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p.s. if Koala came in a little portable hardware unit, i.e. something Volca-sized and equally inexpensive, i'd do bad things for it.
I don't think the limitation for finished tracks Is a big deal: You export the stems and import them elsewhere. Sure, you need a daw or something, but the immediacy, the ergonomics and the sheer fun of using Koala makes it certainly worth the price.
Yesterday I sampled a seagull honking outside my house, other times I got some ice grinding against a pier; some sheep, a cow, and a neighbour using some kind of power tool, right into my phone. Maybe it will never be a song but I love it.
Meanwhile other devs attend to user reports regularly, updates every time iOS breaks something, communicates with their users or even provide road maps, and have general plans posted in blogs that haven't been abandoned since 2019. One dev with literally zero communication is a bad look, especially when everyone knows that the gifted dev who made the app has left.
BM is an amazing all in one DAW, but I gotta say the time stretching in Koala is on another level. This feature alone, plus the fast chopping, really adds a lot. The time stretching in BM is always a bit fiddly whether it works or not, Koala works and you can manipulate in so many ways.
Also love that Koala seems designed for iPhone, Koala and NanoStudio really feel like the stand outs for best iOS touchscreen GUI.
It's fun and creative to be involved in public development processes and to help fund those devs work with our app store purchases, but without tanks like BM3 and Auria Pro that exist in a largely stable and static 'finished' state, it'd be hard to get the serious work done when it comes down to it.
It's all about balance and we should appreciate that developers like Intua and WaveMachine Labs are still adding new features now and then, in addition to the standard 'milestone' stability patches.
I guess you don’t have as much apps as some of us and are not used to desktop software 😂😂😂.
Each developer have their own way of doing things.
It was a two men team which is now one
You don’t know what’s going on in the background.
Exactly this!!
Which this?
Adding a feature and leaving plenty crashes and bugs means vanished....
Also I've send bug reports with projects and videos to support . Links where from filesharing service where I could see the zero views/downloads.
Maybe the dev can't or doesn't care or doesn't make any profit ... Doesn't matter...definitely abandoned.
The ghosts haunt their Youtube Channel.
Don't even try. Blind fans will falsely attribute any concern you have to not having experience with other platforms also having issues. I use BM3 every day and would pay out the ass for it to be supported (as much as a desktop DAW) but people will stay say you're expecting too much.
Social media != active support
Then...
You’re both right. I’m wrong.
BM3 vanished, the developer doesn’t care and I’m also a blind fan.
Peace out ✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾
I wager there are probably going to be a couple sweet updates this year.
Regardless of how much development is happening with BM3, for many tasks it is unparalleled in iOS. If sticking to its strengths it is reliable for an awful lot of people. I won’t doubt that in some people’s workflows it is unstable. But those people incorrectly extrapolate out to it being nightmarish for for everyone else. There are pros that continue to use it as part of their process. And I’d happily keep my current iPad frozen to use it until something else comes along that that is as capable for sample-based workflows.
Koala is also great but not a replacement and not trying to be.
Amen! All the whining and feelings of despair, abandonment and even entitlement. Let's appreciate the raw power and beauty that is BM3. I still remember running it's relatively primitive yet elegant predecessor on my puny iPod Touch in 2009!
I’ve mentioned this countless times on here and will mention it again.
Anyone having issues with BM3 and need some help, reach out to myself or @tk32 via the Intua forum (we have the same username) or for a quicker response our discord channel which can also be found in the forum.
We are both part of the beta team with some other users and can communicate easily with the developer.
Our discord channel have helped plenty of users, lots from this forum.
WE WANT THE SAME THING YOU WANT but we’re not Intua, we relay the message, we log all issues in our Trello board and features as well. I myself can admit that I message Vincent a lot of about bugs and bug fixes, more than I should. We want stability before features and I believe the last update proved that. The app is even more stable then before and I’m not just saying that. We’ve heard it from all places.
Some have mentioned that they don’t want to join discord, that’s cool but our phone is always with us so if you don’t want to join discord then leave everything in the forum and we’ll address you when available.
That is all.
