OCTACHRON MIDI Drum Sequencer AUv3 by Markus Teufel

Proppa

+1 for an Octachron “x 2” IAP.

Retain the name / offer double the lanes. 😎

anickt

@Gdub said:
16 would be great
Perhaps a little plus symbol at bottom to expand to 16, in case you don’t always want to use them or see them

Yes - would definitely prefer the interface stay as-is but with a swipe or button to switch between pages for 1-8 and 9-16. Many drum machines do one of those.

TasTax

Heyhey everybody!

Thank you so much again for all your detailed feedback. We will take all this into account!

So long happy holidays and Groovy Christmas everybody! ✌️🎶😎

Best greetings from Munich
Tas and Markus from Octachron

cuezaireekaa

Anyone know of a mapping that would work good with sitala? Or if it’s possible to add it from the dev? If not it’s nice that we can just make one but it’d be cool to just pick a mapping from the list

Btw thanx a bunch for this great software Markus and Tas!

CracklePot

@cuezaireekaa said:
Anyone know of a mapping that would work good with sitala? Or if it’s possible to add it from the dev? If not it’s nice that we can just make one but it’d be cool to just pick a mapping from the list

Btw thanx a bunch for this great software Markus and Tas!

I don’t have it, but the screenshot I saw looked like Chromatic Scale with C1 as the low note.
So maybe look in the Generate Scale dialog in the Mapping section.

Or maybe someone knows if one of the existing App mappings fits this?

Kewe_Esse

@Krupa said:
Hexadecachron I guess it could be, or is it duoOctachron?

Sedechron maybe

Edit: more like Sedenachron

cuezaireekaa

@CracklePot said:

@cuezaireekaa said:
Anyone know of a mapping that would work good with sitala? Or if it’s possible to add it from the dev? If not it’s nice that we can just make one but it’d be cool to just pick a mapping from the list

Btw thanx a bunch for this great software Markus and Tas!

I don’t have it, but the screenshot I saw looked like Chromatic Scale with C1 as the low note.
So maybe look in the Generate Scale dialog in the Mapping section.

Or maybe someone knows if one of the existing App mappings fits this?

Thank you gonna give this a shot. Must’ve overlooked that generate function. Amazing app.

TasTax

Heyhey everybody!

hope everbody is fine. So again we are very happy to introduce a little new beta. It’s not a big update like the last one and it doesn’t contain yet all of the big new features some of you were asking for. But therefore it comes a bit quicker. And we thought, we should offer you also the smaller improvements, that we can deliver quick.

So these are:

• New modulation feature: trigger condition
• Switch modulation also by up/down buttons or swiping
• Press Shift to change modulation value for all notes simultaneously
• No play indicator shown for one step patterns
• Channel mutes are stored in preset
• Combined mapping preset for DM1, DM2 and Drumlab

If you would like to join the beta and haven’t done yet, please send your Apple ID to [email protected]

How do you like it?
Looking very forward for your feedback and questions here in the forum.

Thank you very much and best greetings from Munich again✌️🎶😎
Tas & Markus

michael_m

Thank you guys so much for continuing to improve this already great app!

Poppadocrock

@TasTax said:
Hey @Poppadocrock and everybody, who would like to have more than 8 lanes in Octachron!

Thanks so much again for your feedback and great support! 🙂
So we would like to have a closer look at this topic to come up with the right concept.

So our questions are:

1. What do you want to do exactly with more lanes? How is your workflow? Because normally you don’t need more than 8 voices in a drumkit, do you?
2. How many lanes would you need then? Or are you on the the side of those who are also just fine with 8 lanes?

Thx so much again and we are very curious to hear from you again
So long, best greetings from Munich ✌️🙂
Tas

@TasTax
Left a 5 star review and comment approximately 1 year ago.

Mostly 16 lanes because the majority of drum samplers and drum apps have 16 pads, ie FAC Drumkit, Sitala, Koala, Digistix 1 and 2, EG Pulse, etc.

Then you have the Klevgrand apps which have 12 pads for there drum & percussion series, like ting, slammer, etc..

Maybe it could be a custom thing, with minimum of 8 lanes, max of 16, or anywhere in between.
Or simply 8, 12, 16.
Or simply 8 or 16 lanes.
Anyway would work for me.

