Hammerhead 25th Anniversary Edition - Out Now!

brambos

@musikeer said:
When recording Hammerhead patterns in Cubasis 2, some notes double-trigger, two notes on top of each other or directly next to each other. Usually the first note of a pattern. This happens in a few other apps, but not all. Is this a Cubasis problem, or something relative to the apps?

Don’t forget to disable HH’s internal sequencer after recording or when it loops, or you may get double triggers. Could that be what’s happening?

stormbeats

@tk32 said:

@stormbeats said:
@brambos Really want to purchase after all the positive reviews Couple questions
1. How are sounds/samples triggered when sequencing / recording . Drum pads etc?
2. Groove / swing quantize?
3. Is there a bitcrush/decimate effect?

1. Assuming I've understood your question - you can trigger the pads via MIDI just the same as in previous BramBos drum apps (e.g. Ruismaker). The mappings are the same
2. There are shuffle/soul dials in the top left corner. You can also do triplets and other exotic syncopations by adjusting the divisions and steps for individual channels - or else use an external sequencer with more advanced swing controls, like Atom2.
3. Some of the distortion modes have a bitcrush style, but there is no dedicated bitcrusher (you'll have to pre-crush your samples before importing them to HH)

Finally... and please don't take this the wrong way... but is it really appropriate to @ the developer to answer questions that you could probably figure out via the ABF community, screenshots, the HH manual or youtube videos [1][2]?

@tk32 cheers and yes it’s appropiate because there is no pressure on the developer to answer or any one on here. I do appreciate your info though

stormbeats

@wim said:

@stormbeats said:
@brambos Really want to purchase after all the positive reviews Couple questions
1. How are sounds/samples triggered when sequencing / recording . Drum pads etc?

There are no drum pads. There is a sequencer only. It doesn't record to the sequencer. If you're looking to use it like BM3 or EG Pulse, it doesn't work that way. That's not to say you can't drive it from the midi out from another app if you prefer. Its sequencer is hella fun to work with though.

2. Groove / swing quantize?

The sequencer has swing. The sequencer, by definition, is quantized. In addition to the swing knob there is a "Soul" knob that adds very subtle groove / humanization.

3. Is there a bitcrush/decimate effect?

Not in the way you're thinking, I expect. There are several types of distortion, some of which approach bit crush territory. It's a global setting, so the same distortion for all sounds, though you can choose which sounds have distortion or not.

The manual should answer all your questions in one quick read: https://ruismaker.com/wp-content/uploads/Hammerhead_Manual.pdf

@wim thanks for info

musikeer

@brambos said:

@musikeer said:
When recording Hammerhead patterns in Cubasis 2, some notes double-trigger, two notes on top of each other or directly next to each other. Usually the first note of a pattern. This happens in a few other apps, but not all. Is this a Cubasis problem, or something relative to the apps?

Don’t forget to disable HH’s internal sequencer after recording or when it loops, or you may get double triggers. Could that be what’s happening?

Hi... and no, it's always disabled after recording MIDI. I've noticed this with Riffer as well. But relatively easy to correct, using a filter or just deleting the doubled MIDI notes. Is this something you can duplicate/confirm too?

Thanks again for a really great app!

RJB

I’ve noticed that pitch adjustment isn’t included in the midi out, @Brambos any chance that could be added?

NoiseFloored

@RJB said:
I’ve noticed that pitch adjustment isn’t included in the midi out, @Brambos any chance that could be added?

I thought about asking for this too, but how would pitch be incorporated if the tracks are already represented by different notes?

RJB

@NoiseFloored said:

@RJB said:
I’ve noticed that pitch adjustment isn’t included in the midi out, @Brambos any chance that could be added?

I thought about asking for this too, but how would pitch be incorporated if the tracks are already represented by different notes?

Good point, but If each pitch iteration transposed the note midi out by a semitone it would make for a sweet 8 channel sequencer. And running it thru Scaler would take care of the key and scale. This is already an amazing Groovebox and I love it but this addition would be great for outputting arpeggios or bass-lines…

NoiseFloored

@RJB said:

@NoiseFloored said:

@RJB said:
I’ve noticed that pitch adjustment isn’t included in the midi out, @Brambos any chance that could be added?

