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Beatmaker & Thumbjam Midi Query

noisyninjanoisyninja
edited April 2013 in App Tips and Tricks

After reading all the good things on here about BM2 I finally took the plunge and added it to my collection. (Can't believe it took me so long as its perfect for my needs) I've never really used much midi before but I understand the basics. I have worked out how to make a part on BM2 then get it to trigger TJ and record the audio back into BM2.

My question is and the answer is probably no but can I have say 3 or 4 tracks on BM2 trigger different TJ instruments simultaneously for playback purposes? I know I can record them separately into audio tracks but would love to be able to have them play along at the same time while I work out all my parts. I hope that makes sense

Comments

  • RyanRyan

    Yeah, 99.9% sure that won't work. I do this a little with iPolysix because it has two internal synths one uses chanel 1 the other uses chanel two... so it's easy..

  • WillWill

    No, you can't. TJ might be able to address two parts via midi - I can't remember. You could use audiobus to sample a note from TJ into a BM2 sampler and sequence with that. Once you're settled, point it back at thumbjam to get the full multisample recording.

  • SecretBaseDesignSecretBaseDesign

    BS-16i is worth checking out -- I don't know what the maximum polyphony is, but it can do multiple MIDI channels with different patches (and drums are usually on channel 10).

  • sonosaurussonosaurus

    ThumbJam can do two simultaneous instruments right now, press the "1" button (in main sidebar on iPad, in the #b key popup on iPhone/iPod) to load a second instrument. In the MIDI settings you'll want to turn off Omni input, then the first instrument will respond to the channel you select, and the second will respond to that channel + 1.

    A future update will allow for more than just two.

  • RyanRyan

    and the 00.1% wins. lol should have known. There seems to be no end to the functionality of TJ.

  • noisyninjanoisyninja

    Thanks for the info guys

  • WillWill

    That's very cool. Wasn't sure if the two separate sounds would be separately addressable via MIDI. @ryan is right - thumbjam seems infinite. I'd love to see your git history. :)

    bs-16 is a great app but if you're after the Thumbjam sounds it's not exactly easy to get sounds into.

    If you're after 3-4 TJ sounds, I'd still try my hack. :)

  • noisyninjanoisyninja

    Yeah I love the TJ sounds and I agree that it's infinite. It's been easily my most used app even though I only took a punt on it to get some good violin sounds to add to a friends track. I now recommend it to anyone with an iOS device. I am gonna try your TJ hack, ingenious idea.

    Out of curiosity what is git history?

  • WillWill

    git history is a log of changes to code over time.

  • sonosaurussonosaurus

    @syrupcore, after more than 4 years of development, it's pretty ugly :)

  • WillWill
    edited April 2013

    mine are ugly after 4 weeks!

    git commit -a "Initial commit. Sorry."

    is pretty much how I roll.

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