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Confirmed apps that work with Diode-108 to MIDI sync: Loopy, Auria, SECTOR, Different Drummer, nordbeat 2, Pro Midi, Gumdrops, FunkBox, Oscilab, MidiBus, Analog Midi Sequencer.
Great Job @Diod108! Once you have working MIDI, it will displace DM1 as my favorite drum machine app! I love the clear, uncomplicated layout!!! Everything just makes sense!! :-)
and MidiFlow/Auxy, please?
MidiFlow is a yes. No one has stepped up to test Auxy yet.
Loopy, Auria, SECTOR, Different Drummer, nordbeat 2, Pro Midi, Gumdrops, FunkBox, Oscilab, MidiBus, Analog Midi Sequencer, MidiFlow.
Since we are up to 12 app successes, plus many computer DAWs through MIDI interfaces and various pieces of hardware, I suspect MOST other friendly, consistent, kind apps will work.
@Diode108, How about the SugarBytes' Effectrix test?
I was told Effectrix doesn't send MIDI clock. If that's true, then for now it falls into the realm of apps that can be synced with Diode-108 with another app being the master (the free nordbeat 2 or something like MIDIBus). If Effectrix can indeed send MIDI clock, please let me know.
By the way, nothing has been an outright fail, except for possibly DM1, which seems to work only if you are very, very careful. But changing the bpm at all in DM1 seems to cause it to lose sync, requiring a restart of the song.
Diode is great, but here's some suggestions nonetheless:
Lastly, I'm sure i'm missing something, but can I export the audio for a single pattern, rather than just doing a 'live recording' into Audioshare ?
Keep up the good work, as has been commented elsewhere, opening the app up to the people here regarding suggestions / bugs etc. is a shrewd move !
Great suggestions. I've thought of velocity before, but not with your solution. I like it.
We'll log all these. Thanks for the suggestions!
Beta tester reports tight sync in Cubasis, so we'll go to Apple today with 1.1 (while continuing to test)!
Looking forward to it! :-)
Thank you!!
Good stuff. Visual indication in the mixer is on my little wish list as well. Filter per step would be most welcome too!
+1 compressor +1 LP filter
Please have a look at Yamaha's Synth Arp & Drum Pad app for a great implementation of velocity sensitivity. I believe they use the accelerometer and it feels really good to me.
Thanks.
Interesting. There is also a measure of how much coverage the finger is taking up. I was never sure how happy people were with the approximations to velocity sensitivity. We'll take a look. We don't have multisamples, of course, but we could lower volume and close down a filter a bit at low velocities.
Is use of the fingertip spread sensing API (whatever it's actually called) allowed again? Orphion remains the most playable velocity-on-glass implementation I've come across.
I'm not sure if this is an accurate test, but I did the side-of-the-thumb test on the Yamaha app's pads and it feels more like accelerometer to me. Also, it feels different to me sitting on a tabletop as opposed to holding it aloft.
Added: If I remember correctly, side of the thumb in Orphion gives unnaturally high velocity.
Hey Diode I wanted to give a big thanks for testing and posting a list of the apps that sync with program. This is a huge deal!
As we all know we spend hours in the dark trying to get this shit to work together. We usually get is a broad statement from the developer that the app has MIDI, Audiobus, IAA, etc. Having a list of apps is saves time and frustration. Thanks!
You are welcome. Our beta testers deserve kudos too. Everyone I've met curses these MIDI set up journeys!
We are going to post a FAQ on how to set up Diode-108 with other apps. We would love corrections, contributions, youtube videos, etc so that people can help each other as much as possible. You guys will find more solutions than we will.
By the way, last night I started Diode-108 and a Korg Volca Bass synced up together using MidiBus as the clock. I went between 10 bpm (Diode seems to handle 1 bpm, but the Volca bails out below 10) and 1000 bpm repeatedly without losing sync. Then went up to 2000 bpm. Then 3000 bpm. Amazingly, still in sync when I come back to a nice 95 bpm. I think I'll make a video of that.
I didn't go to 4000 because, well, fear.
Any luck with DAWs? Specifically Cubase and Aura? To be able to slave Diode to the DAW with proper sync would mean a lot. Transport control is necessary too. To be able to start/stop Diode from Cubasis/Auria would be great. Thanks.
Yes, Cubasis and Auria work. Start and Stop works, but no pause and continue (yet). You have to start from the beginning every time, but hitting start in the DAW will put everything into sync.
Working with computer DAWs has also been tested. ProTools, Reaper, and Reason so far.
There is a latency slider so that you can offset with up to 100ms of positive and negative delay to get things perfectly in the pocket. Metronomes and claves and hi hats work best for audibly finding your latency. Once you know it for a setup, you should be good to leave it there.
Of course we can't go back in time, so negative latency adjustment only works after the first step. I suggest an empty starting pattern, bar, or at least beat for such occasions.
The latency compensation slider works even when a high speed bpm would cause overlap.
Swing works as well, but it's up to you to match the swing across your devices.
Developer of the Year Nomination Candidate.
It's an imaginary award, but one some of us take quite seriously
Fear of a heart attack while trying to dance on it? LOL
I'm going to demote Auria to "iffy" for now, sadly. But I'll keep trying. A tester named Nick coined the genre "drunkstep" when referring to Diode and Auria working together.
Auria is my next big purchase when the pro update arrives so hoping the sync issues will be resolved,
Thank you for information ;-)
What's the issue with Auria? Does it go out of sync when you're recording audio straight in? I haven't bought Diode yet but it's on my list, I use Auria though so would need it to play nicely.
Slightly off topic, but is there a Mac/pc program that would generate a graph of midi clock?
Is the main problem with syncing apps poor implementation and coding in iOS itself?
I'm not sure what the issue is with Diode and Auria yet. The configuration fooled me into thinking it was working, but the sixteenth notes lurch along at different speeds inside the quarter note, as if the syncs are coming in lumpy. I'll try to figure it out.
Is Auria Pro in beta?