Drambo 2.25!

tyslothrop1

@bleep said:
Answering myself: env directly into knob also works, but the value must be properly scaled to match the knob range. Makes perfect sense.

Had the same problem and solved with a number module set to 4 and a multiply module to scale, but needed more modules that way.

How did you match the values to the knob range?

bleep

I first scrubbed manually, finding I needed 32 for knob max (not 4) to cover the entire motif length. Then I used Scale module after Env, setting its Range to 32.

Would it have been possible for Sequencer Time mode to always use 0 to 1 range, where 1 is the end of the clip?

tyslothrop1

@bleep said:
I first scrubbed manually, finding I needed 32 for knob max (not 4) to cover the entire motif length. Then I used Scale module after Env, setting its Range to 32.

Would it have been possible for Sequencer Time mode to always use 0 to 1 range, where 1 is the end of the clip?

Thanks, mine worked with 4, so I suspect it depends on the length of the clip?!

HotStrange

@tyslothrop1 said:

@HotStrange said:

@Grandbear said:

@HotStrange said:

@Michael_R_Grant said:

@HotStrange said:

@auxmux said:

@HotStrange said:
Haven’t bought the IAP yet, probably gonna do that today. But have just finished messing around with the sequencer module and a couple other new features and man this update is great. Drambo is probably worth the price of an iPad on its own at this point. But being able to host AUs within such an already crazy app and making it an AU in itself os just the icing on the cake.

Yeah, hardware sequencers can't beat its flexibility. Even buying an iPad + Drambo and a few accessories is still cheaper in most cases.

Agreed. I’d I didn’t have an iPad and had to choose between an Elektron Octatrack or an iPad + Drambo I really think I’d choose the iPad and Drambo. It can do so much more. Especially when you factor in all the free AUs you can get to use with it. A $300 iPad + $40-50 for full Drambo unlock, and then some free AUs and you’d never need anything else.

It’s slowly become my favorite app and a necessity at this point 😂

That reminds me, I still need to make my 'Drambo is an Octatrack on steroids' video!

Nice! 🙌🏻 I’ve only owned the mid tier Elektron stuff (Digitakt, Digitone) but would definitely check out a video about it because I’ve always been interested in the Octatrack. The iPad has always kept me from taking the plunge though.

One thing that could be nice to have from the Octatrack workflow, though I have no idea how it could work from a UI point of view, is the concept of recording buffer that can be referenced from multiple places, so you could have a Flexi sampler on one track recording from its input and other Flexis (or, now, Wave Scanners) that just play back whatever is present in the first Flexi.

Having predefined Flexi length with continuous recording and overdub would make such an arrangement even better for live performance.

That would be fantastic.

Another thing I’d like to see is the entire synth parameter locking option Elektron gear has. So you can completely change the sound with one single knob and then take it back off. It’s a great performance trick.

I could be wrong and have no idea of Elektrons, but what you describe sounds to me like you can do that with the morph module, mapping it to all sorts of parameters.

Here's s video about it (haven't rewatched it now, but seem to remember, he does something like that):

Don’t have time to watch it right now but will check it out later, thanks!

But yes it’s basically mapping multiple parameters to one knob and twisting it to change all those parameters at once from one knob. There’s also a setting on Elektron devices where you can twist a bunch of knobs and make some crazy adjustments and then hit one button and revert it back to the last saved setting. Pretty cool for live stuff.

Grandbear

@HotStrange said:
There’s also a setting on Elektron devices where you can twist a bunch of knobs and make some crazy adjustments and then hit one button and revert it back to the last saved setting. Pretty cool for live stuff.

Clip locks should provide similar results (duplicate pattern, hold clip, tweak, go back to unmodified pattern), with the added benefit that you can preserve the crazy adjustments for later if you want them

HotStrange

@Grandbear said:

@HotStrange said:
There’s also a setting on Elektron devices where you can twist a bunch of knobs and make some crazy adjustments and then hit one button and revert it back to the last saved setting. Pretty cool for live stuff.

