MoSt UnDer-RaTed: SYNTH APP

oldschoolwillie

nice app got it.

hacked_to_pieces

@wim said:
@skiphunt
I do like the app (and said so earlier in the thread). After you asked about the MIDI, I thought I should check it out since I did say I liked it. That's when I found out the MIDI seems to be broken. I was just letting you know, and also with the thought that the dev might see it. (yes, I know I should report it directly, but I'm lazy and really don't care that much)

Do I regret my enormous $2 purchase because of the MIDI? Nope.

@hacked_to_pieces
YES! Of course he should get my approval before buying anything! I'm insulted you would even ask that.

Lol

Andy

Here I am. I was a little busy lately anyway.
Just want to confirm that I constantly update all my apps according to all the bugs reported (unfortunately most of the time people complain that app is buggy without contacting me or even specifying what doesn't work - probably some times users also don't have patience to read the manual of the app ).
I'm also open to all kind of suggestion and new features' requests.

@wim About MIDI, what issue are you experiencing? I will correct the color pattern to make it clearer.
Now the app receives MIDI note and pitch wheel from external controllers and can MIDI learn, so that you can assign all your knobs from your controller to the knobs of my app. If you have issue with it, please write me at [email protected] the details to re-create your scenario.

Andrea
ElliottGarage Software

wim

@Andy said:

@wim About MIDI, what issue are you experiencing? I will correct the color pattern to make it clearer.
Now the app receives MIDI note and pitch wheel from external controllers and can MIDI learn, so that you can assign all your knobs from your controller to the knobs of my app. If you have issue with it, please write me at [email protected] the details to re-create your scenario.

Andrea
ElliottGarage Software

Hi Andrea, yes, sorry, I was busy and a bit too lazy to report the issue directly at the time. My post was pretty specific about the issues. 1) Can't see the colors on the MIDI channel selection, and 2) Can pass notes from my controller to the app, but cannot pass cc (knob movements).

1) BTW, the preset selector seems to have the same color issue.
2) When I do MIDI learn, I touch a control, tweak a knob, and nothing happens in the app. I know I'm sending on the right channel because notes are working. I have also verified using MidiFlow that cc data is traveling from the controller to to the app. Just nothing is happening with it once it gets there.

I'll take some time and provide better details to [email protected] this weekend. I'll also test on some other devices. I've only tried on iPad Air 2 with latest iOS so far.

Kaikoo2

DRC is quite underrated...

due to its higher price on old demo version image!

Very good on this v1.02 update! Just few bucks extra, this rare synth can really up to your maneuvers! It is the next thing after my Animoog and Twin2, it ranks 3rd!

Try it on Soundprism and FugueM, amazed! Its own strip horizontal keyboard on arp, amazed! Very reliable! Don't let it go out of your favorite!

I was thinking buying it for 100 times before I did my action! I have so many synth app now, this is the one I really have fun and ease with! Soundprism mod midi cc can drive it fascinating!

Andy

2) When I do MIDI learn, I touch a control, tweak a knob, and nothing happens in the app. I know I'm sending on the right channel because notes are working. I have also verified using MidiFlow that cc data is traveling from the controller to to the app. Just nothing is happening with it once it gets there.

@wim just to be sure, you should click on the 'MIDI learn' button in the settings panel, then the available knobs will draw a red rect arount them and you can tap it. Whe you tap the knob the red rect becomes green and now you can tweat your controller knob. Now you should see the app knob moving according to your controller one.

wim

@Andy said:

2) When I do MIDI learn, I touch a control, tweak a knob, and nothing happens in the app. I know I'm sending on the right channel because notes are working. I have also verified using MidiFlow that cc data is traveling from the controller to to the app. Just nothing is happening with it once it gets there.

@wim just to be sure, you should click on the 'MIDI learn' button in the settings panel, then the available knobs will draw a red rect arount them and you can tap it. Whe you tap the knob the red rect becomes green and now you can tweat your controller knob. Now you should see the app knob moving according to your controller one.

