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is there official word of a NS2 release ?
It's no secret that Xewton did both. Image line invited app developers to apply to produce a mobile version of FL Studio when they wanted to have a presence in mobile quickly. They are currently producing a new version based on their own code from their groove station.
1st version of beatmaker was 2008. 1st Nano Studio was 2010. And both clearly owe a lot to Akai.
The first version of BM owes a lot to the Akai MPC. The first version of BM was primitive compared to BM2 and the sequencer in it was meh. BM was meh, which was why BM2 was a huge redo/ovehaul/improvement. BM2 is still the closest thing in iOS to an Akai MPC. The 4x4 pad grid that has become the standard for drum machine/samplers is about all Nanostudio owes to Roger Linn. But that layout is as common as your qwerty keyboard. It is used by everyone because it is ergonomic.
Over all NS is a very different beast from BM2. It is more fleshed out than BM2. The Eden synth, is something BM2 doesn't have. The effects in NS sound better than BM2s. But for MPC style sampling in most aspects BM2 is the king. It does what it does well and still has no contender on iOS. However NS had the first rack style concept with a nice sequencer, period. And imho, BM2 owes NS AND Akai a lot. But I don't care because BM2 kicks some butt. They out AKAIed Akai on iOS.
That's how I feel too. Some parts of NanoStudio's sample editor could have been 'carried' over to BM2.
It's not as easy to 'loose a selection' in NS as it can be in BM2 if tapping just a little bit outside the selection.
NS has 'handles' for changing the selection and when zoomed-in the handles jump to beginning or end of the selection making it easier when trimming stuff.
If I would have had the patience to really dig in and learn NS when it came out I would have saved some cash because it's still one of the most well thought out apps out there
i agree, until it comes to pattern based sequencing then it's the beat machine we love to hate that is by far #1
One would think that Samu, but to bite Hunter S. Thompson 'Once you start a serious app collection, it's hard to stop.'
I know, I'm a 'Tech-Geek' and an 'App-A-Holic'
I've just been watching some old instructional videos on sampling with the Korg Triton. Seems so easy to use, so well thought out with slicing, mapping, stretching, pattern-creation and everything and that makes me wonder why Gadget doesn't yet have a proper 'sampler' yet???
I meant Beatmaker 2, specifically. One only need look at screenshots of BM1, NS and then BM2 to see the rather blatant rip off.
Still, agreed that BM2 is still the best sample based beat making workflow on iOS.
Can I ask what makes you say that?
I would import my drum loop into SunVox and do something like in this video and then record it back into my DAW thru Audiobus at the right tempo. Simple as beans really!
cause beatmaker 2 is not pattern based like fl studio or the impc pro.
@kobamoto Gotcha. Not sure I really get the pattern based difference as I don't use impc ever and don't own the fl studio app. Isn't 'pattern based' just copy and paste on the BM timeline? Is it more of a mental paradigm or some practical part of workflow?
Genuinely curious because I know you have spent quality time with MPC hardware (and I haven't and am considering it!)
One 'Block' in Beatmaker 2 = One Pattern.
Just loop the block you're editing/recording to and it will behave just like a pattern in the other apps
I find BM2 way more flexible than BeatMachine with it's limited Grid-Sizes/Pattern-Lenghts.
I feel kinda 'liberated' after deleting iMPC Pro from my iPad
@Samu, nothing like feeling liberated
@syrupcore the pattern based workflow allows you to string together patterns of different tempos and time signatures into one song, and also each of those patterns can have a different mix/fx/flux pad setup so it allows for some drastic differences to be made and managed easily... on the performance level it's easy to mute and un-mute pads as well as whole patterns and you can record this performance into your song sequences as well. Some of the features overlap between bm2 and impc pro but the small differences and the huge difference of how the sequencers work is what makes it appealing to me. it would take allot longer to emulate all of the mixer and fx automation, tempo and time signature changes on a linear sequencer. It's kinda ike the difference between abletons session view and it's arranger view . imho better song mode for a groovebox and better sample slicing as well, not to mention beyond quicker than bm2 to use. i guess I just prefer the non-linear.