I thought about asking for this too, but how would pitch be incorporated if the tracks are already represented by different notes?

Good point, but If each pitch iteration transposed the note midi out by a semitone it would make for a sweet 8 channel sequencer. And running it thru Scaler would take care of the key and scale. This is already an amazing Groovebox and I love it but this addition would be great for outputting arpeggios or bass-lines…

Ah, with each track going to a different channel? I get it

Gravitas

@NoiseFloored said:

@RJB said:

@NoiseFloored said:

@RJB said:
I’ve noticed that pitch adjustment isn’t included in the midi out, @Brambos any chance that could be added?

I thought about asking for this too, but how would pitch be incorporated if the tracks are already represented by different notes?

Good point, but If each pitch iteration transposed the note midi out by a semitone it would make for a sweet 8 channel sequencer. And running it thru Scaler would take care of the key and scale. This is already an amazing Groovebox and I love it but this addition would be great for outputting arpeggios or bass-lines…

Ah, with each track going to a different channel? I get it

Rerouting the midi notes to separate channels could be done via drambo
using the ‘midi note filter’ module and
the ‘midi out’ module.
It would need eight of each module
but it’s certainly doable.

Gravitas

Here’s a screenshot with the notes filtered
going through to separate midi outs.
Hammerhead is off screen as I quickly put this together on my phone hence why the midi outs are not yet assigned.

Edit.

For the keen eyed there’s
a mistake in the screenshot.

RJB

But Drambo wouldn’t catch the pitch changes in Hammerhead would it? Or am I confused?

NoiseFloored

Right, for both multi track MIDI output and pitch modulation to work at the same time you’d either need the tracks to use different MIDI channels or different MIDI outs (like Fugue Machine)

Gravitas

@RJB said:
But Drambo wouldn’t catch the pitch changes in Hammerhead would it? Or am I confused?

Correct.
I’ve had a look at the notes going out
per track and they remain constant.
The pitch changes in Hammerhead
seem to be audio only.

Here’s a suggestion.

You could trigger something that has
pitch info such as a ‘cv sequencer’
or change the midi notes on the fly.
You could do either in MiRack and/or dRambo.

I find it easier to do this in dRambo.

Either way it won’t be the pitch
changes that Hammerhead is doing.

I also attempted to automate the
inbuilt drum synth only to find that
the parameters are not available.

It doesn’t matter though as we do have individual drum outs to apply effects.

RJB

Ok, thanks for the details. Looks like my only hope of a Hammerhead melodic 8 track sequencer is with the creator. Not god, Brambos!

Gravitas

@RJB said:
Ok, thanks for the details. Looks like my only hope of a Hammerhead melodic 8 track sequencer is with the creator. Not god, Brambos!

I was going to say...😏
Cool.

I’ve got Hammerhead triggering
cv sequencers on my phone now
so thanks for that.

Simon

Not sure if this has been posted here before but Leo does a very comprehensive deep dive into Hammerhead. Well worth watching if you are thinking about getting the app:

sharifkerbage

So, I built this simple script on Mozaic (my very first script, so every single suggestion/critique is more than welcome 😊). It can be used both, with the internal sequencer On (and host playing) and with the internal sequencer Off (and host stopped).
I still want to change/add some things, but I cannot figure out how to do it yet (I'm really really noobie on scripts/codes, but I'm getting into it now, really interesting world).
Of course, this is meant to be used alongside with a MIDI controller that sends out CC messages.

Eurikon

@brambos said:

@Eurikon said:
@brambos
I have AUM set to 48khz, since my whole setup is running in 48khz ADAT.
When I load HammerHead in AUM it all sounds repitched, when setting AUM to 44.1khz all sounds as it should.

I just ran a device in 44100 and one in 48000 side by side - and tried both with internal audio and external interface - and they sounded absolutely identical in all 4 instances, so my engine seems to respond to samplerates correctly.

Could you please confirm it's a reproducible/repeatable issue on your end?

Explain: ran a device @44 & @48, do you mean 2 iPads?

It occurs when the ADAT clock source is set to external (RME babyface pro is set to sync to external ADAT clock @48).
When I run the audiointerface with internal clock source the behavior is normal.

