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Faves for rhythm
I don't recall seeing anything specific to rhythm, so I thought I'd kick it off. Do you have a favorite app that you feel helps you rhythmically?
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There's something about Funkbox's swing that does it for me. Particularly when I want a beat 'now', it remains my go-to.
The other one might seem odd: samplr. I find making and looping random (non-quantized) fragments of things reveals new and inspiring rhythms. I sometimes do the same in NS by setting the sample start/length up on the XY pads, loading a sample and messing with it until I find something happy making. Easier in Samplr with the graphic display and larger visible area no doubt.
Wouldn't have guessed your latter picks @syrupcore . I keep Funkbox at a lower rung, although I've heard some great things about it. True to a lesser degree with Sampler and NS. Time, money, and/or focus! More esplorin' needed.
Feel exactly the same as regards Egoist. Ham all over the place...
Definitely get it with Egoist!
Elastic Drums for me
Sector.
I can make a boring beat in any drum machine just as well as another.
DrumStudio. I like the scoring mechanism. Works for me overall better than the grid approaches of other apps. (Not that I don't use others, like DrumPerfect, just that I have a preference for DrumStudio, esp. also the ease of writing flams, rolls, etc.) Plus, I'm not too demanding on drum sets, so, again, overall I'm happy with the default provided.
Drummer, from Logic Pro X (I hate actually having to do drums). Now if that were on the iPad…
Not going to mention the app that I use but I often make a fairly simple and sparse beat and hang different echo/delay effect on each individual drum. Then adjust the delay times to effect the rhythm.
I also used to enjoy programming drums in Gadget. The ability to have multiple instances of Bilbao, London and Abu Dhabi in perfect sync and the ease with which you can quickly mess about with the piano roll affords a very fun feedback loop.
Patterning - (easy to change velocity, lovely semi random options)
(And Gadget)
I always use Patterning as it just works, and is so stable . SeekBeats is good too , and looking forward to the Elastic Drums fix as this is probably my favourite sound-wise . And Egoist for a bit of mad jam on toast lol
Isn't it in GarageBand on iPad?
DrumJam
I can't help drum jamming over every loop I make just for fun. DrumJam just makes me smile
If you want to spend the rest of forever in LPX, here:
http://help.apple.com/logicpro-effects/mac/10.2.1/?lang=en#/lgcecc16550d
The drummer in GB is pretty epic IMO. If I want to actually put some work in then it's DrumPerfect Pro, but to be honest the results from GB will likely be better and take considerably less time to achieve.
Funkbox but desperately needs a link update.
I emailed the developer.
Won't be getting link any time soon.
Also like boom 808
Patterning for sure. It's a very deep drum machine.
I also dig playing around on iElectribe and iMPC Pro.
I still like the way Molten lets you divide bars up into different numbers of beats.
I've gotten great results too from GB drummer so do you export the entire track then chop it up?
Egoist and Patterning are my favs but for pure rythmic exploration (and it does more than just drums, despite the name) Different Drummer is probably the most open and organic in terms of results. I really dont use it enough though because I feel like I am relearning it each time I use it. Probably because I have pretty much zero music theory.
I do a basic arrangement in GB, then export as one stereo track and bring into Auria. If need be then I re-arrange the various sections, and I use Pro-MB to fine-tune the sound (it works much better than straight EQ on mixed drums IMO).
My April SOTMC entry has GB drums:
Gadget - I like to go off grid, use triplets, make velocity ramps and variations and all that I think is easier with Gadget's sequencer than with any of my drum apps.
DM1 - if I want that old school drum machine sound and feel.
Patterning - I'm not often looking for a polyrhythm type of beat but this is so well made, super intuitive workflow I just want to use it because it is a joy to use and I guess that reflects on the quality of the stuff that I'm able to pull out of it.
Diff drmmr if it still can be said. (;
Very slowly, and still rhythms evolving,
like in these kitschy posters ...
Yeah, forgot about the little wonder that is patterning. It makes poly rhythms so easy. It also makes it very easy to get some movement/variations out of single patterns with per drum/step probability and the brilliant pattern shifting per loop. Means you can set up a single pattern to jam with before you're ready to commit to song mode and not have it feel like a 16step metronome. A total marvel.
I am still a student of DrumPerfect Pro, even though I am just about finished with my first video, and plan to make tutorials. But I find that the rhythms I've made on it have impacted my playing for the better, because they seem like a real drummer.
You can have time signatures with up to 32 on top and multiples of two on the bottom. So 17/4 or 19/8, etc are easy to do.
Each measure can be subdivided up to 16 times. For 4/4 this mean up to 64 subdivisions.
Each instrument can be assigned two velocities for each beat, which play based on where you set a probability slider
You can play with the timing of the beats with total power. If you want a snare to play a little early or late--easy to do
You can also hit a humanize button which will make variations in velocity (+ or - 15%) and timing (2.3 ms)
BPM is saved in the patterns, so you can speed up your song whenever you want by typing in a new BPM and saving a new pattern.
Of course everybody knows that DrumPerfect Pro randomizes up to 16 samples per stroke of each instrument, so I won't mention that.
Is it interesting that all 16 instruments can be output as separate audio tracks?
There's much, much more of course...