Lumin was to be our third Android app. We both had the idea independently and started coding – it wasn’t until we both asked each other’s help that we realised we were both making the same app!
We ended up blending James’ UI with my audio engine. The idea was a simple step sequencer, where the user could light up squares to set a pattern of notes to play, accompanied by some beautiful samples I created using non-traditional scales. This was the first app that I spent any serious time doing graphics for – I’ve started to learn Illustrator as a result.
This was to be our first paid app, but we couldn’t bring ourselves to release it as we found no way of making it stable – the phone just can’t handle playing samples and keeping time accurately enough for it to be fun. I felt that if people would be paying for a sequencer, it should at least be able to keep time!
This one is on the backburner until Android’s sound support improves – but at that point there’s a paid app ready to go!
