Drambo is an AU host now / the new Drambo mega thread

gusgranite

It’s a shame when people leave that they can trash all their posts (or is that @Michael ?). @max23 had some useful Drambo posts.

Frank303

/deleted because irrelevant/

Michael

@gusgranite said:
It’s a shame when people leave that they can trash all their posts (or is that @Michael ?). @max23 had some useful Drambo posts.

Yeah he demanded I delete all his posts. 🤷‍♂️ That’s his right

Michael_R_Grant

Why did he leave?

Pierre118

@Michael_R_Grant said:
Why did he leave?

He posted his (harsh) opinion about Audulus in the 'Audulus 4 open beta' thread. He was 'corrected' by the others, and finally decided to leave the community. A bit immature, IMO.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Michael_R_Grant

@Pierre118 said:

@Michael_R_Grant said:
Why did he leave?

He posted his (harsh) opinion about Audulus in the 'Audulus 4 open beta' thread. He was 'corrected' by the others, and finally decided to leave the community. A bit immature, IMO.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Shame that he left over such a non-event. I hope everything's OK with him in his personal life, as that isn't a 'normal' reaction. Lockdown in the UK and other such things in different countries are affecting people in many different ways. All the best to anyone who's struggling.

Pierre118

@Michael_R_Grant said:

@Pierre118 said:

@Michael_R_Grant said:
Why did he leave?

He posted his (harsh) opinion about Audulus in the 'Audulus 4 open beta' thread. He was 'corrected' by the others, and finally decided to leave the community. A bit immature, IMO.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Shame that he left over such a non-event. I hope everything's OK with him in his personal life, as that isn't a 'normal' reaction. Lockdown in the UK and other such things in different countries are affecting people in many different ways. All the best to anyone who's struggling.

Well said!

Paa89

@aleyas said:
@Paa89 I wish I had Cubasis 3 to test.
One last idea - if you click the MIDI TO CV header there is an option to toggle 'trigger overlapped notes'. Try playing with that to see if it has any impact. (that option is separate from the cv glide retrigger option)

@horsetrainer said:
@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.

Thanks very much guys. I tried both suggestions and seems to be slightly better. I Will keep investigating.

Does anyone knows (if its possible) how to do hi hats (snare) rolls with Drambo ? Can’t seems to be able to do that in the patern section. Is there a repeat module of some sort ?

Artvarg

I‘m probably just stupid, but how do I record aftertouch? 🤔 when I play with the midi key pressure module mapped to cutoff I can wobble quite nicely, but I can’t find a way to record my fancy wobbles.

Edward_Alexander

@Paa89 said:

@aleyas said:
@Paa89 I wish I had Cubasis 3 to test.
One last idea - if you click the MIDI TO CV header there is an option to toggle 'trigger overlapped notes'. Try playing with that to see if it has any impact. (that option is separate from the cv glide retrigger option)

@horsetrainer said:
@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.

Thanks very much guys. I tried both suggestions and seems to be slightly better. I Will keep investigating.

Does anyone knows (if its possible) how to do hi hats (snare) rolls with Drambo ? Can’t seems to do that in the patern section. Is there a repeat module of some sort ?

Use the “STEP” button far right. Then you can select individual notes/steps to edit and add events.

aleyas

@Paa89 said:
possible) how to do hi hats (snare) rolls with Drambo ? Can’t seems to do that in the patern section. Is there a repeat module of some sort ?

Yeah man, there are a few retrigger methods in Drambo. @Intrepolicious already pointed out the step component.
There is also a midi RETRIG module (put it before the midi to cv module). And then there is a CV RETRIGGER module (found under 'misc' section).
For trap or hip hop style beats, the midi retrig module is probably the most ideal. You can have it MPC style where when you hold down the pad, it continuously repeats. You can also put a midi LATCH module before the retrig, so that it will continue to retrigger even after you release your finger.

Here's an unlisted demo of the midi RETRIG module.

Paa89

@Intrepolicious said:

@Paa89 said:

@aleyas said:
@Paa89 I wish I had Cubasis 3 to test.
One last idea - if you click the MIDI TO CV header there is an option to toggle 'trigger overlapped notes'. Try playing with that to see if it has any impact. (that option is separate from the cv glide retrigger option)

@horsetrainer said:
@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.

Thanks very much guys. I tried both suggestions and seems to be slightly better. I Will keep investigating.