Exactly what I was looking for. Cheers @kobamoto.
glad to help, btw which mpc are you contemplating... even without vst hosting and realtime time stretch they are unbelievably capable instruments?
mpc-1000 with jjos. Mostly for MIDI sequencing and triggering drum samples.
one of the best bang for bucks out there, love the 1000, and you can put a hard drive in it as well for peanuts.
a 1000 and an ipad such a great combo. I know you will like it
@kobamoto Yeah, seems like a monster of a sequencer for not much scratch compared to more modern hardware options. Plus, you know, the sampler.
I see them go for as low as $300-400 fairly regularly. The XL screen version is definitely tempting but then the cost saving goes a little sideways.
Actually, maybe you know the answer to a question I couldn't find it in the manual or the Googles: is it possible to set up an external controller to adjust the level, pitch and decay of assigned samples within a program? It's the kind of thing I tweak regularly and I want something that allows me to do that without menu diving.
this is something that I don't do, but yes it is. I'm not sure to what degree though.
especially things depend on which jjos you have, but even the stock akai os can do this.
Thanks!
Hi all together!
I am totally with @Grippy !!! In the last 20 Years i liked to abuse/mix a lot of beats and samples.
My approach is to sample snippets of beats from different songs and rebuild a new song (remix/mashup) - so timestretch is the first thing in place. Its so easy in Reaper.
In Garageband (mac) you first have to create beatmapped apple loops and then you can mix them together (i dont like this workflow; i prefer the reaper-way.. you can do all steps direct in the DAW).
**iOS:
**iOS Devices are now so powerful ...but there is no DAW here with realtime timestretching function.
BM2 can create slices - i tested this all - but this is not the best solution, when you ever used "real timestretch".
Im really thinking about buying Ableton live - because this kind of "live mixing" of Samples (Sessionview) is what i was missing all the last years (don't know why i never saw&tried Ableton live, because this kind of "mixing" is really fresh and very creative way to make music).
So: Garageband for iOS got an update, there is a session-view, a little "ableton lite" on the iOS Device. This is a great update! You can import your own samples but.... in GB you CANT create a "beatmapped" Sample (your own apple loop) on the go. What a mess!
In the end there are so many Apps and great iOS DAW Solutions, but no one can be used to create a mashup with different samples/beats/snippets because you have to fit them all into the same beat.
So... some of you abuse "loopy HD" to timestretch samples.
**iOS - Timestretch, you are missing:
**But...seriously ... why there is no DAW with timestretch function on the iOS market?
I am really hoping for the new Version of Fruity Loops or Beatmaker. The time is there to deliver a DAW that should do timestretch (and: non-destructive, of course! ... i hope!).
Happy sampling,
Alfonx
If you just need time stretching, Auria Pro have you covered. Auria's elastic audio warping is nearly as good as ProTools (Logic's is in a different league). For correcting performance timing issues it's great, as long as you bounce the result afterwards (yeah, it's really CPU intensive). It can also audio quantize to various beat subdivisions, just you could with PT or Logic, with similar results.
There already was a very reliable, intuitive and artifact-free time stretching tool in Auria even before AP, but it worked only with entire clips and there was no audio quantizing those days. This old tool is still present in AP - just tap with another finger after tapping the extremity of a clip, then drag it to the intended size when the sinuous arrow appears. Great for when you just need to ajust an audio loop to the tempo of the song.
Unfortunately, there is nothing like Flex Pitch in iOS, albeit I bet Rim will come up with something in the future. If you need pitch correction, Auria has the Autotune-like Mu Retune, which is imo a deprecated way to deal with pitch issues. Hope Rim comes up with a more modern alternative in the furure.
Quoted my last post by mistake.
i agree. And still waiting...
Did you try AP's elastic audio, @Alfonx?