😉
Echoing what @hansjbs said (2 posts up).
Intua may not be very good at answering emails... but both @hansjbs and I are
Most of the reported issues turn out to be quite predictable/avoidable, and others can usually be solved with different techniques and/or a slight workflow alteration. Whatever it takes to get your tracks over the finish line, right?
There is no need to fear BM3's stability (which is currently better than it's ever been). I mean, I'm guessing everyone here learnt the importance of saving often long before iOS music was a thing.
^ My main issue... constantly saving and worrying about loss is not a slight workflow alteration... Desktop, hw... doesn’t matter... I know my use case is minority, I rarely save even if I like what I’m hearing, I never stop playback, not for adding synths/fx, not for anything...
Seeing movement yesterday in LoopyPro thread made me think, it doesn’t really matter how long it takes, if it comes from passion every additional day will be worth it, not only staying relevant but taking the lead... we’ll see
It seems an awful lot of people don’t have severe stability issues. It is a very YMMV situation. It would be great if the dev made it solid for everyone. But for many of us it is stable in our workflows.
I bought koala auv3 for audio clip launching and multi out.
Koala timestretch is goverened by bars? Do you ever need timestretch to be not contrained to bars and be tap tempo?
Which bm3 can be when routed to aum. Just seems bm3 from neon or aum recorder plus import to bm3 and then maybe to koala isnt needed unless you need timestretch by ear and free of bars?
Should I buy samurai but keep bm3. In case I need timestretch with adjustable tempo free from bars?
Bought samaurai. May as well just keep both for theorised question. Plus bm3 has a good drum bank for launchpad. If I couldnt route to aum. Then prob not worth it, at this point. If just thinking Id use for the sampler and not a DAW.
Keep/use both (for more than just stretch reasons).
As for Koala there is a ‘custom’ setting that lets you pick ‘beats’ over bars. Should do the trick.
Thanks AudioGus. Should be worth keeping Bm3 for sure.
Its only £6.99 or £7.99 but if I dont use as a DAW. Or even beatmaking and the timestretch in Koala via custom mode will be enough for any samples. Not sure if I need it?
Bm3 samples seem a bit better to pads. Not sure if theres additional tweaking within app to make it better triggered from launchpad but cool with launchpad. You can adjust settings of pads easy. Which seems the case from app to app.
Sequencer wise though. Does drambo have velocity pads/launchpad for own samples?
Koala is a great app AND Beatmaker is a deeper app -- even just its sampler. Lots of people don't need that depth, but if one does, BeatMaker is a steal even at its usual price.
Not sure what the sampler gives. If the sampled beats then end up ideally in Drambo. If Drambo has velocity triggered sample s ( yet Id maybe just use mainly a drum kit app anyway ) and Koala can time stretch audio stems. Not even sure what sampling really means but I guess Iv some idea with my questions. I guess its a steal and you prob think Im mad, If I can route bm3 to aum anyway but just dont like apps all stored and not used. Koala is cool. Iv been thinking I need to arrange with mtr before mixing but it might mean I dont need to be as finicky. Some audio clip launches in aum might make think to send to a timeline. Koala might also be good for my scratch deck. Launching track to track with big buttons. Even making scratch beats. Does Bm3 offer anything. Maybe there would be times, time stretch needed with more precise tempo. That could be the keeper. If koala dosent sort all time stretch tempo but it probably does? Or dosent need to be free from bars?
If you can explain the depth of the sampler. When then using samples in other apps. Or with bm3 routed to aum. Or is there sample mangling or combining samples?
So cheap. Spent loads on apps. All apps good though.
A couple of things. BeatMaker can do high-quality time stretching and pitch shifting at the same time. Koala's time stretching is very good but it doesn't do that and pitch-shifting at the same time. BM3 has layering. Up to 128 pads/slices/samples per kit. Velocity layering. The sampling/slicing options are great. Take a look at some of the videos of people using Beatmaker 3 like Henny the Bizness and you will see some coolness. Drambo and Koala and BM3 all are excellent and have different features and workflows that make them worthwhile -- and some people don't need all three. One can do an awful lot with any one of them.