H I L D A - FIRST UPDATE OUT!

[Deleted User]

I love Hilda like it is and I am very surprised that few days release after people want to add so more new features like an Hilda Pro 2, if you want so many things at least accept to pay the new Hilda you dream a fair price to support the dev as many don’t know how is it difficult to change things without an idea how many hours of work it is.

I don’t write about real bugs fixes it ok as a apps is just released but dreams.

Like me for sure there are many people that don’t want more features on Hilda only few bugs fixes, less is more for me as I am highly creative.

I suggest to Bram to keep a version of Hilda with technical updates and improvements and if it s willing to add many more features to do a pre order for people who needs what they dream and make a high price for that. After all so many people on this forum want to pay 400 usd to have PianoTeq8 and no more than 20 usd to @brambos work, I think there are a problem ??

@brambos as a past dev I whish you put after the intro sales to 25 USD as now Hilda is too cheap and as it is one of the best synth on the market it deserve this price. I buy it for 12 Usd that mean 15 € and I want to pay you 10 € more as it is a fair price it is possible on your PayPal Account ? If so I pay you 10 € more today.

Bram a not make a living as an independent iOS music dev , he can’t work full time just for one guy wanting a feature that will feet the need of 1 or 2 guys, he certainly need to find quickly an other job.

Please guy don’t make all nice and good iOS music devs be fedup and leave ios because everyone want more and more and not paying a fair price.

If I was iOS music dev , with my bad mood , I will tell you are able to pay 200 usd Hilda Pro with a garantee of 10 pre orders to give you 15 % discount as do PianoTeq 8 If not I will tell go to the hell and I will leave you alone with your dreams to go to best pay work. I did that many time with clients willing more for less and they nearly all pay big extra monney, only 20 % forget about to add more extras hours in the dev as after all the software was doing well what they need.

wim

You’re assuming developers don’t like suggestions and only see them as criticism. Sure there are a few who take them that way, but I think most either value, or at least don’t mind the feedback.

A few people give such feedback in obnoxious ways, but most take to offer it respectfully.

brambos

@BerlinFx said:
I love Hilda like it is and I am very surprised that few days release after people want to add so more new features like an Hilda Pro 2, if you want so many things at least accept to pay the new Hilda you dream a fair price to support the dev as many don’t know how is it difficult to change things without an idea how many hours of work it is.

I don’t write about real bugs fixes it ok as a apps is just released but dreams.

Like me for sure there are many people that don’t want more features on Hilda only few bugs fixes, less is more for me as I am highly creative.

I suggest to Bram to keep a version of Hilda with technical updates and improvements and if it s willing to add many more features to do a pre order for people who needs what they dream and make a high price for that. After all so many people on this forum want to pay 400 usd to have PianoTeq8 and no more than 20 usd to @brambos work, I think there are a problem ??

Please guy don’t make all nice and good devs be fedup and leave ios because everyone want more and more and not paying a fair price. If I was iOS music dev , with my bad mood , I will tell you are able to pay 200 usd for your dream ? If not go to the hell and I will leave you alone with your dreams.

Appreciate the sentiment, but it's ok: I know the drill. Most of the times when people make feature requests, it's because they're truly enthusiastic about the app. And I prefer that over indifference any day of the week

And I guess people on this forum know by now that I'm very good at saying "NO".

dendy

there is nothig wrong on asking if some improvement is possible until you are aware first importance is Dev’s vision and your request may stay forever just in stage of request … which i am totally aware, no strings attached .. it’s just public brainstorming and i actually don’t care much if any of my requests/questions will be ever implemented, Hilda stil stays in my limited synths collection…

Gavinski

Don't worry, Bram has pretty thick skin 😉. People know that feature requests will likely be ignored but they always provide food for thought for Bram and other devs, no real harm in it and can actually be quite useful.

dendy

@brambos said:
Yes, that is my hesitation indeed. The Buchla Easel has a 5 step sequencer for example, so why not add a 5 step marking as well?

yes i see in multiple aspects of Hilda that your intention was to stay away from “locking” to usual clichee (starting by non quantised timings on pitch or fm ratio, ending with different tempo sync in delay module)

Of course, it you feel 4/4 highlighting would break this philosophy then totally forget it, it’s understandable

brambos

@dendy said:

@brambos said:
Yes, that is my hesitation indeed. The Buchla Easel has a 5 step sequencer for example, so why not add a 5 step marking as well?

yes i see in multiple aspects of Hilda that your intention was to stay away from “locking” to usual clichee (starting by non quantised timings on pitch or fm ratio, ending with different tempo sync in delay module)

Of course, it you feel 4/4 highlighting would break this philosophy then totally forget it, it’s understandable

No, I'm pondering options. I think I'll just try some things. Often you actually have to see it before you can make a decision.

