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Got KRFT? We want your feedback!
Hey guys,
Hope you're all enjoying the 1.5 MIDI update! We're really excited about how quickly the app is progressing as well as the enthusiasm for the vision.
To make the app even better we want to understand how you use it and what you like/dislike about the app. If you have a minute please fill out this short survey: https://goo.gl/forms/O01fcu8km51lBQqw1
We want to create a revolution and your feedback is crucial. Be part of helping us make it happen!
Thanks in advance!
Alex
p.s.
If you don't have KRFT I'd love to hear why it's not for you! 
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Will do.
Survey completed!
Alex, i mentioned in the Groovebox an idea which would really help reach for a new audience of users. I strongly believe this would help KRFT as well. I will sort of give you a short blurb of the idea but you could go to the Groovebox thread if you wish to get the whole idea.
What i have in mind is s that you could possible reach out to the Arranger keyboard audience. These are folks that have paid upwards of $3k or more for a Yamaha Tyros or Korg PA series Arranger keyboards. You see, these folks like to record or play back their backing tracks in realtime, and many like myself, enjoy recording our own. Backing tracks and play them back in realtime sort of the same way that KRFT does. KRFT allows us to record our midi loops, rhythms, pads, synths, Bass, audio loops, etc all in realtime and then play those back again after building the surfaces in realtime, basically doing exactly what an Arranger keyboard does, except for one crucial thing, there is no Midi in to be able to change the key or root chord of the selected surface in realtime once it has been recorded.
What i was thinking is if, you were to allow KRFT to have Midi in and allow the programming or coding necessary to allow the group of cells, except for drums of course, to be controlled in realtime after the fact, that would essentially move KRFT into becoming a realtime compositional studio. In essence, a One Man Band! Which i believe it alreay is, because it allows us to create all the backing instruments in a song.
I know i might not be the best a communicating what i mean, but i hope this all makes sense, There are thousands upon thousands of world musicians that would love to just Carry and iPad or iPhone and a light controller instead of a 40 pound $3k Arranger Keyboard to a gig. YOu could do a google search for Korg Arranger Keyboard forums and Yamaha Tyros forums and you would see a completely new audience to reach out to with KRFT! Yamaha and Korg would have stopped making these arranger keyboards a long time ago if they didn't make any money. But what you have here with KRFT can revolutionize an industry or market that Roland, Yamaha and Korg have owned for so many years!
KRFT is a gem and I am so glad i own it. What ever course you guys decide to take it i am going to use it because it has helped me big time in music making.
@Alex fox filled the survey. but i think you already know what features i want most. coughccperstepcough
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A pleasure. Feedback is one of my favorite things.
Thanks for the thoughts! I haven't really looked at these before but they look like a really interesting use case for KRFT. I'm gonna check out some videos now!
Awesome! Thanks man. You guys really have an amazing gem in your hands, plus the greatest asset is that you guys are also musicians which is why i love KRFT that much more. You know what language our hearts speak.
That is why originally i had mentioned if you guys would create rythm surfaces in specific genres and sell those as packs for even additional revenue. That was before you allow sharing surfaces which was truly awesome!
You see, many of us musicians, especially electric guitar played like myself, have very little patience or time, to compose our own rythm tracks or even Bass tracks which both are the hardest thing to compose. So in my particular case, i love it when i get a nice surface that has a nice groove in it with a nice bass grooove. I don't care too much about the pads or melodies, because those I can do. So when I come across these, I think wow, i can get a whole new song going with this surface and I do. Because the basic idea gets built from the groove and bass tracks, even the other tracks playing strings or pads too.
So, imagine the number of folks that say buy your rythm and Bass surface packs, they can then use those to create their own backing tracks and add leads or melody cells to those.. Imagine how cool that would be.
But to take it to the next level, realtime decomposition or composing would be it!
KRFT with midi in and the coding to intelligently recognize the key or chord that the user is entering in realtime and adjusting the pre recorded midi date inside the cell group, to play back according to the entered key, this would turn KRFT in the ultimate portable music Arranger studios IMHO!
What sets KRFT apart from the hardware arrangers, is that the user has the ability and ease to create their very own backing track cells instead of depending on pre made one onboard the Arranger Keyboard with limited processing power or editing abilities.
