Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Aug 11, 2023

  It always needs a separate email and password you have to register. You won't be able to use it if you forget your email and password. It's far easier to figure out how to do for free what this does than to remember yet another membership credential to pile on the hundreds you already have that you forget from time to time leading to more wasted time. This requirement doesn't make sense since you purchased through steam. A more secure credential than this one since steam has more security. Additionally, I found that if you don't use your email anymore and want to change the one used on your account they don't have an option for that. So I guess you are expected to purchase the product again for a different email. This is not a good business if this problem was not a thought for their customers. REAPER is able to do the same thing this does and much much more and you can use it free evaluating forever if you like. A non commercial licence for personal use costs $60.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 16, 2016

  This is a Great, simple to use piece of software, In only a few minutes I was creating awesome music and beats. It really helped me to generate ideas. It doesnt do everything but what it does do, it does really well Good: The interface is simple and easy to use You can generate your tracks or write your own for more control You get the choice of may different voices for your tracks Great for generating ideas and creating loops, has the ability to write full pieces as well (as midi files) Easy to make changes such as the key and have the whole piece update Has not crashed on me and the autosave is helpful, seems very stable. The Bad: I could not find a way to manually save, you have to leave the project to work on a duplication, a "save as" would be helpful. The menus that pop up cant be moved (as far as I can tell), this would be nice as sometimes they appear on top of the tracks. Overall this software is really good for both begininers and professionals.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 19, 2016

  Very Nice Piece of software to start working on ideas
• gamedeal user

  Mar 19, 2016

  I'm enjoying experimenting with this composition software and am looking forward to the many free upgrades promised in response to user comments. Lots of neat touches like emailing you a copy of the midi file you've just been working on. Instructions could be improved a bit maybe.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 21, 2016

  I absolutely love it. If you are looking for a much faster and simple way of making your own tracks and music without the complexities of other advanced DAW software, then Odesi is perfect for you to get started. The UI is easy to get used to and very simple to use. If you have a hard time putting together a beat you can have Odesi generate one for you which is good for getting new ideas and changing the beat to your desire afterwards. You can set up Odesi to email your MIDI file and import it into other DAW software which I find useful for Mobile DAW apps. I imported a MIDI file from email into FL Studio Mobile on my iPhone and continued editing, tuning up the beats, and changing the instruments and it was awesome. :D I use a lot of different DAWs for PC and Mobile and couldn't believe how simple it was to create music on this. Odesi can be a nice replacement for other DAWs if you are on a budget and don't want to spend hours researching and learning them. If you are looking to condition yourself into using music producing software, give Odesi a try. You won't be disappointed and it's definitely worth the asking price. :)
• gamedeal user