Does anyone knows (if its possible) how to do hi hats (snare) rolls with Drambo ? Can’t seems to do that in the patern section. Is there a repeat module of some sort ?

Use the “STEP” button far right. Then you can select individual notes/steps to edit and add events.

Hi there, thanks for the quick reply really appreciate it 💪🏾

Paa89

@aleyas said:

@Paa89 said:
possible) how to do hi hats (snare) rolls with Drambo ? Can’t seems to do that in the patern section. Is there a repeat module of some sort ?

Yeah man, there are a few retrigger methods in Drambo. @Intrepolicious already pointed out the step component.
There is also a midi RETRIG module (put it before the midi to cv module). And then there is a CV RETRIGGER module (found under 'misc' section).
For trap or hip hop style beats, the midi retrig module is probably the most ideal. You can have it MPC style where when you hold down the pad, it continuously repeats. You can also put a midi LATCH module before the retrig, so that it will continue to retrigger even after you release your finger.

Here's an unlisted demo of the midi RETRIG module.

I just realised that i know absolutely nothing about Drambo.
How you guys get to make all these connections is crazy. is the Drambo manual straight forward ?
Oh thanks for the information and video, really appreciate it. 💪🏾

McD

The problem with Drambo is that it doesn't require constant investment through the App Store. But it offers unlimited investment in time.

But I can often spend $10 and be busy for a good 3-4 hours having fun discovering a new app that pulls me forward with great sounds.

Drambo tends to push me back with mediocre sounds and expect me to keep trying to get better at making it my source of joy.

If I had no resources, I might dig it but I could say that about many apps I have investigated and ignored after a few days.

There's this cycle between delight and curiosity and mastery. Like a hamster I keep turning the wheel for the exercise of my mind.

supadom

@soundtemple said:
@supadom Is this "lush roadmap" publicly visible?

No, it’s beta ‘visible’

Alternatively you could use search and see if someone’s leaked it.

I don’t want to add any more nails to my coffin.

rs2000

@McD Like our Mars invaders said: Perseverance is key.

McD

Perseverance
persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.

Exactly. I tend to gravitate to something that exposes itself with small bursts of joy.
I'm finally crossing the rubicon with Koala after owning it since it released. The
time stretch feature grabbed my attention.

wim

@NimboStratus said:
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.

It's too bad you feel you need to understand the whole thing before just simply trying it. It's modular! It can be an simple instrument that you play just like anything else in AUM, a simple FX unit, or ... a dead-simple one-shot sample player, a recorder / slicer, or layered sampler. Sure, you can build songs in it, but you don't have to. Sure, you can build synths and FX in it but you don't have to.

It doesn't have to affect your existing AUM workflow in the slightest. It's not going to grab you and suck you down some path where you have to re-learn everything you know. You don't have to understand everything about it before you start to tinker around. As you do it starts to reveal itself to you and as you understand things you can expand how you use it if you like. I

You don't need to go to read a whole cookbook and know how to prepare a seven course meal before you're qualified to cook an egg or brew some tea.

But, I do get it. Some people just aren't wired toward dipping their toes into something without feeling like they completely understand it first. Maybe it is best just to go with a more focused app like Chameleon or sEGMents.

Artvarg

@giku_beepstreet
In standalone mode when using the Launchpad Pro MK3 after a while Drambo doesn’t receive any midi from it anymore. The LPP seems to be running regularly and still shows up in the settings, but Drambo doesn’t respond to anything from it anymore. I tried switching the clock settings from LPPs clock to Drambos and back wich seems to make it happen very quickly, but this also happened without touching clock settings when I was just playing with the sequencer and note mode. 🤷🏼‍♂️

supadom

New buffer modules just hit beta!

uncledave

@Artvarg said:
@giku_beepstreet
In standalone mode when using the Launchpad Pro MK3 after a while Drambo doesn’t receive any midi from it anymore. The LPP seems to be running regularly and still shows up in the settings, but Drambo doesn’t respond to anything from it anymore. I tried switching the clock settings from LPPs clock to Drambos and back wich seems to make it happen very quickly, but this also happened without touching clock settings when I was just playing with the sequencer and note mode. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Do you know what your LaunchpadPro Mk3 sends for note off? You can check this with any MIDI monitor. Just press one key and release it. Most keyboards send a Note Off message, but some actually use Note On with Velocity=0 to represent note off. This recently caused a problem for Audiobus, and I wonder if it might be a problem for Drambo.

espiegel123

@supadom said:
New buffer modules just hit beta!

