THE VIDEO SHELF · software interface design
Music Software & Interface Design: Steinberg's Dorico
Tantacrul critiques the UX and UI of Steinberg's Dorico music notation software, comparing it with Sibelius and user testing it with real musicians alongside his own attempt to compose in it.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as a rigorous, entertaining example of interface design review and notes the author later became head of design at MuseScore.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Tantacrul
- Topic
- software interface design
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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For those out of the loop: Tantacrul is a composer who put together some hilariously scathing UI/UX video reviews for some popular composing software tools out there, including MuseScore [1] [2] [3]. The team developing MuseScore then brought him on as head of design. [1] …
ohazi on Hacker News · 2020-11
In Update on MuseScore 3.6 and 4.0The MuseScore video is part entertainment, part critique. Personally, I don't think it's fair to dismiss it so quickly. He's very knowledgable in the field of music notation software, and is in a smaller niche of having used several of them professionally (most people stick …
guitarbill on Hacker News · 2021-04
In I’m now in charge of Audacity [video]
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