week 4 EOC: There's an app for that!

The app that I came up with is for singers who write their own music, or for anyone who doesn't know how to read notes but wants to convert a melody into notes. Basically, you just record any type of melody from vocals, guitar, or piano, into your phone and the app will pick up the melody and convert it into notes/sheet music for you. I came up with this idea because I myself am a singer but I don’t know how to read notes. I learn everything by ear, which makes it hard for me to write my own music or communicate/play music with other musicians.  This app is a quick and easy way to write music or share your own music with other musicians, so that they can jam with you. After doing some research on my idea, I found that similar apps exist. There are four main apps that I found upon research which are Audio Midi Connect ($2.99), Audio to Midi recorder ($2.99), Magic stave Midi Recorder ($2.99), and SongCatcher (full version: $14.99). As I looked more into the programs and read some reviews, I learned that Magic Stave is the best out of all four apps and it does what it’s meant to do for a reasonable price. Audio to Midi recorded picks up too much excess sound and interferes with the audio. Audio Midi Connect got mixed reviews but most reviews said that it’s too slow and it crashes. Lastly, SongCatcher got the worst reviews because it barely picks up any sound, but surprisingly it was the most expensive out of all the apps of its type. If I were to create this app, I would want it to be free of glitches/crashes so that the customer can actually put the app to use and enjoy writing music.