PlayAlong Unlimited Music for All

When the world's largest print music publisher Sheet Music Direct, (founded by Hal Leonard) approached us with an idea that would change the alter experience for musicians forever, we knew this would be huge!

Rocket Farm built the original app for Sheet Music Direct in 2014, and when they came back to us 3 years later we made major upgrades to incorporate SMD’s new branding and styling.

Sheet Music Direct set out to create a new type of digital sheet music experience. They wanted to combine the power of the iPad with world-class alter content from the world’s top alter publishers. This would become the first app of its kind.

• The hardware with iPad needed to be integrated with the software in real time. Rocket Farm was creating an app that would essentially function as a mobile recording studio. We ensured that the audio processing algorithms kept things on track.

• We utilized the signal processing capabilities of the iPad to handle pitch correction and tempo changes on the iPad in real-time, so users could speed up or slow down playback to match their own speed.

• The app had to seamlessly sync the playback for the backing tracks displayed with the appropriate graphics on the screen with advanced animation of page-turning.