H I L D A - FIRST UPDATE OUT!

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Did anybody managed IMPORT multiple presets into Hilda ? I exported few presets on iPhone and now trying import them on iPad - no success I tried first send zip file from files app (using "share") , then i tried multiple unpacked files select and same - no succe .. when i send just single file into hilda it appears after refresh in user patches list, but it seems like it is not possible to import multiple patches at once

Multiple files in a .zip didn’t work for me, so I had to unzip, ‘open in’ each single preset, close Hilda, open it again, and then I could see the imported preset.

dendy

@monz0id said:

Did anybody managed IMPORT multiple presets into Hilda ? I exported few presets on iPhone and now trying import them on iPad - no success I tried first send zip file from files app (using "share") , then i tried multiple unpacked files select and same - no succe .. when i send just single file into hilda it appears after refresh in user patches list, but it seems like it is not possible to import multiple patches at once

Multiple files in a .zip didn’t work for me, so I had to unzip, ‘open in’ each single preset, close Hilda, open it again, and then I could see the imported preset.

see my previous post ; you need 2 devices and airdrop zip file from one to other

[Deleted User]

@dendy said:

@monz0id said:

Did anybody managed IMPORT multiple presets into Hilda ? I exported few presets on iPhone and now trying import them on iPad - no success I tried first send zip file from files app (using "share") , then i tried multiple unpacked files select and same - no succe .. when i send just single file into hilda it appears after refresh in user patches list, but it seems like it is not possible to import multiple patches at once

Multiple files in a .zip didn’t work for me, so I had to unzip, ‘open in’ each single preset, close Hilda, open it again, and then I could see the imported preset.

see my previous post ; you need 2 devices and airdrop zip file from one to other

Ah right, yeah, I’ve only imported presets via the Files app on the one device (downloaded a pack from a link on here).

brambos

@dendy said:
Aaaah i figured it out … when it airdropped zip file FROM iPhone to iPad it worked out, on iPad import popup appeared, i selected Hilda and ok, all presers are there..

It was not working when i already had that zip file on iPad in some folder (downloads folder in Files app) and then from this folder i selected “share” on that zip file and selected Hilda - in that case nothing happens, no files imported, this worls just with single file

It must be airdropped from one device to other :-)

Oh… Apple and their file management shenanigans 😭 I’ll see if there’s anything I’m allowed to do about it (or if it’s sandboxes “for our own safety”).

dendy

as soon as there is workaround, it's ok

RJB

@brambos said:

@Slush
@brambos This is just a quick and dirty example, but I wonder if it’s possible to make a way to modulate the base octave? It’s not there in the exposed parameters, so can’t put an lfo on it. In this vid I do it manually. You can get interesting results playing with it. If the parameter for this would be there then a lfo on it might do the trick for the most part I think

I guess it should be possible. I’ll put it on the list and I’ll see if I can expose these without breaking stuff.

I’ve been doing the same Live adjustments. That would be awesome if it were exposed along with the Mutate function to be able to LFO a bit of variation every 4 or 8 bars

brambos

@dendy said:
as soon as there is workaround, it's ok

I've solved it I think. Fix coming in next update.

Still need to test with Dropbox and Google Files to see if anything funny happens there.

Gavinski

@dendy said:
as soon as there is workaround, it's ok

Not everyone has 2 devices so that's not an ideal workaround by any stretch

Gavinski

@brambos said:

@dendy said:
as soon as there is workaround, it's ok

I've solved it I think. Fix coming in next update.

Still need to test with Dropbox and Google Files to see if anything funny happens there.

Nice!

id_23

No need to restart app when importing single patches individually… just refresh preset list, check the bank again… should be there.

brambos

@id_23 said:
No need to restart app when importing single patches individually… just refresh preset list, check the bank again… should be there.

It turns out there are some differences in what an app is allowed to do with an external file depending on where the imported file is sent from. I could reproduce some of the issues yesterday and a workaround is coming shortly, the biggest problem is that it's super inconsistent and there's no logic to it.

File handling remains one of iOS's major weaknesses and points of frustration

dendy

@brambos said:

@dendy said:
as soon as there is workaround, it's ok

I've solved it I think. Fix coming in next update.

👌

Still need to test with Dropbox and Google Files to see if anything funny happens there.

Checked in Beta and both Dropbox and Google Drive works like breeze in both ways.

Frank303

@brambos said:
Get your Launchcontrol ready

This is GREAT! Thanks!

pedro

Don’t know if this has been brought out (wow, 19 pages!) or even if it’s just me, but…

I still have trouble dialing in precise numbers. Like for instance, try to get the detune (top left f button) to 1.954 or above. You can’t. I think 1.953 is the most it gets before jumping to 2.000

@brambos can you please do something about it? Such a wonderful chaotic machine begs the ability to input very precise initial conditions 🙏

It could be as easy as some tap to open a popup for precise value, bypassing knobs

brambos

@pedro said:
Don’t know if this has been brought out (wow, 19 pages!) or even if it’s just me, but…

I still have trouble dialing in precise numbers. Like for instance, try to get the detune (top left f button) to 1.954 or above. You can’t. I think 1.953 is the most it gets before jumping to 2.000

Yes, this is intentional. The tune and ratio knobs snap to octaves. So once you get very close, it will snap.

pedro

Hmm I see, it’s by design, carry on then 🤐

So I will never know what a detune of 1.968 will sound like, then?

brambos

@pedro said:
Hmm I see, it’s by design, carry on then 🤐

So I will never know what a detune of 1.968 will sound like, then?

