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Drambo is amazing
just a praise for Drambo. it is absolutely incredible. just a perfect groove box, unmatched by anything, only without physical controls.
if it could export seamlessly to Ableton set that would just be a total killer.
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although over complex GUI and not so intuitive workflow IMO. Like what is with that position of the transport? put it on the top of the GUI.
also, the transformers in disguise GUI is very confusing and fiddley.
still a useful app indeed.
It’s great… midi import would be a great addition… when\if it comes…
No arguments here — Drambo is an absolute beast. IMO the sequencer is an OP-Z killer, despite a few confusing bits and pieces. And the concept of internal CV -> MIDI conversion is really interesting; I was able to build out a control profile using Drambo to modulate Loopy Pro parameters, and with just a little bit of planning I was able to create bi-directional MIDI LFOs that act relative to the parameter’s current value AND feature assignable depth. And that’s coming from a person with no special programming knowledge or even technical skills!
The “ transformers in disguise GUI” is probably one of the best features in Drambo imo. It allows you to make an extremely complicated patch and then shrink it down into a useable format. This means others can use the rack without any knowledge of how it actually works. Once you grasp the (genius) colour coding concept, it’s not super hard to decipher most patches/racks.
I don’t think the UI is overly complex at all, if anything it’s probably as simple as it can be considering the scope and complexity of Drambo. Sure it’s not perfect, nothing is because so much of design is subjective. In general though (thanks to the clever UI) you can ignore a lot of its extra complexity and use its as a straightforward groovebox if you like.
This is all just personal preference tbf but I do wish people would actually consider the other side of the coin. What would you change so the UI so it’s not overly complex? If the transport being in the middle of the screen is top of the list, I’m not sure that really address any of the actual complexity? The transformers aspect is actually a really great example, if Drambo didn’t have this feature it would be exponentially more complex and confusing to work.
I say this as someone who uses Drambo in some pretty complicated setups and I’ve never looked at the manual once.
I agree that it is absolutely incredible!
I don’t think the GUI is overly complex at all once you know where everything is. In fact, once you familiarize yourself with it, the workflow is quite intuitive.
I keep saying that the more I use it, (and I love using it as the host for AUv3s) the less and less I’ll reach for AUM or anything else.
Host a few instances of Loopy Pro inside Drambo, and you’ve got yourself a complete audio/midi workstation! Or you could do the opposite, and use Loopy Pro to host a few instances of the Drambo AUV3!
Either way, Drambo and Loopy Pro are a winning combination!
Can you share how you are using LP inside Drambo? I love LP, but never got deep into Drambo, in part because I want to stick with LP. Never really considered combining them, but now my gears are turning…
There’s a number of different ways to use LP inside Drambo, or vice versa.
I like sticking one instance of LP on the master track, then tap the input connector on the channels/tracks I want to record audio from. (Like a GeoSWAM performance for example). Then, once I have an audio loop recorded that I’m satisfied with, I’ll use LP’s MIDI learn features to assign notes from Drambo’s sequencer/clip launcher to fire off the Audio loops in LP.
I have yet to gel with Drambo. Expanding and contracting the various panels to get to where you want is a bit confusing. An old fashioned tabbed interface would have worked better for the UI - one touch and you are where you need to be.
It’s a very powerful app that I rarely use because of the UI.
Drambo is the way you do a groovebox on iOS platform.
Best app on the platform in my humble opinion.
+1
Maybe the problem with the ui is you rarely use it. No criticism of you, it took sometime for me to click with it myself. But after a while you realize everything is one touch away like you say, you just have to know where to touch
I spent the best part of ten years just fooling around with all the apps, and doing very little I could show as finished tracks, after I lost my bedroom studio in the divorce. Drambo is where I found my ground. Still nothing I can show as a full track, but now I see the light at the end of the tunnel. Might be the train coming, though
Yes, 100% my favourite app.
Invest the time and it will reward you.
The only thing I am hoping for is audio recording directly to a clip.
Not interested in it ever getting a timeline.
I absolutely love Drambo but I think GR-16 is the perfect iOS groovebox. Drambo is more powerful but GR-16 feels like a groovebox. I don’t think I could choose between them if I had to though. Both are excellent.
Drambo is masterpiece, fully agree its best on ios and not only. Just simly the best lol. I dont see myself working with anything else now, like regular daws. Best touch control implementation and UX. Its the the ultimate groovebox (gr-16 was good at the time but is a joke in comparison). No hardware can come anywhere close. Making specialized devices for the sounds is so much more convenient and powerful than modeling eurorack shit with cables. Graphic modulators and envelopes are killer. What is lacking for me personally is something ableton-like audioclips to build a liveset, to work fully inside the app; also non-delayed feedback possibility (not left to right model but free routing in any direction). I pray for updates, would even pay for fucking subscription if needed.
The only thing that could be better than drambo would be a hardware version, with lots of knobs and faders, and pads, and keys, and a huge touch screen, and lots of i/o, that you could magically shrink into pocket-size
Maybe for my grandchildren 🙏
I'd love to see Giko teaming up with a hardware manufacturer to make a dedicated controller, but choosing which HW controllers, number of in and outs etc would be tough choices. For me essential would be crossfader and scene buttons like on the Octatrack, then at least 8 assignable morph knobs, which can each control multiple parameters each with their own defined ranges, like the morph groups on the Nord G2
You can do pretty much all of those already. I have an arturia minilab and I can map about anything. What I can’t do is light up the pads because that would require sysex and that Drambo doesn’t do, yet. But note based controllers like launchpad work flawlessly, or so I heard cause I don’t own one
Thinking about it more, with Drambo's morph module you can replicate the G2 morph groups with any controller with 8 knobs or more. The Minilab looks great - but no crossfader.
I need to revisit using the amp in Drambo to multiply cc values so as to use the Octatrack scene switches to control Drambo' scenes without having to stick a midi processor between the OT and Drambo.