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Noir is lovely 🥰
Oh man, how did I forget my secret weapons: Skaka and Borsta!!! I love layering my drums with both apps, great reminder 🙌
@brambos does make some amazing sequencers I am a big fan and everything he has done and HILDA is still my favourite iOS synthesizer.
As for DAW I started in Reason 2.0 a long time ago and only got into iOS about 2 years now. Never dabbled in Logic but that Drum Machine Designer does sound interesting. Currently my DAW of choice is Bitwig Studio which has some pretty intense modular capabilities. I only use Cubase when I need to soundtrack but on iOS AUM has been my go-to thus far. I tried a few others like EG nodes recently but minus not having undo functions in AUM i just cant seem to lean into anything else on iPad. I typically never finalize much on iPad so I end up moving my stems to desktop for finalizations and additional editing. I also have DRum computer as a VST so it transitions easily that way too. Alongside the Klevgrand apps which I also have on both platforms. T=hey are really amazing too for what they can do. Overall i just cant believe how powerful iOS is and has become. I Originally bought my ipad pro to illustrate and two years later have fallen deep into an iOS music rabbit hole. I would have never imagined how addictive it has become and the portability cant get much better than this hahah. As for Patterning there is a bit too much menu diving and I really wish it has more randomization features when it comes to creating the patterns. I tend to work generatively until I find a sound I like then I mold it further from there. I don't think I ever walk into anything knowing 100% how it will output in the end but this is also coming from someone who works in sound but hasn't released an "official" song in two decades of my own. In theory if I didnt get paid to make sound I would just be considered a proper hobbyist in music ahha. Hope to change that soon though and release something in the near future if all goes according to plan and my next venture into MaxDSP doesnt lead to a 6 month hiatus haha
I'm also a fan of Drumcomputer but more for its sequencer. The sequencer has a unique design that makes it easy to visualize groove in detail because the individual steps sit on top of rails and have room to move left and right. It's nice to play around with the swing and humanization settings and get a visual feedback.
Other software drum machines and sequencers just copy the rigid slots of hardware drum machines which limits them by design for groove visualization this which is kinda sad.
I don't use the generative features inside Drumcomputer that much, only to add sub, thump or click layers to traditional drum kits (I most often use a mix of 909, 808 and 707) for the core drum sounds. I then route the drum sound into a return track with FX plugins (where I use a lot of geenrative features) for addional layers like rumbles or delays for more energy and textures.
Y’all haven’t even mentioned the greatest collection of drum apps on iPadOS?
Even though they will probably never see any AUV3 version updates, these are probably some of the only IAA apps that get a free pass from most of the community. (Along with Borderlands and Samplr?)
The collection that I’m referring to, is of course the amazing Lumbeat Drummers by @LuisMartinez. These IMO, are some of the best drum apps on IPadOS if you’re looking for adding realistic, human sounding drum tracks to your music.
There’s a super smooth workflow I’ve found, of exporting loops and shots from these Lumbeat drummers, then importing them into the Flexi sampler in Drambo, then of course you can chop, slice and dice to your heart’s content.
There is also, of course, the drummers in Logic Pro (and GarageBand), which are top tier, and probably even better at being Uber-realistic… but who wants to use those? 😅
Agreed! I’d love to see a “break-out” version of just the sequencer.
I might be a little old school when it comes to a lot of music related stuff. I’ve never really understood the appeal of some of the noises that people like to use for their drum sounds. Drum Computer excels in this noise generation.
Don’t get me wrong, I totally get using white/pink noise for creating hats and snare sounds in electronic music, EDM, and stuff like that.
I’ll start with a KICK sound, and start tapping the randomizer button and go through hundreds of sounds before finding something that resembles a drum “kick” (I mean you’ll get sounds like an elephant farting, all the way to a cat being skinned alive)
I get there’s different genres, chip-tune, etc. Want a sound that sounds like you licked your finger and stuck it in a light socket for your snare? Drum Computer is your app lol
I think if drum machine options available in both GarageBand and Logic Pro are not included, then a serious competitor is not being considered. And Apple’s offerings absolutely should be included.
I do really enjoy the sequencer and the randomization for sure to help inspire new sounds. I feel it can use some modernization and minor improvements like allowing more Euclidian features between the patterns i.e. if you shorten or change a speed on one it changes it on all. A "tweak" button alongside a random would be a bonus too but I am just nitpicking at this point haha. It is one of my favourite drum machines for sure for unique sound generation and instant results. Having undo and redo is always something I wish certain other apps included. I think it is the most used drum machine when i am on iPad and in all honestly possibly on desktop too depending on the sound im going for. As DC does also allow import of custom samples too. I tend to forget that a lot since its sound engines are so delicious at times
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Will return as a drummer lol.
I’m revisiting Drum Computer again, after initially being impressed, but then leaving it untouched due to the difficulty of getting bigger, 808-ier kicks out of it. The sound design process is a little arcane and it’s certainly not intuitive because it’s very different from standard synthesis methods. But it’s definitely flexible and capable of some unique sounds when you give it time.
