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It is unusable for what I needed actually.
@papertiger said:
try Facebook, they respond better there! and listing what those limitations are is a good stroke, you've got to really explain things to them.
@Tritonman2 said:
retronyms Facebook page, of course
https://www.facebook.com/retronyms
and tell them 'Seamless Loops' sent you!
I told them I was deleting the app to make room for something that works as advertised. A bit snarky? No not really . I just prefer that when I purchase an app to do something specific as advertised that it would actually do it. 3.5 gigs available now! Whoo hoo!
Some of their usability design choices seem almost malicious. Like originally when you couldn't delete sounds, the current lack of a simple way to delete notes in the timeline on the fly, the inability to export a loop correctly, 2 bar minimum sequence length, no Audiobus connectivity... and many more! They've managed to make a product that is a lot worse than it needs to be.
credit where credit is due is my moto.
Dan did mention here on this forum that he would 'take a look' at the 2bar min, why it's an issue that a 'look' needs to be taken I have no idea, the point is he did mention it.
as far as timeline notes go, can't you just pinch them out on the fly?
I don't want to call them malicious choices, but I definitely would call them 'why the heck would you do that moments', … everything you listed, + not wanting people to use custom sample folders to organize their samples at first, taking out the loop button in the sample editor but keeping it in the audio copy app, etc… Retronyms puts the mystery in IOS development. kinda like the scooby doo gang!
iMPC Pro is my least favourite music app, and coming from someone used to using a hardware (and software) Maschine (close enough) that's a worry. After all the hype and YouTube videos it was released full of bugs that took weeks to fix, and it still doesn't work properly. Couple that with a blatant disregard for AB support and total lack of support and updates and I'm close to deleting it, to make room for apps by developers that actually care about usability.
All fur coat and no knickers.
I beg to differ Monzo, as you can see I'm not retronyms fanboy but the impc pro is the sweetest drumsampler on iOS bar none!
first of all some of your misgivings about the bugs were true but all apps have bugs when they come out that said after they addressed the bugs that they did address it has worked a treat, anything they did not address is still in limbo….
I see it like this, I can use the app way past what they've shown in their prolog videos, but lets just use those videos for consensus sake…. no other drum sampler touches what you see in the prolog videos for workflow and features… now there are other drum samplers with more features but for the sample minded sample fiends nothing even compares to the workflow. the other drum samplers with actually more features just get in the way of heavy sample based production and in reality they are more like daws than beat machines
so they have a different priority.
i own the first impc also,, ripped the samples and deleted the app, but this one, though I am not completely satisfied with it yet has no peer for what it is, nothing else is even comparable. in my humble objective opinion, there isn't one feature in the impc pro that anyone wouldn't love to have in any of the other beatmakers of iOS
@kobamoto said:
Turbo Duck.
hahahahahahahahahaahahahah you got me there, on some days,
but turbo duck is dope too
the wonderful thing about the app is that it's workflow raises the usefulness of all of it's features exponentially.
My main issue is with the lack of AB support - recording iMPC Pro into Garageband via IAA is a pain in the trousers. I've also discovered when opening my tunes that things are not quite the way they were when I saved them, and this is after the fix for the previous bug.
I want to like it, and I appreciate the way it runs nicely on my old iPad2 but there are better options available, and ones that work with AB. For example I purchased Abu Dhabi for Gadget last week, which is more user friendly than iMPC Pro. Basic but a joy to use.
i've been lucky not to suffer any issues, the only thing is my iPad 3 can't take what I want to put it through. I haven't used garageband but I run the impc through iaa and sugarbytes /cs spectral apps with gleeful results, until my ip3 gives up.
I'm waiting for gadget to come down in price a bit, I've always been interested in it but it's a different animal to impc, but when korg hit's my purchase zone I'm in
@kobamoto - indeed, the three finger pluck, which usually works if not near the edge of the frame and just seems odd compared to something like DM1 where you can just tap and paint notes on and off in a very fluid manner - or StepPolyArp where you can just flick the note away. I know they are trying to allow other operations but maybe a press and hold to bring those up and reserve the quick tap on an existing note for the delete? It's like they had to re-invent the wheel on usability.
@kobamoto- I get where you're coming from and I understand and agree that for sample oriented work iMPC Pro has some nifty features and a nice interface. But the problem (and this is major) can you really trust your work with such an unresponsive, deceptive, deceitful developer? They have a track record of making many promises not following through and then moving on to the next marketing push. I have called them on it on Facebook and also on their Youtube videos. That seems to be the only way to get a response. They deny that they have abandoned iMPC development but always end with "..we can't give any specifics". They said they were working on multitrack/MPC export capability back in July then shifted gears and said they weren't sure if it would be added. When called on it they claimed that it would most likely be added but didn't know when. They also mentioned all of the updates they have provided so far, 1.1 (bug fixes for the blatant stuff in the initial release) and the last 1.2 (IOS 8 compatibility fix). I really can't see a lot of progress and it seems as if they still don't get it. It is almost as if they have an "us vs. them" mentality. Yet they have no qualms with asking us to write nice reviews and support them by funding their hardware project the Wej.
