OCTACHRON MIDI Drum Sequencer AUv3 by Markus Teufel

Gavinski

Thought I’d stick up a giveaway for the Octachron sale. Anyone know when that sale will end? The devs kept forgetting to answer that part when I asked!

GIVEAWAY & AUDIO DEMO:

Octachron Midi Drum Sequencer by Octachron is on sale, currently only $3.99!

4 Copies of Octachron, which is available for iPad and M1 Macs, to give away with this short audio demo:

https://youtube.com/shorts/eemkFPQ3-Qo

FOR FULL GIVEAWAY DETAILS SEE PINNED YT COMMENT

The comment contains the AppStore link and description, as well as links to the giveaways on Threads, Insta and Twitter. Winners will be announced in 2 days. Good luck!

unlink

I was one of the winners of the Gav giveaway and I have to say Octachron is amazing! I think most of the video tutorials don't give it enough credits. The interface is pretty slick and some features are great, like 32 steps (when most of sequencers have just 16), custom step length, easy CC customization, the smart randomizer which is very nice.
I would say it's one of the best I tried, and I like it even more than the DrumComputer sequencer which is already great.

I especially love the "create scale function", and I have a question for @TasTax: would it be possible to have per-pattern scales? It would be great to add variations when Octachron is sequencing a percussive synth instead of a "normal" drum machine or a sampler.

Also another suggestion would be to include "velocity ramping" (acceleration or deceleration) in the step repeats, like in Steppolyarp, that function is great.

Gavinski

@unlink said:
I was one of the winners of the Gav giveaway and I have to say Octachron is amazing! I think most of the video tutorials don't give it enough credits. The interface is pretty slick and some features are great, like 32 steps (when most of sequencers have just 16), custom step length, easy CC customization, the smart randomizer which is very nice.
I would say it's one of the best I tried, and I like it even more than the DrumComputer sequencer which is already great.

I especially love the "create scale function", and I have a question for @TasTax: would it be possible to have per-pattern scales? It would be great to add variations when Octachron is sequencing a percussive synth instead of a "normal" drum machine or a sampler.

Also another suggestion would be to include "velocity ramping" (acceleration or deceleration) in the step repeats, like in Steppolyarp, that function is great.

Glad it found a good home where it is appreciated!

TasTax

@unlink said:
I was one of the winners of the Gav giveaway and I have to say Octachron is amazing! I think most of the video tutorials don't give it enough credits. The interface is pretty slick and some features are great, like 32 steps (when most of sequencers have just 16), custom step length, easy CC customization, the smart randomizer which is very nice.
I would say it's one of the best I tried, and I like it even more than the DrumComputer sequencer which is already great.

I especially love the "create scale function", and I have a question for @TasTax: would it be possible to have per-pattern scales? It would be great to add variations when Octachron is sequencing a percussive synth instead of a "normal" drum machine or a sampler.

Also another suggestion would be to include "velocity ramping" (acceleration or deceleration) in the step repeats, like in Steppolyarp, that function is great.

Hey @unlink , congrats to your win and thank you very much for your nice words. Really glad you like Octachron. ✌️😊
And yes, our two next big features will be up to 16 tracks and the iPhone version.
But your suggestions absolutely make sense and we will put them on our list.
Do you maybe also have an social media account where are you post jams once in a while? Would be interesting.

Anyway, keep enjoying and we appreciate of course when you are speaking out for us 🙂
Best greetings from Munich
Tas

And @Gavinski , thx a lot again for the nice giveaway!

taeo

@TasTax said:

That great! But there are workarounds for more tracks. There is however no workaround for offset notes. Which for people like me is mandatory in 90% of the cases when I’m making music.

But I can imagine changing the resolution of the sequencer might be more work than adding tracks.

However when you decide to add offset per note, please don’t do it in the novation way with only 6 microsteps to choose from. Elektron, Roland and Akai have a much better implementation.
But I believe because of the graphic interface you would have a great implementation of this feature just like drambo does.

Hey @Crano

Yes, of course that’s true. But 16 tracks were just the most asked for feature beside a phone version, so we decided to go for that first.
But we really want to go for offset as well.

We thought about:

• Implementing it similar to the intern modulation parameters like e.g. velocity
• unit: milliseconds
• range: plus and minus 500 ms (or less?) for each step, Starting with 0 in the middle

Or what do you think would be good units and numbers and a good implementation?

Thanks a lot for the support and best greetings from Munich 😊
Tas

Drambo has a section for Offset in the step components section. And midiDrums offers a swing slider with resolution settings and a lens slider for finer control. Twin 3 offers a swing/legato in which you can place the note where you’d like it to fall, in relationship to the other notes.