Clip locks should provide similar results (duplicate pattern, hold clip, tweak, go back to unmodified pattern), with the added benefit that you can preserve the crazy adjustments for later if you want them

Definitely! That’s how I’ve been making it work recently. Despite owning Drambo for 2 years or so I feel like I still haven’t really scratched the surface of what all it can do.

pedro

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@tyslothrop1 said:

@bleep said:
I first scrubbed manually, finding I needed 32 for knob max (not 4) to cover the entire motif length. Then I used Scale module after Env, setting its Range to 32.

Would it have been possible for Sequencer Time mode to always use 0 to 1 range, where 1 is the end of the clip?

Thanks, mine worked with 4, so I suspect it depends on the length of the clip?!

Time signal goes from 0 to number of beats, so one bar goes from 0 to 4, 8 bars would go from 0 to 32.
Unless I misread your interaction, that seems to be the reason

tyslothrop1

@pedro Thanks!

Gravitas

@Gravitas said:
@bleep "Could be a midi file type 1/2 issue?"

A user over in the dRambo FB group had a
similar issue when importing some of their midi files.

@giku_beepstreet

Could you send the problematic midi files to the dev
either via the Beepstreet forum or [email protected]. Thanks.

hghon

@HotStrange said:

@tyslothrop1 said:

@HotStrange said:

@Grandbear said:

@HotStrange said:

@Michael_R_Grant said:

@HotStrange said:

@auxmux said:

@HotStrange said:
Haven’t bought the IAP yet, probably gonna do that today. But have just finished messing around with the sequencer module and a couple other new features and man this update is great. Drambo is probably worth the price of an iPad on its own at this point. But being able to host AUs within such an already crazy app and making it an AU in itself os just the icing on the cake.

Yeah, hardware sequencers can't beat its flexibility. Even buying an iPad + Drambo and a few accessories is still cheaper in most cases.

Agreed. I’d I didn’t have an iPad and had to choose between an Elektron Octatrack or an iPad + Drambo I really think I’d choose the iPad and Drambo. It can do so much more. Especially when you factor in all the free AUs you can get to use with it. A $300 iPad + $40-50 for full Drambo unlock, and then some free AUs and you’d never need anything else.

It’s slowly become my favorite app and a necessity at this point 😂

That reminds me, I still need to make my 'Drambo is an Octatrack on steroids' video!

Nice! 🙌🏻 I’ve only owned the mid tier Elektron stuff (Digitakt, Digitone) but would definitely check out a video about it because I’ve always been interested in the Octatrack. The iPad has always kept me from taking the plunge though.

One thing that could be nice to have from the Octatrack workflow, though I have no idea how it could work from a UI point of view, is the concept of recording buffer that can be referenced from multiple places, so you could have a Flexi sampler on one track recording from its input and other Flexis (or, now, Wave Scanners) that just play back whatever is present in the first Flexi.

Having predefined Flexi length with continuous recording and overdub would make such an arrangement even better for live performance.

That would be fantastic.

Another thing I’d like to see is the entire synth parameter locking option Elektron gear has. So you can completely change the sound with one single knob and then take it back off. It’s a great performance trick.

I could be wrong and have no idea of Elektrons, but what you describe sounds to me like you can do that with the morph module, mapping it to all sorts of parameters.

Here's s video about it (haven't rewatched it now, but seem to remember, he does something like that):

Don’t have time to watch it right now but will check it out later, thanks!

But yes it’s basically mapping multiple parameters to one knob and twisting it to change all those parameters at once from one knob. There’s also a setting on Elektron devices where you can twist a bunch of knobs and make some crazy adjustments and then hit one button and revert it back to the last saved setting. Pretty cool for live stuff.

Yea morph would do just that

HotStrange

@hghon said:

@HotStrange said:

@tyslothrop1 said:

@HotStrange said:

@Grandbear said:

@HotStrange said:

@Michael_R_Grant said:

@HotStrange said:

@auxmux said:

@HotStrange said:
Haven’t bought the IAP yet, probably gonna do that today. But have just finished messing around with the sequencer module and a couple other new features and man this update is great. Drambo is probably worth the price of an iPad on its own at this point. But being able to host AUs within such an already crazy app and making it an AU in itself os just the icing on the cake.