It might be something at my end then, or related to AUM.

RajahP

I have noticed that Ableton live 11/ Bitwig 4, both exports and read it’s probability data in a midi file, it seems that LK can read this\these data also but not export it… @sinosoidal

Midi export could be …. Nice..
and doubling down on the Record Automation thing.. (DrumLad)..

Nice… Thanks..

pmartini

Ableton Link ?

ronnieb

Is there any way to mute a channel on the master out but not the multibus out?

brambos

@ronnieb said:
Is there any way to mute a channel on the master out but not the multibus out?

That will be possible in 1.0.1. I will be submitting that to Apple today.

wim

@pmartini said:
Ableton Link ?

Doesn't need it unless you're using it in standalone. It's not planned for the standalone: https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/comment/967738/#Comment_967738

RockySmalls

@brambos said:

@ronnieb said:
Is there any way to mute a channel on the master out but not the multibus out?

That will be possible in 1.0.1. I will be submitting that to Apple today.

muy obrigado!

brambos

https://twitter.com/bram_bos/status/1407597866659598340

tahiche

@brambos said:

https://twitter.com/bram_bos/status/1407597866659598340

This is great!.

@brambos would you mind commenting on these suggestions?. Stellar work, HH is so much fun.👏🙌

@tahiche said:
Loving Hammerhead, instant gratification. @brambos just does it right.
I do have a couple of requests that I miss and believe would be very useful.

• Decoupling sequence data from sounds in a preset, so you can try out different sounds/kits once you got a sequence going.
• I’d really like to have some “global” adjustments per kit piece. Like have a shorter decay on a kick, or tune down a sample without having to dial it on each step. In short, provide that control on a “kit piece” level. We have that in Ruismaker (decay, tune, etc).
• Sort of related to the above… being able to save and recall individual kit pieces, like save a custom sample kick (goes with the previous point if you could modify some aspects of the sound), and have like “favorites” that you could go through.
• Finally it’d be amazing if instead of choosing classic, user samples or drum synth we could combine them (i understand this one might be huge).

Congratulations on a grrreat app!

brambos

@tahiche said:

@tahiche said:
Loving Hammerhead, instant gratification. @brambos just does it right.
I do have a couple of requests that I miss and believe would be very useful.

• Decoupling sequence data from sounds in a preset, so you can try out different sounds/kits once you got a sequence going.
• I’d really like to have some “global” adjustments per kit piece. Like have a shorter decay on a kick, or tune down a sample without having to dial it on each step. In short, provide that control on a “kit piece” level. We have that in Ruismaker (decay, tune, etc).
• Sort of related to the above… being able to save and recall individual kit pieces, like save a custom sample kick (goes with the previous point if you could modify some aspects of the sound), and have like “favorites” that you could go through.
• Finally it’d be amazing if instead of choosing classic, user samples or drum synth we could combine them (i understand this one might be huge).

Yes, for now none of these are in the cards as they would require quite fundamental changes to how the internal architecture works, even though they might seem relatively simple from a UI perspective

pmartini

@wim said:

@pmartini said:
Ableton Link ?

Doesn't need it unless you're using it in standalone. It's not planned for the standalone: https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/comment/967738/#Comment_967738

Thanks

brambos

Version 1.0.1 is now available:

Updates, additions and fixes:

• Instrument and mixer panels sometimes didn't show correctly when first opening
• Retain loop/choke settings when replacing user WAV
• Audition button in the Sounds panel
• Thicker, clearer lines in parameter lanes
• Sample StartPt. position 8 now triggers a "soft choke" on currently playing sound
• Sometimes the iOS Home Swipe bar would interfere with the tempo controls

• Channel Levels are now disconnected from Multiout channels:

  • So you can now mute your multi-out channels from the main mix
  • You can now use multi-out for effect sends
  • Use multi-out for New York style parallel compression

• Standalone app responds more gracefully to system interruptions (e.g. timers, phone calls, etc.)

• Parameter Lane "crosstalk" glitch solved
• MIDI Output responds correctly to probability/chance settings

Don't forget to leave a review if you're enjoying Hammerhead :-)

Jumpercollins

Great update cheers @brambos 👍