James, I am curious, how many projects are you starting with this?

Hey, you are very welcome. Thank you for reading BPB! :)

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Inspiration can come from anything, I’m not one to judge the material. The sound of rain, a MIDI pack in a genre you weren’t familiar with, a generative piece of code. Whatever floats your boat. Or should I say whatever meows your cat? Mmm… Anywho, far from me to poo-poo on what obviously results in some amount of work. I’ve relied on CodeFN42’s RandARP or Transition way too many times to deny the appeal of constrained randomisation as a primary source of inspiration. Brilliant helping tools.
As for the subscription model, I get that some people get used to it, but …I just can’t even. :)
Hope the dev finds his public. Perhaps a third pricing slot in the middle (full capabilities but one per day, or sumtin…) would help attract more users, to see if they -really- need it. Competition is fierce. :/

But $20 a month is a huge ask for a niche product like this and I much prefer to come up with my own melodies and rhythms else I feel like I’m cheating. Midimaker just doesn’t work with my regular workflow and bank account enough to justify subscribing; besides, I hate subscription models with a passion and I can say with confidence that that will never change.

I have to admit that if the product was a one-time, reasonably priced payment I can see myself considering it for those times when (as mentioned in the blog post) I’m creatively blocked and needing some inspiration, or if I’m bored and want to mess around in my DAW for a couple hours.

I hope the dev considers changing the pricing and mixing the subscription model – or at least offers another option. Either way, I wish him well! He has a good product here!