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I wish there would be a ios sequencer as the one in the yamaha rs7000.
Very interesting. Specially as you can do live coding. For iOS I think tracker based sequencers like in SunVox come closest to this.
I often use hardware sequencers together with hardware synths and iOS as well. My favourite setup uses two Korg SQ-1s for classic analog style Berlin School sequencing.
However, “pure iOS” is great for travelling.
I think it’s worth it but to each their own ..
Prism definitely takes some learning but what sequencer doesn’t. I’ve been on the beta for so long that I haven’t looked at the documentation in a while, but I do know the developer is very active in updating and improving Prism, which means the documentation is being updated, as well .. did you find the manual in the settings? If you click the gear and then the globe, there will be different support and reference materials there. Also, if you press the “i” in the top right corner and leave it highlighted, any controls you touch, should give a pop up description of what it does. Tap the “i” again to turn off the info boxes.
The manual does show the different types of boxes and their function .. basically, the box style determines whether it is a button (press), a scroll box, long press, etc .. Hope this helps
I spent some time last night using it (after trying Octachron). I can see its benefits and I was able to build some nice paterns. The learning curve is really stepped but I'm figuring out the basics.
I like the view of the step sequencer, the subtracks for a drum channel, the pre-loaded profil for FAC, the big buttons for mute groups and pattern selection. I know I can midi map the mutes and patterns, that's cool, not all sequencers let you map the patterns to midi hardware.
The trigger locks are fantastic.
I'm not liking the deep diving of menus and the cluttered UI.
For example, to modify the leng of a note, I need to:
1.- Click on "Seq"
2.- Click on the Step
3.- Click in the "look" icon that appears instead of the cycle icon in another section.
4.- Then click on the bar of the square with the "Lenght" indicator.
Then you have buttons of multipe sizes, and too many colors, from an almost unclickable wrench in the bottom left, to rectangles, squares and octagos of +10 different sizes, weird circles, clickable labels...
I see how it is improving from previous versions, the newer menu of channels at the top is great, and I'm getting used to the dynamic options of the right panel, made to be clicked easely.
What I would like to see:
The user experience prioritized.
A consistent and simplified UI: Less color and gradients variations, less different font types, less different shapes, etc.
Less micro-buttons
A standalone version.(even if it doesn't host the AUv3s, just a midi oputput is needed)
A "Fill" trigger condition.
Well, this seems more a review than an opinion, hahaha. But perhaps may be interesting for someone.
Why?
Its the sequencer I know the most and understand.
Plus it’s just a good sequencer.
You can also press, hold a trig and slide your finger left or right to shorten or lengthen it ..
I’ve been using Prism for so long that I rarely think about how the UI might not be ideal for some, especially those new to it; I guess I’m just used to it, but I can certainly see how folks could see it as convoluted. As far as colors go, they never really bother me … when you shine a white light through a Prism, what do you get …
Here’s a link to the Prism discord if you wanna throw your suggestions out there or even ask to join the beta .. https://discord.gg/B8rpKvG7
@mikejohn
Thank you. I will use your tip, and also join the discord channel.
@Phillix : Prism doesn’t let you mix time signatures unf
That could be the scariest image I’ve seen around these parts in some time. I wouldn’t even know where to start with that.😵💫
Seems that Prism MIDI Sequencer is going to get an update. It's a bit expensive but seems to me one of the most complete midi tools, do you guys recommend it?
It’s totally worth it and I totally recommend it … and yes, an update is coming. Prism has pretty much replaced all other sequencers for me and continues to keep getting better. You can check out more here:
https://sites.google.com/view/prism-midi-sequencer/features?fbclid=PAVERFWAM3sHJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp01Eiw2wN7ELXeLDrFZSYlypW45Uwl2GKwDjLcW_oi4kOH1XG8GCFiV3zQfx_aem_dSHMX5CEepl1PRke42LHKg
+1
Unfortunately only after posting this did I realize that the app is not available in EU countries due to the lack of dev's address. It's been like that for a good time it seems...
It very much depends on your tolerance for learning apps that aren't especially intuitive. I'm good at learning apps and have a fairly high tolerance for complexity. My take is it's a really great sequencer for people of a certain mindset. I'm not really of that mindset. It took a long time for me to "get" it at all, and I still find it obtuse and that I have to re-adjust a lot when I've not used it for any period of time.