It will be remain one the universe's great mysteries

I've tried to make the snap points as small as possible, but still conveniently findable. This was the best tradeoff.

rvr

You can make it go 1.953, then 1.955, ..57, then 2.000 (when you move finger away for more precision). When I tried again I managed to make 1.954, then next Step is 1.956, ..58 and then skipping to 2.000. Kind of ehh.. I just beg for a standard control implementation in all apps like in drambo/nambu = vertical is coarse value, horizontal is fine value. But skipping is strange anyway.

pedro

@brambos said:

@pedro said:
Hmm I see, it’s by design, carry on then 🤐

So I will never know what a detune of 1.968 will sound like, then?

It will be remain one the universe's great mysteries

Well Hilda is a she, I assume? So it seems appropriate

I've tried to make the snap points as small as possible, but still conveniently findable. This was the best tradeoff.

It’s all good, I have my fun as it is. Not asking for a refund 🤭

brambos

@rvr said:
You can make it go 1.953, then 1.955, ..57, then 2.000 (when you move finger away for more precision). When I tried again I managed to make 1.954, then next Step is 1.956, ..58 and then skipping to 2.000. Kind of ehh.. I just beg for a standard control implementation in all apps like in drambo/nambu = vertical is coarse value, horizontal is fine value. But skipping is strange anyway.

As explained above, the Tune and Ratio knobs are an exception because they snap to octaves (0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4).

So this is fully intentional. All the other knobs you can have all the accuracy you like.

pedro

@brambos To be honest and tell the whole story, I had a patch I named maio (may), and then renamed maio of 68 (my birth). Then I got the idea to set all knobs to 68 (got to admit my finger slipped to 69 a few times), as some kind of art-piece only I would understand.
With some I had to include the century (like 1.968) but the only knob left behind was that one.
Felt incomplete.
But like you say, some mysteries are better left unsolved.

It does sound cool though

brambos

@pedro said:
@brambos To be honest and tell the whole story, I had a patch I named maio (may), and then renamed maio of 68 (my birth). Then I got the idea to set all knobs to 68 (got to admit my finger slipped to 69 a few times), as some kind of art-piece only I would understand.
With some I had to include the century (like 1.968) but the only knob left behind was that one.
Felt incomplete.
But like you say, some mysteries are better left unsolved.

It does sound cool though

Ha, cool idea. Sorry for ruining your concept.

Thing is, since I implemented the much-requested "accurate knob behavior" I have already received emails and App Store reviews complaining that they liked the original (non accurate) behavior better.

It seems there is no method that will please everyone, so I'm not going to change it anymore. For every UI pattern I choose, there will be people who would like to see it different again

pedro

@brambos I’m fine with your decision. I wasn’t invested on that discussion since I didn’t share the problem; like anything on iOS sometimes when you release the knob or whatever, it jumps somewhere near. But that’s on apple.
This situation is different, it’s actual range missing, but I totally understand your explanation, like I said no big deal. You keep doing you

Synthi

Maybe a small fine tune knob can make everyone happy (including me!)

brambos

There already is finetune and I’m not removing the snapping.

[Deleted User]

@pedro said:
@brambos I’m fine with your decision. I wasn’t invested on that discussion since I didn’t share the problem; like anything on iOS sometimes when you release the knob or whatever, it jumps somewhere near. But that’s on apple.
This situation is different, it’s actual range missing, but I totally understand your explanation, like I said no big deal. You keep doing you

What is important is not a Swiss precision knob but the fact that a synth let us create very good music with ease for creativity and this is what Hilda do.

Yesterday I was with a quite famous pro DJ in electro , I show him Hilda , immediately this guy bought it

He said that Hilda was among the best synth to boost its creativity, he send me this afternoon a mail ´ he was grateful to discover it and made a new track in 6 hours and send it to it sound engineer for mixing / mastering.

Far more important to me that a knob.

brambos

@BerlinFx said:

@pedro said:
@brambos I’m fine with your decision. I wasn’t invested on that discussion since I didn’t share the problem; like anything on iOS sometimes when you release the knob or whatever, it jumps somewhere near. But that’s on apple.
This situation is different, it’s actual range missing, but I totally understand your explanation, like I said no big deal. You keep doing you

What is important is not a Swiss precision knob but the fact that a synth let us create very good music with ease for creativity and this is what Hilda do.

Yesterday I was with a quite famous pro DJ in electro , I show him Hilda , immediately this guy bought it

He said that Hilda was among the best synth to boost its creativity, he send me this afternoon a mail ´ he was grateful to discover it and made a new track in 6 hours and send it to it sound engineer for mixing / mastering.

Wow, that's awesome! Thanks for the story (and the endorsement!)

sevenape

There’s literally nothing I can fault about this app that won’t be remedied with 100 free new presets to fiddle with

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skiphunt

I don’t have Hilda yet, but it’s on my short list

Curious… I’m seeing these @brambos app updates to all of his apps I have to make them compliant with Logic Pro for iPad. Are these updates making his apps closer to being able to install and run in Logic for the desktop too?