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how do you write drums on iphone ?

erosseross
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what is your go to plan to write versus choruses fills etc on iphone.
i use logic on ipad. it’s nice to write a whole drum track with all the sections and build a song from that.
just curious how do you guys do it?

Comments

  • wimwim
    edited August 2023

    Drambo, Xequence 2 or NanoStudio 2

  • HotStrangeHotStrange

    I don’t generally do typical ABAB songs but for writing drums I take a lot of different approaches. Sometimes I’m using either my own loops or loops I downloaded and I’m launching them in a clip launcher or sampler. Or I use Drambo, Polybeat, Octachron, Rozeta, etc to sequence whichever drum app I’m using. Or something like Drum Computer or Playbeat which already have feature rich built in sequencers.

    Most of my music is either experimental or more IDM/House/Techno based so a lot of the times it’s the same general drumbeat and just adding or subtracting parts for dynamics

  • jwmmakerofmusicjwmmakerofmusic

    NS2, or if you wanna write your drums on iPhone and transfer to LP4i on iPad, definitely Garageband!

  • erosseross

    @jwmmakerofmusic said:
    NS2, or if you wanna write your drums on iPhone and transfer to LP4i on iPad, definitely Garageband!

    oh yeah. transfer
    GarageBand to logic. i alway forget about GarageBand. im not a huge garageband fan, but now i have logic that workflow may be nice

  • erosseross

    @HotStrange said:
    I don’t generally do typical ABAB songs but for writing drums I take a lot of different approaches. Sometimes I’m using either my own loops or loops I downloaded and I’m launching them in a clip launcher or sampler. Or I use Drambo, Polybeat, Octachron, Rozeta, etc to sequence whichever drum app I’m using. Or something like Drum Computer or Playbeat which already have feature rich built in sequencers.

    Most of my music is either experimental or more IDM/House/Techno based so a lot of the times it’s the same general drumbeat and just adding or subtracting parts for dynamics

    what clip launcher do you use?

  • erosseross

    @wim said:
    Drambo, Xequence 2 or NanoStudio 2

    those are good ones. does Xequence 2 have drums ?

  • wimwim
    edited August 2023

    @eross said:

    @wim said:
    Drambo, Xequence 2 or NanoStudio 2

    those are good ones. does Xequence 2 have drums ?

    Xequence 2 is just a midi sequencer. It makes no sound on its own. I use it to sequence other apps such as Ruismaker, MV08, AudioLayer, etc.

  • ecouecou

    how do you write drums on iphone ?

    D - r - u - m - s

    Bad joke of the day ! 😉

  • drezdrez

    I play them with my fingers in NS2 on Slate on my iphone11.

  • emc87emc87

    Drambo! I’m using Drambo inside of loopy pro running multiple instances of Sitala and (king of bass) love it! Can’t wait for multi out coming to loopy pro! Drambo on it’s own, but could be a bit of a learning curve. Great sequencer though either way

  • HotStrangeHotStrange

    @eross said:

    @HotStrange said:
    I don’t generally do typical ABAB songs but for writing drums I take a lot of different approaches. Sometimes I’m using either my own loops or loops I downloaded and I’m launching them in a clip launcher or sampler. Or I use Drambo, Polybeat, Octachron, Rozeta, etc to sequence whichever drum app I’m using. Or something like Drum Computer or Playbeat which already have feature rich built in sequencers.

    Most of my music is either experimental or more IDM/House/Techno based so a lot of the times it’s the same general drumbeat and just adding or subtracting parts for dynamics

    what clip launcher do you use?

    It really depends. Launchpad is great and being able to blend my loops and drones with the (really high quality) factory sounds is great.

    LK and Koala are probably the next top 2. LK for more general stuff and Koala if I want to get more experimental.

    As for DAWs Logic and Zenbeats are the best I’ve tried.

    There are more that I use occasionally, but those are the top 5.

  • SevenSystemsSevenSystems

    @wim said:

    @eross said:

    @wim said:
    Drambo, Xequence 2 or NanoStudio 2

    those are good ones. does Xequence 2 have drums ?

    Xequence 2 is just a midi sequencer. It makes no sound on its own. I use it to sequence other apps such as Ruismaker, MV08, AudioLayer, etc.

    When using Xequence for composing drums, using PolyHymnia on a drum instrument (with the corresponding drum map loaded) can do wonders for inspiration 😊

  • michael_mmichael_m

    I’ll probably do it on another device and import MIDI to the phone. If I do it on the phone I’ll probably keep it simple.

    Ideally I’ll do it on an electronic kit and save the MIDI to my MacBook and go from there.

  • jwmmakerofmusicjwmmakerofmusic

    @eross said:

    @jwmmakerofmusic said:
    NS2, or if you wanna write your drums on iPhone and transfer to LP4i on iPad, definitely Garageband!

    oh yeah. transfer
    GarageBand to logic. i alway forget about GarageBand. im not a huge garageband fan, but now i have logic that workflow may be nice

    Yeah I'd say give it a shot to see if it works. :) Can easily concoct drum grooves in GB.

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