resonance

I'm the developer of SonicMood and I'd like to respond to your comments. I do find resonance intriguing - I've wondered about adding binaural beats to SonicMood, and I kind of like the way it looks. And it's price is definitely right! :) I have a copy I've played with a bit here at SonicMood central... But... I don't think SonicMood's MIDI sounds are "cheap" - they're very expensive actually! ;-) Seriously, I use what QuickTime provides. They're sampled sounds of high quality. I have almost no complaints from users about sound quality. I don't know what you mean about "poor audio/harmony quality." There are 31 Moods - do you find them all "poor?" Again, if you don't like something about a Mood, you can Edit and change it. Or make your own. That ability to invent your own sound is one of the hallmarks of SonicMood! Another point: You can set SonicMood to wake you or put you to sleep using its built-in timers. You can also set Moods to start at specific times of the day. I don't think you can do that (yet anyway) with resonance. And you can customize SonicMood's look - the colors of the background, buttons, marquee, and row highlights are all selectable by the user. You can even set up color "Schemes" and change whenever you like (a number of "Schemes" are supplied by default). I almost forgot, you can also use the "picture" window of SonicMood to display your favorite photos. Even have a timed slide-show of any or all of your photos. So you can listen to soothing sounds while viewing some memories. One last thing. MIDI and Digital Audio (AIFF, etc.) recording is built-in. MIDI files that SonicMood records are compatible with GarageBand (and others) so you can continue to customize the sound using GarageBand's tools. And there's a piano keyboard built-in. You can play and record the MIDI notes using it. Or create new musical scales with the keyboard as input... Oh, and you can open a "chimes" window and watch virtual chimes that move with the MIDI sounds. There's also a "colors" window that displays color bars based on the tones... I guess I should stop now. Sorry. SonicMood is my baby and I just wanted to respond... John

Mrchips, responding here to someone’s criticism of specific characteristics of your app is entirely reasonable. But, publishing a longwinded marketing campaign that lists your app’s every quality on someone else’s MacUpdate page is not cool — that’s what YOUR space is for. This is not the OK Corral. Using someone else’s space — even that of a freeware app — is nearly as bad as a developer posting incognito 5-star reviews of his/her own app. Tsk, tsk.