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Could we please get a proper playhead someday ? It's literally the only thing stopping me from using this app. Too conditioned to it from ableton and gadget,modstep etc.
Hamburger button +
But of course I'd like an undo/revert
Undo would be so cool someday?
@SecretBaseDesign Picked up the app today, lots to explore. I appreciate your tutorial video that explains the functions and how to use this app. Keep up the great work.
Oooh. Very cool.
I like the new piano roll features a lot.
Having this up split screen alongside sidecar (assigned to some juicy CCs) all pointing at a few apps in AUM is going to make a nice live sequencing set up. Probably no screen switching needed at all once everything is assigned.
Some requests:
Is there a way to stop the insertion of a note on the piano roll actually playing that note? Would be nice to have the option of not triggering the note for live composing on the fly.
One day it would also be very nice if the piano roll itself could contract down to just display the notes in your keyboard scale.
Also, a vertical zoom (like the horizontal one) would be nice on the piano roll since at the moment you can only see one octave.
Have you considered copying/pasting/deleting clips from the main clip view page view? That would seem to make a lot of sense to implement (maybe on a long press of the clip).
Thank you. Exciting stuff though. For jamming I think I prefer this to ModStep. And it's on iPhone!
I love the simplicity of this compared to Modstep, but I do really miss the ability to automate midi CC. If you added this feature I would never look back.
@SecretBaseDesign Nice update, and I'm back on board.
+1 on the undo/redo in the edit window. I also still think more loops, on-demand with a plus button at bottom, would be nice. Eight is not enough, as I make numerous takes and decide what to keep later.
There are other minor issues with the interface, but I can see how many of the oddities are tied to making it a universal app. Plus, as I integrate my Quneo into the workflow I don't care as much.
One more serious thing— My iPhone runs hot when using Aleph. Especially when using an IAA connection. I haven't done any further testing yet so I'm not sure if it's Aleph, the IAA or the combination of both. It can really suck battery, so second opinions would be nice.
I wish you much success!... to repay you for all your work, but also so you can hire a designer someday.
Have been playing more.
This is potentially the greatest live sequencer on iOS.
It's killer function is the ability to play more than one clip on a given track at any time. This is a total game changer for me. It means you can create very simple sparce patterns and then combine them in various combinations as you progress your track. It also works great for drum variations, fills and so on. It's superb.
infinite looper > AUM
(with all AUs and IAAs loaded into AUM). I really think that's the way to go.
Some 'please, please, pleases' sort of in order of (my personal) priority:
please turn off (or have the option to turn off) the note trigger when you add a note on the piano roll (it ruins live piano roll tweaking)
those pads that you can pull up could be made mega useful if you'd consider adding an option for them to control midi CCs (basically EXACTLY the same as in SideCar - with the new slider you added). That would be awesome for live midi cc tweaking from within the app. Is it as easy as just porting the same code over? Really hope so!
Less of a personal priority...
might you consider some kind of tempo quantized 'beat repeat' function on the pads one day? My timing is terrible but if was able to pre-quantise drum hits on the pads for live playing along (eg like DrumJam does, or the beat repeat button in iMachine) that would be amazing
it would be nice to be able to rename the tracks away from their default internal instrument names
for playing in live midi loops it would be great for it to have the option quantise automatically as you play in (if that's possible) (I don't think it does at the moment).
edit: we could really do with a quick 'clear clip' function from the clip launching page (for where you inevitably mess up your first few attempts)
I agree that more than 8 rows would be nice
midi cc tracks in the piano roll would be great one day. But for now, maybe you could just allow us to assign a midi cc to aftertouch on the keyboard for live play?
would be nice to be able to change the quantisation of the clip launching so it's not just always 1 bar. Maybe from 'off' through 8th, 4th, half, 1 bar?
Sorry to be such a demanding user - but this app is great and it's really exciting what might be possible with it as a central screen based midi controller / sequencer / clip launcher
(Also I noticed a bug in the "1:1" counter in the piano roll that kind of acts like a replacement for a playhead. If you record multiple bars then it counts correctly beyond one bar, but if you start with 1 bar and then add new measures with the new features, it persists in just counting as if there was just 1 measure, irrespective of how many you have added).
Edit again: sorry - but forgot to add that's I actually find it gets me every single time that tapping a clip on and off changes the focus of the keyboard to that track. Often I'm jamming away some synth stuff with the IL keyboard (live) over my track and tapping the drum clip to kill the drums instantly takes the keyboard away from controlling my synth (in a very disconcerting way). Could it not just be that the track header (not actually a clip) needs to be tapped to change focus to a given track? (And I guess if a clip is actually recording then it needs to grab the focus of the keyboard in that case).
Thanks much to all for the feedback; very glad that people are digging it. I'm noting stuff down, and can probably get most of the things added in the next update (maybe a month or two out, depending on the coffee supply).
Undo/redo almost made it in to the current release, and should happen shortly. I'll add in copy and paste from the main loop screen (probably a mode to toggle on/off, like they do with Gadget -- I think it's a little clunky in terms of UI, but it gets the job done, and I don't have an idea I like more). Clip clear is available from the main interface now -- just swipe to the left on a clip, and then hit clear. If you start recording on a clip that is empty, the length in measures will be set to whatever the current value is in the top bar thingie (and the 1:1 counter that's ticking away is sync'd to that too).