Thanks guys for listening and wishing you all continued success!
I really hope KRFT jumps in to this before anyone else.
wow, a pretty interesting idea! Not sure how it would work but we'll have a think !
done - I hope I end up using this more. I love the enthusiasm and I can see the potential, but it hasn't clicked for me...yet.
@MusicMan4Christ
Isn't that what the new Ampify Groovebox app is doing? The random button seems to create variations from templates.
Yeah sort of, but if KRFT jumps in first, I would rather see KRFT cause it is so easy to create groups fills, different variations of the group or cells, it is so incredible! But yeah Groovebox has that potential as well. We just have to see and wait who gets in first.
With time being so limited for many of us, creating a backing track in a flash is so crucial to be able to get the song out of our mind and into the iPad as fast as possible is critical. KRFT and Groovebox do that right now, but KRFT has a huge advantage, Alex and Weepy, which are top notch musicians and listen to our ideas. If it's something that they feel will rock, they will ponder it and i know they have the know how to send this one out of the ball park sort of speak.
Submitted my responses. Thing is, still not sure KRFT is for me. Really liking the idea of it. Can really understand the potential. Under the right circumstances, in the right hand, with enough time to delve into it.
Even been on the record about the importance of such apps in terms of learning experiences. With the proper surfaces, you could really experiment with this and understand something very subtle about music.
But the app has yet to grab me in a visceral way as several other apps do.
Nothing about you @Alex fox (or “the rest of” @studioamplify), obviously. From your fanbase here, it’s pretty clear that you hit a soft spot.
It’s just that, well, if you want to create a revolution, it might make sense to attract a very diverse group of people.
Thank you for your honest answer! It's pretty tough to make something for everyone but I'm sure we could make KRFT more appealing to a wider audience.
Out of interest what apps do make you tick?
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The most obvious one, in this context, is Herrmutt Lobby’s PlayGround. Sure, the fact that you can’t create your own setups limits it tremendously. But it’s one app which really took me by surprise in the level of pure enjoyment you can get from the very start. Not only does the onboarding process help a whole lot but those objects really respond in amazingly fun ways. My term for the whole thing would be «jouissif», which doesn’t translate well. But, like playing with a really immersive toy, it’s putting me in a state of Flow.
But there are several others. @sonosaurus ThumbJam has long been among my favourite musicking apps. Very different thing, of course, but since KRFT is labeled as an “instrument”, there’s some logic to this. Same could be said about Animoog.
Haven’t played with Groovebox much, yet, but it’s already grabbed me enough to warrant more quality time. Already had a lot of fun with the other @AmpifyxNovation apps.
And in terms of apps which can make an impact on the musicking world, Korg Gadget is probably the 800-pound gorilla.
The revolution will be musicked.
My wish list is short... Midi import and multi-audio output/channels..
Right. I mean.. KRFT is somewhat similar to PG, though the latter is more geared towards play and the former more towards composing and building your own track. Maybe there's too much building to get started.
I haven't played with GrooveBox much - it looks nice but I for me I don't really see the appeal. The same with Korg Gadget. It's a very nice app with some great sounds but in terms of workflow isn't it much the same as any DAW but with less features? Is it special because you can do it on your iPad?
For us, the touch screen is the main innovation on an iOS device & we don't get the excited about something we can do better on a MacBook. Sure DAWs have their place but we want to do something different and take advantage of these amazing multitouch screens.
survey complete. With some ideas on how to "make it click" for more folks
Thankyou!
That’d be my biggest comment, yes.
Features and enjoyment are in a complex relationship. A lot of creativity comes from having fewer features.
For Gadget specifically, it’s literally my first DAW-like experience since using Performer in 1989. Didn’t start by using it as a DAW, though. It was just a catalogue of instruments which were pleasant enough and allowed me to record full MIDI messages, including automation. With a controller, that’s much of what’s needed, even with a single track.
Tried other DAWs but they didn’t fit my workflow. Thanks to Gadget, was able to experiment with Ableton Live Lite and that does fit my workflow better. Still not using it much. But it’s Gadget which taught me to appreciate it. Plus, the integration between the two is pretty nice.
