Apple’s Amazing New Music App Hits All the Right Notes

Today, Apple released one of the most amazingly advanced apps it’s ever made—but one aimed at a fraction of its users.

It’s called Music Memos, and it’s for people who write music.

Apple had noticed something about songwriters. When they want to capture little musical ideas, they fall into the habit of recording them into Voice Memos, a simple audio recording app that comes on the iPhone. Apple’s music team thought: “Well, we can do a little better than that.”

Music Memos (free) starts out looking a lot like Voice Memos. There’s nothing there but a Record button. You’re supposed to tap that button and then start noodling on your guitar or piano, playing your idea for future reference. (Other instruments are fine—this means you, ukulele players—but piano and guitar work best.)

There’s no metronome, no click track, no count-off; you just start when you’re ready. (There’s even an Auto mode that begins recording as soon as you start playing, saving you the tap on the Record button.) Understand, your instrument is not plugged into the iPhone; it’s recording only from its microphone.

You can name your idea or tag your idea with keywords for later searching.

OJPals, what do you think? Sound off below!