

A single concept executed to perfection.