Krupa

@brambos said:

@plenogard said:

@Gavinski said:

@dendy said:
@brambos would love one minor improvement in UI … i realised i get often lost in sequencer when i want to quikly change few speciffic steps .. if 1st, 5th, 9th and 13th step will be with slighly brither gray background, tha would be amazing .. especially during live jamming when you want do quick tweaks in melody this would be greatly helpful

hope you know what i mean.

second wish is absolute scifi and i can see how this never happens cause it would be hell a lot of work - but i ask - what about parameter locks ?

• tap on sequencer led and hold
• tweak knob
• release led

Now led will shine little bit even when playhead is not on it just to see there is parameter lock.p-locks would be appliead even of velocity is on zero cause vel is obviously related just to note.

parameter lock overrides for that step any eventual modulation but ideally you do slight glide of parameters to avoid clicks..

when holding step led - all onobs locked on that step will have little grey (or blue o whatever) ring around them to see which one re locked on which position

to erase parameter lock:

• hold led, double tap on locked knob

This would move whole thing on completely new level, from “this is great synth” into area “what the actual fuck, mindblowing” - lot more complex patterns would be possible. I see huge potential here.

Man can dream.

I like that idea of making it easier to find the 1st, 5th, 9th etc steps, would be super useful

That would visually lock us (again) in 4/4, I’m afraid.

Yes, that is my hesitation indeed. The Buchla Easel has a 5 step sequencer for example, so why not add a 5 step marking as well?

It becomes very arbitrary quickly - although I do recognize the advantage of some visual structure.

This is definitely a good point, in fact Hilda seems to me most like the Easel type app I’ve been jonesing for in private (and probably in public) for ages now. No need for patch cables, it’s well routed and nicely thought out to just be fun to use while sounding great in many different ways…

[Deleted User]

Sorry perhaps I don’t understand the spirit of iOS music dev and apps making. I was dev in a very different field.

Thanks for all of you as you explain me kindly.

0tolerance4silence

A small LED colouring that changes according to seq length set.

dendy

@brambos
Often you actually have to see it before you can make a decision.

know exactly what you mean - recently i was working on one feature in our company app and literaly deleted and re-created it again 3x in row cause inwas never satisfied when i saw result, which was always different than my idealistic imagination 😂

brambos

@BerlinFx said:
Sorry perhaps I don’t understand the spirit of iOS music dev and apps making. I was dev in a very different field.

Don't get me wrong, I'd still prefer when people say "It's perfect now, don't touch it anymore!"

[Deleted User]

I like this app, I really do, but I’d like more weirdness. More different. I’ve got a hundred disco basses already.

Being able to hold, or latch the touchplates would really add an extra dimension of performability for me. A perfect UI, but better than perfect with more control over the brass rubbings.

Slush

@0tolerance4silence said:
A small LED colouring that changes according to seq length set.

Yes, something like that would be great.

andowrites

If you're looking for some sweet presets to work from in Hilda, check out DMT Cymatics.

He is selling a pack of 31 nice presets for Hilda. He's going to be adding more and updating them. Another 20 are in the pipeline for the pack, included in your £2.99 at dreammusictemple.gumroad.com/l/Hilda

I had issues installing them, as there's no readme file, but they worked fine after I emailed him. He shared these instructions:

1. Unpack the Zip into Hilda Backup folder (inside the Hilda folder in On My iPad/iPhone).
2. Click a single preset which will automatically open in Hilda.
3. Click refresh.
4. All presets now appear in Hilda!

If you follow the steps 1, 2 and 3 it should work just fine.

If you have any issues, don't hesitate to contact me. I'm always here for my customers.

brambos

Just opening the zip with Hilda (and hitting refresh in the presets window) should be enough to install a zip full of presets.

pedro

Couple of questions:

1. What’s the best way to share presets here? Zip and attach to comment?

Or hosting myself like, can anyone open this? (Caution, kinda loud)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lw4o7uk0xnvyzu4/late for work.hilda?dl=0
If you do, slide your finger randomly across the bottom base octave slider. Relevant for next question

2. Sometimes when having the sequencer going, I would like to randomly have a note play a different octave. I mean what I’m talking about is the effect in the above patch, if you “modulate” the base octave with your finger.
   But the slider is not modulatable, neither exposed as auv3, afaict… This is specially relevant for a mono synth cause you simulate 2 voices. Any ideas that don’t involve replacing the sequencer entirely with external midi?

Or… would it be possible to have more mutation options?
Like, have an octave-probability, besides only step?

andowrites

@brambos said:
Just opening the zip with Hilda (and hitting refresh in the presets window) should be enough to install a zip full of presets.

