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Icegear - Nambu (FM)

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  • SpidericemidasSpidericemidas

    @Paulo164 said:

    @Slush said:
    Did anyone miss the new Nambu bank by @Spidericemidas ? See: https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/40738/ask-the-artist-spidericemidas#latest

    I don’t have Nambu, but know that a lot of people where waiting for this, but it might have slipped under the rader?

    Yes, it completely slipped under the radar for me. Thanks !

    I believe Doug at the soundtestroom is doing a live stream of the new presets tonight 8pm UK time 🙂

  • SNystromSNystrom

    Thank for the tip, Mr. Midas! I’ve been dying to hear your new presents, but it’s too close to Black Friday for me to purchase Nambu now. Have you any idea just how many synths I’ve purchased solely because you created a preset pack for them???

    Thanks, as always!

  • SpidericemidasSpidericemidas

    @SNystrom said:
    Thank for the tip, Mr. Midas! I’ve been dying to hear your new presents, but it’s too close to Black Friday for me to purchase Nambu now. Have you any idea just how many synths I’ve purchased solely because you created a preset pack for them???

    Thanks, as always!

    Well it's good to know I've done my bit to help shift a few synths over the years! 😁
    I think I'll get around to doing another one for Nambu in the future since I'm more familiar with it now after this exercise, and there's just so much more to be done with it!

  • SNystromSNystrom

    Yeah, you sound quite smitten with it and the myriad possibilities. It sounds like a very versatile synth!

  • andowritesandowrites

    A little late to the game, I just got Nambu, and loaded up Spider and Sam Israel's presets for it. Loving it very much!

    Can anyone share any other presets for Nambu with me? Paid or free. I'm particularly looking for sounds for ambient, drone, meditative and soundscapes.

  • KashiKashi

    @andowrites said:
    A little late to the game, I just got Nambu, and loaded up Spider and Sam Israel's presets for it. Loving it very much!

    Can anyone share any other presets for Nambu with me? Paid or free. I'm particularly looking for sounds for ambient, drone, meditative and soundscapes.

    Didn't realise there was a Sam Izrael pack for Nambu! Is that a paid IAP?

  • andowritesandowrites

    @Kashi said:

    @andowrites said:
    A little late to the game, I just got Nambu, and loaded up Spider and Sam Israel's presets for it. Loving it very much!

    Can anyone share any other presets for Nambu with me? Paid or free. I'm particularly looking for sounds for ambient, drone, meditative and soundscapes.

    Didn't realise there was a Sam Izrael pack for Nambu! Is that a paid IAP?

    You can get it at GumRoad.
    https://soundofizrael.gumroad.com/l/imqvdt?layout=profile

  • andowritesandowrites

    Jakob Haq just shared a great YouTube tutorial on Nambu this evening.

  • drewinnitdrewinnit

    Thanks for the tip @andowrites, this seems like essential viewing

    I adore Nambu, I wish it was a bit less processor-intensive as my iPad struggles with multiple instances

  • andowritesandowrites

    @drewinnit said:
    Thanks for the tip @andowrites, this seems like essential viewing

    I reckon it is. At least for newbies to Nambu like me!

  • frosttrance_7frosttrance_7

    @drewinnit said:
    Thanks for the tip @andowrites, this seems like essential viewing

    I adore Nambu, I wish it was a bit less processor-intensive as my iPad struggles with multiple instances

    What iPad do you have? My iPad Air 3 could only handle up to 14 instances.

  • drewinnitdrewinnit

    @frosttrance_7 14?! i have the same iPad and my projects struggle with 3. There is a fair bit of other stuff running though (Sugar Bytes stuff tends to be heavy, and I usually have a Synthmaster instance too)

  • WyvernWyvern

    @Spidericemidas said:

    @SNystrom said:
    Thank for the tip, Mr. Midas! I’ve been dying to hear your new presents, but it’s too close to Black Friday for me to purchase Nambu now. Have you any idea just how many synths I’ve purchased solely because you created a preset pack for them???

    Thanks, as always!

    Well it's good to know I've done my bit to help shift a few synths over the years! 😁
    I think I'll get around to doing another one for Nambu in the future since I'm more familiar with it now after this exercise, and there's just so much more to be done with it!

