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@cem_olcay so Cem, I just want to check whether you feel confident that you will be able to add the mulit channel input required for mpe and recording of any cc messages? These are far and away the most important things needed, in my view. Even for non mpe users, lack of ability to save pitch bends, sustain etc really limits how useful this will be.
Thank you! This makes sense to me now 😃
Good evening everyone,
I made a LoopBud Mode for Launchpad Mini MK3. Rows are CC#10 through CC#18.
Columns are values 1 through 8.
64 patterns to trigger!
Awesome!!!
The new version v1.1 is out btw!
Copy of the vid in the main thread for posterity
Thank you!
For me.. LoopBud is now functioning solidly.
I like the way long holding the Add button brings up the keyboard for entering the number of bars... No iOS13.7 issues with that method.
The iOS13.7 Bar copy bug is not a big deal for me. The core function for the App is in its unique recording capabilities, and in that function it excels as a creative tool!
Thanks again for building LoopBud.
I can finally have a tool to get some of the music in my head into a tangible form.
Wish I could play dexterously like Rick Wakeman or Keith Emerson. But I can't.
But if I can hear it in my head, I can build it with LoopBud !!
So my first jam with loop is went really, really well. I love the solo bar feature. The time divisions can make some really cool compositions as well.
I was wondering @cem_olcay do you think a reverse playback, and a ping-pong mode would be fun? Lots of audio loopers work like that, and I think it’d be a great way to make more interesting sequences.
Anyway, thanks for the awesome tool! For capturing and modifying generative midi, Loopbud has been great!
Loving and learning... How about Transpose/Quantize to scale/key.. Scaler/Cality is great.. but these tools ‘in app’ would be fab for matching songs in different scale/key (on the fly), plus Exporting the results..
Thanks..
+1
Like you idea of reverse playback and ping pong.
@cem_olcay , just spitballing a few functions I was finding myself looking for after playing LoopBud for a couple days:
One shot record mode. Sometimes (actually usually) I record generative sequences, not hand playing, so at times when the sequence loops around it cuts off notes that were recorded the first time around, before I have a time to turn off 'record'.
Post record quantize. I used to love just mashing the keys while recording to my MMT8, then messing around with the quantize settings - that device had a really musical quantize. I'm thinking quantize beginning of note, end of note, or both.
I already mentioned reverse playback, and ping pong playback. In fact, that would be really cool to record in a sequence while the transport was running backward, then lay some stuff over it while its moving forward, or vice versa.
Offset sequence. Or 'nudge'. As I said before, sometimes I'm recording generative midi, that doesn't necessarily begin on the downbeat of bar 1. I made a few sequences that began on like 2.5, which isn't a big deal, but would be cool to offset to the beginning of the sequence.
Finally, the ability to locally save midi files. In AUM the sequences can be saved to Aum, which is a good start. Would be nice to have a library of sequences all in one location (or organized into subfolders). That way I could bring them up in Drambo (hosting loopbud) at any time. I'm not bouncing the sequences to a DAW or anything, so the export function is of limited usefulness for me at the moment.
Anyway, just some ideas..
New LoopBud Song.
Loving playing with this App!
Fantastic update!! Most of the time in AUM I just need a tool to quickly record midi loops and this one is perfect and fast, I almost never need to edit midi in that situation. Adds CC automation recording and I will need nothing else.
Just a little issue to mention at least on iPhone 7 Plus iOS 14.4: when I long press a bar to delete it the pop up appears in « two times » and sometimes even flickering a little bit:
I love this app so much @cem_olcay!
It has really allowed me to play different instruments and different parts without having to touch my iPad. I have all my Launchpad Mini pads mapped to CC values.
I use my Launchpad to trigger pattern numbers to record in while I play instruments (separate LoopBuds for chords, bass, and textures) with my Launchkey 37 and K-Board while Rozeta Rhythm triggers a random beat in Ruismaker all in AUM. Then I can hit record in AUM and trigger patterns... I can literally jam!
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It’s great to see people loving this and creating amazing stuff!
What would be really nice is a gate mode, pressing a key (converted to CC10) it would play a clip immediately (from the beginning) and loop as long as I hold that key (sending CC10 = 0 or just some empty clip when done).
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You can actually achieve that with a simple MIDI mapper/transformer app or a Mozaic script
LoopBud is really cool for what it can do now.
But if I could have one wish. It would be a button I could push that would automate pattern play as a song mode, without having to set up the pattern changes using step bud.
Yes, but right now the clips follow the timeline position, to be more accurate I would love an option that when triggering CC10 the clip would always play from the beginning, a bit like a sampler.
Neither Drambo or LK can do that (afaik), so it would be neat. Now I can understand that it could be too much work to implement, just an idea
Yeah, it's calculated by the host app's transport position. If AUM's transport controls are MIDI CC controllable, then you can change the pattern and set the transport position zero at the same time for achieve that?
This is a request for “arp mode” (minus perhaps the transpose) that i made previously. It would make this plug in so much more useful if i could use it for phrases divorced from the host transport.
Arp mode? You can route your MIDI through the ArpBud, then LoopBud and record your arps
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/arpbud-2-auv3-midi-arpeggiator/id1500403326
Ah, but that's not the use case. The use case is (1) I'm playing on my keyboard and I record several MIDI phrases in LoopBud. (2) I dial in the phrases that I like for "one finger playing" by marking the start/end points. (3) With the host transport off, I play my keyboard with my right hand while holding down a single key with my left that plays back the phrase on press of the key (and stops play back upon letting up off the key). Think of it as "bass in a box" but because I can vary the phrases--and the timing (since it's not on the grid)--it creates a very musical effect.
The app Photon does this very nicely, btw. The one downside is that there's no state saving so there's no way to recall the phrases later.
LK’s clips can be triggered by MIDI events.
Yes, but unless I’m missing something, it will only start at the end of a bar.
I’m looking for something like Drambo’s Flexi, with all the cool modes and options, but for MIDI, plus some extra ideas à la @lukesleepwalker
Will see how far I can go with Mozaic
Based on the scripting feature that was just announced for Atom2, I'm hopeful that I can hack Atom2 into the tool that I describe above!
Yeah, it's a very specific request for a $5 dead-simple app like LoopBud
I think you can still hack your way around though.
Will try it, @cem_olcay . Thanks! Love your apps btw.