Yes, I have done all you said. Touch the control. The rectangle turns green. Move the knob on the controller. The knob in the app does not move. If it's working for you then we just need to figure out what is different between the two of us. When I get home I'll do some more testing with other devices to see if there's any different behavior.

We can take it off-line unless you prefer to deal with it in this thread.

Andy

We can take it off-line unless you prefer to deal with it in this thread.

@wim thanks for your support, please write me your results on [email protected]

skiphunt

@Andy said:

We can take it off-line unless you prefer to deal with it in this thread.

@wim thanks for your support, please write me your results on [email protected]

If you don't mind... can you post a note here to let us know if you figured out after you've conversed privately?

wim

@skiphunt said:

@Andy said:

We can take it off-line unless you prefer to deal with it in this thread.

@wim thanks for your support, please write me your results on [email protected]

If you don't mind... can you post a note here to let us know if you figured out after you've conversed privately?

Well, what would be really helpful is if someone else could try it so we'd know if it's just me. No point putting the dev through a bunch of debugging if its just something in my setup. I kind of doubt it, but if @Andy isn't seeing the same thing then the next suspect would of course be something in my environment.

wim

I'll provide more details to @Andy via email, but the short version is Midi Learn and CC control works fine for me on iPhone 5S (iOS 9.3.1), but not on iPad Air 2 (iOS 9.3.1) or iPad 2 (iOS 9.2). Notes work fine on all versions, just not cc's. Tests were done from an M-Audio Oxygen 8v2 directly connected via CCK, with no other apps running, and that has no problems with any other apps. Also tested from other apps that can send both notes and controller messages.

I'd be curious if anyone else is able to control EGSY01 knobs from an external controller or other app on the iPad.

Andy

@wim said:
I'll provide more details to @Andy via email, but the short version is Midi Learn and CC control works fine for me on iPhone 5S (iOS 9.3.1), but not on iPad Air 2 (iOS 9.3.1) or iPad 2 (iOS 9.2). Notes work fine on all versions, just not cc's. Tests were done from an M-Audio Oxygen 8v2 directly connected via CCK, with no other apps running, and that has no problems with any other apps. Also tested from other apps that can send both notes and controller messages.

I'd be curious if anyone else is able to control EGSY01 knobs from an external controller or other app on the iPad.

Just tried on iPhone 5s and iPad mini 1 gen...no issue...I suppose I need an iPad air 2 to make some test

RUST( i )K

@studs1966 said:
"It's A Cracker" was a regular saying from the Irsh comedian, Frank Carson. Like Tommy Cooper would say, "Just Like That!"....... Or Paul Daniels, "You May Like It?.......... But Not A Lot!".......

Never heard that one.

I learned something.

RUST( i )K

@skiphunt said:

@wim said:
I got it in a bundle so it was cheaper. $2 is what I remembered. I didn't check.

I'm probably going to go ahead and get it. Looks like it came out in 2013 and has had at least quarterly updates and bug fixes with regularity since it came out. Doesn't appear to be abandoned and most seem to like the sounds they can carve with it.

Thanks for the heads up on the midi stuff. As long as midi in works well, I'm ok with it.

This is a solid company.

In fact, you get responses for an email within same day usually.

I judged them also on the improvements they constantly make to their drum apps.

I figured I would like the synth because I like all the drum machine sounds of that era of house, so it made sense to me that the synth would fit the profile. And it did.

Tritonman

You still do not have Thumbjam? Really?

RUST( i )K

@Tritonman said:
You still do not have Thumbjam? Really?

What do you mean?

Of course I have Thumbjam.

Why would you ask that anyway?

I am confused.

studs1966

@RustiK said:

@studs1966 said:
"It's A Cracker" was a regular saying from the Irsh comedian, Frank Carson. Like Tommy Cooper would say, "Just Like That!"....... Or Paul Daniels, "You May Like It?.......... But Not A Lot!".......

