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I agree, I think it's a foregone conclusion that I will be tinkering with this later with a glass of wine but there's always a pleasure in delaying the inevitable, I'm running out of reasons not to buy it now
Are there any other time signatures than 4/4?
@kobamoto There is no 'built-in' sampling in Attack at the moment and if AudioCopy.app is installed AudioPaste doesn't work.
@soundklinik For now that's a no but it's possible to do 3/4 by shortening the pattern to 12 steps. I'd suggest giving Waldorf feedback via the support pages, I personally miss the option for 1/32nd notes and triplets with proper triplet grid (24 steps per bar).
Apart from a few Nags and WTFs the app sounds amazing
Just to make sure -- the MIDI capability means I can sequence using an external DAW such as Cubasis (ignoring Attack's own sequencer), and Audiobus the output to say AudioShare for recording the individual parts (soloing one at a time), correct?
Haven't got to it. 93 degrees and sunny swimmy weather (happy sigh). I was rather hoping you would use the Louche Friday Night Spending Opportunity to finally get Cyclop and tell me what a bad choice I'd made etc.
Pieday is every Friday. Yes, this explains the girth Vicar.
I think we're both waiting for the other to buy Cyclop - which could be a long time as there's no way I'm spending twenty quid on it, and you're busy buying every other music app on the planet - I reckon we'll both buy it within seconds of each other on sale day though
Just about to get some big storms here - nothing compared to your stuff though - so Attack could be just the thing for a boozy, thundering evening. I wish these buggers would get their promotional act together though and get some decent vids and samples up - as usual the only decent info will be provided by Doug. He really should be getting paid by Apple for making them so much money.
Problem is:Waldorf is known for great sounds but also for bad software/firmware support,so i'm really careful here.At the end it's"just"15 bucks but iAA problems and NO sync at all keeps me away for now.Nave was constantly updated but i think that's because Tempo Rubato was involved...such a shame he didn't made the port (or iMini/iProphet port for that matter).Would buy it in a heartbeat then
I read on Tim Webbs site discchord, that the lead guy on this is the same developer that did Electric Piano Synthesizer, which has been receiving lots and lots of updates. The development of that app halted (or paused at least) a while ago, probably due to him doing this perhaps. Hopefully that means we'll see any needed updates for this as well.
Can't help but think if apps have bugs that don't get fixed, petitions might be the way forward. We pay for the apps in good faith.. Random people emailing big companies may or may not work..but many at once formally requesting fixes could work..
I'm gonna do it, pull the trigger on this one... & see what differences if any between an iPad 3 ios 7.1.2 and the mini r ios 7.1.2.
Can everything be automated like in Stroke Machine? and does the synth engine sound better than the one in Stroke Machine or is it pretty much on the same level? or Is it worse?
Everyday is a payday when you're self employed. Just need to chase the checks.
I've had a play. Initial thoughts:
there's a lot to the drum synth... Starting with an Int patch I found it quite hard to work out exactly what was doing what to the sound. More complicated than Elastic Drums, Seek Beats, iElectric etc. That's not a bad thing. Just means I need to read the manual.
Each drum has the option of 2 oscillators with 2 different envelopes (I think?). No other iOS drum machine has this as far as I know.
it's a huge beast. The pattern screen has a lot to it, lots of per step tweaking, bending etc. etc
the text to speech vocoder is cool. It's pretty deep too. Need to figure out how to tame it. I was getting a few pops and pings I didn't want. It's very shape-able though
being Gadget-centred, I'm not 100% sure if/ how I'll use it. Crafting stuff in the Attack sequencer to go with a track in Gadget seems tricky with no sync and switching between apps all the time. So I think im more likely to use it to make drum kits and sound effects that I can audio copy out to sequence within Gadget. I think it will be particularly good for one shot effects and synth percussion stuff
The Synth-Engine in Stroke Machine is advanced and in some cases beats the one in Attack but the UI hurst my eyes.
If I remember correctly Wolfram Franke who made Stroke Machine worked(or still works?) for Waldorf.
As i read there is no presets, and looks is not worth it at all.
Your description Matt was the first one to maybe make me consider it. I think having essentially a tweakers e-drum box is something to have in the arsenal if not only for loop creation to then be pasted to whatever favourite daw/samplr/sector/Bilbao/egoist/loopy....since sync is a no go.
More complicated than Elastic Drums, Seek Beats, iElectric etc.
Not a resounding vote for the soft-brained amongst us, but as I've already left my money on the dresser I'm guessing I'll need to buckle down Nurse...
@Aphex There are quite of lot of 'presets' in the app. It very easy to just load a sound from the numerous 'sets' available. See the sets as 'sound banks' with 24 presets in every set. You can either load a full set or just a sound from a set. The app also comes with 116 samples in various genres, the samples are accessed by hitting the sample button when creating a sound... Quick calculation, 39 sets times 24 sounds 936 presets...
@Samu
Thanx a lot you make my day !!
Am I missing something obvious?
Once you program a sound with the synth, where is the save button? I can save songs and sets , but can't find anyway to save sounds.
Interesting. The little I heard from the Phrase Vocoder hurt my ears.
So I'm guessing there's no automation, otherwise someone would've mentioned it. I mean that's a good thing to be excited about. It's a huge part of what makes apps like Stroke Machine, ElasticDrums and iELECTRIBE awesome.
I can't see any way to do parameter automatisation apart from manually setting a (mod)Midi-CC or Pitch-Bend on each step, hardly an intuitive way of working...
There is also no way to save single sounds as they are part of a 'Set'.
But it is possible to load single sounds from the 'Sets'.
I don't know what the developers were thinking with when they came up with the logic behind this app but I feel the thinking part was left somewhere else than between the ears.
Sometimes developers also get so blinded by their own app they forget to think how other users experience and use their app...
Good to know. Thanks @Samu
Can you automate the effects?
After an App diet I couldn't resist buying this one and don't regret so far. Deep sound shaping and step editing will keep me busy
But I don't find a way to loop my 4 bar pattern... Is it not possible (yet)?
@1P18 Not from what i can see, some effects have syncable LFO's but that's all.
I suggest bombarding Waldorf with feature requests as this app can only get better...
http://waldorfmusic.info/en/support-contact
I had to 'brush' my language skills to understand what the reply said as first parts of it was in German.
But it said to keep replying to the mail if further communication regarding the issue was needed.
So you program a load of sounds, give them a name and create a set. Then you can pick individual sounds out of the set and use them in another set.
I guess it works, but it is hardly the most intuitive workflow.
@Peanutcram For now there seems to be no looping apart from looping a single 16-step bar. I really have no clue on what the developers where thinking with as looping a section of a song is vary basic feature as is the pattern length and pattern resolution (no way to do rapid 1/32th note or triplet fills etc.). There is also no way to automate any of the parameters and tempo is locked. And well if a user has AudioCopy.app installed they can forget about pasting in their own samples as it doesn't work.
Still I think the best way is to report these obvious missing features direct to Waldorf...
Only spent a little while with this and there's much to like, but when a fool like me sees a technonaut like your goodself puzzled over some of the design aspects I had decided MUST SURELY be there but I just hadn't figgered em yet, makes me nervous
For all of that (and that in this circumstance may be no small beer), this is a serious player in this marketplace and is going to make some folks very happy. Drums are not my skill, but I can see and imagine a lot of time and effort being spent noodling here....