Just bounced this one as a test, was really enjoying blowing everything out and driving pretty hot into my UAD Apollo preamp sim, but this one is done all over usb, sounds other than drums from the Waldorf Microwave app sampled over usb, then recorded to logic on the iPad over usb and just bounced to mp3 in the computer.
Are you using a lightning adapter? I’m just using an apple usb-c to usb-c cable - my iPad and phone are both usb-c which I think works more smoothly in general, I’ve basically not touched any settings.
Was mainly just testing out the sequencer here, I didn’t realise it had modulo as well as probability which is a huge bonus. Tbh I hadn’t really anticipated doing much sequencing on the box, but it’s even more capable than I had anticipated.
That applies on the granular side too. But I have noticed a couple of bugs, I resampled a granular processing of something I’d sampled from note but it set the detune parameter to maximum for some reason and I couldn’t change it without saving and then power cycling the box. Also, the granular pad didn’t keep its settings when I did this. No biggie really, but I guess just a warning to resample / record when you land on something you like.
If I plug my P6 into my iPad (pro 11) via USBC, the iPad can see it as audio input/output. I thought it would be very cool to be able to monitor the P6 via Drambo (or whatever) but with the P6 as an audio device, the iPads speaker outputs are not available. This is so close to being a perfect mobile/travelling setup for me but it’s that one step short.
Yep, that was it - which is a relief because I really liked the sound I’d landed on.
A bit counterintuitive that other pad settings aren’t saved per pattern, only this one. Also haven’t been able to figure out a way of copying the granular pad as you would with an audio one - I guess copy/paste the pattern. It feels like this box would make sense solely as a granular synth even if it did nothing else - can hold 64 presets based on 48 sample sources if that’s how you want to use it.
@neilbaldwin not sure I’m picking this up correctly, but if you plug headphones into the P-6 you can monitor both the iOS app and the device’s output? Not quite the same thing, but it’s not caused me any issues to date on the P-6 or 404.
Has anyone found that the manual has incorrect info?
For example it says that to change some of the grain options you have to twist either the start or end knobs
For me this does not work
All the grain options, for example grains size, are changed by holding functio+ tempo knob
Also when i import samples and than switch off the unit to write the samples i found the tempo jumpint to 166 and the pattern populated with random notes
If you use Logic Pro on the iPad then you can definitely choose different audio “interfaces” for input and output. So you can use the P-6 input and set the output to the iPad speaker or AirPods. I’ve done this with my J-6 and my OP-1F. I haven’t done it with the P-6 yet, but no reason it wouldn’t work.
I believe you can also do this in AUM, if I recall correctly you can pick different input and output in the settings.
I have a feeling there’s also a work around on the iPad itself, possibly something in the control centre. I feel like you can use the camera app to record the audio from the usb connected device and use control centre to change the output. But I may be misremembering.
Hmmm. Well, on the upside you can monitor the P6 output via AUM by setting AUM’s output to “iPad”. But then you’ve no way of routing audio to the P6 for sampling. I’m probably hoping for too much
The M8 and P6 are great travel buddies. I have also used the M8 with the SP404 mk2, and never experienced latency… did you have midi in/out setup to both? Just curious because my first thought is you may have inadvertently created a midi feedback loop.
The M8 gets you a much better sequencer for most use cases, the ability to have a large sample library on the SD Card, and a lot of cool synths. The P6 gets you a lot more hands on control, and although not perfect, the integrated keyboard is useful.
Biggest complaint for me has been that the midi out on the P6 doesn’t go low enough to hit the first notes on a chop done on the M8, so you need to do some silly Table tricks on a midi instrument to hit them, but it can be coaxed into working if you want a more “traditional” note arrangement that still isn’t very traditional.
What I’ve enjoyed the most is just how hands on the P6 is, and you can play a sequence on the M8 to the P6, and record a performance back into the M8 as a sample… which you can then chop back up and send back into the P6 if you’d like.
For me, I picked up the P6 as something to be a bit more organic, I’ve been slowly setting up some drum kit chops on the secondary banks, but I use the primary banks as temporary sample storage so that I can work with an idea for a bit and then move on.
Happy to give more thoughts if you’ve got more questions.