I use Octachon a lot, so what I often end up doing is having to use 2 instances, to control one drum app. ie. one Octa to Sitala pads 1-8, and a 2nd Octa sending to Sitala pads 9-16. Which isn’t terrible, but I feel it would be way more streamlined, convenient, and useful if you could have all 16 lanes on the screen. This way you can easily see and adjust everything in your drum sequence, without having 2 instances to manipulate.

Also in terms of notes or CC even, now you are talking about the ability to cover 1 and 1/3 octaves chromatically, (1 octave and 4 notes) like a mini piano roll. Or if using a scale preset, you can now easily fit 2 octaves of the scale notes on one screen. The 16 lanes will also add to the CC modulation abilities.

I would say 16 would be enough. Beyond that is getting into a lot of screen real estate, resizing issues, etc.. Even though some apps like Digistix 2, Koala, etc.. have 4 pages/banks of 16 pads, but that’s getting into 64 pad territory.

With a simple 8 or 16 lane option, similar to the 16 or 32 step option, everything else exactly the same, I would be in heaven. This is already one of my favorite sequencers, especially for drums, add that and it’s probably the best one available. At least imho.

Edit. It already is one of the best imho, but those extra lanes would make it Belisimo!

Poppadocrock

@anickt said:

@Gdub said:
16 would be great
Perhaps a little plus symbol at bottom to expand to 16, in case you don’t always want to use them or see them

Yes - would definitely prefer the interface stay as-is but with a swipe or button to switch between pages for 1-8 and 9-16. Many drum machines do one of those.

Agreed. I love the way it is, everything the same please, just 8 more lanes, well actually the option to do 8 or 16. Sometimes I only need 8 and don’t want the extra lanes as clutter. If I’m using ruismaker, drum computer, etc… I only want the 8, but for others gimme the 16. So the option between 8 or 16, just like the steps are set up, 16 or 32, would be perfect imho @TasTax

nerVe

more lanes…looking for 12!

girlvsworld

Hi, I have a few questions about Ochtachron which I hope don’t appear stupid 😀 I’m using a foot controller to switch patterns in AUM and I’m finding that the pattern switches only when I release the switch, how do I get it to change on press? Also, can I have the pattern switch instantly, and not wait to finish the bar? Or alternatively, can one change the amount of steps per pattern? Thank you.

TasTax

@girlvsworld said:
Hi, I have a few questions about Ochtachron which I hope don’t appear stupid 😀 I’m using a foot controller to switch patterns in AUM and I’m finding that the pattern switches only when I release the switch, how do I get it to change on press? Also, can I have the pattern switch instantly, and not wait to finish the bar? Or alternatively, can one change the amount of steps per pattern? Thank you.

Hey @girlvsworld , thx for using Octachron.

change amount of steps per pattern is on our list but instant pattern switch is already possible, you find the option in the grid icon menu.
And I am not quite sure about the foot switch thing, do you maybe have an idea @reinerspass ?

Best greetings 😊
Tas

CracklePot

@girlvsworld said:
Hi, I have a few questions about Ochtachron which I hope don’t appear stupid 😀 I’m using a foot controller to switch patterns in AUM and I’m finding that the pattern switches only when I release the switch, how do I get it to change on press? Also, can I have the pattern switch instantly, and not wait to finish the bar? Or alternatively, can one change the amount of steps per pattern? Thank you.

To get the pattern to switch instantly tap the matrix/grid icon in the top toolbar to access the sequencer settings. In there you can change the number of steps, too, but it applies to all patterns.

For the foot switch behavior, see if you can edit it so it sends to data on press rather than release. Some apps let you define how the app reacts, like updating on press vs. release, but you have to look in each app you are using and that gets old pretty quick. If you can setup the foot switch to function how you want, it would likely save you the trouble of having to figure out if an app has the ability, on an app by app basis.

girlvsworld

Thanks for your help! So it’s Octachron that I want to change on press. I’ve used the switch with Patterning and it works this way, so I’m assuming it’s not the switch but Octachron?

Great app by the way, really love it and left a 5 star review!!

CracklePot

@girlvsworld said:
Thanks for your help! So it’s Octachron that I want to change on press. I’ve used the switch with Patterning and it works this way, so I’m assuming it’s not the switch but Octachron?