  Mar 22, 2016

  The TL;DR version is "It does what it says, and it does it well; I would recommend it as an awesome composition aid, with the one caveat that it is an online only application, if that matters to you". Since I think that last bit may be a sticking point for some, I'll cover it first: This is really a web application that you're buying access to, with the added benefit of a custom client which extends the functionality. This means that as long as you use the proper browser (works in Chrome, not in Firefox, for example) you can access this from any internet connected Windows, Mac or Linux computer. Your project files are stored on the Odesi server, so they're always available no matter where you are. For Windows and Mac there is a custom Odesi application which extends the web version by allowing more than just a single set of sounds, which gives you more creative freedom to audition your ideas with. This includes the use of Audio Units on MacOS and support for VST instruments on Windows. As of the time of this review (March 21, 2016) the Mac version is not available on Steam and the VST support in the Windows version is still in beta. However, since you're really buying access to the web version, if you buy this and go to the web version on a Mac, you can download the Mac client right now. Do keep in mind however that these native versions still require internet access to talk to the web version. As for functionality, as the steam page and official web page state, this is not a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) but more a "Musical Sketchpad". I'm sure someone more talented than I am (read: most anyone) could create a full song with this software alone, but that's not really what it's for. As the name suggests, it's for helping you to compose your musical ideas. What this means is that it helps you to build up your song using 4 main parts: chord progressions, a bass line, a drum line and of course the melody. For the first three of these parts, you have a large array of presets to draw from. You can use them as-is or as the basis for your own creative ideas. There are not (currently) any presets for melody lines, which makes sense. Instead, you get helped out by being able to have it only allow you to enter notes that fit with the key of the song that you're working with, although you can certainly go outside the bounds of the key if you want to. If you don't know music theory, the short version of this is "it helps to make your random keyboard mashing sound more like music". (NOTE: although there are "4 parts" to the song, you can actually have any number of each kind of item; the software works with sound "layers" similar to how Photoshop works with images) I find the presets to be invaluable; I play guitar, not drums, so having solid well known rhythmic backing to start off with is very useful. Similarly, it's ridiculously easy to audition and tweak your music ideas by being able to quickly get the core parts laid out before your start your hand tweaking. Everything is tied to the currently set key of the song, so you can change the key on the fly and have everything adjust automatically. Similarly, the bass line can be tied to the current chord progression, so once you set a style and rhythm for the bass line you can tweak the chords and the bass updates automagically. Your export options are MIDI files and MP3 files; the latter of which allows you to generate either a single file that is all of the tracks mixed, or each track in its own MP3 file for further editing and tweaking. Additionally, you can optionally also have Odesi send you an email with the MIDI version of your project a short while after you stop working on it, to help you ensure that it's not lost (this is currently turned on by default). I've tested out on Windows, Mac and Linux, using the native and web versions for all platforms (except Linux, which is web only) and tested the exported MIDI files in my DAW (Reaper) as well as in Guitar Pro, and everything worked great. Lastly, the native versions of the app allow you to use MIDI input devices; I tested with my Line 6 KB37 and my Akai LPD8 and both worked flawlessly.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 21, 2016

  NOTE: I have used a good 5 hours on this. Unfortunately my account says I haven't used a single hour out of this because I didn't open the program through steam. I am also writing this with a crappy 3mbps internet in mind. TL;DR: You can make quick and dirty sketches for your song with this and import it to your DAW to fully flesh it out. Needs a crap load of UI improvement, though. And you can't use it if you don't have internet which sucks. REVIEW: If you don't mind the clunky UI, then this would be an invaluable tool in significantly reducing music production time. It took me three weeks to consider getting this because of how expensive this is in my currency but I think its worth every penny as It reduced my time on making music by a whole fucking lot. It usually takes me two hours to make a 2 minute song. But when using this, I was able to reduce production time to a measely 40 minutes. And that was on my first time opening this app. However, there's two drawbacks I'd like to point out. First is the UI. Everything is too big to fit in my monitor. It would really be helpful if there was a way to reduce the UI size ranging from font to button sizes aswell. Everything is just too big to the point where I can't even click on some of the buttons. Zooming in and out of the piano roll is a bit of a hassle too. You would think that there'd be a shortcut to do this but there's no option to do so when you go into the shortcuts menu. You can't even bind keys! You can zoom in and out lengthwise by clicking the designated zoom buttons but there's no shortcut key for it. You would expect the program to be fully ready once it finishes downloading but nope. After opening the program, you are prompted whether to download an additional 1gb of vsts and sound samples or something. This should've came with the download instead of separating it and prompting you to download AFTER you just finished installing it. My biggest gripe with this is that it requires you to have internet just to use it. Fuck that shit to kingdom come, man. I want to use this awesome program without having to worry about my damn internet connection dying out on me when I'm in the middle of making a song. All in all, its a good program for its price. You can tell alot of work has been put into compiling the chord progressions and stuff. I just wish it came with an offline mode and a better UI with customizable keyboard shortcuts.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 17, 2016

