All of AUv3’s I’ve tried work fine so far. There are some issues with automation but from what I understand it has to do with dev implementation.
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Yeah I’m wondering why I bought the tx-6 now!!
Having a go with some Logic today:
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After more playing, I’m seeing Logic as a perfect partner for the Digitone and Digitakt. Logic is far more powerful, obviously, but when it comes to sequencing samples using p-locks, the Digitakt is way way faster and smoother.
Then again, for basic beats the Logic drum machines are really great, more than good enough. And the Sampler Alchemy and Beat Breaker do things the Digitakt cannot.
Now I’m getting used to it, LP lets me go back and forth quite easily. Previously, when I have used, say, Ableton or Drambo with hardware, I find it all too distracting. Somehow, LP+DN/DT feels more integrated.
One thing I like is that I can quickly track something from a digibox to the iPad and keep working on it in Logic.
I also came up with a neat resampling trick in LP. I put an AU instance of Drambo on the master bus, and drop a Recorder module onto one of Drambo’s tracks. I can then grab synced clips of anything I can hear in LP, and then drag that audio clip from Drambo back to a track, sampler etc in Logic. I use the master bus as it’s as simple as soloing a track to resample it.
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The one thing I was hoping to be able to do was lower my Digitakt from my iPad Pro. I have a usb-c splitter dongle and the plan was to use one side to plug into the Digitakt’s usb port, and the other side with a Birdcord to power the Digitakt. I’ve tried it out though and the Digitakt won’t power on.
I think the Birdcord needs Power Delivery protocol on the usb-c and while the iPad Pro can power some things like the Atom SQ, I don’t think it does PD. Shame.
The usb-c port has a maximum output of 7.5watts.
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Well…
HOLY GUACAMOLE on a CHEESE TOASTY!!!
If I was a radio DJ dropping a banger my finger would be repeatedly hitting that dub horn!!! This is insane. It’s totally cleared the floor. Jeeeeeeez.
Had a little time to have a go… just wanted to report my current feelings… diving back in now.
PS. Subscribtion moaners… wind that neck in!!!
PSS. I am THEE subscription moaner! This is freaking worth it for me! That is all!
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I’m finally sitting down with this for the first time this morning. There is a crazy amount of functionality and content packed into this app. I’m glad Apple shipped it with lots of tutorials. I’m pretty satisfied with Ableton for arranging and composing, but I think the Ipad version of LP will be part of my mobile setup for a long time. Hopefully I can bounce loops out of here easily to add to my Ableton sessions and vice-versa.
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Hello all, long time iOS music maker here who switched over to hardware a few years back. Currently VERY happy with DT/DN combo and I seemed to have settled on the Elektron workflow as being… right for me I guess. I still use a handful of iOS apps for creating samples for my DT and have recently returned to Garageband after a few years away from that app. I’m really impressed with how it’s evolved over the years to the point where I think I could use it and pretty much nothing else to create samples. I know for sure that I wouldn’t be happy trying to make a whole track using GarageBand, so I’m thinking Logic Pro for iPad, although overkill for my use case, might just be the thing. It’ll mean buying a new iPad but hey… mine is getting on in years anyway. My only big reservation is, coming from the lovely big clacky buttons and smooth encoders of the the Digi boxes, using something as complex and deep as Logic on an iPad, do people find it a bit… fiddly? I’ve found returning to GarageBand more than a bit frustrating when it comes to editing note data and cutting/moving stuff about. I wondering if Logic will be more of the same or is the user experience much slicker, even if the app is much deeper and has far more to offer? If anybody has any thoughts on the matter then I’d be grateful to hear them!
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But you don’t have feedback loop issues?
For editing note data, drawing automation, etc, the pencil (I find it easiest w Apple Pencil) has tabbed modes at the top of relevant screen section. It works well to always know what you’re doing (copying, stretching, repeating, adjusting, etc). As a beginner I find it slow but precise (while GB is slow and fiddly by comparison) but I bet I’ll speed up with practice. I haven’t tried with a mouse yet but I think I’d always reach for a mouse or the pencil and not do with my finger, just in terms of how you’d need to zoom to be precise…
Wait, you have Bluetooth headphones that don’t cause latency issues? Do you play notes into your DAW with a midi keyboard/controller or do you tend to enter notes on the timeline?
If Bluetooth has progressed to the point of not having terrible latency I’m about to jump in…
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This is what I’m wondering because if you use in loopy pro or AUM you surely do! Did Apple change something?
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Yes! In Logic you can set audio inputs and outputs separately. For example, you could have input from the OP-1 over USB, and set the output to the iPad’s speakers.
Or you could have input from a Digitone via USB, and output to the OP-1. Just like on a Mac.
You would still get feedback if you use the OP-1 for in and out, and set monitoring on on both the OP-1 and the iPad, but it’s possible to avoid it now.
Is this helping you with your OP-1 feedback problems @echo_opera?
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I believe you answered 
you can now indeed monitor through the ipad speakers, or if you use an additional interface.
Still, TE should give us an option like on the op-z
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Wow! This is awesome!
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There is still to mute/unmute OP-1 tracks no?
I spent 45 minutes on my deck yesterday making midi tracks and vocal tracks using the iPad mic and just had a blast.
Enough of a blast that now I don’t want an M8 or OP1 field or Smpltrek or Deluge or anything else for portable music making. I’ve had all those in the past and was deciding which to get again for portable fun but Logic in the IPad just made that choice easy.
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Has anyone found a quick way to save a “checkpoint”? Logic auto saves which is nice but sometimes I want to save before I e.g. record some automation, so I can easily go back to that point without hitting undo 100 times. The only way I’ve found is to go back to the file browser and duplicate the current file from there which is a bit clunky
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Also has anyone found a way to open more than one automation lane for a single track? On the Mac you can click the arrow but I don’t think there’s a counterpart on iOS as far as I can see