So, the reason it grabbed me isn’t that it was a DAW on my phone. It’s that it gave me access to something useful, from the start.
Same here. Which is part of the reason PlayGround is such a visceral pleasure. Roger Linn has tried to get us away from “on/off switches” and a touchscreen works extremely well for this. Even for blind users!!
The cool thing with PlayGround is that it really takes advantage of the touchscreen. Ok, it doesn’t use 3D Touch, AFAICT. But it’s a direct interaction between your fingers and the sound in a way which would never work on other surfaces. Playing it with my eyes closed is even more enjoyable than looking at the interface. Maybe some other musicians enjoy looking at their instruments while they play but some of my most intense musical experiences have occurred in the dark.
Again, none of this is meant to disparage your work. You obviously have a strong following. Their approach to musicking may cause a major stir and even lead to a revolution of sorts. Not denying that, really. It’d surprise me, because diversity really does matter in terms of social movements. But it could happen.
So, if you wonder what prevents people from using KRFT, the whole concept of building complex button-based interfaces may afford some discussion in a broader context. And, no, it doesn’t necessarily have to do with DAWs.
Alex you might be right. The majority of musicians here are really creative and advanced, look at Haq's example of the type of surface he created and the sounds wow!!!
But for guys like me, guitar players with some midi knowledge building the drums and bass tracks have always been the hardest. But in my mind I know how the song should go, this is where the provided random patterns from Groovebox are so appealing to all. It makes jumpstartimg a song or groove immediate and satisfying.
KRFT has the same feel to me but yes I do have to get the groove going myself. This is where you came in. You provided a means of Surface sharing where advanced users create cool groovy cells and I personally use those to kumpbstart my songs.
I don't know how many are doing this, but sometimes pride doesn't allow them to say so. Not me. I admit I suck at creating beats and bass tracks.
So hopefully you can find a way to bridge that small gap.
Perhaps a cell randomizer creator??? Just thinking out loud here.
Something I'm the way Groovebox does it.
Instead of a blank start screen, start the project with a choice of Surface wanted to make like:
And at which point KRFT auto create such Surface with a premise generic surface allowing the user to fully customize as desired.
What do you guys think??
My suggestion was to simply allow people to clear all content from any surface they've downloaded or created themselves, for use as a template to start with. But @MusicMan4Christ you make a good point about sometimes just wanting a basic drum or bass thing going to start. So I will amend my suggestion to have the "clear content" feature work by having a pop up thing where you simply check a box next to the channels you want cleared. That way you can keep your drums or whatever and have blank patterns for everything else you want to create
I think portability was a seller at first but the app's greatest strength is how unique and tactile the instruments are. It feels like a box full of top-notch Volcas. But there's no way to argue that the app was built, or even optimized, for touch -- the keyboards were tiny and Korg used a traditional piano roll with insufficient finger friendliness (IMO). I used Gadget for iOS right up until they released everything as desktop AUs.
One thing I forgot to mention in the survey is it bothers me a little that the only way to share presets between devices is to create an account on your website and upload there. I have a lot of projects in process I'd like to share between my own devices, without having them uploaded for public consumption.
I haven't looked into whether there are private/shared options because as soon as I get to that signup screen I usually say "ah nevermind". Air Drop or better yet iCloud sync would be much preferable to me.
You can upload privately. It works well, but I can see it getting cumbersome if you go back and forth regularly
@wim: there is a private option and it works wonderfully to shift surfaces between devices.
Thanks guys. I will jump in with an account. I still wish I didn't need to. At last count, I have 144 accounts for online accounts. It is mildly annoying to add another for something most apps implement without something like that.
I'll forgive a lot for KRFT though!
Personal preference.
I personally have the synths I love already. I don't need new synths.
I need ways to play and manipulate samples and loops I make of my own in a creative and fun way.
I personally have a Launchpad Pro, so I am a fan of grid systems. However, I also enjoy ROTOR far more than I do KRFT. That is just me.
ROTOR is similar in its malleable interface. I think ROTOR is a more polished app for my uses.
I still haven't figured out how to share to myself from iPhone to iPad in the server
This has got me thinking.
To try it out I could create a "template" on the network that you could use as a starting point. How many loops do you think you'd want & what style? Also is it useful to have some dials etc set up?