Something new from FAC Drumkit.

Gavinski

@Samu said:

@Gavinski said:

@vasilymilovidov said:
i think he was submitting it for a review, so i guess it’s gonna be very soon

That’s not accurate, just wait, release date not yet fixed. 😉

Is that a subliminal way of telling us that you're already working on a video for it?

It's not even ready for beta testers like me yet, so hold on to your horses lol

vasilymilovidov

@Gavinski said:

@Samu said:

@Gavinski said:

@vasilymilovidov said:
i think he was submitting it for a review, so i guess it’s gonna be very soon

That’s not accurate, just wait, release date not yet fixed. 😉

Is that a subliminal way of telling us that you're already working on a video for it?

It's not even ready for beta testers like me yet, so hold on to your horses lol

thanks for clearing this up, it was a bit confusing!

vasilymilovidov

ChancedMusic

@vasilymilovidov said:

BOOM!

gsm909

Pre order discounted price uk £13.99

Schmotown

Pre-order placed!

Samu

I do wonder how the multi-out works, can we 'pre-group' channels to show up at one selectable output?
(for example hi-hats in one output group, toms in another, claps & percussion in a third etc. etc.).

Considering the 'screen clutter' it would create in AUM with 16 tracks I'd say it's a MUST.
(In my very humble opinion AUM is long overdue for an optimized screen layout).

Hopefully the manual/user-guide pop's up soonish...
http://fredantoncorvest.com/FAC_Drumkit.html

gusgranite

@Samu said:
I do wonder how the multi-out works, can we 'pre-group' channels to show up at one selectable output?
(for example hi-hats in one output group, toms in another, claps & percussion in a third etc. etc.).

Considering the 'screen clutter' it would create in AUM with 16 tracks I'd say it's a MUST.
(In my very humble opinion AUM is long overdue for an optimized screen layout).

Hopefully the manual/user-guide pop's up soonish...
http://fredantoncorvest.com/FAC_Drumkit.html

“In general, use the gain in parsimony, to avoid any excessive levels that may damage your ears or your system.”

Parsimony it is!

I’m going to have fun with this app. 👍

vasilymilovidov

@Samu said:
I do wonder how the multi-out works, can we 'pre-group' channels to show up at one selectable output?
(for example hi-hats in one output group, toms in another, claps & percussion in a third etc. etc.).

Considering the 'screen clutter' it would create in AUM with 16 tracks I'd say it's a MUST.
(In my very humble opinion AUM is long overdue for an optimized screen layout).

Hopefully the manual/user-guide pop's up soonish...
http://fredantoncorvest.com/FAC_Drumkit.html

aum really needs an update with groups and a better channel management as a whole.
and drambo (which i prefer) needs a recorder.

aleyas

• iOS AuV3 - Multi Output (If Supported By HOST) - Universal (iPad/iPhone)
• 16 Voices Drum Synthesizer and Stereo Sample Player
• 2 oscillators (16 Waveforms) per voice with filters and phase modulation
• 1 sample player per voice with sample position, filters, phase and stereo control
• Advanced Pitch and Amp envelopes with multi control points and delay
• Envelopes templates, modifiers and copy/paste
• Mixer view
• Preview button to monitor the ongoing designed sound
• Includes classic drum machines presets for inspiration

Really want to know if the sample player allows different sample zones/slices. I've become entirely accustomed using a single wav comprising of multiple single hits. Assigning each hit in the wav to a separate zone allows either round robin playback, triggering the zone based on velocity, or random zone playback. IME, it's the best way to take advantage of a single sample slot. Same concept for loading a breakbeat too.

Samu

@aleyas said:

Really want to know if the sample player allows different sample zones/slices. I've become entirely accustomed using a single wav comprising of multiple single hits. Assigning each hit in the wav to a separate zone allows either round robin playback, triggering the zone based on velocity, or random zone playback. IME, it's the best way to take advantage of a single sample slot. Same concept for loading a breakbeat too.

It's 1s per sample and one sample per instrument slot, all the specs are on the linked page.
http://fredantoncorvest.com/FAC_Drumkit.html

Don't know how I can fit crash-cymbals, rides etc. into 1s but that's another story

ExAsperis99

Meanwhile, at BramBos Industries...
[APPROPRIATE GIF OF MANIC GIANT MACHINES WORKING OBVIOUSLY OVERTIME HERE.]

NeuM

I’ve wanted to build my own Neil Peart-like drum kit in GarageBand forever. Would be terrific if we could fill out the toms and cymbals of a standard kit and just really customize to our own style.

Now, it’s not clear how these drums are triggered. It does not look like there are drum pads which would allow tapping to play in the app… Is this correct? I would not want to have a kit I could only trigger with a keyboard.

