So much to offer, yet much is needed – TNR-i - US Review

I spent time trying to find out what I could about this app before purchasing as there is no Lite version for demo. Compared to other apps at lower prices, the tnr-i seems to fall a bit short in some ways: lack of MIDI integration, inability to export actual audio/copy/paste... However, as others have said, the app is certainly one you can play with for quite some time. If you need a meditative tool, this would go great with SynthPond. As an instrument in its own right, it is an amazing piece of work. You have lots of room to create compositions that can be played back. You can also record a song, make changes, etc, and save the recording. While this is a nice feature, Yamaha could do one better by allowing controlled playback of those performances, even more helpful would be any way to sync this app (again, we need MIDI integration here). From a support standpoint, it is disappointing to see that Yamaha doesn't have appeared to have released any video of their own, in English, or even translate Iwai's video to English. In fact, you can't find anything about this app on their US website as of today (almost two weeks swince US release). If you are serious about your iDevice music production, this could be a powerful tool. Especially if you write on the ipad and transfer the files to play on an iphone thus freeing up the iPad for other creations. I'd actually rate the app 3.5 until Yamaha adds MIDI functionailty and some way to export audio. Otherwise, a solid entry that deserves real consideration when looking for purely compositional inspiration.
Review by shimoda on TNR-i - US.