Yeah, hardware sequencers can't beat its flexibility. Even buying an iPad + Drambo and a few accessories is still cheaper in most cases.

Agreed. I’d I didn’t have an iPad and had to choose between an Elektron Octatrack or an iPad + Drambo I really think I’d choose the iPad and Drambo. It can do so much more. Especially when you factor in all the free AUs you can get to use with it. A $300 iPad + $40-50 for full Drambo unlock, and then some free AUs and you’d never need anything else.

It’s slowly become my favorite app and a necessity at this point 😂

That reminds me, I still need to make my 'Drambo is an Octatrack on steroids' video!

Nice! 🙌🏻 I’ve only owned the mid tier Elektron stuff (Digitakt, Digitone) but would definitely check out a video about it because I’ve always been interested in the Octatrack. The iPad has always kept me from taking the plunge though.

One thing that could be nice to have from the Octatrack workflow, though I have no idea how it could work from a UI point of view, is the concept of recording buffer that can be referenced from multiple places, so you could have a Flexi sampler on one track recording from its input and other Flexis (or, now, Wave Scanners) that just play back whatever is present in the first Flexi.

Having predefined Flexi length with continuous recording and overdub would make such an arrangement even better for live performance.

That would be fantastic.

Another thing I’d like to see is the entire synth parameter locking option Elektron gear has. So you can completely change the sound with one single knob and then take it back off. It’s a great performance trick.

I could be wrong and have no idea of Elektrons, but what you describe sounds to me like you can do that with the morph module, mapping it to all sorts of parameters.

Here's s video about it (haven't rewatched it now, but seem to remember, he does something like that):

Don’t have time to watch it right now but will check it out later, thanks!

But yes it’s basically mapping multiple parameters to one knob and twisting it to change all those parameters at once from one knob. There’s also a setting on Elektron devices where you can twist a bunch of knobs and make some crazy adjustments and then hit one button and revert it back to the last saved setting. Pretty cool for live stuff.

Yea morph would do just that

Fantastic. Thanks for the confirmation. I’ve been looking for something like that and it’s been right in front of my face all this time 😂

pedro

@HotStrange and don’t forget morphs can be themselves modulated, or “morphed” for that matter. Morphception

Carnbot

Yeah this a nice update.
Definitely getting more useful for me to use more as each updates come out.
Also would love a wired view.
This is why I generally prefer sunvox and miRack modular approach which have that with zoom in/ zoom out, but it's nice to have this alternative.

The new sequencer module is a great addition, and with the midi import it becomes a good way of using sequences from other apps. Also the 110% module scale mode is an important improvement for me as on 12.9 the modules are too small for me at normal size.
I think it also needs more customisation options like this, I'd like to scale it even bigger if possible for when performing etc, + custom colors, design your own interface styles, racks can be double height etc, I don't think it should hold back here.

HotStrange

@pedro said:
@HotStrange and don’t forget morphs can be themselves modulated, or “morphed” for that matter. Morphception

I’m definitely gonna be losing hours this weekend diving into that 😂

FordTimeLord

@HotStrange said:

@pedro said:
@HotStrange and don’t forget morphs can be themselves modulated, or “morphed” for that matter. Morphception

I’m definitely gonna be losing hours this weekend diving into that 😂

Don’t forget the crossfader! Setting up scenes with the morphs in different positions and cross fading them is also great fun

HotStrange

@FordTimeLord said:

@HotStrange said:

@pedro said:
@HotStrange and don’t forget morphs can be themselves modulated, or “morphed” for that matter. Morphception

I’m definitely gonna be losing hours this weekend diving into that 😂

Don’t forget the crossfader! Setting up scenes with the morphs in different positions and cross fading them is also great fun

I always forget to use the crossfader as well. Just having that also puts Drambo into Octatrack territory. Really is a powerful app. I’ve been diving into it more and more over these last few weeks after sadly ignoring it for a few months.

eylvy

bleep

@Gravitas said:

@Gravitas said:
@bleep "Could be a midi file type 1/2 issue?"

A user over in the dRambo FB group had a
similar issue when importing some of their midi files.