Never heard that one.

I learned

studs1966

Now I'm showing my age, tho I was a very young then.

skiphunt

@RustiK said:

@Tritonman said:
You still do not have Thumbjam? Really?

What do you mean?

Of course I have Thumbjam.

Why would you ask that anyway?

I am confused.

I think he's talking to me. I don't have it yet. My interest in iOS sound/music apps was awakened about 2 and a half months ago. I've bought about 50 apps in that timeframe but not Thumbjam.

Had held off because it hadn't had an update in a long time and I'd already been burned on a few apps that'd claimed to be AB compliant etc. but we're not.

Then the Thumbjam said an update was near a few weeks ago. Then stated saying it was "imminent" a couple weeks ago, so I've been waiting for the new version in case it's not a free update.

I'm not in a rush though. Barely know how to effectively use all the apps I already have

JohnnyGoodyear

@skiphunt said:

@RustiK said:

@Tritonman said:
You still do not have Thumbjam? Really?

What do you mean?

Of course I have Thumbjam.

Why would you ask that anyway?

I am confused.

I think he's talking to me. I don't have it yet. My interest in iOS sound/music apps was awakened about 2 and a half months ago. I've bought about 50 apps in that timeframe but not Thumbjam.

Had held off because it hadn't had an update in a long time and I'd already been burned on a few apps that'd claimed to be AB compliant etc. but we're not.

Then the Thumbjam said an update was near a few weeks ago. Then stated saying it was "imminent" a couple weeks ago, so I've been waiting for the new version in case it's not a free update.

I'm not in a rush though. Barely know how to effectively use all the apps I already have

Very sensible and from our own game theory point of view we (we being the majority who do have TJ and can't imagine much of an iOS life without knowing it was waiting there, patiently, on our padtop) would prefer you wait so the dev sees a little flurry of purchases post update and thus continues to be encouraged in his excellent efforts, HOWEVER do save yourself the effort once bought to tell all and sundry how terrific it is and how you can't believe you didn't buy it before because we know that already and we're smarmy like that

skiphunt

@JohnnyGoodyear said:

@skiphunt said:

@RustiK said:

@Tritonman said:
You still do not have Thumbjam? Really?

What do you mean?

Of course I have Thumbjam.

Why would you ask that anyway?

I am confused.

I think he's talking to me. I don't have it yet. My interest in iOS sound/music apps was awakened about 2 and a half months ago. I've bought about 50 apps in that timeframe but not Thumbjam.

Had held off because it hadn't had an update in a long time and I'd already been burned on a few apps that'd claimed to be AB compliant etc. but we're not.

Then the Thumbjam said an update was near a few weeks ago. Then stated saying it was "imminent" a couple weeks ago, so I've been waiting for the new version in case it's not a free update.

I'm not in a rush though. Barely know how to effectively use all the apps I already have

Very sensible and from our own game theory point of view we (we being the majority who do have TJ and can't imagine much of an iOS life without knowing it was waiting there, patiently, on our padtop) would prefer you wait so the dev sees a little flurry of purchases post update and thus continues to be encouraged in his excellent efforts, HOWEVER do save yourself the effort once bought to tell all and sundry how terrific it is and how you can't believe you didn't buy it before because we know that already and we're smarmy like that

Sure @JohnnyGoodyear if I buy it & like it, I'll be sure to not trouble you with "strident & entitled" accolades.

By the way, I just bought the synth app the original post was about EGSY01 Analog Synth and I dig it a lot!

Very cool & bizarre sounds out of it. Just my cup of tea. And so far, on an iPhone 5 whilst killing time here at Starbucks, haven't noticed any bugs at all.