I read (I think in a YT comment) that the kick randomiser algorithm defaults to sending the resonator through the filter, which is usually set to bandpass, which doesn’t help the perception it lacks low-end.
Im gonna check blipbox.
See if its worth just using with euclidean, to gain p-lockable parameters ( no fac drums )
but unsure if there will be more parameters worthy enough to not use also Fac drum
and perhaps Fac drum does sound good because its a graph style editor and not just, only a good sound engine.
Yeah I think Drum Machine designer is an overlooked gem of a feature. They don't make it super-intuitive to figure out how to build a kit, and live tweaking is...challenging, but the ability to easily have multiple drum plugins combined together and driven by a single step sequencer and set of pads is powerful (and the Logic Pro step sequencer is nothing to sneeze at, even though it's a bit weak at randomization). Of course if your drum kit consists of 16 different AUv3 plugins, that's gonna consume a lot of resources.
There is no such thing as a perfect all-in-one drum machine. But everyone can build their own thing.
As a fan of the Elektron sequencer I'm eager to dig into Prism+FAC.
I got Drum Computer and off and on I like the sounds but I don't love the UI, it's not intuitive for me. It's not difficult to use, although it has a very busy UI, but I don't like the flow. Generally I like Sugar Bytes apps a lot.
Mostly, on iPad, I open Hammerhead because it's a lot of fun and I can load my own sounds. I've also used Koala, which is a top app.
I like to play at home on our basic e-kit, so I really appreciate velocity layers or lots of targets for velocity to modulate. For that I go to Addictive Drums on desktop, it works well with e-kits. I haven't found anything on iPad that sounds as good or is as easy to set up.
I have dFAM for analog goodness and a Nord Drum for beautiful synthesis and pads to hit.
More drums!!!
Which drum machines come with a decent library of beats? I don’t really enjoy working on drums other than tweaking things and adding compression etc., I use Splat to Clat a lot for that reason, or drum loops from sample packs. It’s kind of odd to me that so few apps prioritize this when patches/presets are such a big thing on synths. Like all of the Klebgrnd’s stuff - amazing sounds but always having to connect an app with a different app from a different developer is a step I often can’t be arsed with. I want to get back to playing real instruments as quickly as possible
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Lumbeats apps are great for this but not AU. Drum Computer has a decent amount but they’re mostly too industrial for me.
I just want to thank you for saying this. I love DrumComputer but have always felt like I had to use it solely for supporting percussion because I couldn’t get the solid kick/snare sound I need for my style. I have never understood why but this might just be it!
It would be nice not to have to layer DC with other apps to enjoy it fully…but then again I do also love so many other drum apps: iSpark, Groovebox, PlayBeat, Patterning, the Lumbeats, Noir, Poly 2, Koala, BeatHawk…surely forgetting some.
I agree with the initial premise but am so grateful for the excellent selection of apps that we do have! There is definitely room for more innovative and touch-oriented AUv3 drum apps though.
Euclidean drums but via screen and not controller.
Kinda ok
Dont even use ipads much.
This isnt even transposing to different voices via key also but guess you would just switch through kick drums like you in the mix.
The idea were to just euclidean via controller all the euclidean parameters, per track.
Play mononoke.
Steel guitar.
Synths via keyboard.
Now some pianoteqs
Maybe sing.
Scratch on deck.
So nothing even starts pre sequenced but people will just think knob tweaking ( of drums ) is just volume control
Anyway.
Not so bothered about drums much but thats why this euclidean machine thing is ok.
You dont have to program sequences.
You can just euclidean whilst designing patches or even practising with pianoteq classical stuff.
Magelan is a low cpu euclidean bass.
Bought mariana but probably safer to just use magelan.
Slightly tangential: a while ago I posted the result of figuring out exactly what the “remix” feature In Drumcomputer actually does, and which introduces variation completely different than the controlled randomization you get in things like Octachron, or the Bud thing (I forget the name at the moment). One of these days I need to figure out how to script something - maybe in Mozaic, maybe Streambyter, maybe (?) - to emulate this function for any sequence stream.
What I’d really love to figure out are the algorithms behind the excellent Lumbeat and DrumPerfect apps.
The problem I have with iOS drum apps is that I can never find that one way of working. I have so much choice and can never seem to make up my mind how best I like to make beats. Some times I make them on old non AUv3 apps and then import them into the host / daw. Sometimes I just use Logic drummers. Sometimes I use apps sending midi to drum apps. Sometimes I use the sequencers and drum sounds together in apps like DrumComputer. Sometimes I use many AUv3 apps combined to make the ‘kit’. Sometimes I chop up loops in apps. Sometimes I even play along to app presets as I simply can’t be bothered to make my own. Sometimes I use midi generators to help me make the beats.
I would like to see many of the older iOS drum apps be done for AUv3. I can see why many devs avoid the costs though of remaking apps that some here would think they deserve for free. Without that new app feel, is there much of a markets? If there is much of a market at all beyond the cheap as chips price range?