[edverma2]

Does anyone have good examples of software that meets this criteria? Or places where this type of software can be found? I love the idea here and would love to put it into practice but among the disadvantages that small makers suffer against large industry is easy discoverability for their products.

[epiccoleman]

Here are some examples of high quality "indie" software that I use:

Transcribe![1] - just a good app for doing music transcription. Pull in a local audio file, slow it down, loop it, etc. Works great, no fuss. I use this for all kinds of things when practicing guitar.

Neck Diagrams[2] - the best tool out there for making various kinds of string instrument diagrams (chord diagrams, scale diagrams on a fretboard, that kind of thing). I like the software a lot and it's pretty powerful - though I'll admit I've often thought about trying to eat their lunch, as there's a few things it doesn't do that I'd like to see.

[1]: https://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/download_mac.html [2]: https://www.neckdiagrams.com/

[wildrhythms]

I paid for Pixelmator Pro and I like it a lot. On iPad I paid for Procreate. Both great apps for digital art (about 1/2 of my job). I wish I could have purchased these directly from their respective developers instead of an app store middleman getting a cut, though. Maybe someday.

[labcomputer]

I would argue that most of the $3-$10 apps in the iOS app store meet this criteria.