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Thank you Funjunkie 27 :-)
Sigh. Bought.
Thanks!
Nave is great but THOR is even better , what a great app :-)
I'm liking both! A lot of flexibility in Thor for shaping and controlling the sound. Pretty intuitive for me and I like the interface. Like @ChrisG mentioned with the key sizing. The strum/hit is really nice as well.
So many purchases this month...I am so broke, ha.
LOVE the interface! Man, it's been a month since I've been this excited!
I can't remember how much the AudioBus app initially was but it sure keeps costing me!
I can see a folder/bank structure becoming useful with this app. On top of making your own presets there are Thor preset packs for Reason from various companies you can purchase (which should work with the iPad version according to the app description). I tried creating folders using iFunbox, but that didn't work.
How can they have so many presets but no folder structure?!
I don't know....It's a great app, to be sure. However, at least in the hour or so that I've been playing with it, I think iMini has warmer sounds, and it feels like if you have iMini, Nave, and Alchemy, you don't really need Thor. I don't really care for the default keyboard interface either. Has anyone found a way to resize the keyboard? I have a full-sized iPad, and my fat fingers have difficulty with keyboard accuracy. Nearly every other app has the ability to set the keyboard key width to a size that works best for the person. I can only imagine how things must be for those with the iPad mini. I don't want to give the app a poor review--it's a great app, to be sure! I just feel like my high expectations weren't completely met. As I said, I love the sound of the iMini, and along with Nave and Alchemy I haven't heard anything new, groundbreaking or compelling that makes Thor essential if you already have the above mentioned three apps (plus alchemy's add-ons). So everyone, tell me how I'm wrong, so I don't feel buyer's remorse for this app. And if anyone knows how to change the keyboard size settings, please speak up! :-) Thanks!
The keys size is adjusted by zooming in and out on the keyboard note position slider to the top of keyboard
OK, I found that someone posted a link to a manual. I found the following which may solve one of my issues:
"Expand or reduce the visible keyboard range by swiping to the left or right outside the highlighted keyboard.
This will expand or reduce the keyboard range on the side you are swiping."
I'm not near my iPad right now, but I'll check this later and see if this resolves one of my biggest concerns. :-)
@JuniorPops Thanks for responding! I must have been writing at the same time you were posting a response. Thanks again for helping! :-)
Still, the question remains--if a person already has iMini, Nave, and Alchemy (with the add-ons), does Thor bring anything new or compelling to the table?
Can you display note names on the keyboard?
@Michael_R_Grant I haven't found a way to do so, but I agree that it would be useful! :-)
@ChrisG It seems that most of the Thor preset packs are in the 'refill' format... and this format is not recognized by the app (both "open in" and iTunes). Only .thor files (individual patches) are accepted, but you cannot extract these files from the refill file :-(.
Yea I think you need to own a copy of Reason to get to the presets if you buy them in refill format. Didn't think about that. But still, a folder/bank/category structure would be a welcome addition for the user and imported presets area. (PhilW the factory presets are all organized nicely, but not the user area)
@Audiojunkie: I'd buy it regardless if only to throw a couple of bucks at Propellerhead to encourage them to do more of these. Like an effects slot compatible Scream 4!
@drelbs Oh, it's already bought--as soon as it was available. ;-) I was just questioning the need if one already has iMini, Nave, and Alchemy Pro (with IAPs).
Now, if Propellerheads wants to REALLY see me excited, they will release their NN-XT sampler to the iPad! :-) The iPad is really lacking a high quality sampler. It is a gaping hole that is waiting to be plugged, and the first person to fill it properly is going to get the sales! :-)
--Sean
@Audiojunkie, that's one thing missing a proper drum sampler for iPad, Akai has the iMPC but refuses to listen to their user base to implement features, there is also NI imaschine, another great app with lack of support and updates.Critical update like AudioBus and neither of the above seems to be interested in implementing these features.
@JuniorPops You might want to look at Beat Machine. It's AB supported and the Dev has been doing regular updates. You can also use samples from impc.
@mgmg4871, Thanks, I have Beat Machine but there is still that need for a proper drum app.