Cool! Would the buffer module make it possible to implement a retrospective/lookahead looper?

supadom

@espiegel123 said:

@supadom said:
New buffer modules just hit beta!

Cool! Would the buffer module make it possible to implement a retrospective/lookahead looper?

I doubt it, the times are very short, a few seconds rather than minutes.

NimboStratus

@wim said:

@NimboStratus said:
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.

It's too bad you feel you need to understand the whole thing before just simply trying it. It's modular! It can be an simple instrument that you play just like anything else in AUM, a simple FX unit, or ... a dead-simple one-shot sample player, a recorder / slicer, or layered sampler. Sure, you can build songs in it, but you don't have to. Sure, you can build synths and FX in it but you don't have to.

It doesn't have to affect your existing AUM workflow in the slightest. It's not going to grab you and suck you down some path where you have to re-learn everything you know. You don't have to understand everything about it before you start to tinker around. As you do it starts to reveal itself to you and as you understand things you can expand how you use it if you like. I

You don't need to go to read a whole cookbook and know how to prepare a seven course meal before you're qualified to cook an egg or brew some tea.

But, I do get it. Some people just aren't wired toward dipping their toes into something without feeling like they completely understand it first. Maybe it is best just to go with a more focused app like Chameleon or sEGMents.

Good points, thank you. Apologies if there was any negativity in my post, it wasn’t meant that way. I will probably go for Drambo cos as you say it does so much and can use what I need 😃

wim

@NimboStratus said:
Good points, thank you. Apologies if there was any negativity in my post, it wasn’t meant that way. I will probably go for Drambo cos as you say it does so much and can use what I need 😃

There wasn’t any negativity. You’re just working through the process. I don’t know if drambo is a good fit, but just wanted to make the point that it doesn’t have to be complicated unless you want it to be. There is an initial hump to get over understanding the basic components of it, but if you just forget all that, figure out how to send midi to a channel, and then throw a sampler on it, then all you need to use it like any other sampler is to learn that one module.

But ... I’m just clarifying options. You gotta go with what feels like will work for you.

FloRi89

@wim said:

@NimboStratus said:
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.

It's too bad you feel you need to understand the whole thing before just simply trying it. It's modular! It can be an simple instrument that you play just like anything else in AUM, a simple FX unit, or ... a dead-simple one-shot sample player, a recorder / slicer, or layered sampler. Sure, you can build songs in it, but you don't have to. Sure, you can build synths and FX in it but you don't have to.

It doesn't have to affect your existing AUM workflow in the slightest. It's not going to grab you and suck you down some path where you have to re-learn everything you know. You don't have to understand everything about it before you start to tinker around. As you do it starts to reveal itself to you and as you understand things you can expand how you use it if you like. I

You don't need to go to read a whole cookbook and know how to prepare a seven course meal before you're qualified to cook an egg or brew some tea.

But, I do get it. Some people just aren't wired toward dipping their toes into something without feeling like they completely understand it first. Maybe it is best just to go with a more focused app like Chameleon or sEGMents.

I tend to disagree. Drambo is so good, it absolutely sucks you down a rabbithole where there is no escape. One moment you are just dabbling around and seconds later you are in this creative space where there is no escape from

aleyas

Drambonauts - is there a way to reset the waveform on the Wavetable oscillator? The analog oscillators have a gate input that is used to sync the waveform, but that doesn't appear to work on the Wavetable osc.

rs2000

@aleyas Make sure you set its Phase knob to anything other than "Free".

aleyas

@rs2000 said:
@aleyas Make sure you set its Phase knob to anything other than "Free".

Cheers! That did the trick

Artvarg

@uncledave said:

@Artvarg said:
@giku_beepstreet
In standalone mode when using the Launchpad Pro MK3 after a while Drambo doesn’t receive any midi from it anymore. The LPP seems to be running regularly and still shows up in the settings, but Drambo doesn’t respond to anything from it anymore. I tried switching the clock settings from LPPs clock to Drambos and back wich seems to make it happen very quickly, but this also happened without touching clock settings when I was just playing with the sequencer and note mode. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Do you know what your LaunchpadPro Mk3 sends for note off? You can check this with any MIDI monitor. Just press one key and release it. Most keyboards send a Note Off message, but some actually use Note On with Velocity=0 to represent note off. This recently caused a problem for Audiobus, and I wonder if it might be a problem for Drambo.

I have to check this. Maybe I find time tonight.