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What (if anything) is not clear to you about Lumbeat drummer apps?
The Lumbeat apps are notoriously lacking in good manuals. Not sure yet, but I might do a walkthrough on the forthcoming one, so it would be helpful to know what, if anything, people find unclear about the drummer apps.
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For me, the tricky features are MIDI IN/OUT since they are 2 pages deep and tend to expect a direct relationship with another stand alone app… I use AUM so the destination and source targets in AUM are where the two apps connect on routing.
But MIDI is a corner case with mist using these apps for the audio output.
For audio, I typically use export of audio loops to get the great sounds into a DAW. Of course, AUv3 will require a new investigation of the ways to connect this new drummer.
My girlfriend is a bit confused and put out that Lum has yet to make a pass at her.
Are you sure? 🤔😁
Nicely done!
Issues I’ve had (though most have been figured out):
• Integrating drummers into a recording workflow
• syncing multiple drummers in song mode
• Recording MIDI to capture fills
• the logic behind sending grooves between 3+ drummers
• The quirks of IAA as a whole are kind of jarring if you’re used to learning with auv3s. Lumbeat has a lot of menu diving, so jumping between a couple gets disorienting - especially if routing through a host
• Midi mapping
• iBassist integration
I think each app on its own is straightforward but understanding the Lumbeat ecosystem as a whole is where I feel the docs are lacking. As cool and unique as these apps are, being IAA means learning a dated system if you’re trying to slot them into modern workflows. I hate to harp on IAA, but it makes navigating and learning the apps clunky.
That list is good. Where I've struggled in the past:
These things can be done, but I've gone back and had to relearn by trial and error more than once.
I was confused why the Save button is disabled when I would like to save my own rhythm. Then I realized the reason: My rhythm was identical to some of already saved.
I find the whole bank etc section list things right in the middle… I think there’s three of them - you know the organisation of the parts & sections of your track bit - drives me nuts so it does. It’s one of the main reasons I don’t use it.
If you build it they will come @Gavinski
I tried at some point to integrate ibassist but at any given point one of the apps either crashed or did something annoying.
I’d love a basic tutorial which just went through a workflow going you want this style of beat, this level of variation and this is how other Lumbeat apps could be integrated.
I've stopped using the drummers and iBassist because the "logic" inside is just miles and miles away from mine.
More than a list of what is obscur for me, I can list what I "understood" : tempo, transport, fills and effects... anything else, and in 1st place the midi configuration, is just totaly counter intuitive for me.
It’s not clear to me when Pop Drummer comes out
Syncing with other lum beats apps and midi in and out
Is Brazilian Drum Machine just completely cut off from the rest of the Lumbeat ecosystem? Might be worth mentioning and suggestions for workarounds, like exporting MIDI (which I can’t find an option for, so may require other workarounds)
For a workaround: I suggest routing the Brazilian DM MIDI into Atom 2 in AUM and save a pre-determined number of bars.
Lumbeats has 17 apps to support and I think Brazilian Drum Machine was one of the earliest products. I can’t wait for #18…
especially if it starts the trend towards AUv3 support.
Yes! 🙂 @FizzyLizzy27 , @Gavinski , This. 🙂🤘
Holding those MIDI mapping pages open in my head while I do the IAA routing dance takes up too much headspace.
And it would be sorta nice if my drummer gave me a wink or a nod when they are about to jam it up so I can share that info with the other bandmates.
And how can we influence the chord patterns in iBassist in a way that shares the pitch information with other apps in AUM...
Great sounding apps. I am wanting better work-play-flow for getting them playing nice with other great sounding apps... 🙂
I’m going to highjack this with a high level question: any suggestions on getting good intros from Lumbeat drummers? I can arrange some good songs but I haven’t figured a good way to bring everything in.
This.
I love these apps, but I don't understand stand why I have to tap 128 times to export 128 bars. 😆
Like others, I’ve been stuck on midi out and mapping. I can’t figure out how to get Lumbeat drummers to drive OneShot in Loopy Pro. No problem doing this with Octachron, Hammerhead, Drum Computer, Rosetta, etc. Am I missing something obvious?
I just hit the FILL button
I recorded a short example with Future Drummer. It is quite straightforward, no magic:
Thanks @filo01. I’ll try it later. Much appreciated!
@filo01 That worked! Thanks again.
You're welcome, glad to hear that
Feel like it’s been months since auv3 was teased and even a new drummer app was announced. Does anyone have any updated info on timelines for release and whatnot? Lumbeat seems set on using Facebook as their outlet for news and updates and I don’t participate/have an account
I don’t believe there is a published timeline.
Two things that are unclear to me: where’s the Auv3 support, and why are they rarely on sale?
I'd like to ask for any links to tutorials )?) specifically dealing with Song Mode, tips tricks, best ways to implement it, can it be controlled via MIDI etc etc
There are a couple recent ones that touch on that for Pop Drummer. This is the longest and most detailed by Jade Starr (around 28:00):
https://www.youtube.com/live/f4xf08hUaIM?si=bwAhjzEvoiYamFse
And several from The Sound Test Room on the older ones and also just recently on Pop Drummer where song mode comes up. I’ve put out a couple myself over the last year but they are very basic, but I’m planning some new ones with a deep dive into using it with MIDI in and out to other apps such as Prism MIDI Sequencer and Helium, which will have some custom MIDI maps. So let me know if there’s a specific area that hasn’t been covered elsewhere and I will try to include it.