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There seems to be a load of basic module type tutorials and videos of tunes etc but cannot find a decent tutorial of someone walking you through how to use a bunch of the modules to build an actual piece.
Would be nice to see an explanation of how to use the trigger modules to triggers tracks built into something real world.
I appreciate that for most people they like the endless experimenting but it might help newbies and sell more units. Ta
@NimboStratus said:
Take a look at Ben Richards YT channel. He’s been making tutorial videos on every aspect of Drambo since it came out. Go to his “videos” on his channel and sort by date, then start with the earliest and work your way through.
https://youtube.com/channel/UCX8g34WRpH3d0x_NdarjEIw
Haven’t seen any here’s how to use a bunch of modules together to make a whole thing yet. Maybe I need to watch some more 😜
If by "whole thing" you mean a song, try loading the Factory > "Drambo on waves" project.
Ah!!!! Thank you! I find it easier to learn if I have a working example I can tinker with. Hopefully some other example projects are available somewhere at some point.
I think I might have to buy it. It does look rather good and even if I use it just for the samplers initially it’ll be worth it.
You're welcome @NimboStratus, hope you like it 😉
@lukesleepwalker - I’ve tweaked my Random Robin module to v1.1 and it now lets the user decide how many samples it should randomly select from.
Download here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/e7uza6448xhpev7/AACW4EKBNcWojwLZ0h4KTmaHa?dl=0
Excellent! Thank you!
@Paa89
Drambo is my most used App, but I'm not really a fan of the Drambo Glide Module.
Just as an experiment...
Try that same Drambo track again, but make the following changes.
1) Double tap on the gate connector on the CV Glide Module and Disconnect it so the Gate icon turns grey.
2) Tap on the gate connector on the Sampler Module, and connect that directly to the gate on the "MIDI TO CV" Module.
Try playing it again with those changes.
To get that glide at the beginning using the above modifications, you may need to stagger those two starting notes so the upper one plays slightly after the lower.
Hope that helps.
@horsetrainer How is this an issue with the Glide module? Please help me understand.
The Glide module as designed requires overlapping notes (an uninterrupted gate input) to activate the glide effect.
Playing individual notes with pauses between the notes, results in an interrupted gate input. When the Glide module receives an interrupted gate input, it resets it's note voltage tracking to the note played together with the next gate input.
Try setting up the Glide module as I describe in my previous post.
You can either disconnect the gate input to the Glide module, and send MIDI TO CV gate directly to any modules requiring gate input to sound.
Or if you'd like to do a technically correct experiment. Instead of disconnecting the gate, add a Number Module set to +1, and connect that to the gate on the Glide module to hold the gate continuously open.
Now play some notes leaving long gaps between them. The glide module will now glide every note with no need to play overlapping notes.
@horsetrainer OK I didn't know you actually wanted to achieve a different behavior.
The Glide module works like I expected it to so I never worried about it but indeed, both can be useful.
Thanks to the power of math (and a very helpful suggestion from @rs2000 ) I have updated both my Round Robin and Random Robin modules to include buttons that let the user easily switch from between 2 to 9 samples.
Download:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/e7uza6448xhpev7/AACW4EKBNcWojwLZ0h4KTmaHa?dl=0
how do you install this into Drambo? Thanks - also will it become part of the official Drambo?
If you mean my modules (above), simple download them from my dropbox and open them with the Drambo app (Export > Open In.. > Drambo). They will then appear as presets for the instrument rack.
I have no idea if they will ever be chosen to be bundled with the app. Probably not, but who knows.
I just wish I didn’t find this app so damn overwhelming, don’t even know where to begin
The FM Operator + one or two choice effects is a great place to start.
Once you've got something you like going, try adding a little modulator, or maybe a CV sequencer before the FM operator. Experimenting with the modulation input for the 'feedback' parameter is a great place to begin.
Pick track one, click the plus, click on the "preset" button next to instrument rack, choose a kick, set a 4 to the floor kind of pattern, hit play.
That's how I start with those programs every time. It feels good when you get that little achievement of hearing those 4 kicks going of
You are NOT alone. It does look great, very flexible and lots of features but I’ve watched about 30 videos and still trying to figure out if I should buy it. Initially I just wanted a sampler and that led to Drambo as it seemed to make sense to buy something that has three different samplers in it plus all the other stuff it can do as it’s the same price as a single sampler I was initially looking at.
BUT I’ve yet to find a video that takes you slowly from nothing to how to build a COMPLETE song using tracks, triggers (sequencer), internal and AUv3 instruments plus the samplers etc. I’m told it comes with an example song project but obvs you’d have to buy it first to play with it.
The general feeling i get is you have to experiment. It’s odd though cos there are LOADS of tutorials for how to build complex stuff AUM but that is simpler perhaps in what it does.
