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Which one?
the one you were asking how long a sample can be, I forget the title
Favorite features... These have me coming back to this app after being away for a year:
LINK
mappable midi
No more weird midi out notes attempting to light up MPC Fly pads
The way you can sequence quantized fast note repeats like 32nd notes while the main quantize is at 16th notes.
Still missing: AudioBus
Can this thing actually sample a hardware instrument using the line in yet?
yes
That's good.......... I got fed up waiting a while back.
I quite liked that combined filter/ slicer effect at the top of one of the pages (I can't remember what it is called)
flux
wish it was per track instead of global but other than that i like it too, its great for beat juggling
So, if I use this in AUM, is there a way to have individual track outs?
No. Just tried it. Some apps have "multiple ports >" but not iMPC pro.
Two issues with the new iMPC Pro midi mapping capability:
I can only map the drum pads and the note variation slider. I sold my MPC Element thinking I didn't need it anymore, but at least it was mapped to Note Repeat, 16 levels, transport, etc.
Mapped pads do not listen to aftertouch. On my MPC Element, if Note Repeat was turned on, and I played a roll on a pad, the velocity would respond to my pressure over time (I could start a roll quiet and build up to loud, etc).
It should be link integration but I can't get it to sync phase only tempo match, is this a known issue?
I need to learn what sync phase is...sure sounds important.
Best feature is that I can uninstall it with one click
LOL
Really, is that bad? What is it that you dislike the most of iMPC pro? I've been playing BeatHawk lately and really enjoying it, but have kept my iMPC pro in my wish list. Haven't pulled the trigger to buy it yet, as I'm still deciding.
+1 lol
Never got on with this so the best bit was getting space back on my tablet after deleting it
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The courses we horses run on are so very different and thus I would hesitate to put you off. I had iMPC before BH and now only use the latter. Not that one is a replacement for the other; it isn't. But at the end of the day (or night more usually) I make things with BH, I don't with iMPC.
I really like the Song mode in BH does iMPC pro have something similar?
Yeah. Has a nice song mode. I prefer BH's (again, just the reality of its personal utility for me).
Still puzzled that iMPC seems to only allow 2 bar minimum export BUT I COULD BE WRONG AND IT WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME BY ANY MEANS AND I GUESS YOU CAN ALWAYS GET ROUND IT but still.
IMHO iMPC Pro is not really that bad, in fact, just the opposite is true. I use it nearly everyday. The ability to use it with other apps. via IAA is huge. For example, I like the workflow of iMPC Pro as my main "workstation" but I can incorporate other "modules" such as Gadget, Beathawk, etc. so it's like having the best of all worlds. At $12.99 for the sampling/chopping, sequencing capabilities that hardware MPC users could only dream of a few short years ago, it becomes a no-brainer.
Wow, that is huge! You're right, so having the ability to even integrate BH or Gadget in it and record their output is awesome!
Does it come with any included samples to start building kits or do you have to create them yourself?
It comes with quite a few kits. Other kits are also available for purchase. Fairly inexpensive and nice quality. I purchased the Araab Muzik kits when it was on sale for 1/2 price. But the real beauty of iMPC Pro is how easily you can create your own kits from a myriad of sources (iTunes library, IAA instruments, copy/paste and recording from external sources). I even found a little Gigaware FM radio device in my drawer the other day. I plugged it into my iPhone, ran the output into a little thumbdrive-sized USB audio adapter that I picked up at a fleamart for $2, and now I sample live radio into iMPC Pro. Chop it up and create some unique kits. Lots of fun. I also sample online radio from the iphone to the Ipad.
When it comes to comparing Beathawk and iMPC Pro I look at it as similar to the Roland MV8800 (Beathawk) vs. the Akai MPC 4000 (iMPC Pro). They do similar things but use different methods to get the job done.
I'd say a fair way to look at the impc pro comparison phenomena is to look at the apps that people say they prefer over the impc pro, this will tell you what kind of user/feature set is mostly advocated by the user making the comparison. Some generalizations of these apps 'could' go like this.....
folks who prefer sample packs to sampling might choose beat hawk,
folks who prefer sampling and need deep sample editing features will prefer the impc pro or beat maker 2,
folks who prefer sequencing other iOS apps will prefer beat maker 2,
people who need tempo change and time signature change features as well as mixer snapshots/automation per sequence will prefer the impc pro,
people who prefer an old school esthetic might prefer Beat Machine,
people named kobamoto prefer Samplr, etc...
some people prioritize sample libraries, some people's priority is sample editing, some people's priority is sample mangling, some people need a pattern based environment, some people need a linear timeline environment, and
some people need all of this and pick the right beat machine for the job.... and there are other beat machines that utilize samples like patterning etc... but these examples make the clearest contrast.
Sorry. I think this is damning-with-faint-praise-reductively-simplistic-bias.
But I still love you
of course it's an assumption, but I'd just further assume that people are going for the strengths of each app, but still it's just a generalization hence my
"_ Some generalizations of these apps 'could' go like this...._."
But I need all of the above!
So I'm gonna get them all.
Its when i press play on impc pro and my beats start in time with the track on Ableton or Gadget ie: i press play and it waits for the next down beat and starts in time on the down beat no matter when i press play.
Rather like Launchpad app when selecting the next loop to play in time.
The trouble i have with impc pro with link activated is that when i press play it just starts regardless of where ableton or gadget are in their timeline and sounds shite....if it were a real drummer it would be asked to leave the band....
...hmmmm might be an idea
I only keep it as a way of editing and deleting samples from within Tabletop. Whenever I've tried to actually use it for sample playback (instead of Gridlock), it always seems to totally forget whatever filter and amp settings I programmed in. Bah.
My Priorities are SSS (Sampling, Synthesis & Sequencing) and to date there is not a single iOS app that covers this area properly.
I do most of my Sampling & Synthesis using ReNoise/SunVox & LogicPro X with various Plug-Ins.
iOS devices are feed to the computer using USB->Lightning cable.
On paper, you've just described Modstep.
But I'm guessing it's a case of preference. Modstep's Sampler looks decent to me as a pad sampler (disclaimer: I've done my research into it but don't actually own it at this point). I can't really imagine using just one 'in house' synth (and I'm not even that synth heavy) because I'd want the character from different ones, but throw in Viking AU synth which is my bread and butter and from what I've heard of their own polyphonic one, I could definitely survive with just that. I'd be running Samplr and Sector alongside it though, for other kinds of sample fun!