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.
Download on the App StoreAudiobus is the app that makes the rest of your setup better.
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A “Modular” way of working isn’t for everybody, nor should it be. Personally, I love Drambo (and miRack), but I have decades of experience working with hardware modular (And hardware samplers). I could see how someone not used to that way of thinking, or just a straight up a noob, would not like it. Some people aren’t naturally inclined to tinkering with stuff and just want to grab n’ go. Nothing wrong with that at all (in fact it’s probably a good thing). I’m also not using Drambo’s sequencer at all and I don’t like “Elektron” style anything. I’m mostly using it as a multitimbral sampler & sound module via AUv3.
It is too time consuming for me. Like richardyot i like old timelines et c. Auria, a few apps and external synths. Thats enough for me.
It takes commitment. And so does miRack. I have spent more time with miRack, so I feel more comfortable there now, though I stick to many of the same modules. That helps.
I'm going to take same approach to Drambo. A bit at a time.
We have so many affordable options on iOS. It's hard commit time to them equally.
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”
Same could be said for the ear.
Same could be said for the mind.
etc..
King
Another +1
I can spend a lot of hours with miRack and have a lot of fun....but not with Drambo.
For me, it is even boring.
Things I like about it:
I can start dropping modules and create weird stuff with no purpose. Just starting plugging in whatever and letting whatever come out. I don’t ever have a set mindset when I’m making music so drambo is fun to just create stuff based on sheer luck.
I’ve learned a lot more about synthesis That I never cared about before. Now when I go to something else like Obsidian, I can tweak a preset more and know that if I change X then I’ll probably get Y.
Noodling around is so fun. Just start creating channels of whatever and just keep looping. Just making stuff. Then throw it all away and forget about it. I used to love just playing the piano for an hour and write new snippets. Not recording it, just playing. Then walking away and letting that moment happen. Drambo is like that because you can create and have fun, then delete the session and move on.
Things I don’t like:
Use it as a midi sequencer in aum. Pretty good at just that.
Well, I love iPad music because it's modular. AUM has become the center around all my music making and just love it. I don't have any problem starting from scratch every time, as if going down the list of AU's was enough inspiration. So with that as the nucleus, I want plugins that just work, preferable not too complicated. In the end, I tend to use a few.
The only thing I miss is that AU Midi recorder/sequencer we all are talking about all the time.
Oh, and EG Slicer, just because it's new.
Of course, I forgot to mention that a few more MPE synths wouldn't hurt (I mean, ready made, not to be done in Drambo)
And finally, Rozeta suit, fixed so it finally understands that a bar doesn't necessarily mean 4 beats 🙄
H> @itsaghost said:
It’s like saying:
Daw ‘A’ - is great.
Daw ‘B’ - not so.
Although they do the same things, it may just not click with an individual.
“Daw ‘B’ is just not clicking” - (and may never).
... Sometimes clicking, takes a lot of *ticking.
(I personally followed a 2 year pre-release Mega Drambo thread + beta).
King
*ticking = time..
This is my number 1 reason for picking up Drambo, but like so many others have said, I have yet to take the time to learn it. I'm a complete synthesis noob, but eventually I'll take the time to learn Drambo and I believe it will translate nicely to other synths. I have all the synth ebooks and ableton sites bookmarked and downloaded on synths that have been referenced here, but I think I'm just going to learn Drambo lol. And one day, miRack.
i think thats a smart thing to do. that’s also how i started learning mirack. i focused on a few modules, figured out what i could do with them and how they work in a patch, then added a new one after some time with the old one.
i can definitely see the incredible potential with drambo. i suppose i should just focus on bits and pieces now until some more gears start turning. also like some other’s in this thread have said, use it to fill in where you need it, then build from there
i also have a big big problem with commiting time to learning everything i have. ive only had my ipad for about a few months so everything on the ipad is still relatively new to me.
yeah i definitely understand. also i didnt even know they added a graphic modulator?? that definitely solves a big problem i was having trying to make a clap the other day lol.
but i feel like drambo will grow on me. don't get me wrong, i think drambo is super powerful and can be fun, it’s just a little intimidating because its not something im used to. i suppose it’ll take some time getting to the point of “drambo can do everything” for me but i definitely see the potential it has when you know it well.