@dham, I obviously know what you mean, I call it the native instruments maschine syndrome and yes they have it. there's really no way to beat around the bush about it but for $12bucks I couldn't resist as it's too capable on its own and even a workhorse utility for every other sampler app out there, most people I know on gadget use the impc for their editing etc…
I'm going to try to stay away from the negative issues cause that's really the only place you can go with the stuff you're talking about and I don't even want to get started. all I can say is it's a real shame, especially because of how great the app it could even be better but there are elements that seem to be adversarial towards the common sense needs of the apps core users to the point where some of it boggles the mind….the end.
It would be great if we could get the @mana equivalent to participate in a thread on iMPC Pro. His interactions have gone a long way with me. Maybe Retronyms has separate teams for different apps.
who's @mana?
@kobamoto said:
He worked on iProphet and was very active in this thread: http://forum.audiob.us/discussion/5702/arturia-iprophet-out-now#Item_324 (look towards the end for his posts)
@kobamoto said:
I agree! Really mind boggling. The one negative that I have a hard time letting go of is the lack of MPC file export because that was a feature that was in the original app. but didn't make it to the "Pro" app. because (according to Retronyms) it wasn't ready in time due to the change in file system formats between the two versions. Yet 4 months later it is still not available? Meanwhile during that same time period Korg managed to code a multitrack export function to Ableton Live, a third-party app., from their Gadget app. It all boils down to priorities. Korg obviously cares about its reputation and customers whereas Retronyms obviously could care less. They are after the quick buck.
had a gander at the thread, so no one mentioned anything about the impc pro?
he seemed amiable but to be honest…
i don't know if it's that they're after a quick buck, or just that they don't get it, or seemingly that sometimes they don't want to get it, or whatever, but I just want them to bring it a little further and they can have my quick buck if they want it, I've purchased tabletop, impc amateur, and impc (pro), they can have the money I just need the instrument cause the music comes first.
seamless export of loops,
individual track /sound export,
loop button in sample editor,
custom organization of sample folders,
sequence other iOS apps with the impc,
work as expected with class compliant audio interfaces made for iOS,
2bar sequence limit (Dan says he'll take a look at it),
immediate triggering of next sequence in the next sequence feature (not just quantized)
this is what I need, some of it has been addressed and most has not, why they wouldn't address all of these common sense issues is not within my purview to understand. It's unbelievable how ahead they are of the other drumsampler beatmachine apps, why would they want to sabotage their own work, they did a great job with what they did.
@kobamoto said:
I don't think they are ahead - they could have improved the workflow and UI and embraced the additional functionality provided by the iOS platform, as Korg have done with their synths (e.g. iMS20). Instead it feels rushed and half-finished. Clunky.
I've just had another play after reading this thread, and it still doesn't work as it should. For example triggering the sequence blocks manually results in slight timing glitches and notes over-hanging where they shouldn't. I love triggering sequences manually so I can react to other musicians, but I wouldn't trust this thing an inch in a live environment. Maybe it's my old iPad, but it's not as accurate as it should be for me.
Abu Dhabi and the other new IAP now give it a lot more iMPC style functionality, but in a much more user friendly interface. Going from Gadget to iMPC Pro is traveling back 20 years in UI terms.
It could be brilliant, my go-to tool for starting new tracks, but the workflow and UI have been very badly thought out, and the stubborn resistance to AB support is a big disappointment. Unless there's an update soon I can see this one being deleted to free up some disk space.
Yeah I've purchased all of their IOS apps. too, but I also have an Akai MPC Studio along with N.I. Komplete and other VSTs. Not being able to export my projects from the Ipad is a real hindrance which if not addressed will force me to abandon the Akai equipment altogether because they are also responsible for the development of iMPC:)
@monzo, again not experiencing those issues over here, but really the impc pro and korg gadget are nothing alike, not even close so I don't see how you're comparing the workflows?
the purpose for this feature is to mix it up/ and juggle sequences and I'm sure they should have known this since they included the feature. well we need to be able to trigger the sequences immediately for it to be truly useful.
and as far as the sequence triggering goes, it's not immediate, it's quantized, maybe that's what you're experiencing but anyway thanks for bringing it up because that's an important thing I forgot in my list…. it's called the next sequence feature and for some unknown reason they did not add the option to trigger it imediately, it triggers only after the current sequence is finished.
@dham, export would be nice as I have several mpcs, but I don't have any of the hybrid mpcs so…
in addition to that the samplers in gadget are currently so underwhelming it doesn't even make sense for you to find fault with the impc and go the gadget route for sampling, just sayin…respectfully