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Why is Patterning so great
I would really like to switch to an auv3 drum machine but nothing sounds as good. Why??! Do I have to sample everything in Patterning? Why does it sound so much better than every existing app? Thanks for listening to my rant.
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yep, nothing like Patterning. Would pay 2 more times for AU
Definitely would buy again for an AUv3 version.
I don’t know yet…
You can get multiple instances of patterning
Run the iphone version along side the ipad version
That’s easy to do with Patterning 1 and 2. Resizing UI while playing or controlling other things at the same time, state saving, hosting Patterning in Endlesss… lots of reasons actually
holy crap. just watched some videos of patterning. this thing looks amazing! not an au?? would be so sick to play with this thing in aum with other synths and what not.
how are most people using it who work with AU’s? just sampling it?
You can load it in AUM as an IAA and it supports multiple ports. I do this every now and then. Just no state saving, but for on the fly jamming, works great!
It’s an IAA (inter-App Audio) app and you can load and run 1 copy in AUM. The gui will take over the screen and you will need to swipe up from the edge bottom to get back into AUM but you can start it from AUM’s transport by turning on Inter-App Audio sync or Ableton link. I tested with iPhone version demo…
For the question in the title… I think it’s breaking the 16-slot precision for a more loose arrangement of sounds similar to the brain-scrambling of a modern hip hop drum sequence that sounds a bit wonky but cool because it’s note so clock like. But is a machine that lays so far back it breaks your idea of how drums work. Patterning can make extra wonky beats by not using a right slot per pulse but more of a visual circular interface to add events.
It also provides a great set of samples to sound more hip that an old drum machine.
I'd go so far as to say it's the best drum sequencer I've used. Intuitive and deep, and the depth is visible. FAC Drumkit+Patterning's sequencer would be ace.
State saving in AUv3 would easily be worth the price of a new version.
You could drive the midi from Patterning to FAC Drumkit... Worth a try
Dang... We got some dedicated drum sequencer recently, but I guess if Ben made a sequencer AUv3, it could sell
Import one shot samples in 1 import keeping the total folder structure intact.
As far as i know only patterning and gr16 can do that. Patterning is the best on so many levels. The master eq/fx section is also spectacular.
I dedicated an old iPad to Patterning 2.
I would imagine it being kind of fiddly as an AU.
I stopped using it because it’s not AU.
Why is it that no auv3 drum machine sounds as good? Has anyone found one that was comparable? I’ve tried so many and it’s all night and day.
has anyone found the most streamlined way of sampling patterning for AUM use? i’m so down to use this thing but kinda wanna find the quickest workflow to get anything from there into AUM.
Why would you need to sample it? It can live in a channel in AUM and has multi outs.
Anything that can load samples.
I hear what you're saying--somehow they mostly sound THIN. DrumComputer? I LOVE IT but so thiiiiiin. Digistix? Same, really useful but somehow anemic (even after I went to the trouble to capture iSpark sounds). To be fair, I can get them sounding decent but it takes several extra apps. IMHO FAC Drumkit and Splat-to-Clat are the two AUv3's that actually sound as good to me without any augmentation. The fact that neither one allows me to sequence drums within the same app makes me shake my head and go back to using Patterning (or Groovebox or iSpark or even Attack)....
I get that AUv3 is the future but given the current state of things this seems like a massive amount of work to circumvent something that works really well as is. Anyway, if you're committed, Digistix 2 and Koala Sampler both have great options to auto-capture the sounds.
Patterning is pretty great. What would be the main reasons to spend $15 on Patterning 2?
https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/52983/patterning-2-worth-the-upgrade
Thank you!
i guess no state saving?
+1
I haven’t tried using the app for coming up with non-drum rhythmic patterns but it is a very good idea. Do you load non-drum one-shots and sequence these or do you just get the rhythm going with percussive samples and then use that as the basis of a piece?
You can use patterning to play it’s internal samples or send midi NOTES (assignable per track) and play midi notes
It absolutely can be melody generator
Just point the midi notes at your fav synth or sound source
It just makes your brain work differently because it's a circle not a row in a rectangle. It also has excellent options for making unique patterns. The modulation options just lend themselves to varying things that matter in percussion like velocity and pitch. Then there's the rotate feature. Don't think there's anything else like that in another app.