i think that was part of my problem. i had the expectations of “oh this app is gunna solve all your problems and you can make anything and everything with it!” and i just expected myself to understand everything right away. but yeah it takes time.
this is my first introduction to a groovebox type thing. i loved the idea of it, but ive just been used to regular old sequencing and piano rolls and all that (started on fl) so this is dipping my toe in a whole new world thats different, but i am starting to see how it can be fun too
I use drambo only for sequencing and sending midi CC now. I was using it for the sounds at first, but i honestly think the sounds are pretty weak. The filter is the main thing that gets me. Its constantly clipping, and just sounds thin and terrible. The reverb is very meh. The FX in general are lacking.
Now that mirack is auv3 I use it for sound creating. with the mutable instruments stuff, its pretty hard to get a bad sound.
@itsaghost The cool thing with Drambo is that there are sometimes many ways to achieve the same goal because it has tons of simple, more "atomic" modules.
Here's a clap I did a while ago, and I didn't even use any shaper 😅
https://patchstorage.com/nord-modular-clap/
that was definitely me with mirack. manually connecting cables helped me visualize what was going on and how things worked. drambo is a lot more minimalistic, which i totally see how appealing it is to users, but to me it just made things a bit harder to understand at first. im learning more though, and kinda starting to feel the excitement about working in drambo just after i posted this actually.
i know ive said this in replying to other’s in this thread, but mirack helped me a lot with that. visually seeing the connections and seeing how things traveled helped me a LOT with that. although, ive got to give serum a shoutout too, because that was actually the first synth that helped me understand synthesis. its such an easy tool to learn on and really helped me develop skills that help me with other synths. im no master, but i do have an understanding of synthesis because of serum
I'd like to know how do create sounds like this! I haven't managed to get such sounds yet in Drambo, unfortunately.
Would you mind sharing an example?
oh thats really cool! i’ll have to try that when i get home from work. the graphic modulator seems super powerful, but its something i havent checked out quite yet
Thanks for the feedback! I need it!
Drambo needs some time to get into the concept, it may be daunting and I should do more to make this time shorter. ( I promise I will ).
If it hasn't clicked yet, you always have an AU toolbox: chorus, frequency shifter, filters and other stuff. Then try taking it in a small bits.... e.g. add a Drambo AU fx with a single filter, then sequence it with p-locks, then discover that modulating filter with audio input makes a nice growl... or modulating oscillators with reverbed LFO is not as funny as expected.
Over a time It should turn into a fun and creative playground (this did happen many times, beginning from initial nah
As development was almost public, it's time to reveal a roadmap (partially):
It's the plan for 2020.
I know it's not ideal yet, but I'm working on this
Hooray for Drambo.
Giku.
Mapped flexy samplers in AUM. What is best fx or mfx?
Best app on any platform.
The only thing missing is the ability to play porn 🤣
Well, if it gets a 'web browser'(to download patches or something errrr?) built-in it'll be able to do that...
...think TubeAU(wich can only access Youtube) but with no restrictions to which sites can be used making sampling web-radio a breeze
btw. Big kudos to @bcrichards . When he got Drambo, he knew a little on modulars and advanced synthesis ... but then after a few weeks he sent me this:
You should see my face
.. He is an expert now.
The filters don't clip.. just lower track / instrument rack volume. (its a classic zero-delay-feedback SVF and Ladder topology)
Very excited to see that roadmap!
Amazing list! @giku_beepstreet! Can't wait for next updates! Thanks for all your work!
I hated all the scrolling just to make a simple instrument, especially when Zeeon’s right there and still sounds like a boss. I was expecting better sound quality that would make it worth having a million miles long scroll just to have a basic synth with a couple lfos.
To really get results that compete with my regular 'preset surfing' / 'fx munching' method it is way over my head.
I just got it assuming that in time people would be ranting about particular Patch Storage items at which point I will swoop in on them and feast.
The thing is the patch storage patches are all pretty lame. I was expecting a trove based on all the champing at the bit. Maybe it just turns out it’s not that capable.