It may work out excellently for you if you gel with its workflow and if you spend enough time with it to really have it's workflow stick with you. It's not an app I enjoy much, partially due to the issues mentioned, but also partly because that style of sequencing isn't what I usually do.
I can definitely see how it would be great for others. I suggest watching the developer's videos, which give a good feel for the workflow. They can be somewhat confusing as they've been produced as the interface has evolved over time. What you see in the videos is often somewhat different in the current app.
The manual is ... fairly complete ... but not always very useful? I guess that's the way I'd put it. All the details are there, but more in a list form, which makes it difficult to piece together how to get things done. Everything is described - but if you're lost regarding the workflow, you don't really know where to look and how to piece it together. Changes in the app aren't always fully updated in the manual, so some hunting and pecking in the interface is often needed.
It has crashed more than once for me. At first I lost work until I discovered (again ... not obvious) that it has an autosave feature and you can get back to the last autosave in most cases once you know it's there.
Sorry, that all sounds negative. The app deserves better than that. But I can only describe what I've experienced in it from my own point of view. It's obviously a great app for those that it gels with. I can recognize it's power, but it just isn't one that works for me personally.
I really like Prism but that’s based on working on and off with it for the last year and really committing to learning it. The dev has been super responsive and helpful and fixed a number of bugs that I encountered (among others) very quickly and the interface has improved and been enhanced significantly over the last few months. The manual has also been updated and expanded and there’s a supplemental doc on new features in 1.8 which I just discovered yesterday and it looks really cool.
I have to say that I didn’t find the app intuitive myself, but recent updates and interface changes helped quite a bit and there’s some pop-up help available now for a lot of things. It did take me some time to grasp the workflow, but I feel it was well worth it. I’m hoping to create a couple of short tutorial videos of it and just show some basic stuff you can do pretty easily like set it up to play drums or record drums (which I just did with Pop Drummer last night) and add variations and modulations of the sequences which are actually really interesting and fairly easy to do.
Thank you for your opinion everyone. My quest for Midi sequencers started cause I saw Midistep on sale but I decided to dive deeper into Drambo before getting more tools that will confuse my flow. Prism did grab my attention though but even if I want to purchase it I can't, it's not available in EU countries unfortunately. I guess I'll add it to the list of apps I want but literally can't buy, next to MiRack
How do you know that’s it’s getting an update soon?
Another good alternative is BAM:
What i don't like:
Perhaps some features are already there and I don't know how to use them...
Developer posted today about update coming soon on Instagram..
https://www.instagram.com/a_mortal_mage/p/DOrREbjk4w2/
The dev posted on instagram
EDIT: didn't see mikejohn's reply
Thanks @mikejohn !
@Phillix I'm always hearing good things about BAM. I'm not big into scene sequencing, outside of Gadget. Maybe one day I will deep dive it.
I also might have to score Prism, especially if it's about to be updated. I hear it's really good.
binarythmic is one of my favorite lil sequencers too. I've never fully understood the variables but I find that it randomly shennanigizes a lot of my drum apps well.
Never got to know BAM after I bought it.
Too complex or it was just the dark interface.
I found it to be very confising.
Drambo has this feature, and you can also make the p-lock conditional (probability, cycle, etc). Pretty dope.
I am curious about Prism, is there anything about it in particular that makes it unique or especially good at certain things?
What is everyone’s favorite host for sequencers? I typically use AUM but I feel like there might be better other hosts with more features geared towards sequencers.
I really want to like Sand Sequencer but can’t seem to get it replicating MPE performances accurately. I’m sure it’s something to set up in settings depending on the controller used but haven’t poked around quite enough to know what I’m doing.
Sand has a few bugs like with scaling.
If you use the onboard keyboard it covers the controls of the Auv3 you want to play.
It could be a very nice sequencer.
I hope the dev follows through.
Its UI is my favorite compared with the other sequencers. Very clean and looks professional to me. Coming from the harware world, I'm not used to very coulored UIs.
Loopy Pro. MIDI routing isn't as elegant and smooth to set up as in AUM, but you get used to it. What I appreciate about it it is the ease of dumping those beautiful sequences to a midi clip once you get something you like. The good / bad thing about sequencers is their interactive nature. Unless they have a good pattern saving and switching mechanism, you're stuck with saving presets every time you get something you like.
On top of that, if you have an underpowered device, it's dead simple to go straight to audio clips and to idle CPU hogging plugins.
I really like the Sequencer in Nano studio 2. But I couldn't ever figure out how to drive external synths with it in AUM.