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I am using AudioLayer for this. I have all my Wavealchemy samples as Kicks, Snares etc. and trigger them via Helium, Atom2 or LK and flip through them via +1 semitone until I have found the right one for my beat.
But I am more into 1-stop-solutions than switching back and forth…
I find I get crashes in the Drambo sampler when adjusting start and end loop points too tightly, when I try to do tiny loop ranges as an effect. Elastic Drums so far has the best loop range automation i have found on iOS.
Oh ok, that’s weird. So far I didn’t experienced that bug.
Ah interesting, I also have AudioLayer (and a lot of Wave Alchemy drum samples as it happens!), but hadn't really thought to use it for percussion. Think I'll stick with GR-16 for now, as it seems to suit what I'm looking for rather well, but it's good to have options!
Interestingly, the thing that made me purchase DrumComputer was when I disabled the Finalizer and toned down all the distortion/saturation aspects. All of a suddon I could get it to sound warm and organic. Multi-out and treat with a far better set of FX and your in business. It’s just a real pity that so much of the workflow sucks. I don’t mind indiosyncratic, but it needs to be partnered with quality UX.
So good to see I'm not alone with this. I simply can't take Zenbeats seriously because its interface looks like the UX team manager mistakenly approved a first wireframe mockup draft and noone had the heart to tell him so they went with it. But based on your Thafknar experience, maybe there's hope...
I think it happens for me when crossing the loop points and putting the end before the start point too often/rapidly but i didnt kick the tires too much on it. Oh, and this was as AU in BM3 so maybe other issues.
DrumComputer just kills my CPU. Can’t use it.
I use AudioLayer to preview kits as I have a large Goldbaby sample collection and lots of it comes in EXS24 format. But AudioLayer isn't a proper drum sampler so I’m happy to preview kits, and then load the selected ones into FAC Drumkit. FAC DK is great for playing samples but I desire a decent drum step sequencer and nothing hits the mark for me. On the desktop, I use a mix of Ableton Drum Racks playing Battery 4 and Geist 2 (I have Machine mk3 too but use it mainly for the hardware). And that's the core of my problem, Battery and Geist are so good and that makes everything I try on iOS lacking.
I’d love an iOS drum app with the step sequencing power of Geist 2.
The UX in Geist is spot on. It doesn't force you to work a particular way and it makes a hugely powerful feature-set childs play in use. It features 8 separate engines and in each on you can populate up to 64 pads. Just about everything is modulatable, both through the best in class drum step sequencer and also directly in a very visual way (it uses the Transmod modulation system that all the other FXpansion synths feature, which is very similar to the modulation methodology on Arturia's Pigments). Each engine can have its own swing settings and filters as good as they get as they're the same as those in Cytomic's The Drup (Andy Cytomic used to work for FXpansion before he set up Cytomic). And best of all, nearly the hole of the Goldbaby drum sample library comes in Geist format.
https://www.goldbaby.co.nz/geist.html
Hugo Tichborne, the chap that puts the Goldbaby kits is for my money the best in the business at putting drum libraries together. I'm a fan of Wave Alchemy too but Hugo's stuff is another level.
If any of you are intrigued about Geist 2, you should download the demo (link to the Geist 2 produce page which includes a link PDF manual below).
https://www.fxpansion.com/products/geist2/
I like Zenbeats but I’m super comfortable with BM3 when I’m using samples
and I got “distracted” by another app that I shall not mention when it landed.
Interestingly enough what I do like about Zenbeats is the drum sequencer and the mixer.
Kit Maker + EG Pulse is a great combo for porting kits to iOS. I just wish EG Pulse and FAC Drumkit had more AU parameters for automation. Hoping that Segments Supersonic Edition solves some of this. We need a sampler AU that can be automated easily, envelopes, start/end points, etc.
Excellent tip regarding iSEM! Just tried that little combo and I’m sold! 👊
I think my desktop apps differ from most other boardmembers. I own neither Geist2 nor Battery.
My most used drumsynth on desktop is BONG from xoxos which I sequence via megasequencerbaby (Reaper JS Plugin) in Reaper. That was (and still is) my workflow for years. I know that VST ( BONG) inside out. Killer Combo!!!
Megasequencerbaby:
BONG:
I was always a synth guy and never got the hang using samples until I bought MDrummer a few years ago and paired it with my Wavealchemy & Samples from Mars collection. That was an eye opening experience.