@Michael_R_Grant: it's the "Assist" button, select key/notes you want, then "Collapse".
A massive synth, lots of ways to go with it, the same great sound, nice use of touch surface for playability, no complaints there or about buying it. But there are some things to note:
the manual claims it is the same as the desktop version, but there are things missing that do not need to be missing; looks like they think the iPad does not support them but it does:
1: Audio inputs are not connected; yet (see Magellan, iMini, esp. iVoxel, etc) of course they are supported by the iPad, especially useful in filter slot but still useful in input. I can live without then, but would be nice.
2: ditto Audio outputs (unless AB only allows stereo from Input slots? Jack?) (v. minor niggle here)
3: MIDI (my favorite rant:)(ignore if MIDI is not your thing):
No automation MIDI CC# learn, and only a very few (5!) "common" controllers are available, and only as the "Performance" modulation sources. Serious omission (for me that is). Had to dig pretty deep to find them too - no MIDI section in the manual, no MIDI implementation chart.
Only a max of 13 parameters at a time can be automated.
Saving grace: you can drive multiple parameters from the same CC and have full control over the depth and scaling to each. Tough to author without the full knobby access. An external keyboard would be a must here. The mini keyboard in the knob and routing pages has no controllers. Nor is it particularly playable.
Sequencer does not appear to accept external MIDI clock. It does accept start/stop.
They did get MIDI source selection and VM right. It co-exists. I tested clocking with LittleMidi.
A pdf downloadable manual would be great, I do not have net access on the ferry.
And now I really really must pay some bills.
@Dwarman The assist-->collapse function doesn't display the note names on the keyboard. I want to know which key on the screen is C4, for example, but all of them are blank. Looks cool, but not great functionality.
I guess the lack of skeumorphism on the keyboard is what we are to expect in iOS 7. Since the knobs and routers look like the physical counterparts the mishmash of styles is a bit jarring. S'pose I'd best get used to it.
I'd been wondering the same as Audiojunkie - if you have the other apps (as I do), then is it worth getting Thor? I haven't bought it yet, but have to say I'm sorely tempted, even though I know I don't really NEED it.
@PhilW - if you love synths, especially modular ones, then you know you NEED Thor. It sounds amazing and is a knob tweaker's wet dream ;-)
Well I've loved tweaking knobs ever since my Roland SH5, which I must have bought around 1975.... Of course I was very young at the time.
@PhilW I snapped it up the moment it became available, and to be honest, after some thought, I've decided I don't regret it at all. As was mentioned above, It is supporting the company, is inexpensive, and it sounds good. I honestly don't think it brings anything new. I have every arguably real synth that is available on the iPad, and keep only the best installed. One thing I like about different synths is the sound character differences between various synths. For example, the iMini and the Polysix are both great sounding synths that have a unique sonic character that is different from each other while still in the VA category. Nave and the other wavetable synths, while similar to each other (but small in size, so I'm keeping all three on my tablet), sound different from the analog emulators in sonic character and increase the sonic palette. Animoog also has a sound all of its own. I've got some others that I'm not sure about that I still have on my tablet, because they are really useful and nice tools, but I don't know if they add anything to my sonic palette (Magellan, NLog, Arctic, etc). I don't really like the sound of Arctic synth much, so I think the only reasons I still have it installed is because the size is really small and it has audiobus. ;-) Magellan has the ability to run two different synths as layers which offers some unique sonic possibilities, so I'm keeping that. I could go on, but I've already digressed from my point. ;-) Thor offers several different synthesis types within the same synth that other synths can't do, which makes it unique. The iMini may be the king of the VAs (just my example, not stated as fact), but it can't do what Nave can do. Addictive can do additive. etc. etc. etc. (Note: I'm giving examples for examples sake, and not for accuracy, so there's no point for anyone to get technical and correct me too much ;-) ). The point is that Thor can do a lot of different synthesis types and may very well be considered the jack of all trades as far as iPad synths go. In other words, it is likely more flexible at synth sounds than all of the other synths--even if it isn't the particular best at any one synthesis method. That makes it unique, and for someone who asks a, "If I was able to buy just one synth...." question, Thor may very well be the best answer.
--Sean