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Congrats on shipping an interesting app. I really like the name too. You've joined a fairly small group of apps which seem to make good use of the touch interface for creating music in novel ways. I'll be checking Fiddlewax out tonight.

BTW I released my more traditional iPad synth[1] a couple of years back and all the cries here for MIDI support take me right back :)

[1] http://omnivoresoft.com/

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Ouch, that top 1-star review is pretty damning, and right at the top. That's got to be a major buzzkill on your DLs. I wonder if you could address that somehow in your description. Actually the CA seems interesting to me.

Yep. A bit annoying to say the least, plus he clearly hadn't used it as all his suggestions around looping, pre-made automata patterns etc. are in there. For one thing, it has the concept of 'immortal' cells which have a surprisingly big effect in making repeating patterns - perfect for LFO-replacement duty.

That review was a huge buzzkill personally, and it had a very big effect on DLs. 2-3 a day, down to 1 a week or so. Prior versions had a good number of 4 and 5 star reviews, nothing lower, with some good comments.

Easiest way to address it would be to push out another update, but that review was months ago and it kind of knocked the wind out of my sails (not to mention my sales!)

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