Comments on: The Orchestra: iPad app combines Philharmonia Orchestra music, video, with vividly interactive instrument guide http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/the-orchestra-ipad-app-combin.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 08:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ngan Tengyuen http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/the-orchestra-ipad-app-combin.html#comment-1603292 Ngan Tengyuen Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198982#comment-1603292 amazing app, love it amazing app, love it

]]> By: Ed Buller http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/the-orchestra-ipad-app-combin.html#comment-1602549 Ed Buller Sun, 09 Dec 2012 12:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198982#comment-1602549 wonderful app . worth every penny wonderful app . worth every penny

]]> By: bklynchris http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/the-orchestra-ipad-app-combin.html#comment-1601524 bklynchris Sat, 08 Dec 2012 01:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198982#comment-1601524 OK, this is a beyond cool app and I would never have found it on my own (anybody else find they are unable to find worthy apps by just perusing the app store?).  So thank you, a thousand times over.  13.99 is pricey but way cheaper than that Bjork thing I bought that took up a freaking amount of memory. OK, this is a beyond cool app and I would never have found it on my own (anybody else find they are unable to find worthy apps by just perusing the app store?).  So thank you, a thousand times over.  13.99 is pricey but way cheaper than that Bjork thing I bought that took up a freaking amount of memory.

]]> By: Hamish Kuzminski http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/the-orchestra-ipad-app-combin.html#comment-1600894 Hamish Kuzminski Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198982#comment-1600894 Just downloaded it, and it looks lovely, a masterpiece of App design, even - but I'm a little miffed that the pieces are only excerpts...guess I should have read the small print before clicking. Just downloaded it, and it looks lovely, a masterpiece of App design, even – but I’m a little miffed that the pieces are only excerpts…guess I should have read the small print before clicking.

]]> By: Dave MacLachlan http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/the-orchestra-ipad-app-combin.html#comment-1600750 Dave MacLachlan Fri, 07 Dec 2012 05:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198982#comment-1600750 $13.99 is a steal for this app. The same for "The Elements." I've gladly paid this much and will continue to do so for apps of this quality. $13.99 is a steal for this app. The same for “The Elements.” I’ve gladly paid this much and will continue to do so for apps of this quality.

]]> By: Timmo Warner http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/the-orchestra-ipad-app-combin.html#comment-1600611 Timmo Warner Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198982#comment-1600611 For 13.99, I'm not into the subject matter enough to invest. At 3.99, I would buy it because it looks interesting and I can afford to blow that much out of curiosity. For 13.99, I’m not into the subject matter enough to invest.

At 3.99, I would buy it because it looks interesting and I can afford to blow that much out of curiosity.

]]> By: CaptainPedge http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/the-orchestra-ipad-app-combin.html#comment-1600593 CaptainPedge Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198982#comment-1600593  Or even put it out on Android. I'd buy the shit outta something like this, if they would let me...  Or even put it out on Android. I’d buy the shit outta something like this, if they would let me…

]]> By: Ken Breadner http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/the-orchestra-ipad-app-combin.html#comment-1600545 Ken Breadner Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198982#comment-1600545 The Rhapsody effect. Rhapsody (remember them?) dropped the price on songs to 49 cents. They ate the loss. They discovered that at half the price, people bought six times as many songs. The music studios balked at retailing that low, feeling it would "devalue the product"... The Rhapsody effect. Rhapsody (remember them?) dropped the price on songs to 49 cents. They ate the loss. They discovered that at half the price, people bought six times as many songs. The music studios balked at retailing that low, feeling it would “devalue the product”…

]]> By: Dee http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/the-orchestra-ipad-app-combin.html#comment-1600517 Dee Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198982#comment-1600517 I wish them good luck.  This is a smashingly good app.  They may - and I hope do - learn that for a price that high, they'll sell a *lot* fewer apps.  I learned myself that even for my well publicized and very rich and deep apps, I made more profit and sold more (up to 100x or more) when I dropped the price by a factor of 10. That being said, we've already bought this for us and our kids and it is beautiful and well done and worth every penny. I wish them good luck.  This is a smashingly good app.  They may – and I hope do – learn that for a price that high, they’ll sell a *lot* fewer apps.  I learned myself that even for my well publicized and very rich and deep apps, I made more profit and sold more (up to 100x or more) when I dropped the price by a factor of 10.

That being said, we’ve already bought this for us and our kids and it is beautiful and well done and worth every penny.

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