Fingolfinzz

@Samu said:

It's 1s per sample and one sample per instrument slot, all the specs are on the linked page.
http://fredantoncorvest.com/FAC_Drumkit.html

Don't know how I can fit crash-cymbals, rides etc. into 1s but that's another story

You could always chop the crash/ride up and throw it on like four pads haha. I actually do something similar to that if I need a chord to last longer than the sample is

Samu

I do wonder what sample-rate FAC DrumKit's 1s limit is calculated for?!(44.1k, 48k or maybe even 96k...).

Samu

@Fingolfinzz said:

@Samu said:

It's 1s per sample and one sample per instrument slot, all the specs are on the linked page.
http://fredantoncorvest.com/FAC_Drumkit.html

Don't know how I can fit crash-cymbals, rides etc. into 1s but that's another story

You could always chop the crash/ride up and throw it on like four pads haha. I actually do something similar to that if I need a chord to last longer than the sample is

I could do cross-fade loop on the sustain portion but from the looks of it it's 'one-shot' only.

Oh well, I'll hang on a bit before the pre-order period ends...
(Hopefully there will be some preview videos to watch before taking the plunge).

cian

@Samu said:

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Oh well, I'll hang on a bit before the pre-order period ends...
(Hopefully there will be some preview videos to watch before taking the plunge).

Dude, you know you're going to buy it...

oat_phipps

Parsimony and the unique sober look are back!

The 1s sample limit is a very small downer, but my more pressing issue is what AU drum sequencer is out there that actually has 16 instrument lanes?? As far as I know, all the decent ones are 8. I get chaining together two, but it just doesn’t feel organic when the sequence is broken up, and simultaneously switching sequence numbers is an issue as well.

Samu

@cian said:

Dude, you know you're going to buy it...

Most likely yes but there's a bunch of other apps coming that fight for my cash already...

oat_phipps

The clap sounds awesome though!

auxmux

I wonder how sample management will be. I hope it's a folder accessible via Files. Importing samples into separate sandboxes is getting harder between apps. Either way, I'm still buying it, of course.

NeuM

@auxmux said:
I wonder how sample management will be. I hope it's a folder accessible via Files. Importing samples into separate sandboxes is getting harder between apps. Either way, I'm still buying it, of course.

Sample expansion kits would work.

Samu

With flexible envelopes, fm and multiple waveforms samples are likely not the primary focus of the app...

NeuM

@Samu said:
With flexible envelopes, fm and multiple waveforms samples are likely not the primary focus of the app...

Granular drum kit?

vasilymilovidov

@auxmux said:
I wonder how sample management will be. I hope it's a folder accessible via Files. Importing samples into separate sandboxes is getting harder between apps. Either way, I'm still buying it, of course.

you just add any folder on your device to any channel and after that you can switch freely between samples in that folder. you can add different folders to different channels.

auxmux

@Samu said:
With flexible envelopes, fm and multiple waveforms samples are likely not the primary focus of the app...

This is true. I will definitely go nuts with automation on this with the synth engine, but this looks like an amazingly flexible drum sampler as well.

auxmux

@vasilymilovidov said:

@auxmux said:
I wonder how sample management will be. I hope it's a folder accessible via Files. Importing samples into separate sandboxes is getting harder between apps. Either way, I'm still buying it, of course.

you just add any folder on your device to any channel and after that you can switch freely between samples in that folder. you can add different folders to different channels.

Interesting, that could work. Can you modulate between samples in the folder using automation? If so, we are FAC blessed.

vasilymilovidov

@NeuM said:
I’ve wanted to build my own Neil Peart-like drum kit in GarageBand forever. Would be terrific if we could fill out the toms and cymbals of a standard kit and just really customize to our own style.

Now, it’s not clear how these drums are triggered. It does not look like there are drum pads which would allow tapping to play in the app… Is this correct? I would not want to have a kit I could only trigger with a keyboard.

there’s a manual trigger but it is used for a sound preview of sorts.

Krupa

Any one know if the iPhone version has a portrait mode, or is it locked to landscape?

vasilymilovidov

@auxmux said:

@vasilymilovidov said:

@auxmux said:
I wonder how sample management will be. I hope it's a folder accessible via Files. Importing samples into separate sandboxes is getting harder between apps. Either way, I'm still buying it, of course.

you just add any folder on your device to any channel and after that you can switch freely between samples in that folder. you can add different folders to different channels.

Interesting, that could work. Can you modulate between samples in the folder using automation? If so, we are FAC blessed.

at the moment unfortunately no, but i think FAC is going to add more parameters for automation in future updates. you can automate preset changing on the other hand and it is quite deeply integrated feature (you can assign specific cc, notes or pc to each preset).