    Can I just say spider, I got nambu because of your pack and what Doug did with it. Your pack is superb. Thank you.

  • frosttrance_7frosttrance_7
    edited January 2023

    @drewinnit said:
    @frosttrance_7 14?! i have the same iPad and my projects struggle with 3. There is a fair bit of other stuff running though (Sugar Bytes stuff tends to be heavy, and I usually have a Synthmaster instance too)

    It may depend on the complexity of the patch. Many of the patches I had playing used around 4 operators of traditional FM with FX on/off. Some had filter and analog oscillators. Also, I did that CPU test in Nanostudio 2 at 120-140 BPM (10-11 instances at 140 BPM). What host do you use? AUM readings often say 30-50% with one instance of a synth like Omega when you're not actually running out of anything. My iPad can only handle up to 5 polyphonic instances of Omega in that tempo range.

    If you want to save CPU, you can record with Koala Sampler and use sample pads with different notes or sequences. That saves A LOT of CPU!

    Edit: I also want to add that generally, an iPad as powerful as the Air 3 can handle around 8 instances of CPU-heavy synths such as Model 15 or VAPoly.

  • carlcaulkettcarlcaulkett
    edited January 2023

    I’m late to the party but have just bought Nambu on the strength of the Jakob Haq video. I’ve been through this entire thread and have tracked down 3 preset packs, namely: DMT CYMATICS, S.O.I. 22 and Spidericemidas. I’ve also managed to grab a couple of single presets: Wub and Melody. Does anyone know if there are any other packs available?
    Also @Slush, you suggested to @Spidericemidas that he should come up with a Dub Techno style chord. Did you manage to find or even develop a suitable patch?

  • NeuMNeuM

    @carlcaulkett said:
    I’m late to the party but have just bought Nambu on the strength of the Jakob Haq video. I’ve been through this entire thread and have tracked down 3 preset packs, namely: DMT CYMATICS, S.O.I22 and Spidericemidas. I’ve also managed to grab a couple of single presets: Wub and Melody. Does anyone know if there are any other packs available?
    Also @Slush, you suggested to @Spidericemidas that he should come up with a Dub Techno style chord. Did you manage to find or even develop a suitable patch?

    Not sure if the developer wants to earn extra income from his apps but if he is interested, offering additional preset packs would do the trick. And I'm pretty sure artists like Jakob Haq wouldn't mind selling their wares through in-app purchases in the Nambu app.

  • CamblerCambler

    @andowrites said:
    Jakob Haq just shared a great YouTube tutorial on Nambu this evening.

    This was so good! Opened the synth up for me after much fiddling.

    Man I wish the IceGear synths were also MacOS, particularly Lagrange and Nambu.

  • NeuMNeuM

    @Cambler said:

    @andowrites said:
    Jakob Haq just shared a great YouTube tutorial on Nambu this evening.

    This was so good! Opened the synth up for me after much fiddling.

    Man I wish the IceGear synths were also MacOS, particularly Lagrange and Nambu.

    Likewise. It is like money just sitting on the table when I see a good instrument or effect app that is iOS only these days.

  • ZankFrappaZankFrappa

    @andowrites said:

    Can anyone share any other presets for Nambu with me? Paid or free. I'm particularly looking for sounds for ambient, drone, meditative and soundscapes.

    Here you can find another bank for Nambu (and a few other synth), not sure if they are for ambient….
    https://dreammusictemple.gumroad.com/

  • andowritesandowrites

    @ZankFrappa said:

    @andowrites said:

    Can anyone share any other presets for Nambu with me? Paid or free. I'm particularly looking for sounds for ambient, drone, meditative and soundscapes.

    Here you can find another bank for Nambu (and a few other synth), not sure if they are for ambient….
    https://dreammusictemple.gumroad.com/

    Thanks, I'll check them out.

  • SlushSlush

    @carlcaulkett said:
    Also @Slush, you suggested to @Spidericemidas that he should come up with a Dub Techno style chord. Did you manage to find or even develop a suitable patch?

