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LayR is on sale until Jan 1
What the title says.
On sale for $12 ($26 is the normal price).
https://appsliced.co/app?n=layr-multi-timbral-synthesizer&l=list
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I bought it ages ago..l know powerful..but haven’t used it much.
Great for massive sounds..but weird arp/pattern function...
I found this video to be really helpful in explaining how it works:
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Don't know what you've read, but I run it perfectly fine on my iPad Pro 12.9" (1st Gen). I'm thinking your iPad probably is newer than mine...? I have a lot more other synths/apps that drag CPU more than LayR for sure, but as previously stated, it is all about how you do your settings with amount of voices enabled that will dictate how it runs on your device.
It will grab what it needs, but it will not exceed that. This means that it probably will be pulling more CPU compared to other synths if all you want is a 2-oscillator synth running. It will most probably pull a lot less CPU if you have added layers so you are running 24 oscillators (or 12 instances of a 2-oscillator synth), as it will be using exactly as much CPU in both those cases, from one instance of it.
Some people care more about running lots of instances of things over sound quality...they also sometimes run multiple instances of LayR rather than one instance of LayR with multiple timbres mapped to different midi channels.
The latter uses FAR less CPU because LayR is designed so that changing performance banks won't change CPU hit. You can have a multi-timbral performance loaded that is the equivalent of many synths.
The sound quality is stunning. Personally,once I've recorded a part, I generally want to commit the sound to audio rather than leave it as MIDI.
People forget it is multitimbral, I think, and load multiple instances instead of one.
I use LayR often. My iPad is an iPad 6. There are textures it can create that can't really be created with many synths--I actually originally only used my iPad as a hardware synth that runs LayR.
Listen to the demos on YouTube like the nighttime cinematics one and decide if those are sounds you want in your arsenal.
I would be (or I should proabably say "I am") very careful with running "plenty of instruments and effects" at the same time especially if one of them is one of the "super-synths". Especially in BM3, which if I recall it correctly, does not have a freeze equivalent?
One thing to be aware of is that LayR has 8 (+1) separate output channels if you want it to. I have never felt the need to run multiple instances of LayR, but I guess it depends on what type of music you do.
My workflow is usually that I sketch ideas/snippets in AB/AUM and when I have something that can be moved along, I move it in to Nanostudio 2. In there I usually know what sounds/presets (and from what apps) I'm after for the tune. If any of them does not need to be tweaked live (or during playtime) I usually create a multisampled instrument of it (via SynthJacker) and re-create it in NS2, either as a temporary sketch instrument or as the final one (depends on what it is).
When I have that tune outline done I usually move it in to Auria Pro to add the audio recordings, and also if needed swap out "work sounds" for "real sounds", which I can freeze when recorded. During the entire process though I only add what is missing, after careful consideration on "how", "when" and "where" it should be added, as I try to keep it to a little complexity as possible. As soon as the instruments become audio files though, and the guitar is done, I can up the buffer quite a bit in Auria to give me some CPU headroom for mixing etc.
This was in my wishlist for ages but I'd forgotten how amazing it sounds. Grabbing now. Thanks for the heads up.
Just my opinion, but sampling LayR into a sample player will lose out on taking advantage of the organic and complex ways that one can control all aspects of LayR’s voices in real-time (filters, envelopes, etc)
LayR is quality. Well worth getting - seems to sit very nicely in the mix unlike many other iOS synths which often dominate or sound a little rough in comparison.