Synthi

Loving Octachron here, perfect for my polyrhythm experiments 😍

unlink

Really enjoying Octachron. A quick jam in Loopy using Tera Pro+Octachron+ODC+Combustor+Cascade (and some mLFO to spice things up).

TasTax

@Synthi said:
Loving Octachron here, perfect for my polyrhythm experiments 😍

Hey @Synthi !

Thank you very much. Really glad to hear that. And if you have some time, it would be absolutely awesome if you could drop us a little nice review on the App Store. This just helps us so much!

Keep enjoying the best greetings from Munich! ✌️😊
Tas

TasTax

@unlink said:
Really enjoying Octachron. A quick jam in Loopy using Tera Pro+Octachron+ODC+Combustor+Cascade (and some mLFO to spice things up).

Oh yes, really cool. Love Octachron playing this marimba sounds!
Thank you very much and keep up the good work! ✌️😊

Tas

TasTax

Hey @GRiker , no, sorry, but actually preset patterns are not planned yet. Next update is the possibility of up to 16 tracks. And we also plan to release the iPhone version this year. But you can generate random patterns with the smart randomizer. Please also see the manual via the Octachron Logo menu. Hope that helps. And if you have more questions, best thing is to ask here. Enjoy and best greetings from Munich 🙂 Tas

TasTax

Hey everybody! ✌️😊

It’s been quite a while since the last update, I hope you also all enjoyed the summer.
Our next version of Octachron with the often wished for up to 16 tracks is coming soon. And we also going to feature some new mappings in there, like: Koalasampler, Hammerhead, and the new BlipBox from Sketchaudio (that you can see in the screenshot).
But we would also like to integrate even more, if you can help us with that?
More iPad Drum Apps but also Hardware like e.g. an Arturia Drumbrute or a Roland TR-08 or something would be great!

If you have, just post the category and name of the maschine and then up to 16 🙂 MIDI connections, instrument names and MIDI notes, like:

App Hammerhead: (we already have that)

Kick 36, Snare 38, Clap 39 …

Hardware Arturia Drumbrute:

Kick …, Snare …, Clap … …

Do you maybe have some mappings for us? That would be so cool 🎶😎

Looking very forward to your response, best greetings from Munich 😊
Tas

Sergiu

Thanks for the app and your ongoing support

catherder

@TasTax said:

Hey everybody! ✌️😊

It’s been quite a while since the last update, I hope you also all enjoyed the summer.
Our next version of Octachron with the often wished for up to 16 tracks is coming soon. And we also going to feature some new mappings in there, like: Koalasampler, Hammerhead, and the new BlipBox from Sketchaudio (that you can see in the screenshot).
But we would also like to integrate even more, if you can help us with that?
More iPad Drum Apps but also Hardware like e.g. an Arturia Drumbrute or a Roland TR-08 or something would be great!

If you have, just post the category and name of the maschine and then up to 16 🙂 MIDI connections, instrument names and MIDI notes, like:

App Hammerhead: (we already have that)

Kick 36, Snare 38, Clap 39 …

Hardware Arturia Drumbrute:

Kick …, Snare …, Clap … …

Do you maybe have some mappings for us? That would be so cool 🎶😎

Looking very forward to your response, best greetings from Munich 😊
Tas

Thanks for your ongoing enthusiasm for Octachron!

Hardware: Korg Volca Beats
[Hex] [Decimal]
24 (36) : KICK
26 (38) : SNARE
2B (43) : LO TOM
32 (50) : HI TOM
2A (42) : CL HAT
2E (46) : OP HAT
27 (39) : CLAP
4B (75) : CLAVES
43 (67) : AGOGO
31 (49) : CRASH

scrape

Pleased to hear Octachron’s coming for iPhone. You’ve got one easy sale here at least, been keeping an eye on this one

TasTax

@catherder said:

@TasTax said:

>

Thanks for your ongoing enthusiasm for Octachron!

Hardware: Korg Volca Beats
[Hex] [Decimal]
24 (36) : KICK
26 (38) : SNARE
2B (43) : LO TOM
32 (50) : HI TOM
2A (42) : CL HAT
2E (46) : OP HAT
27 (39) : CLAP
4B (75) : CLAVES
43 (67) : AGOGO
31 (49) : CRASH

Soooo cool! Thank you very much! ✌️🎶😎

gregsmith

@scrape said:
Pleased to hear Octachron’s coming for iPhone. You’ve got one easy sale here at least, been keeping an eye on this one

Just don’t hold your breath 😉

mjm1138

@TasTax said:

@catherder said:

@TasTax said:

>

Thanks for your ongoing enthusiasm for Octachron!