    I don’t own Nambu yet, but it’s definitely on my list. I recently bought the other Icegear synth Lagrange, and it’s great for Dub. I have no doubt the same goes for Nambu. Any interesting short ‘twack’ or ‘ploink’ sound can be turned into something dub with some delay/fx, and you can make a dub chord from the subtractive part of Nambu, some sawtooth on an oscillator or 2, detune and so on. In case you are brand new to this and curious how to create a dub techno chord, see this demo youtube below. You can kind of copy what he demonstrates on some oscillators inside Nambu or most subtractive synths (Zeeon is great one for this a s well). FM synths are also great for dub (Wavetable, also great), and Nambu happens to give you FM, so cool. Plus the resonator can bring in some metallic sound colors.

  • carlcaulkettcarlcaulkett

    @Slush I’ve been investigating Dub Techno chords further this morning. I’ve realised that the S.O.I. Preset pack is very suited to Dub Techno chords. It helps to have a decent Delay and Reverb - I use http://kymatica.com/apps/au3fx_dub and http://kymatica.com/apps/aufx_space. I’ve also realised that quite a few Dub Techno pieces use the D# min Add 11 chord. It’s simpler than it reads, as this photo demonstrates! I suspect ease of memorising and playing as opposed to complex musical theory are the explanation of this chord 😉

  • SlushSlush

    @carlcaulkett said:
    @Slush I’ve been investigating Dub Techno chords further this morning. I’ve realised that the S.O.I. Preset pack is very suited to Dub Techno chords. It helps to have a decent Delay and Reverb - I use http://kymatica.com/apps/au3fx_dub and http://kymatica.com/apps/aufx_space. I’ve also realised that quite a few Dub Techno pieces use the D# min Add 11 chord. It’s simpler than it reads, as this photo demonstrates! I suspect ease of memorising and playing as opposed to complex musical theory are the explanation of this chord 😉

    And more so, dub techno as ‘invented’ by Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus (Basic Channel, Maurizio, Rhythm & Sound) demonstrates that this is a very complex texture style of music. Lots of gritt and hiss as an aesthetic part of it, and lots of subtitle changes of very basic elements. Roots are in the Jamaican lofi dub techniques. It reminds me a lot of what Hainbach is doing (check out Audiothing Wires, just released on iOS). Chords are not what makes it, and even many recordings are just without it and extremely minimalistic in nature. What seems so simple is extremely hard to do well, what makes it addictive for me! Very few can come close to a Basic Channel track. They where absolute pioneers. It’s a subculture of a subculture style of music, so unfortunately you won’t find many folks doing this.

    A complete mix of Basic Channel.

  • carlcaulkettcarlcaulkett

    @Slush said:
    And more so, dub techno as ‘invented’ by Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus (Basic Channel, Maurizio, Rhythm & Sound) demonstrates that this is a very complex texture style of music. Lots of gritt and hiss as an aesthetic part of it, and lots of subtitle changes of very basic elements. Roots are in the Jamaican lofi dub techniques. It reminds me a lot of what Hainbach is doing (check out Audiothing Wires, just released on iOS). Chords are not what makes it, and even many recordings are just without it and extremely minimalistic in nature. What seems so simple is extremely hard to do well, what makes it addictive for me! Very few can come close to a Basic Channel track. They where absolute pioneers. It’s a subculture of a subculture style of music, so unfortunately you won’t find many folks doing this.

    Full agreement with everything you say! I’ve been listening to Dub Reggae for nearly 40 years starting off with Mad Professor’s “Dub me Crazy” series back in the early 80s. This was all alongside Post-Punk, Shoegaze, pre-Nirvana Grunge and lots more. In recent years my own music making has almost completely become Dub-[whatever], so Dub Techno, including Basic Channel, has been increasingly important to me in the last couple of years.

    You may be interested in these two Mixcloud shows:
    https://www.mixcloud.com/otwradio/on-the-wire-7th-january-2023-9-hour-mix-part-1/
    and

    https://www.mixcloud.com/otwradio/on-the-wire-7th-january-2023-9-hour-mix-part-2/

    I also like JJ Sauma who regularly posts his Dub House sets to Mixcloud.

