Audiobus: Use your music apps together.
What is Audiobus? — Audiobus is an award-winning music app for iPhone and iPad which lets you use your other music apps together. Chain effects on your favourite synth, run the output of apps or Audio Units into an app like GarageBand or Loopy, or select a different audio interface output for each app. Route MIDI between apps — drive a synth from a MIDI sequencer, or add an arpeggiator to your MIDI keyboard — or sync with your external MIDI gear. And control your entire setup from a MIDI controller.
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I’m only testing and reading logs from the standalone app as AU seemed to stop having as frequent issues.
Have been getting stuck notes too recently using Aphelian not sure if anyone else has?
Pretty sure it’s Drc which is at fault though.
I've got a weird behavior in NS2 as Auv3. Sometimes, when I am not actively playing, there is a some noise sound coming out of nowhere in DRC. Anyone having the same issue?
I've noticed some 'stuck notes' when holding down notes/keys and at the same time and changing the patch/preset.
Don't have Aphelian to test with but if it automates the program change that might be the cause for it...
Aphelian doesn't send PC messages (I don't think) but it is sending CC automation which might be relevant. Other apps in the session are ok with the midi like Aparillo.
When you change patch with the stuck notes in DRC it doesn't "unstick" either which can be frustrating in Audiobus because there's no panic button.
Agreed, even the 'panic' button in the stand-alone can have a hard time to silence stuck notes that get 'stuck' when changing patches.
What would be needed here is that when changing patches the sound-engine should do a fade out, cut the active notes, change patch and fade-in to avoid nasty surprises if the patch difference is 'extreme'.
The Juno-106 is extreme for 'surprises' since it just 'sets the synthesis values' when changing the preset so the sustaining notes will immediately play with the new parameters. One feature I do not like about that particular synth
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Yeah that'd be useful
Was hoping Michael might give us a panic button in AB3 at some point too...
How many instances do you have? We put some background noise on the synth on purpose. However, if there are many instances, that background noise will sum up.
You mean, you use a noise sound as UI notification?
Also in the full version?!?
Sorry, there must be a confusion here. Since version 0, we add a really small fraction of noise to the synth engine, to sound like analog. A analog synth is not 100% quiet. Later we have realised with the desktop plugin version that if you open several instances, that little fraction of noise will sum up and become audible. That's why I was asking for how many instances to @Norbert .
But I think there is some kind of confusion here. This noise is completely different from the burst of noise that can be hear loud and clear in 60 seconds intervals when the synth engine purchase is not activated. That's a demo limitation.
Is it clear now?
Yeah it's better thanks.
However, this is something we need to change. Definitely. It is not good to have this background noise messing with the global sound...
We have an interpolation system on the most crucial parameters. When you change a presets, if there are notes active, it will send note off to all active notes, change patch (during this process, many parameters will be interpolated until the target value), and then note on are sent to all active notes.
That might explain why notes can sometimes get 'stuck' when changing the preset especially when using the on-screen keyboard in the stand-alone app.(It's a highly repeatable process, hold down a few notes on the on-screen keyboard change the preset without letting go off the keys, change to yet another preset, release the keys and they are 'stuck' and pressing 'Panic' has no effect).
It's certainly not the kind of things which would incline people into buying your app. Honestly, I thought it was a bug at first. That's why I posted here cause I didn't want to potentially buy a product with this kind of issue.
Let only one AU instance make noise ;-)
Did you watch my video of a single instance? That’s a different issue right?
This is only relevant if you have more than one instance. That's why I asked: how many instances are you running?
Which video?
Not mine but I think it's @rezidue ...
https://streamable.com/u9p07
That’s the one. @sinosoidal Check out the noise that kicks up after playing a few keys around C-5.
What version were you running? 2.0.0 or 2.0.1? Which patch? This is a bug. It seems some kind of delay. I need to investigate.
2.0.1 Reese.
Version 2.0.1 has been released today. It should probably fix a lot of the bugs that have been pointed out in the last 7 days.
I responded on the other thread but wanted others to see. It’s running perfectly now!
Spent a bit of time with DRC Auv3 inside NS2 and I think this combination is heavenly. Im normally building simple but lovely analogue sounding sounds but recently Ive just been going through the presets. Loving it. @sinosoidal
I was dabbling for hours without problem, didnt get any unwanted screeches which is very important and its also soo efficient now, i.e. running x3 inside NS2 on my ancient iPad mini 2. Wow moment. If you havent taken this little beauty out for a spin recently maybe give it a try 👍️