This is not to say it’s a fault of Drambo or anything else is better or worse just that it’s perhaps it’s a tool aimed at synth / groove box experts not beginners and now starting to think perhaps I should just buy the single sampler!
I can always look again at Drambo if and when it becomes a little easier to understand how to use it and whether it will fit into my workflow before buying it, which is perhaps a shame.
We need @Gavinski and @thesoundtestroom to weave their magic!!!! 😘🥰😍
Don't forget Haq! I think this video will go a long way to describing a tracking session, with some good discussion about the various samplers. Seriously, check this video.
@NimboStratus I would say that if all you want is writing songs then there are certainly better options.
Drambo starts to shine if you enjoy toying around with synthesis modules, if you love experimenting with new combinations and if you find synth number 100 being built upon the same architecture as 50 years ago just too boring.
It takes time to learn. And it can be a hard time if you don't have much experience in designing synth sounds.
But if you find the idea of building your own sound factory exciting and if you maybe already have an idea what to build first then Drambo won't disappoint you for sure.
I had the same. Totally overwhelmed and left it alone for a long time.
But now it supports adding au instruments! It feels like cheating 😆
Open Drambo in standalone.
On the first track, click the + and add ‘AN Kick’ and add some notes to the sequencer.
On the second track click + and add a ‘Shot Sampler’, click just above the Load button, click Load and choose any HHat sample and make a pattern in the sequencer.
Third track, cheat and add your favorite AU instrument by clicking ‘Audio Unit Instrument’. Play it with the keys or make a sequence!
After playing around for a bit, add another track, this time choosing any of the Instrument Rack factory presets. Play it.
There! You’re doing the Drambo!
I’ve made you a video, never mind the musicality, or my skills 😆 I got neither.
Honestly I’ve been having so much fun with this, because it’s so easy! Never mind all the esoteric patches you see flying around, they’ll start to make some sense later.
To make a song, just click on the nr box top left next to the hamburger menu and choose duplicate. Hit record and add to the sequence. Or start a new pattern up to you. Hope this helps!
I don’t really find Drambo that overwhelming. Sure it has all these possibilities, but you can just as well ignore most of the stuff and use the preset instruments. That’s mostly what I do to this day. I find it even easier to get something great going then, e.g. most of the sugar bytes apps. Did I mention, that the preset Instruments sound fantastic out of the box? 😍
If you want a simple structured song, you can just use each track conventionally and build it up using the patterns. That’s nothing too complicated, but, as @rs2000 already said, there are better options for that. Maybe try some linear daw like GarageBand. 🤷🏼♂️
For me the magic of Drambo lies in easing me into understanding synthesis and in finding unconventional ways to throw all my favorite noisemaking/-manipulating apps together. I seriously learned more about synthesis and signal flow through Drambo than through all the fancy YouTube videos I watched. It all just comes pretty naturally when you use some preset instruments and at some point start to explore the modules and knobs it’s made of. I find the signal flow is much easier to understand in Drambo than in most other synth, like Factory or Model 15.
It was definitely the best spent money for an iOS App since AUM.
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Ah yes don’t forget Haq! And that video was helpful. So might take the plunge, get drambo and just at least initially try and use it as the sampler within AUM
Thanks, that helped. I’ve seen some screen shots that show an almost full screen sequencer with lots of little rectangles. How is that done? Thanks
@NimboStratus
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Thanks for all your comments everyone, some really helpful stuff! I’ve had it since release and own pretty much every AUv3 app out there so I’m not a noob at least, and I’ve definitely done some of the things mentioned above (like starting with a nice 4/4 on the kicks), it’s just that I’m just so wedded to the AUM ecosystem that I think I have to kind of re-engineer my brain every time I open Drambo. I’m fairly au fait with modular synthesis (purely from lusting after other people’s expensive and pretty gear and hours of watching YouTube demos and jams), so I know I just need to set some time aside and really get to know the basics. Thanks again everyone!
The great thing about Drambo is that it can be as easy or as hard as you wish. I hardly ever go into the whole maths section in module picker and probably only use about 60% of the content.
This didn’t stop me from making full tracks in it.
The first thing that shines for me is stability. The sequencer does what it says on a tin and behaves like a hardware box.
It is also super flexible without being overly complex. If you want to have wavetable, substractive, fm and samples in one patch, you can have all of them. If you want to put lfo on an lfo that modulates an lfo, you can that too. Since I found Drambo i don’t crave other apps and the times I end up buying them I’m close to always disappointed by the lack of options.
Also let’s not forget that Drambo is a very young environment. It’s not even a year since release. For an app with this complexity this is still infancy and the roadmap is lush.
The development is also super dynamic and not a day goes by without a progress of some sort. It’s quite incredible actually.
Long live D! 😇😜🌻🙏
@supadom Is this "lush roadmap" publicly visible?
Very much interested in this too.