  • panthera86panthera86

    Anybody uses Nambu with an iPad 2018? If yes, how many instances are possible?

    I'd like to use it as drum machine 🥰

    I have a Yamaha SY77, but the TG77 is a bit expensive at the moment, so I'm looking for iPad FM Drum options.
    KQ dixie is Multitimbral, but only has sine waves -.-

  • SlushSlush

    @carlcaulkett said:

    @Slush said:
    And more so, dub techno as ‘invented’ by Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus (Basic Channel, Maurizio, Rhythm & Sound) demonstrates that this is a very complex texture style of music. Lots of gritt and hiss as an aesthetic part of it, and lots of subtitle changes of very basic elements. Roots are in the Jamaican lofi dub techniques. It reminds me a lot of what Hainbach is doing (check out Audiothing Wires, just released on iOS). Chords are not what makes it, and even many recordings are just without it and extremely minimalistic in nature. What seems so simple is extremely hard to do well, what makes it addictive for me! Very few can come close to a Basic Channel track. They where absolute pioneers. It’s a subculture of a subculture style of music, so unfortunately you won’t find many folks doing this.

    Full agreement with everything you say! I’ve been listening to Dub Reggae for nearly 40 years starting off with Mad Professor’s “Dub me Crazy” series back in the early 80s. This was all alongside Post-Punk, Shoegaze, pre-Nirvana Grunge and lots more. In recent years my own music making has almost completely become Dub-[whatever], so Dub Techno, including Basic Channel, has been increasingly important to me in the last couple of years.

    You may be interested in these two Mixcloud shows:
    https://www.mixcloud.com/otwradio/on-the-wire-7th-january-2023-9-hour-mix-part-1/
    and

    https://www.mixcloud.com/otwradio/on-the-wire-7th-january-2023-9-hour-mix-part-2/

    I also like JJ Sauma who regularly posts his Dub House sets to Mixcloud.

    Good stuff!

  • ZankFrappaZankFrappa
    edited January 2023

    @andowrites said:

    @ZankFrappa said:

    @andowrites said:

    Can anyone share any other presets for Nambu with me? Paid or free. I'm particularly looking for sounds for ambient, drone, meditative and soundscapes.

    Here you can find another bank for Nambu (and a few other synth), not sure if they are for ambient….
    https://dreammusictemple.gumroad.com/

    Thanks, I'll check them out.

    Found a playlist of some sound demos

  • drewinnitdrewinnit

    @frosttrance_7 said:

    @drewinnit said:
    @frosttrance_7 14?! i have the same iPad and my projects struggle with 3. There is a fair bit of other stuff running though (Sugar Bytes stuff tends to be heavy, and I usually have a Synthmaster instance too)

    It may depend on the complexity of the patch. Many of the patches I had playing used around 4 operators of traditional FM with FX on/off. Some had filter and analog oscillators. Also, I did that CPU test in Nanostudio 2 at 120-140 BPM (10-11 instances at 140 BPM). What host do you use? AUM readings often say 30-50% with one instance of a synth like Omega when you're not actually running out of anything. My iPad can only handle up to 5 polyphonic instances of Omega in that tempo range.

    If you want to save CPU, you can record with Koala Sampler and use sample pads with different notes or sequences. That saves A LOT of CPU!

    Edit: I also want to add that generally, an iPad as powerful as the Air 3 can handle around 8 instances of CPU-heavy synths such as Model 15 or VAPoly.

    Thanks for the tips. I’m using Drambo, and the Nambu patches are generally my own ones, which tend to get heavy and (unnecessarily) complex. Combined with the other heavy apps I often use (DrumComputer, Zeeon, Synthmaster, Model 15, FabFilter fx) there’s only so many Nambu instances I can reliably use. The other Ice Gear synths are much less intensive, I could add as many LaGranges as I want without noticing

    Bouncing down to audio is a good shout as well. Cheers

  • michael_mmichael_m

    I just watched the @jakoB_haQ video on this - what an amazing synth - definitely have to buy it. Seems like something you can have hours upon hours of entertainment with.

  • GavinskiGavinski

    One of the most interesting synths of last year for me, definitely

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