Hardware: Korg Volca Beats
[Hex] [Decimal]
24 (36) : KICK
26 (38) : SNARE
2B (43) : LO TOM
32 (50) : HI TOM
2A (42) : CL HAT
2E (46) : OP HAT
27 (39) : CLAP
4B (75) : CLAVES
43 (67) : AGOGO
31 (49) : CRASH

Soooo cool! Thank you very much! ✌️🎶😎

For an extra challenge: Volca Beats doesn't respond to velocity messages, but CC 40-49 send level information to the 10 parts (see http://i.korg.com/uploads/Support/USA_volcabeats_MIDI_Chart_E.pdf) so you could support velocity in that way. I suppose that's a bit bigger than creating a new note mapping

TasTax

@mjm1138 said:

@TasTax said:

@catherder said:

@TasTax said:

>

>

Soooo cool! Thank you very much! ✌️🎶😎

For an extra challenge: Volca Beats doesn't respond to velocity messages, but CC 40-49 send level information to the 10 parts (see http://i.korg.com/uploads/Support/USA_volcabeats_MIDI_Chart_E.pdf) so you could support velocity in that way. I suppose that's a bit bigger than creating a new note mapping

Alright, I guess that’s true. But we will have definitely also a look at that. Thank you very much! 😊

Slush

Fantastic news about the upcoming Octachron update!

These are the settings for VADrum2. Because it has 2 split drum sections (heavy inspired on the 808 and 909) here are both:

VADrum2 808

BD1 36
RS1 37
SD1 38
CP1 39
CH1 40
OH1 41
LT1 42
MT 43
HT1 44
CY 45
CB 46
LC 47
MC 48
HC 49
MA 50
CL 51

VADrum2 909

BD2 52
RS2 53
SD2 54
CP2 55
CH2 56
OH2 57
LT2 58
MT2 59
HT2 60
CR 61
RD 62

TasTax

@Slush said:
Fantastic news about the upcoming Octachron update!

These are the settings for VADrum2. Because it has 2 split drum sections (heavy inspired on the 808 and 909) here are both:

VADrum2 808

BD1 36
RS1 37
SD1 38
CP1 39
CH1 40
OH1 41
LT1 42
MT 43
HT1 44
CY 45
CB 46
LC 47
MC 48
HC 49
MA 50
CL 51

VADrum2 909

BD2 52
RS2 53
SD2 54
CP2 55
CH2 56
OH2 57
LT2 58
MT2 59
HT2 60
CR 61
RD 62

Hey @Slush !

Oh cool, that’s exactly the stuff we’re looking for. Thank you very much! ✌️😊

senhorlampada

3 Options for MC-101, 1 for MC-303 (Who besides me wants that? ) , 1 for EMX and 1 for ER-1
(I was tempted to make on for Zoom ST224, but that would be 3 banks of 8 = 24 and the SP-404 family would be pure chaos)

Hardware / Roland MC-101 (Mixed Notation)
Pad9-BD 36, Pad10-SN 38, Pad11-LoTom 41, Pad12-MidTom 45, Pad13-HiTom 48, Pad14-Perc1 62, Pad15-Perc2 63, Pad16-Perc3 64, Pad1-Rimshot 37, Pad2-Clap 39, Pad3-CHH 42, Pad4-OHH 46, Pad5-Crash 49, Pad6-Cymbal 51, Pad7-Perc4 54, Pad8-Perc5 56

Hardware / Roland MC-101 (Pad Notation)
Pad9 36, Pad10 38, Pad11 41, Pad12 45, Pad13 48, Pad14 62, Pad15 63, Pad16 64, Pad1 37, Pad2 39, Pad3 42, Pad4 46, Pad5 49, Pad6 51, Pad7 54, Pad8 56

Hardware / Roland MC-101 (Generic Drum Notation)
BD 36, SN 38, LoTom 41, MidTom 45, HiTom 48, Perc1 62, Perc2 63, Perc3 64, Rimshot 37, Clap 39, CHH 42, OHH 46, Crash 49, Cymbal 51, Perc4 54, Perc5 56

Hardware / Roland MC-303 (C2 Octave Range)
BD 36, Rim 37, SD2 38, CLP 39, SD1 40, LoTom1 41, CHH1 42, LoTom2 43, CHH2 44, MidTom1 45, OHH 46, MidTom2 47, HiTom1 48, Cym2 49, HiTom2 50, Cym2 51

Hardware / Korg EMX (8 Parts)
Drum1 48, Drum2 50, Drum3 52, Drum4 53, Drum5 55, Drum6A 54, Drum6B 58, Drum7A 61, Drum7B 63

Hardware / Korg ER-1 (10 Parts)
PercSynth1 36, PercSynth2 38, PercSynth3 40, PercSynth4 41, AudioIn1 43, AudioIn2 45, CHH 42, OHH 46, Crash 49, HandClap 39

senhorlampada

Thinking of which apps can be done and will drop later. Gotta go to work .
Thinking BM3, NS2, Beathawk, Sampletank, Caustic, Seekbeats, DrumJam, Skiiid, Arturia iSpark, Flip Sampler, Werkbench, GrooveBox (Ampify + Bleass), Sunvox, Gadget, iM1, iElectribe, iMS-20, iPolySix, PureAcid, GR16, Rebirth, Egoist, DM1, DM2, DrumLab, Patterning, Drum Session, LumBeats stuff

That's a whole lot of options and not sure which would apply or have proper implementation.

