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Mixed In Key [developer] Mar 15, 2016 @ 8:13am

What's coming up next for Odesi

Hey guys,

Yakov here, I'm the lead developer of this software. My previous work included Mixed In Key and Mashup, I've been coding music software for 10 years. We've gotten a lot of ideas and suggestions during the Odesi beta, so here are some of the features that are coming soon in free updates:

Arpeggiators
Audio import so you can work with an acapella
Comprehensive guide on how to make unique music without presets
Grooves and swing so drums don't sound too robotic
Humanization of MIDI input
Melody sketch generators
Better Mixer user interface - it's almost done, just need to launch it soon
Song structure - being able to create verse/chorus/break structure and rearrange the pieces quickly

Those are just some of the ideas. If you guys have feedback, feel free to post here anytime

-Yakov

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eidane

Mar 25, 2016 @ 10:37pm

I want to start making music. (might do it for some thig at one time) so wondering is this able to make entire songs or do I need some other software.

Last edited by eidane; Mar 25, 2016 @ 10:37pm

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OdatNurd

Mar 26, 2016 @ 9:47am

Originally posted by eidane:
I want to start making music. (might do it for some thig at one time) so wondering is this able to make entire songs or do I need some other software.

The way Odesi works it's meant more as a composer/arranger kind of thing, allowing you to quickly get the core of your musical ideas down, and then you would use other software (a Digital Audio Workstation or DAW) to finish everything up.

As a result of that, it doesn't have all of the tools and capabilities that one might require to do a start-to-finish song with no external software. For example, it can't record you singing or playing your own instrument and the MIDI editing capabilities are not super in depth because it's not meant for that level of detail.

That said, if you're just starting out with making music, I think you could probably get a lot of use out of this on its own depending on your goals (and given the recording restrictions are not a deal killer for you) because as a newcomer I think getting practice with writing music is probably more important than full MIDI automation, per track effects etc etc.

Those things along with mixing and full audio production are fairly advanced and will take some time to learn. In the meantime, it's easy in Odesi to get a backing beat, bass line and chords going so that you can focus on the melody of your song.

Just my opinion, though.

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Mixed In Key [developer] Mar 28, 2016 @ 12:27pm

Originally posted by eidane:
I want to start making music. (might do it for some thig at one time) so wondering is this able to make entire songs or do I need some other software.

We're still trying to figure out how "feature complete" Odesi should be: does it make sense to make into a full music production suite, or just keep it as a "composer's sketchpad?"

At the moment, I would say that Odesi is good for making demos. Those are the tracks that you can import into other software and make everything sound like the music you hear on Pandora and Spotify. Odesi can get you 90% there, but the final 10% requires a lot of plugins and effects that are available inside Ableton Live or Logic.

So the short answer is: you can get close to the final sound, but you'll benefit even more if you combine Odesi + another music production software like Ableton

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Mixed In Key [developer] Mar 28, 2016 @ 12:29pm

Originally posted by OdatNurd:
That said, if you're just starting out with making music, I think you could probably get a lot of use out of this on its own depending on your goals (and given the recording restrictions are not a deal killer for you) because as a newcomer I think getting practice with writing music is probably more important than full MIDI automation, per track effects etc etc.

Just my opinion, though.

Totally agreed on that. Practice makes perfect, and I've written more songs in Odesi since I started testing it than I have in my entire life before that

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eidane

Mar 28, 2016 @ 1:32pm

well I will si how it goes

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ChakraWarrior has Odesi Music Composition

Jun 11, 2016 @ 5:26am

Will you add the ability to use this software offline (and an android version of the mobile app)?

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emonie83

Jun 12, 2016 @ 9:58pm

It needs to be an option to fix the screen so that you can fit the software to the screen. I can not see the bottom and i can not create drum patterns.

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eidane

Jun 13, 2016 @ 5:26am

you mean the enlarge button? or is it some option for the userinterface you are refering to.
there is the scrol bar on the left so you can use that.

Last edited by eidane; Jun 13, 2016 @ 6:03am

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Mixed In Key [developer] Jun 20, 2016 @ 8:15am

Originally posted by ChakraWarrior:
Will you add the ability to use this software offline (and an android version of the mobile app)?

Hey, the offline version isn't planned for now. We wrote the entire codebase to run in the cloud, so it's designed to be hosted on a web server. The desktop clients (like the Windows and Mac versions) are basically web browsers pointing to that web server, with some local file-system integration (like being able to use VSTs, etc)

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