  Simply put this software will not run well on Windows PCs, period. High CPU leading to sound stuttering and input delay was experienced on my Intel i7. It turns out, the software was originally written for Mac, and Windows users get a repackaged browser version of the software. I would not recommend Windows users buy this software until it will run decently well. That said, the software otherwise accomplishes what it sets out. There's a small learning curve with the UI. Jamming with your laptop keyboard is easy and fun, as the notes you press are snapped to the chord structure. Standard MIDI samples are included, and your work is saved to the cloud and emailed to you in the form of .mid files. Nice to see the ancient standard still being used.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 21, 2016

  BUT IT. BUY IT NOW. It took a while but the dev has responded well to this review. The bugs mentioned below aren't there anymore. So rest assured whatever negative statement you see below is nullified. I'll be sure to use this software as a scratch paper for all my future projects. Journal below; Overall current rating: 4/5 [h1]Edit 6:[/h1] [list] [*]- and so... After a month, a week, and a couple of days, the dev has finally responded. [*]- It turns out, Steam stopped notifying the devs when someone posts reviews on their store page. I have my doubts, but let's give him the benefit of it too, it could be true. [*]- You can check out for the devs' response in the comments. [*]- It's in one of the devs' comments but i'm including it here for people who don't read review comments; This is their support email: contact@mixedinkey.com [*]- I'm taking off my TL;DR warning. But i'll be saving it just in case. [*]- Until i see the fix, this review will remain negative. [*]- Looks like we'll be getting our moneys' worth soon. they said they have a fix for the bug already. [*]- They have addressed a couple of my feedback items too. I know it won't be part of the bugfix update we'll have tomorrow, but it's promising that we'll have a better software experience soon, and that they actually listen to their community. [*]- Date today in my timezone is Sept. 20, 2016. So we'll be expecting the fix in my timezone at Sept. 21, 2016. [*]- Adding 1 point on overall rating for the support and promise of a better tomorrow (literally). [/list] [b]Overall: 3/5[/b] [h1]Edit 5:[/h1] [list] [*]As you can see, it has been 19 days since i changed my review into [b]NEGATIVE[/b] (July 25, 2016) and the developers don't seem to mind it at all. That's almost 3 weeks! [*]This gives you an idea of their 'support' for the community who buys their product. [*]Current date is Aug 09, 2016 [/list] [h1]Edit 4:[/h1] [list] [*]I tried to Isolate the problem/bug just now. I found out that the behavior in which this happens is inconsistent. [*]For now it's just random. It could and could not happen on a project you're working on. Which makes it more nerve-racking.- I also found out that if you try to clone the project that you can't open anymore, the problem will persist. You can't open your cloned project as well. [*]COME ON Devs. Work with us here. [/list] [h1]Edit 3:[/h1] [list] [*]Soo... CONFIRMED. [*]I didn't do a half as$ed troubleshooting anymore. I did what any insane and desperate person would've done. I restarted the app, restarted steam, restarted the computer, reinstalled the app but nothing worked. [*]I took it to the forums and looks like i'm not the only one having this problem. There are other users out there who has posted this problem way before Odesi went out on steam. And guess what? Odesi staff - Or Mixed in Key [b]DID NOT RESPOND OR EVEN RECOGNIZE THIS ISSUE IN ANY WAY. The guys who posted this issue WAS TOTALLY IGNORED.[/b] [/list] [h1]What is the nature of the bug?[/h1] [list] [*]All projects that are saved in a previous session will not be loaded anymore after starting the application again. [*]Odesi can only work no more than one time only on a project, period. [*]This is a long standing bug that they have ignored to fix until now. [*]I doubt this review will be recognized too as have the other people who has reported this before me. [/list] [h1]Edit 2:[/h1] [list] [*]This is the ninth time. I start Odesi and click on a project. But it never finishes loading. What is up with that? This bug is a show stopper. This should be fixed immediately. [*]I've waited a whole episode of this series i'm watching everytime i attempt it. This is really bad. It won't finish loading at all. [*]And don't tell me to restart my computer. This needs to be fixed A.S.A.P. [*]3 