Trope App Reviews

Sans plus, boof...

Trope is quite interesting, but Bloom is better... Ambiently yours, A.

Definatly need to use headphones or speakers. Another great interactive mood music app.

Not as interactive as Bloom. Not able to play a melody or single notes :( thought it would be better..Its just missing something. Great ambiant sounds if you just want to listen to it.

Im a big fan of Bloom. I enjoy Air, though its a bit simple. I just dont get Trope. I confess I dont find the music as interesting. I dont feel as in control of the sounds.

Why is this listed as a iPad app it clearly is for iPhone feel like I was just ripped off to be honest. Low res graphics and well just not cool to sell this as a ipad app

Visually intriguing, beautiful - and aurally engaging, spacious Longer tones than Bloom, and results look more - to me - like a moving painting Better than TV

While Im fond of Bloom, and its more "playable", I spend much more time with Trope as I enjoy the synth tones greater prominence in the mix. Trope has become my favourite sleep music with its soothing tones and the slow evolution of notes when the random modes are switched on.

While many apps are interesting and effective, for me, not too many embody the concept of elegance. This one does.

As long as U want to pretend U play yourself. This app leaves no freedom at all, not to mention disability of recording. Why? It is generative space that belongs to credit authors. Ofc U can use external DOW to record it, but all U achieve is a shadow of somebody else. Sounding 10000 times same way. That is what is background lead of every passage U play. My fault. Jumping up from Bloom hoped for some more individual creativity, but me and my iphone 6s plus cannot do it. It still sounds more "listen" then "create". Dissapointed. Few bucks does not matter. With all respect for Brian&folks. "Music for airports" was a jewell. This app is a tombac. Sorry guys.

Loopy interaction! Nice hope something new comes out again

Not bad, but Air and, above all, Bloom belong to another world...

Could be much more representative of Enos style of music creation. The tones are limited, there is no way to modify the attack of sounds or to make them last. Also there seems to be no way to switch off the random background noises that happen without the users control. Could be a great thing. I like the panning function where the sound is placed left or right depending on where on the screen you click. In Bloom it is much more intuitive to get used to the different moods (I understand they are just different modes of different keys as well as different colors). By get used to I mean learning what each one actually changes and using it in combination with the echo in order to make interesting modulations and stuff of that nature. And there are 12 moods, like zodiac, thats cool. I feel like I have barely any control with Trope. Bloom is better for me in that respect, though I feel bloom is limited too. Cool stuff, but Ill stick to listening to Eno. Sorry but it just feels like Eno and Chilvers threw together a near interesting low grade simulation of ambient music thats prettier than it is usable and marketed it as four separate apps. Thats genius I guess, and Im gonna use it now that I spent the money on it. But for anyone looking for usability and playability, turn around and get something else. If youre looking to relax and help fall asleep, get this. Or just listen to Eno. Okay. Thats it. I dont know if I said everything but that doesnt matter much. Goodbye.

I loved Bloom, but this is something else! The best generative music app Ive ever used. Its a steal at this price.

More trippy and fairly meditative, but Bloom gives more control to the operator. Trope has its place, but Bloom is still my favorite of this kind of app. Theres room for both.

The random pop up tones are louder then the other tones you can paint with or let play. If the pop up tones could be turned down and the other tones made louder this would help. Also, I think it would be great to have controll, in Bloom And Trone, over the drone tones that are always on.

Darker than Bloom and Air. Im a goth and I love ambient, and this app is great! That is all.

Save your $ and stick with Bloom.

While other reviewers are correct that there is less control of the music produced with this app as compared with Bloom, I still prefer this app. The tones created are more sensuous and the sound is more seamless. I found it to be very relaxing and meditative. If you are a fan of Eno, especially his Ambient series, you will enjoy this app.

I think "Trope" is great. Admittedly, I bought it more to listen to it than to "play" it, and for listening, its really nice. Quieter and more low key (no pun intended) than Bloom, which is also wonderful. The Opal generative music apps are the logical development of and perhaps the best format for Enos ambient work. They provide something that "Discreet Music," "Music for Airports," et al suggest but cant deliver given the limitation of their medium: evolving, "perpetual" music.