Melody - A melody search engine from Grammy-awarded producers

Business need

Discovering new sounds in music industry is challenging. The client aimed to turn the process of discovering beats, sounds and music loops into creative pleasure without loss of inspiration.

Result

MindK built a user-friendly Tinder-like search engine for music beats in just 37 days. The app has already acquired thousands of active users and won a prominent design award.

Industry

Music production

Location

USA

Working together since

May 2020

The Melody App is a young startup focused on unlocking the possibility for musicians, film and video producers, DJs, and multimedia designers to easily explore, access and share music loops and sounds.

Jordan Crone

Chief Experience Officer, Melody

The project has been going smoother than I could have imagined

The project has been going smoother than I could have imagined and this is why we’ll continue working with them in the future. It’s the first time I’ve worked with a dev team a distance away that didn’t have major (or any, for that matter) hiccups or have things lost in communication. I wish we could snatch them and make them a part of our team.

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Simple and intuitive flow

In just a few clicks and no more than one minute, the users get access to the collection of the very best music sounds. Nothing in excess, only the must-have functions.

Simple and intuitive flow

In just a few clicks and no more than one minute, the users get access to the collection of the very best music sounds. Nothing in excess, only the must-have functions.

Discovering new sounds has never been more engaging. After a user logs in to the system, he/she selects several vibes or instruments. The records are filtered based on the preferences entered, all that remains for the user is to swipe until finding the proper melody loop. The sound can be saved into the library, downloaded, or shared with others right from the app.

Swipe and go functionality

With a set of instinctive swipes, the user can search for sounds on the go. Swipe down displays details, swipe up shares the sound by email. By swiping right and left, the user saves the melody or skips to the next one respectively.

Swipe and go functionality

To keep things smooth for all users, we implemented timely push notifications. This way members stay up to date with the latest melodies available, changes in subscription plan, regular payments, and other events. Integration with Stripe makes all in-app payments fast and secure.

Crafting personal collections

Once the user likes the sound, it is added to the personal list of saved melodies. This collection is easily accessible from the main menu, and can be shared as a whole or one melody at a time.

Crafting personal collections

Once the user likes the sound, it is added to the personal list of saved melodies. This collection is easily accessible from the main menu, and can be shared as a whole or one melody at a time.

With this solution, the startup embarked on a path of making music production a more intuitive, fun, and fulfilling experience:

A well-organized collection of hand-picked original sounds. Each melody comes with valuable details

Descriptive dashboards for music creators and admins to track statistics of the melodies and loops

A producer dashboard provides in-depth analytics of how many times each melody was saved, sent, and denied

Smart and easy-to-use melody filtering that helps users save time by narrowing down the search

A Tinder-inspired user experience, where melodies are fed in rapid succession

An eye-catching equalizer-style visualization that moves dynamically with the melody playing

Precious melody analytics presented clearly

Visually compelling widgets and dashboards enable creators and admins to keep track of melodies metrics and performance. They can find out a number of saved, listened, and shared sounds with only a few clicks.

Now the application allows:

Access to the library of sounds from the palm of the hand

Search and download original loops on the go with a couple of swipes

Tracking of the melodies usage statistics for producers

Finding what’s needed fast without loss of passion and excitement.

Discovery phase

MVP development

Web app development

Mobile app development

DevOps

Quality Assurance

Tech stack

React
NodeJS
PostgreSQL
React
Docker
AWS

Value delivered

Starting with just an idea, MindK managed to create a basic version of the application in a short period of time. The application was highly praised both by the client and the investors. Today it already has thousands of active users who claim that this extremely intuitive and engaging app has revolutionized their concept of discovering melodies. We keep on improving the applications and creating even more pleasure from melody search.