TasTax

@senhorlampada said:
Thinking of which apps can be done and will drop later. Gotta go to work .
Thinking BM3, NS2, Beathawk, Sampletank, Caustic, Seekbeats, DrumJam, Skiiid, Arturia iSpark, Flip Sampler, Werkbench, GrooveBox (Ampify + Bleass), Sunvox, Gadget, iM1, iElectribe, iMS-20, iPolySix, PureAcid, GR16, Rebirth, Egoist, DM1, DM2, DrumLab, Patterning, Drum Session, LumBeats stuff

That's a whole lot of options and not sure which would apply or have proper implementation.

Hey @senhorlampada ,

so cool, thx a lot for the great hardware mappings. And also for your app suggestions. I will talk to Markus and tell you which ones would be the most interesting for us ✌️😊

senhorlampada

@TasTax said:
Hey @senhorlampada ,

so cool, thx a lot for the great hardware mappings. And also for your app suggestions. I will talk to Markus and tell you which ones would be the most interesting for us ✌️😊

Glad to help!
Nice. It's a better option than I start putting all these things here. Maybe some apps are too old-ish and not so relevant for most users. If y'all decide which ones are valid, I can help from my side

TasTax

@senhorlampada , great thx!

And another question to everybody ! 😊

Are you generally also very interested in MIDI mapping presets for desktop apps like eg Reason Kong or others?
And if yes, for which desktop apps especially?
Or not so much?

Thanks a lot for your support again! ✌️🙂

HotStrange

@Slush said:
Fantastic news about the upcoming Octachron update!

These are the settings for VADrum2. Because it has 2 split drum sections (heavy inspired on the 808 and 909) here are both:

VADrum2 808

BD1 36
RS1 37
SD1 38
CP1 39
CH1 40
OH1 41
LT1 42
MT 43
HT1 44
CY 45
CB 46
LC 47
MC 48
HC 49
MA 50
CL 51

VADrum2 909

BD2 52
RS2 53
SD2 54
CP2 55
CH2 56
OH2 57
LT2 58
MT2 59
HT2 60
CR 61
RD 62

Thanks!

HotStrange

@TasTax said:
@senhorlampada , great thx!

And another question to everybody ! 😊

Are you generally also very interested in MIDI mapping presets for desktop apps like eg Reason Kong or others?
And if yes, for which desktop apps especially?
Or not so much?

Thanks a lot for your support again! ✌️🙂

I’m iOS only so I can’t answer. I’m just curious if there’s any plans for mappings for the Klevgrand apps like Slammer and Ting?

dmnc

I don't know if it's been posted yet, but these are the values ​​for the Roland TR8S:
BD 36
SD 38
LT 43
MT 47
HT 50
RS 37
HC 39
CH 42
OH 46
СС 49
RC 51

cam

Any ideas to sequence in 8chron koala sequences?

TasTax

@cam said:
Any ideas to sequence in 8chron koala sequences?

Yes, here is our code snippet for the presets that are coming with our next update for either the 4x4 or the 2x8 view of koala. You only need the number of the koala pad (title) and the corresponding midi note. Does that help?

case .koala_4x4:
title = "Koala Sampler 4x4"
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 48, title: "(1)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 49, title: "(2)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 50, title: "(3)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 51, title: "(4)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 44, title: "(5)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 45, title: "(6)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 46, title: "(7)")).
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 47, title: "(8)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 40, title: "(9)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 41, title: "(10)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 42, title: "(11)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 43, title: "(12)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 36, title: "(13)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 37, title: "(14)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 38, title: "(15)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 39, title: "(16)"))

case .koala:
title = "Koala Sampler 2x8"
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 44, title: "(1)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 45, title: "(2)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 46, title: "(3)")).
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 47, title: "(4)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 48, title: "(5)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 49, title: "(6)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 50, title: "(7)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 51, title: "(8)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 36, title: "(9)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 37, title: "(10)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 38, title: "(11)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 39, title: "(12)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 40, title: "(13)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 41, title: "(14)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 42, title: "(15)"))
notes.append(NoteListItem(note: 43, title: "(16)"))