Thanks, it didn't work for me.

pedro

My first attempt at synthesizing the mating rituals of the majestic krell whales.
This is only my 2nd patch with Hilda, this thing programs itself!!!

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pedro

@brambos said:
Just opening the zip with Hilda (and hitting refresh in the presets window) should be enough to install a zip full of presets.

Yes but that requires either that I export my full user bank, or that I export presets one by one somewhere else (documents, for instance) and then go to additional steps to zip them and share again. No big deal, but in the future it would be nice to have the option of either selecting which presets to batch export, or to export one single preset as a zipped .hilda file.

EDIT: sorry, I misread the timeline and thought you were replying to me. Too early in the morning 🤦‍♂️

RockySmalls

@monz0id said:
I like this app, I really do, but I’d like more weirdness. More different. I’ve got a hundred disco basses already.

Being able to hold, or latch the touchplates would really add an extra dimension of performability for me. A perfect UI, but better than perfect with more control over the brass rubbings.

the ‘Brass Frottage Zones’ modulate pretty well using the au param LFOs in Apematrix ,, i think they only have one parameter each(?? @brambos ) .. you can do a ‘switch on & off’ with the squarewave lfo .. and if you just want it on at a certain amount you just use the sliders to restrict the lfo to negligible mod amount at that level.. slidey random is, of course, most fun ... the plates still respond to touchy feely messing about so more weird can be had.. it’s a bit like the strega actually , i often have to use breadboard wires with a bit of blutack ( other brands are available ) to permanently patch those touchy mothers ON if it’s a sound i like.
( that’s not to say i wouldn’t like some more control for use in other environs )

gkillmaster

@Gavinski said:

@GORF said:
It would be great to be able to co trontrol the fingerprints fx with the slope or lfo like we can with the tape control, i really dig that effect.

Does nobody else feel that the tape stop effect releases a bit too quickly when you bring your finger off the screen? This was one of the first things I noticed and means I would probably prefer to use something like the tape stop effect in Reels where I have a lot more control.

I feel like it does as well. Feels linear too. Wish we could have access to the envelope curve or something.

gkillmaster

@wim said:
You’re assuming developers don’t like suggestions and only see them as criticism. Sure there are a few who take them that way, but I think most either value, or at least don’t mind the feedback.

A few people give such feedback in obnoxious ways, but most take to offer it respectfully.

Feel the same.

pedro

@andowrites said:

@brambos said:
Just opening the zip with Hilda (and hitting refresh in the presets window) should be enough to install a zip full of presets.

Thanks, it didn't work for me.

Doesn't work for me either. A single .hilda patch works perfectly, but for a zip it means I have to unzip it somewhere first and then open a file in .hilda.

brambos

@pedro said:

@andowrites said:

@brambos said:
Just opening the zip with Hilda (and hitting refresh in the presets window) should be enough to install a zip full of presets.

Thanks, it didn't work for me.

Doesn't work for me either. A single .hilda patch works perfectly, but for a zip it means I have to unzip it somewhere first and then open a file in .hilda.

The endless joys of file handling on iOS. I’ll look into it

gkillmaster

When I first saw the poster manual, I didn't imagine it would be easy to view but it really is and I prefer it to a page system. Really great and navigable and well written and quick to find things just visually. Such a great job on that.

[Deleted User]

@brambos you got from me a nice 5 stars and comment on AppStore for the moment seems I am the only one to give a rating on AppStore it is now to be validated and publish and done it in English on the Belgium AppStore.

First time I do a review on AppStore so I don’t know if I got only a view on ratings from Belgium or everywhere in the world ?

Krupa

@RockySmalls said:

@monz0id said:
I like this app, I really do, but I’d like more weirdness. More different. I’ve got a hundred disco basses already.

Being able to hold, or latch the touchplates would really add an extra dimension of performability for me. A perfect UI, but better than perfect with more control over the brass rubbings.

the ‘Brass Frottage Zones’ modulate pretty well using the au param LFOs in Apematrix ,, i think they only have one parameter each(?? @brambos ) .. you can do a ‘switch on & off’ with the squarewave lfo .. and if you just want it on at a certain amount you just use the sliders to restrict the lfo to negligible mod amount at that level.. slidey random is, of course, most fun ... the plates still respond to touchy feely messing about so more weird can be had.. it’s a bit like the strega actually , i often have to use breadboard wires with a bit of blutack ( other brands are available ) to permanently patch those touchy mothers ON if it’s a sound i like.
( that’s not to say i wouldn’t like some more control for use in other environs )

That blutac idea is boss, I’ll be trying it out 🙌