Great sounds, could use more control
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.
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