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sqsl Latch: Beautiful Sequencer / Midi Controller (Walkthrough Vid)
sqsl Latch: Beautiful Sequencer / Midi Controller (Walkthrough & Giveaway)
sqsl Latch is a beautifully-designed midi controller and sequencer for iPad, with a focus on making drone, ambient, soundscape and texture-based work. I think Hainbach, for example, would love it. This vid is a detailed walkthrough of the app - there are a few things here that might be deal-breakers for some people and they are discussed in the video - please watch and inform yourself before buying! - but I think many people who follow this channel will have major gas for this after watching. Please note that the App Store description mentions that this does not run in the background, but an update has already been submitted which will enable full-featured background operation. The developer is very friendly and open to ideas and so I am hopeful that some other suggestions I make for improvements in the video will soon be implemented.
Miso, the dev, has been kind enough to allow me to offer 5 winners the chance to win a copy of Latch. Giveaway details, app links etc can all be found in the pinned YouTube comment.
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Top video this one looks very interesting thanks @Gavinski. Definitely needs a preset system added and AU or IAA at least.
Thank you for first bringing this to the forum’s attention! A preset system is badly needed. IAA or AUv3 I could live without, but it would really benefit from Ableton link or at least ability to receive midi clock. @j_liljedahl is there a reason, by the way, why AUM can only send but not receive midi clock? Cheers!
His other sequencer Temp is equally lovely and totally different, btw.
Here’s a little demo of Temp in action:
https://youtube.com/shorts/weuPtgL9Zcg
It will also hopefully get the update to enable running in background, dev not sure when yet tho
Interesting, definitely different!
Both super nice, definitely my cup of tea, big time!
Another example with Temp, this time playing 3 synths, and a bit of Knock added for saturation. Digging this!
https://youtube.com/shorts/iBvEfROH5Y4
Latch update out - now with background processing...👍
Out already, excellent! Hopefully that will get added to Temp ASAP as well, as the dev is intending to do
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Yes, and I think we've been through this many times before
Implementing MIDI clock receive is easy for a simple MIDI sequencer where the MIDI clock can be the driving "tick" of the sequencer. For more complex things, like a DAW-like app that does audio playback (such as AUM) it's much more complicated since one needs to do some mathy stuff to predict the time and phase of the incoming MIDI clock in the future, and apply smart filtering/smoothing to minimize jitter (which is otherwise very easily heard on audio playback). That said, I have an implementation of this figured out with pen and paper and waiting for the right moment of time and energy to write the code for implementing it in AUM. So hopefully it will come (if it works well enough).
PS. How many DAWs do you know about that has MIDI Clock receive and not only send? I bet there aren't many, and there's a reason for that.
Thanks Jonathan - I don't know of any, I only really use AUM 😂 and mostly only use auv3 apps or at least apps that can receive midi clock, like the older version of Polyphase before it got Ableton Link. Sorry if you have had to explain this many times in the past, will be interesting if you can find a way to implement it, cheers!
DAWS on iOS that both send and receive midi clock: Beatmaker 3, Nanostudio 2, Cubasis 3, Auria Pro, Zenbeats.
Ah, so most of them lol! Good to know, come on @j_liljedahl, time for AUM to catch up!
So if I ran this on one ipad, I think I could route the midi through AUM'S midi bluetooth, then use the iPad as a Bluetooth midi controller for another iPad running AUM. I think that should work... This sequencer looks like it'd be worthy of a whole ipad during a jam.
I haven't checked the others, but where do you see this in Cubasis 3?
And it's one thing to have MIDI clock reception, and another thing to have it working well.
As far as I know Cubasis 3 is only capable of using Link when it comes to sync...
@Gavinski : neither Cubasis 3 nor Nanostudio 2 handle incoming midi clock sync. Pretty much just BeatMaker 3 and Loopy Pro.
Let us know if that works for you, i do have 2 iPads but never really use them together
Ok, cheers!
If this sequencer supported Link that would solve a lot.
True, the dev is definitely looking into improving things and even auv3 is on his wishlist, though whether it'll happen is another thing. I'd be happy enough with Link and a presets system.
Cool, yeah something like this is better in standalone so Link would be perfect.
I like what I see but until it has ableton link I can't see myself using this. Not for 20 bucks. Looks fantastic but I know myself at this point
No auv3 or ableton link usually means the app doesn't get used in my case.
Once it has link, I'll buy it and use it on a second iPad to control my primary iPad synths.
I wonder if developers who make these great tools know about the ios landscape and the auv3 and connectivity needs of musicians. If these apps were coded with connectivity in mind, I think there would be many more sales.
I've discussed the need for / desirability of these things at length with the dev and the benefits there will be for him if he caters to the core ios music crowd rather than just the people using their ipad as a midi controller for hardware or desktop synths - if he wasn't aware of them before, and that's entirely possible, he certainly is now. I imagine the very positive response to Latch from commenters on the vid, combined with surprise about the lack of connectivity etc, gives good motivation to add that connectivity.
Great! This is a good market for developers to hone in on really functional apps for musicians.
A lot of good feedback is available here. An app like this with ableton link or auv3 would have made it a no-brainer purchase for me even with the high sticker price. Problem solving on IOS can be its own fun, but I'm getting tired of fighting connectivity challenges.
Yeah, it could get quite tedious having to set everything up from scratch every time, I have to say! Fine maybe if you're used to using ancient hardware, but if used to an AUv3 workflow, no, it's far from ideal.
One way I use Latch is with desktop based synths via a wired or Bluetooth connection. It's how the dev demos both his sequencers on his YouTube channel...
@enkaytee yes, I mentioned in the vid that this dev is most likely not really an iOS head (yet? 😁). He's a desktop person using his ipad as a midi controller.
@j_liljedahl ahhhhh an oversight on my part. You are correct. Can only send…and midi link. My b…
Must admit the recording side to this sequencer has me foxed on initial use can’t really figure out what’s going on with recording lengths and control it seems to have a mind of its own! Wish the manual was a bit more expansive.
Basically it will use whatever length you play in. I showed this pretty clearly in the vid. Do this experiment - press record, press lock, play in a few notes, maybe just alternate long notes and short notes. Now depress record. It will immediately jump to play mode and play back exactly the same sequence you played in at the same speed. If you want you can play other notes over the top now, you can also press any active notes to deactivate them.
Now press clear on the top left. This will clear all notes from the main matrix, and also clear the sequence you recorded. Now record the same sequence in again but this time with the lock button off. This time when you stop recording, it will play back the notes you played in, at the same speed, but will play them back in random order. That's what the lock button does!