Recording of notes will change a bit in the next update -- currently, it's in what I'd call "overdub" all the time. You'll be able to toggle overdub on and off, and if it's off, you just keep playing, and a "fresh" loop will pop into place every time you go around. Jam as long as you want, and then you'll be able to scan back into the recorded loops to find ones that you like. Lots of DAWs do "take folder" type things; that's the general idea.
And for MIDI CC -- yeah, been thinking about that from the start! Should happen in the next update; the tricky part is if you have two active loops going on a track, and one of them has pitch bend up, while the other has pitch bend down.... The bend messages would get interleaved (and sound like crap), so I'm going to just use the CCs from the first selected loop in a track -- not ideal, but it at least gets the CCs going. The pads in Infinite Looper are in fact the same batch of code as in Sidecar; I've just disabled the CC option for Infinite.
I'll also disable switching tracks unless you tap on the track header (or at least make this a configurable option). This has been something that I've found annoying too -- you code some things up one way, imagining how it will work, and then you actually start using it, and it feels totally different....
And a regular play head indicator. I hear ya, I hear ya!
For beat repeat -- suppose I did something like Figure, where you hold a pad down, and it automatically triggers notes (potentially on a pattern, that you could configure). Would this take care of things correctly?
Thanks very much for the feedback -- really exceptionally useful to know what makes sense, what works, what doesn't.
I hope you can preserve the simplicity and directness of this app with all the feature requests. It sure is getting to be a true workhorse.
One more request (unless I've missed it somewhere...): swing.
Swing should be illegal. It distracts us from the truth of our situation, which is total, unalterable mechanization.
@rhcball said:
You're right. I withdraw that request in favor of removal of the option to turn off quantize.
I agree with Matt that the ability NOT to hear the note you add would be helpful for the jammers. Not really my thing, but still I see it. Personally, and maybe smaller beer, I would like to be able to hear the sound of a note (without it being 'written/added') when you tap on the far left. Just a good way to audition the right note before you add it in.
Had a lot of fun with this today. Still learning the muscle-memory of the hamburger, but you're really hitting the sweet-spot between creativity and reproduction...
The fresh loops idea sounds great. Hopefully it also means we will be able to have more than eight loops soon.
I've been playing around with it some more this evening and it is still heating up my iPhone considerably. Is anyone else noticing this? I'm running it with only on board soundfonts, and not too many of them at that. @SecretBaseDesign What kind of cpu drain is this app expected to have? I thought it would have a pretty light touch but it's draining battery much faster than Gadget on my phone (iPhone5). I'll try a reboot and/or delete&reinstall, but as it is I couldn't walk around using it and expect to take a call in an hour's time.
"The pads in Infinite Looper are in fact the same batch of code as in Sidecar; I've just disabled the CC option for Infinite."
Wow. So please could that mean you enable them in the next release? I don't actually particularly care about recording CCs personally (although I know many will). But being able to bring up the pads and control various CCs live while the note pattern loops would be great.
"For beat repeat -- suppose I did something like Figure, where you hold a pad down, and it automatically triggers notes (potentially on a pattern, that you could configure). Would this take care of things correctly?"
Yep!
Following up, a quick bit of testing tells me my overheating is related to Link, and seems to not be anything special about Aleph Looper but my oldish phone in general. I don't often make music on the phone, so it was news to me. As you were.
The more I play with this, the more I think Aleph needs some sort of subtle indicator of which column has loops playing— a little line at the bottom or top to tell you something's going on there. Something. I find myself hunting around to find stragglers. This also goes for the columns in general, as I'm not always sure which set of three columns I'm looking at. The titles are there, but a more subconscious indicator would improve workflow. Perhaps you can do something for this without disturbing the universal concept? I know you see the iPhone version as more of a demo, but I find the idea of composing on the phone with this very compelling, since it's with me all the time.
Agreed. It's swing that makes today's youngsters dance in the streets, behaving like savages, doing immoral stuff.
Teach determinism through electronic music production and the perfect Taoist society will eventually emerge.
There should be a “dancing about architecture” mode.
I think swing is adding a 6/8 feel to 4/4 music. It is an African influence on rigid Western music. Any criticism of swing could therefore be seen as racist! ;-)
I am become Problematic.
On a serious note, are there any good examples of 6/8 electronic music? Probably a dumb question but ... Just curious.
3/4. Not 6/8 but here's a nice trance waltz
With latch and temporary modes. I may want to play a pad with no repeat, then temporarily trigger a fast note-repeat roll, then continue playing it with no repeat. Or latch it on and always get repeats. Like an MPC.
OK, interesting. I think I can do something along these lines. I'll probably add this to Sidecar as well (which will get Link in the next update or two). And maybe an arpegiator if the pad is assigned to a chord?
I'm loving this app.
+1 on the above suggestion to audition notes on far left
You anti-polyrhythmic problem child!
Bring back the goat and all will be forgiven.
Isn't the Pop/Bowie song Nightclubbing in 6/8?
If so, there you go.
So in the cage match between Infinite Looper and Modstep? Are these duplicative? Anyone use both? I really like Modstep as a way to build up variations on a theme. Not interested in live performance at the moment.