Also bought Squashit to dirty it up some. Both good stuff and both universal

Seangarland

The app that I've just "rediscovered" recently that tends to get overlooked is NLog Pro. Some nice sounds in there, if you can get past the dated UI.

u0421793

@JohnnyGoodyear said:
…
Very sensible and from our own game theory point of view we (we …

You’re describing the “Public Goods game”, from game theory, which incorporates the “free rider” problem. The same sort of equilibrium that causes countries that get together and decide it’d be a good idea to implement measures to reduce pollution and go green, etc. to never quite get round to doing it. They all say “Yep, incontestably a good idea. Why don’t you guys go first and pour your huge investment contribution into it, we’ll be along in a short while to join you”.

Hang on, that’s a brilliant idea! A sequence-peggiator that you can choose game theory games and therefore which equilibria are in play, governing which patterns ‘win’ and which song structure is the outcome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_in_game_theory

JohnnyGoodyear

@u0421793 said:

@JohnnyGoodyear said:
…
Very sensible and from our own game theory point of view we (we …

You’re describing the “Public Goods game”, from game theory, which incorporates the “free rider” problem. The same sort of equilibrium that causes countries that get together and decide it’d be a good idea to implement measures to reduce pollution and go green, etc. to never quite get round to doing it. They all say “Yep, incontestably a good idea. Why don’t you guys go first and pour your huge investment contribution into it, we’ll be along in a short while to join you”.

Hang on, that’s a brilliant idea! A sequence-peggiator that you can choose game theory games and therefore which equilibria are in play, governing which patterns ‘win’ and which song structure is the outcome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_in_game_theory

Incontestably a good idea. Why don’t you go first and pour your huge intellectual contribution into it, we’ll be along in a short while to join you....

Andy

@wim > @wim said:

I'll provide more details to @Andy via email, but the short version is Midi Learn and CC control works fine for me on iPhone 5S (iOS 9.3.1), but not on iPad Air 2 (iOS 9.3.1) or iPad 2 (iOS 9.2). Notes work fine on all versions, just not cc's. Tests were done from an M-Audio Oxygen 8v2 directly connected via CCK, with no other apps running, and that has no problems with any other apps. Also tested from other apps that can send both notes and controller messages.

I'd be curious if anyone else is able to control EGSY01 knobs from an external controller or other app on the iPad.

@wim I've just tried on an iPad Air2 (iOS 9.3.1) and everything works fine...I don't know what to think, also because this feature has nothing related to the device.

Any other users?

skiphunt

@Andy bought EGSY01 Analog Synth as a result of this thread. I'm not using it cc controlled, so I can't comment on that. However, I can say I like the app & glad I bought it.

The only critique I would agree with is the color is too weak in the BPM & other settings. should be brighter, a different color, or more contrast. Very hard to see the reading at all for BPM the way it is.

I'm using it on an iPad Air 2 & iPhone 5. Running latest iOS. Works well on each.

Matt_Fletcher_2000

@JohnnyGoodyear said:

@u0421793 said:

@JohnnyGoodyear said:
…
Very sensible and from our own game theory point of view we (we …

You’re describing the “Public Goods game”, from game theory, which incorporates the “free rider” problem. The same sort of equilibrium that causes countries that get together and decide it’d be a good idea to implement measures to reduce pollution and go green, etc. to never quite get round to doing it. They all say “Yep, incontestably a good idea. Why don’t you guys go first and pour your huge investment contribution into it, we’ll be along in a short while to join you”.

Hang on, that’s a brilliant idea! A sequence-peggiator that you can choose game theory games and therefore which equilibria are in play, governing which patterns ‘win’ and which song structure is the outcome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_in_game_theory

Incontestably a good idea. Why don’t you go first and pour your huge intellectual contribution into it, we’ll be along in a short while to join you....

Funny.

anickt

I can assign cc's from ModStep. Air1 9.3.1

It works

RUST( i )K

Funny how things cycle and recycle here.

Sustainable app culture.........................

thesoundtestroom

I did a demo for the original version way back in Sept 2013
Just reinstalled it and will probably make a demo for this newer one in the meantime here is a link to my old one, I have improved the video and sounds a bit since then