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If I hadn’t already preordered that video would have made me do it.
@robosardine Yes, that's correct because GR2 has a sequencer, however, you can load Pure Acid as an AUv3 too.
Not been using iPad for music for aaaages. I saw Doug's video on YT and pre-ordered immediately. I sooo want this blighter to be released to the public this weekend. Sadly, I know I'll be disappointed. But, my God, this thing looks the dog's bollards.
I mean just a little nod to @thesoundtestroom - not only did you cover so much ground for a pre-release but you also make pretty good music on the fly
Thanks for grade A content day after day
I guess you could load the auv3
This looks totally epic. Well done Doug.
I've been keeping an eye on this thread and will almost certainly buy the app regardless (I own everything else by Jim Audio), but I'm also very interested in the answer to this question.
I have a 'thing' about apps not taking full advantage of multi-core processing, and limiting themselves to just a single core!
I know this can host auv3s, but do we know yet if this can be hosted as an auv3? Sorry if it’s in Doug’s video. Haven’t had a chance to watch it yet.
This Groove tool should treat these great sequencers (MidiStep, etc.) nicely..
-6 more days?
The answer was not yet but Jim added it to GR-16 after the fact so who knows? But currently no.
that's one of my favorite things on gr16, seems to be the exact same. Is super fast to make hats
@thesoundtestroom Does this thing import midi? Export midi? Those two things are major to me
Wow. I was going to give this a pass, but am questioning that now after seeing the workflow. It looks like an ideal environment for just getting shit done and having fun doing it. I can point to things that I prefer about Drambo and Loopy Pro (2.0 beta) respectively, but the flexibility each ends up with me putting more thought into how to best set things up than something like this with well thought out workflow already baked in.
That piano roll looks perfect too. Just what I'd love to see in Drambo and Loopy Pro.
But ... audio tracks. Meh. I really want smooth audio workflow. Hopefully there's a decent loop recorder and launcher. I can live without audio tracks, but if there's no seamless way to get live audio in there and playing back where wanted, it's not going to cut it for me. Maybe Loopy Pro will work well as a plugin in it. Maybe not.
What I could really, really hope for would be an AUv3 version that could work in Loopy Pro as I use Drambo now. If that were there I'd have already preordered. I'll probably cave anyway, but I really hope that's planned.
I have what I need with Loopy Pro + Drambo, but this really looks fun and efficient.
That's probably why I didn't really get into working with Loopy Pro and Drambo as deep as I'd like to, Mike. Just too many options in how to set things up. Just a bit tedious for me personally, though of course ymmv and all that. Not knocking Loopy Pro and Drambo though as they are extremely powerful creative environments! And Loopy Pro can be loaded as a plugin inside of Drambo or vice-versa as you mentioned above. (Well, both can be loaded into GR-II as instrument AUv3s if you really wished, lol). "Too many options" is simply a "me" problem. I'm too impatient and want to get straight into the creation of music. 😂
I think what appeals to me most about GR-II is exactly the same reason the OP-1 Field appealed to me - it has its limitations. I can't use AUv3 effects on individual tracks. Only 3 IFX per track. Two send busses (this is where my AUv3 reverbs will "live"). Etc. However, the OP-1 Field had even more limitations than GR-II, and I could churn out a 4-6 track EP per week using the OP-1 Field and Logic's AI Mastering Assistant. 🤷♂️ I don't see why I can't do the same with GR-II to be honest.
Another thing that appeals to me is GR-II's live mode. It's perfect for Ambient (and of course other genres as well). I also love GR-II's piano roll from what I can tell in Doug's video. Similar to NS2's piano roll, but with probability added in.
I do hope Mr. Pavloff eventually adds audio tracks (even if it's an IAP for it) so there's also an audio workflow (especially for field recordings and other Ambient production staples). Meanwhile, I find Cubasis 3 to be the easiest audio workflow for me personally. I'm even working on client work in Cubasis 3.
All that said, I may go back on my 2025 resolution to stave off producing beat-based genres once GR-II is released. 😂 (My original goal was to wait until the Spring Equinox). I'm thinking of exploring the Techno and Acid genres though rather than cheesy cookie-cutter EDM Pop fodder. I'm talking the likes of Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, etc, and going back to Minimal Techno.
Forgive me for being such a verbose blowhard. 😂 I had some of the devil's lettuce and am in a state of bliss.
Brass Tacks - I can't wait for GR-II to be released, or at least the manual put online so I can read through it.
Thanks for this video. Running it full screen on my iPad helped me to check if that UI would work for me on an iPad 9. The answer is YES, I preordered it.
iPad only. Not usable as an AUv3. No direct way to get IAA app audio into it.
Talked myself out of it.
