Yeah!
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Oh yeah, I also got the PPG infinity the other day - a great synth!
Iām really enjoying Grooverider at the moment, pretty much a better Korg EMā¦
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Anyone using Patterning with an iPad Mini?
I sold my iPaid Air last year, only ever used it for Patterning as the main drum source for my OP-1, which was long gone.
Well, now I have an OP-1 again and I really miss Patterning. iMaschine on my iPhone SE just aināt cutting it. I miss the p-locks and poly rhythms that Patterning could do effortlessly.
Looking at refurb iPad Mini 4 for the added portability, but I wonder how the Patterning touch interface feels with the smaller screen?
Anyone?
Patterning is one of the few music app that is not too crowded with buttons and functionsā¦ Thus, I feel like it is the most usable one among all the music app that I own on my ipad mini.
Disclaimer: I have small hands (bigger than Trump tho) and it is obviously a matter of personal taste.
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Iām also wondering about thisā¦ thinking about downsizing from iPad Air 2 to Mini 4 but am worried Samplr, BM3, Patterning etc will feel too cramped on the smaller screen. I think I prefer the size of the Minis for general use though.
The best drum options Iāve found on iPhone SE are the new Groove Rider GR-16 app (great Electribe 2 clone) and MV-08, an 808 clone based on some nice samples. Both of those have p-locks, not sure about polyrhythms. Have been running them through a Monotron Delay and Zoom MS-70 straight into the OP-1, sounds great!
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Well I went ahead and ordered a refurb iPad Mini 4. Arrives Thursday.
Itās more powerful than my previous iPad Air, and has more RAM as well.
Will report back regarding if apps feel cramped with my (large sized glove) hands, though I will pretty much exclusively use Patterning on iPad.
Iām excited to see that Patterning now has fully multi-track Ableton Live Set export. That will make working with these drum tracks very flexible.
That interface is just so inviting for productivity. At first glance I thought it was gimmicky, but soon found through use that it is incredibly powerful and inspiring.
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ive seen GR-16 getting a lot of updates , new features and bug fixes. i tried the initial release and without read any manual/viewing movies i couldnt find a way to alter the pitch , but it seeMed good,
Soda seems good too , again it crashed a few times when i first used it and i havent gone back, but it looked great , and would make a great customizable controller surface too (without the actual audio/dj bitā¦ just spit out midi / cc etc)
the last noodle i posted was ios , just figuring out fx and stuff.
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Had a look at the GR-16 manual. No polyrhythms and that is a deal breaker for me.
Otherwise it does look to be a fantastic app!
Elastic Drums is polymetricā¦
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I spent the weekend fumbling around with an introductory python project(coding a Pomodoro Timer) at 6am last night I finally finished it.
I decided to reward myself by buying MitoSynth and Troublemaker(Iām intending on leaning into digi-Sampling iOS)
Just getting into MitoSynth now- this thing looks REALLY cool
Edit: trouble maker is pretty cool- just wish it had a little reverb in it
thanks for the tip! Looks like it has p-locks and works on iPhone too. Wonderful.
Do you know if the Ableton Live Set export is multi-track, like Patterning?
edit:
NM, confirmed multi-track. This is a great app!!
P-locks are different. Only one real lane for those, per synth, using velocity routed to a parameter. Will use the live āmotion styleā automation for automating more than one parameter per synth.
Note: iPad version has an edit mode for editing automation in depth.
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Wow, thanks again @rotallytuined .
Elastic Drums is blowing me away. Itās like everything i wanted Microtonic to be, sequencer wise.
Yea, there are some limitations, but I love that this is available on iPhone and not just iPad exclusive like Patterning.
And the Ableton Live multi-track export through Gmail is a big bonus. Anything to avoid the iTunes file sharing scheme is a big plus.
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Elastic drums is great. Bought it while back after hearing about it here
Anyone recommend a midi pad controller? Looking at the akai mpd series which are usable with the cck. What about irigs pads? Anyone a preference for use with iPad apps?
Yeah ED is great, Iām yet to hook it up to the OT/DT/OP-1 but for sure itās top 3 for rhythmic work.
The IAPs are well worth it too, the extra synths are deceptively deep and as for dropping your own samples in, well, whatās not to like about that?!
Have it on my pad for home and phone for work!
Love the randomiser, endless source of fun and inspiration.
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Yea I will start with the synth IAP and keep Patterning for my user samples.
Still amazed this stayed under my radar for so long.
I feel like Ruismaker should be mentioned here too for fun even though itās not as powerful as ED or Patterning, the randomize function tunes the drums in key often making pleasant results and can do poly metric with each sound getting a mutation possibly in the sequencerā¦
Havenāt used elastic drums. Patterning is very cool, and i have messed with it plenty, but never for anything concrete. No real reason though other than i prefer working all parts in one app, for recall purposes. U sometimes use patterning or seekbeats or ruismaker to create drum loops but have trouble finding uses for them. Thatās not the way iām wired. I like building songs as a whole, adding beats when a bass line takes a different turn, etc. Korg gadget is still it for me. Bilbao has a bunch of user sample folders i have imported in and i love the touch sequencer. So fast.
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We are all wired different.
Drums rule my tracks. And without starting there and committing, I am almost entirely unlikely to finish a composition.
I prefer using Patterning to author many different loop variations, and getting them all into the OP-1 tape, or Live arrange and going from there.
I am very unlikely to make a drum notation change after adding other elements. Though I may do some mutes or fx based fills of the drums later in the process.
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Ruismaker + AUM + Rozetta is a very powerful combination. I just discovered that the x0x sequencer has polyrythms, and that AUM stores its files in Audiocopy from where they can be trasnfered on the PC via WLAN. Convenient.
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