MX Studio

A design sprint, conceptualized to reduce the frustrations that come with learning a new digital producing tool. With integrated tutorials and hints, it's a plug-in prototype made to flatten the steep learning curve that recording hobbyists face while learning how to use a digital audio workstation. Made to make producing your own music and growing your new skills more accessible, working with whatever DAW the user is already familiar with.

TOOLS

Figma

Miro

TIMELINE

One Month

Created in Adobe XD, this prototype displays how the two modes of the app would function.
Workflow mode guides the user through setting up their DAW workspace, and gives them all the basic tools and knowledge to start recording. Task mode is a more direct, user led mode. The user searches for a specific task they'd like to complete and MX studio walks them through that process.

Product Development

Discovery Interviews

Conducted one-on-one through zoom, each interview taking between 45-60 minutes, following a specified script

Interview Insights:

- Digital Audio Workstations get visually overwhelming very quickly
- Many producing tools feel too advanced or confusing so they don't get used
- Users return to the DAWs they know because the familiarity is comfortable
- Soundtrap, Garageband and Logicpro are the most commonly used among hobbyists

DAW Comparison Insights

- The more complex the product gets, the more intimidating it is to learn, leading to more
negative reviews
- When users get frustrated to the point of leaving comments on the app store, it's most often
because features were difficult to find in the complex UI, or the new tools weren't intuitive to beginners

Persona

User Experience Map

Takeaways

- Users quit out of frustration when they can't find the right tool or can't figure out how to get the sound they want with the tools they're using.
- As soon as users get past the peak of frustration and learn how to get the tools to work for them, their excitement returns and they can keep enjoying the process

Wireframing

KN

Multi-Disciplinary Design