hours of my "Hours spent" is from waiting for it to load. What the hell? [*]Turning this review to a thumbs down now. [*]negating 2 points from overall rating because of showstopper bug. [/list] [b]Overall: 2/5[/b] [h1]Edit:[/h1] - If i'd be more critical, I'd say the software doesn't look like worth the 2000Php i spent (Around $42 usd). - There is an update coming soon, let's see if it could justify it. [b]Bug:[/b] - I start the app > I click the project i'm working on. > Loading takes forever. What's up with that? I'm loading from my SSD. =========================== I'm too lazy to make a detailed review so i'll just put here my reaction: (this is what i wrote when the software asked me how i can improve their software when i got sent to a google form. Yeah, just like a mobile app.) - Generally, more built in sample sounds please. - Wish it was a true fullscreen so it won't feel like a cheap and free application - Wish Buyers of the PC version won't have to pay a dime for the iPad version. Everyone knows in-app purchases suck. They will give you money, but in-app purchases has always destroyed various companies reputation. - I have this feeling like I'm using a tablet/phone app. I'm not sure why. But it just doesn't feel like the premium PC app that i just paid at full price. - A soundcloud integration export would be nice. - It would be nice if we could change the sound of a layer in a different bar. Not the workaround where we create another layer for a different sound. - Alt+tab then auto play is annoying. - Duplicate layer please. - Maybe set a toggle to keep a window open or not? Kinda annoying opening the window every time after just toggling through "solo" and "unsolo" - It is not clear how to use Liquid Rhythm with Odesi. I have L.R., i know how to make them beatz and export them. But can we make exporting L.R. sounds to Odesi more fluid? - There are "Project settings" What about Global system settings? - It takes almost 2 minutes to Load the page when i clicked "Projects". Projects only contains 2 files. One of the is your demo. - A way to customize and save settings of keyboard shortcuts please. - How about changing the "tap tempo" midway through a song? - I wish panning is more versatile and editable. - Not having a shortcut to get back to the previous page after clicking "Projects" is annoying. - When you show a lightbox pane, usually, you can click anywhere to close that pane. Yours don't. - Why are some sounds there in the menu but has no sounds? if not, they sound garbled or something like the previous working sound but a trash version of it. These sounds are the ones in the end of the list, usually. That's all for now. :D Congratulations on your launch! The potentials i see in Odesi is so good that it is the first steam app i bought at full price!! (Mind you, i have almost 700 apps in my library and counting. So yeah, that is a big achievement.) I wish your Company's future all the best. :D 4/5 ^ At it's current state. -1 for improvements.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 10, 2017

  It's not worth the money, it doesn't offer anything a standard DAW doesn't do already it actually offers less. If you don't have a MIDI keyboard it won't allow you to choose any note. It doesn't automatically fix in recorded input to match the timing either like most other free software is able to do. It is buggy and lags out of time on playback. The built in sounds are nice and of decent quality but there is no velocity/dynamics to them, now it could just be it requires VST with the capability to do this but we will see. Doesn't seem like there has been much updates from the devs either so starting to think that the reviews left may have been false. I wouldn't normally mind but you can't even use this unless you are online. If you're looking for something reliable look elsewhere. Update: After using for a while longer I still find it buggy and lagging, VST support is and isn't there as in it turned up but then somehow decided they would all not make a sound and then upon closing and reopening they were gone, I add them through VST again and nothing. So maybe the application for Mac works well but the web app doesn't. If you are going to release a piece of software maybe make sure it actually works before releasing it. Again avoid. Update: After attempting to try get a refund from Steam which was declined I've decided to message Mixed In Key directly I have kept trying to add in VST still no avail to be honest I just feel like I've been ripped off and robbed so will just be spamming twitter and facebook for fun now :)