@giku_beepstreet

Could you send the problematic midi files to the dev
either via the Beepstreet forum or [email protected]. Thanks.

Done, and problem already identified 👌
Import from Piano Motifs will be fixed soon.

Btw, this was a single melody track. PM can also export multi-track midi. Do you think Drambo clip import should handle that, or does it not make sense for a clip? User responsibility to import single track?

rs2000

@bleep said:

@Gravitas said:

@Gravitas said:
@bleep "Could be a midi file type 1/2 issue?"

A user over in the dRambo FB group had a
similar issue when importing some of their midi files.

@giku_beepstreet

Could you send the problematic midi files to the dev
either via the Beepstreet forum or [email protected]. Thanks.

Done, and problem already identified 👌
Import from Piano Motifs will be fixed soon.

Btw, this was a single melody track. PM can also export multi-track midi. Do you think Drambo clip import should handle that, or does it not make sense for a clip? User responsibility to import single track?

As of now, only the first track of a multitrack midi file is imported as a clip sequence does no store MIDI channel information.

sigma79

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Blipsford_Baubie

@Grandbear said:

@HotStrange said:
There’s also a setting on Elektron devices where you can twist a bunch of knobs and make some crazy adjustments and then hit one button and revert it back to the last saved setting. Pretty cool for live stuff.

Clip locks should provide similar results (duplicate pattern, hold clip, tweak, go back to unmodified pattern), with the added benefit that you can preserve the crazy adjustments for later if you want them

I can’t believe I haven’t thought of that before. Thanks.

Pxlhg

I have tried to import midi via the clip menu but I can't get it to work. I exported from Piano Motif, first a bundled track and then, when I could not get that to work - separate tracks. Would appreciate if someone would show how (I'm not new to Drambo but not very good with it either)

rs2000

@Pxlhg said:
I have tried to import midi via the clip menu but I can't get it to work. I exported from Piano Motif, first a bundled track and then, when I could not get that to work - separate tracks. Would appreciate if someone would show how (I'm not new to Drambo but not very good with it either)

Drambo should grab the first track and max. 16 bars of a type1/2 MIDI file.

rheslip

@Pxlhg said:

I have tried to import midi via the clip menu but I can't get it to work. I exported from Piano Motif, first a bundled track and then, when I could not get that to work - separate tracks. Would appreciate if someone would show how (I'm not new to Drambo but not very good with it either)

Midi file import is buggy. Try importing to Atom2, exporting and import that file into Drambo. Worked for me.

bleep

Was discussed yesterday, see 4 posts earlier. Fix is incoming.

Pxlhg

@bleep said:
Was discussed yesterday, see 4 posts earlier. Fix is incoming.

Shit, that was ignorant of me not to check. I went back much further instead where someone asked about it. My apologies.

Grandbear

@Blipsford_Baubie said:

@Grandbear said:

@HotStrange said:
There’s also a setting on Elektron devices where you can twist a bunch of knobs and make some crazy adjustments and then hit one button and revert it back to the last saved setting. Pretty cool for live stuff.

Clip locks should provide similar results (duplicate pattern, hold clip, tweak, go back to unmodified pattern), with the added benefit that you can preserve the crazy adjustments for later if you want them

I can’t believe I haven’t thought of that before. Thanks.

It just speaks to how much it can do, it really is an amazing piece of software

shinyisshiny

finally got around to playing with the update... Wavescanner is awesome. combined with the BBD resonator = insane sound scapes. I was making nasty evolving reese basses out of a drum loop haha.

Gravitas

For those who have a Korg Volca Drum.
Here’s an editor put together in dRambo.
Instructions are in the project.
Change the midi outs and audio inputs for your rig.

Have fun.

https://patchstorage.com/korg-volca-drum-editor/

It’s also mapped to the LaunchControl XL.
Remap for whatever midi controller you use or use the touchscreen on your idevice.

sigma79

Will dev alter time of menu popup, when using the scroll bar because it seems. When chasing sequence it will be a case of having to tap the screen to close. Like Kai Aras apps. You cant really tweak the app before theres a menu.

Id opt for just making 4 bar music if not.

edit. Maybe I wont need much but would still be better. If menu were delayed more.