I’m sure y’all will have a blast with it though. 👍
Personally I hope that IAA will be permanently disabled in iPadOS19 as it is the only way to make the developers and users who still rely in IAA to 'wake up' and do something about their existing apps of which most have not been updated for ages and when the old devices using ancient iOS versions stop working they need to have a 'backup-plan' to move forward anyway...
As long as an app has a decent way to export the stuff done with it for use with other apps I'm cool with it.
(Airdrop export from GRII to Mac or save to Files.app works like a charm).
One thing to remember here is that there will never be a single app ever that fully satisfies every single need everyone has
I'm really curious about this as well. And whether GR2 has the the awesome slide and accent functionality of Pure Acid's sequencer built in? Would love to use it with other synths.
All I’m curious now, after @thesoundtestroom ’s video, is auv3 Midi and audio fx implementation. Will I be able to load drambo as an auv3 and send audio or midi note/CC to it?
I’ll find out soon enough, cause I preordered of course (have all of Jim’s apps and it’s always been a delight)
@pedro I do show you how to use midi fx in the video, I used Riffer, but basically all you need to is place the midi fx on the first layer of a part then add the instrument you want the midi fx to play on the second part.
However, a cool trick is to put and instrument on the first layer, then on the second layer put a midi fx, then on the third layer put in another instrument.
This way, when you play a key or add some midi notes in the editor, the first synth in layer will not trigger the midi fx, but the synth in layer three will be played by the midi fx.
So you hear just the note from the first synth and the midi fx sequence from the third, it makes for some interesting sounds.
Can’t answer the other question as I haven’t tried that.
Yeah I caught that in the video and it brought a smile to my face
Those are the ones I’m most curious about, but not concerned, and I’m patient enough
I have a pretty good feeling that he’ll add being able to use as an auv3 eventually, just like he did with GR16.
Come on, you know you want it…
I don’t know it will even need to be disabled if it’s depreciated. An update will eventually make it unusable, and right now it’s living on borrowed time.
There are a lot of apps that I would like to see worked on and become AUv3, but I think the biggest hurdle for developers is more likely to be having time to put into development rather than whether IAA stops working.
I totally agree with this statement.
hope this gets updated with AUV3 effects for the tracks, layering 3 instruments is good but adding an AUV3 effect will be more useful most of the time. Also would be nice if this can also be loaded as an AUV3 like the previous version, and of course audio tracks would be nice too
I would like to hear from the main contenders - Ampify in particular to hear about any plans. Having their apps as AU’s would be great.
I primarily use the Ampify apps (both Groovebox and Blocks Wave) as 'stand-alone idea machines/generators' and export the stuff when needed (Airdrop from iPhone to iPad or Mac) for use with other apps which works quite nicely.
Until Korg drops AUv3's for their other synths (WaveStation, iMS-20, iPolySix, iMonopoly, Odyssei etc.) I'll have to take a detour thru Gadget and export stuff when needed which isn't that bad when I need those sounds.
Just did a short inventory of all my currently installed apps and It's only SidTracker 64, Amplify Glovebox & Blocks Wave and some Korg apps that are still IAA and all of them have decent export options, the rest is AUv3.
I'm really looking forward to GR2's potential as a modern take on Propellerhead's classic ReBirth RB-338 (i.e. 2x 303s, plus 808+909) in a self contained package, but with a range of nice modern concessions like FX buses (AUv3/built-in), automation, mix controls and layering.
I just hope that sequencing the PureAcid module with GR2's piano roll allows all the same tricks you can achieve with a more 303-centric sequencer (regarding note slides, rests and accents) like the one in Jim's PureAcid or Bram's Troublemaker.
I'm worried there might be one or two of the more exotic 303 sequencer tricks that cannot be achieved with a regular midi pattern, particularly where slides are assigned to the destination note regardless of whether the step before is a note or rest, or the 'infinite slide' technique where every single note is set to slide.
Accented notes, on the other hand, are usually linked to max velocity (127), which is very easy to control via a standard midi pattern.
I will definitely buy this one day, I just have an album to finish and need no distractions. But we should support @jimpavloff
It does have internal resampling and possibly time warp? (Re: warp mode button on the sampler)
Looks quicker and more convenient than setting up Drambo’s internal samplers for the task. I might not even need Loopy Pro if it works well enough for this - depending on the max sample length.
And I wouldn’t let the lack of an AUV3 version be a disqualifier. I’d be surprised if it wasn’t already on the roadmap, given his history of prioritizing AUV3 updates.
I won’t be abandoning Drambo as the centerpiece of my iPad production anytime soon either, but GR2 was one of the few apps I’ve ever preordered. It looks better positioned to fulfill the promise of Nanostudio 2 than any app I’ve seen - a DAW I’d still be using if it hadn’t been abandoned and if it had the rock solid stability that Jim’s apps are known for.