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by loceng 1336 days ago
Looks like a good start - and lots of polish, refinement still possible.

Have you been regularly getting feedback from new people you've introduced to it to make little adjustments to the text/copy, and other elements?

P.S. I think it'd be a good idea to put your "Why" paragraph from this post right under your "Organize Your Musical Ideas" header; you could put the text in a left or right column, and then put a smaller demo video (that people will likely maximize on their own) in the opposite corner - so both the text and video demo are in the "Hero" / top part of the page where scrolling isn't necessary to see either.

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Hi loceng, thanks for taking a look.

I've introduced it to a few people who mostly have mentioned features that would make it more usable for them, but haven't received feedback on the copy.

I've added the "why" paragraph to the top of the welcome page per your suggestion. What do you think?

Cool. Yup, I think it's good to have that text.

Another common tactic is creating an actual Demo page, as if a user was logged-in, where they can say play around with sample clips already uploaded - especially if there's functionality like Drag & Drop + Add New etc.

Also, "SoundSeeker has 3 structural tiers:" - I don't intuitively understand what is meant by "structural tier" - and so perhaps there's simpler language that can be used?

And is "Suites" "Blobs" and "Clips" the common name used for people who organize music like this - or are they terms you came up with?

If you came up with them, why did you choose those words - and would a thesaurus maybe help see a better set of words that work well together?