Lately I am using the HY sequencers (RPE2 for drum sequencing) more and more. Funny thing is that the Quantum Sequencer ios app showed me how deep (non-drum) sequencing could be and I was searching something similar for my desktop. I tried a lot and the HY sequencers are the closest I have found so far. What a nice surprise that HY also came up with a drum/perc seq.
RPE2 Grid Version:
RPE2 Euclidian version (reminds me of patterning 2):
I also own Liquid rhythm but I dont own Ableton and the non Ableton-"VST" is more or less a bridged stand alone version which only allows one instance per project. Pretty coolidea but unfortunately poorly implemented.
I also have full Kontakt 6 for my other Acoustic Drums eg. from Drumdrops and WA Drumvolution and other percussion stuff.
And Breaktweaker for glitchy stuff. And Punchbox for Kicks.
I just realize that my Desktop workflow is way more modular than my ios one. Here I prefer everything in one app (if possible) while on desktop I like to use different stuff and connect them via a matrix.
Oh yes, the finalizer can be very brutal on the sound. I like that DC is different but they could have at least put in some normal sounding kits since it hard at first to get the head around the Ui. And trying to create a good punchy sounding kit is more work than in other plugins. At least we have the sample import for our own sounds.
Could be the case. In standalone mode Drambo never crashed on me other then me overloading the cpu with a lot auv3.
Yah standalone seems very solid but looks like I can crash it as an AU in AUM with just one instance and one sampler loaded.
@jonmoore Turning off the finalizer in DC is an excellent tip. Thanks! I tried it last night and it really opens things up –it makes things much less harsh/brittle sounding.
@WTK The sequencers created by HY plugins started life as Max For Live addons (Ableton) and are very cool. I tend to use them more as step sequencers per sé rather than drum sequencers, but they're really good for experimentation and sparking inspiration.
What I think is missing is real time playability - like you get on the hardware ones. Bigger knobs and sliders you can easily grab and tweak. DM1 is still about the best for this I think, and it’s been around awhile now.
That in a nutshell that's what we're missing on iOS!
And for me, that's best answered by a creative step sequencer built for rhythm programming. iOS is chock full of grid sequencers for drums (and even put Patterning into the cohort)
That's what Geist 2 (and Guru before it) gets right. First and foremost it's a step sequencer with automation/modulation graphs. It's as happy sequencing Kontakt or Ableton Drum Racks (or whatever your favour in your DAW) as it is the sounds loaded on its pads.
Drambo is great but its workflow isn't fluid enough and EG pulse gets a lot of it right but its automation options are limited. On iOS modularity is key. Whether you're setting up percussion channels in your iOS DAW or in AUM, or even (as I most usually work) in a mix of the two; I want a rhythm sequencer that makes it easy for me to play and automate whatever instrument is playing back or synthesizing my drum and percussion sounds.
It sounds like you've taken more time in lunch breaks in music production than I have entirely. I like the sound of the RMV. I couldn't tell you what it is about the velocity or the immediacy or anything else about it that appeals to me but when I hit a midi pad connected to RMV it sounds better than Battery, which was my favourite. I quite like the Melda drum machine too.
Have you tried Seekbeats? I quite like it as a drum synth if that's what you're looking for. The sequencer ain't all that but the sounds are sick and the tweakability is there.
That never bothered me. In fact, I don't think I even got to that point with it. The interface, like all Sugar Bytes software, is very busy. Like, in a bad way. I get it, the GUI designer feels like it's totally off the chain to get all of that in such a small space but she's making it for her, not for Jill Smith, the noodler who just wants to enjoy making a beat.
Interesting. And this is another area where Geist 2 has a simple but really useful answer. Velocity sensitivity is delivered by how high or low you hit the pad.
Personally speaking, I find using a touch screen as a hardware drum pad replacement inherently flawed (for me, each to their own) but it's interesting to hear live playability is a critical aspect of what's missing in iOS rhythm apps.
Well, I obviously take lunch breaks in another universe. This is my music production output:
https://soundcloud.com/leftside-wobble
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Well, I obviously take lunch breaks in another universe. This is my music production output:
https://soundcloud.com/leftside-wobble
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I just went hot and cold. You're not actually Leftside Wobble, are you?
eta: just in case you are, but obviously you aren't but anyway, I am your biggest fan. I'm not even joking lol. I have all of those early mixes you did, the Acid Soul ones? On repeat. I have worn out Mp3s of those mixes. There's also a really long one, like 2 hours, with the William DeVaughn tune on it, checks hard drives can't find it, anyway, that one just blew my tiny mind. Thank you so much for your mixes. Got me through some days. .
Please excuse the double posts I've not even drunk my morning coffee yet.
Yes.