Great app by the way, really love it and left a 5 star review!!

Are you using AUM?
If yeah, try going into the Midi Cntrl settings for Octachron and for the Pattern triggering try making sure Cycle is off. It’s on by default for me and was giving me weird actions since every other press seemed to do nothing. Once I turned Cycle off, the switching felt right and it seems to switch on Press rather than Release.

girlvsworld

I did try that already, but in my case I turned it on, which made it worse! I’ll keep trying but open to any other suggestions anyone might have!

CracklePot

@girlvsworld said:
I did try that already, but in my case I turned it on, which made it worse! I’ll keep trying but open to any other suggestions anyone might have!

How about Cycle off and Invert on?
Prolly tried that already too. 😄

girlvsworld

Actually I haven’t, but I will now 😀

gregsmith

Every time this thread lights up I get excited that it might be iPhone support 🙃

TasTax

@gregsmith said:
Every time this thread lights up I get excited that it might be iPhone support 🙃

🙂 we work on it and hope to release it this summer 🙂

gregsmith

@TasTax said:

@gregsmith said:
Every time this thread lights up I get excited that it might be iPhone support 🙃

🙂 we work on it and hope to release it this summer 🙂

🤞🙏☀️

biggir

Hello, because i use Octachron + a mozaic script to convert cc to notes (thx ki) with synths, how can i change the length of a note (without a mozaic script) ? thx :-)

Solution : another mozaic script :-)

girlvsworld

Occasionally Octachron doesn’t respond to program changes at all, to switch patterns in AUM. Set up midi monitor and the midi messages are being received but the patterns don’t switch.

biggir

Hello, I was looking for a sequencer and your app is great!

If I can propose some evolutions: (automatic translation from French ...)

• Display directly all the modulations following or in boxes under the lanes (the less I click the better it is :-) )
• To be able to enlarge the list of modulations for faster choice after click (to display everything) or on two columns (a col for the standards and one for cc for example)
• If we do not display all the modulations directly, In the Modulation box of the title there is space to display gauges or encoders for eg mutations or reset
• Add gate/length modulation
• melodic option: add a modulation line for the notes of the scale and display it in the boxes (only if there are notes in the lane) (with mutation)
• Rhytm euclidian: very used for drums / optional after long click
• Double click (or long press) on 'shift' for one finger/one hand use: 1/ double click 2/ it is deactivated once action is done
• Status of mute by pattern / I want one pattern to have a mute and not another. Or have a global option: global mute and pattern mute
• Undo function
• 'Shift + case' defines the length of a row (avoids going to mod row length)
• keep the last modulation chosen by lane (a global option?)
• • long term: midi controller support (live jamming)

What do you think ?

Thanks again :-)

TasTax

@girlvsworld said:
Occasionally Octachron doesn’t respond to program changes at all, to switch patterns in AUM. Set up midi monitor and the midi messages are being received but the patterns don’t switch.

Hey @girlvsworld,

Thx for reaching out in this nice forum 😊 Actually, Octachron does by default not respond to program MIDI change messages at all. Please send MIDI notes on messages to change patterns instead. Please also see the chapters MAPPING and EXTERNAL CONTROL VIA MIDI in our manual on this:

https://www.octachron.de/manual.html

Does this help?

Best greetings from Munich, Tas & Markus 🙂

TasTax

@biggir said:
Hello, because i use Octachron + a mozaic script to convert cc to notes (thx ki) with synths, how can i change the length of a note (without a mozaic script) ? thx :-)

Solution : another mozaic script :-)

Hey @biggir ,

Also thank you for reaching out in this nice forum and your suggestions 😊
But Sorry, right now it’s not possible to change the gate length. For at it’s core Octachron is a drum sequencer where gate length normally is not that relevant.
Would you want to change gate length for all notes sent in general or individual notes?

And also thx a lot for your really interesting suggestions. We will for sure consider them.
Though our next upcoming features will be up to 16 Tracks and phone version. Hope you understand and like that too.

Best greetings from Munich,
Tas & Markus 🙂

Gdub

@TasTax
Looking forward to using this on my phone
Let’s go !

Kewe_Esse

@Gdub said:
@TasTax
Looking forward to using this on my phone
Let’s go !

+1