Session Notes AU

This is a great way to add a notepad to your AUv3 workflow. Set lists, song structures, lyrics... anything in text form appears in a sizeable box you can move about your screen... brilliant! Well done Christian, keep up the good work.

With large sets and effect chains, the icon is too similar to any number of eq or audio related AU in general. This is one app where the ability to change the icon would be extremely helpful. For instance, the ability to just have it say “text” as an icon would really differentiate it spacially as a reminder.

Very nicely done! This is something extremely useful as-is though most people probably don’t realize how useful it can be. And for the price, there shouldn’t be anything to complain about. Unfortunately it’s missing two things that really hobble it. First, it needs to save its state in the host app session. For instance, if a particular note is displayed when the session is saved, it needs to be restored when the session is reloaded. I was going to give 4 stars but this is a deal breaker. Second, it would be super, super useful if notes could have a midi message associated to them (such as a Note number, or a CC/value combination) so that the note will display if the message is received by the app. This would make it possible for lyrics or performance notes could pop up when needed. With the two above features, this could be a 5 star app. But even without those, at this price I’m not disappointed that I purchased it. So thanks!

But it needs some serious improvement. Mainly, it does not save its window status in the host AUM; each time I reopen an AUM session, I have to reopen the window for Session Notes, position it where I want it, and select the correct note for the session I’m using. This should all be saved in the AUM session. Entering, saving, and updating notes is quite awkward, and a lot more difficult than it needs to be. But I really believe this is a great idea and very useful for noting details about a particular session in AUM. When improvements are made, I will be glad to give this 5 stars. UPDATE 4/8/2022 Downloaded and tried again just to see… some improvements have been made, but Session Notes STILL does not come up in AUM a with the correct note for the session already open. There is no need for the app to store all your notes for all your sessions. A simple text window which saves its text for each particular session it’s used in would be just fine. IMHO, saving all your notes with the app is kind of overkill for this purpose.

This is exactly what I was looking for. I’m using it in AUM to load lyrics for songs and also notes about the different sessions setups. My only complaint is that I think it’s a bit overpriced at $2.99. Also, when saving a note, it immediately closes the note. It would be nice if it kept the note open!