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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That's why I suggested the option to organize patterns into sets of 16x16 and trigger patterns by pads (in beat/bar-sync).
Like @jimpavloff said, currently it's more of a conceptual limitation and the aspect of potentially breaking backwards compatibility (although there could be a backwards compatible backup simply with >1 user pattern bank files).
Sure, iOS storage is not the limiting factor, but honestly I have yet to hit the 256 user patterns mark. You seem to be very productive
By the way, about 256 user patterns, thats pretty easy for me to expand it to, say, 512 empty user patterns.
This song mode sounds great, look forward to that, will make a big difference for me. Thanks for all the great updates @jimpavloff
Not sure if you've answered this before in this monster thread, but do you plan to add the button controls to midi learn? I'm not sure if they have any midi control baked in yet, I couldn't see anything in the midi spec.
No any plans for button controls yet.
Sounds good!
Groove Rider is so much fun. Including syncing over Bluetooth MIDI where the fantastic negative latency correction comes in very handy and you can still have the iPad connected to the Mac for faster audio sample exchange, including charging
Thread started for tutorials, tips etc:
https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/28714/grooverider-gr-16-tips-and-tricks-megathread/p1?new=1
Feel free to cut and paste any from this thread.
Nooo! The mega thread must expand!
I am sure feature requests and the like will keep this page coming for years to come
Yeah this seems to be working well. But after recording automation on a part, the controller can't take over the knob until you record again. Is this intended? The menu updates with ccs but doesn't update the knob. it works with your finger, so you can takeover the knob by touch but not a controller for me. So seems like it should do the same with a controller. I'm using endless controller knobs if that makes any difference.
I have to investigate this, not quite understood what you've just described.
So I mean you can override the automation of a knob with your finger, let go and it goes back to the automation again, which is great. But I can't do this with my controller. If a knob has automation, my midi controller can then only affect the knob position if it's in record mode again. If that makes sense
It might be intentional though not sure....
Did you try it with "Catch" knob mode or with "Jump" mode? If in Catch, try to switch to Jump and see. Just curious.
Same in both jump and catch mode. if I stop playback then I can move the knob again with the controller.
For those of us still in the foothills this could be a blessing....
Wanted to give the megathread a bump.
Here’s what I’m working on with it... a live set in the very early stages:
Love the music and it’s really great to watch you use the app as it goes along.
Thank you!
Yep, great sounds and groove.
@jimpavloff couple of minor feature requests that I’d like to mention
Thanks for your time.
1) This app is not a loop player, it is not intended to play long loops/samples, which can overload it's memory and cause audio drop outs or long time patterns loading.
2) I can do that part selection stuff this in the next update (Holding Part arrow button + Pad to select a Part).
No worries, I can get by with 4 bar loops or maybe use GR as a midi trigger source for other loop playing apps.
Here’s my latest and greatest Groove Rider video. A remix of a previous work, loops taken out of Gadget. Performed live with some post processing in Cubasis. At this point I feel like I’m flying with this app!
Not bad one! But one hint: Peak filter is usually not used as a constant effect on the whole master channel, because it alters the spectrum drastically. It sounds better if used only for some temporary fx sweeps/fills, but not in a constant way, imho. You can also try to use it on some specific parts by turning MFX off from the other parts and leaving it On where you want to. P.S. it sounds better if used with chords/pads, but not with drums/hats.
The fact that I got it sounding this good on the first take is a testament to the app’s success! I’ll keep that in mind about the MFX filter. I’ve noticed that MFX has some extra FX not included in IFX, tape delay for example. Hoping we might get those. Also if you ever make a GR-64 please consider adding a few more MFX slots like MFX 1-4 that could be toggled and separately assigned. Just an idea. More songs are definitely on the way
@jimpavloff any chance we can get the arp function working better with the erase button? It treats recorded arps as one long note held down rather than the multiple notes you see in the sequencer, meaning it can’t be cut up and altered via the erase button + more arps. Would be fun to have it behave the same way as in the scale pad. Would also make for some great drum recording. Hopefully it’s doable
Just got the new update. @jimpavloff doesnt mess about. When he says he’ll do something, he gets it done!
Customisable number of user banks? Done!
Improved part selection? Done!
Thank you Jim!
Not to rain on the parade, but could we do something about the presets lists also? Subdivide them into categories perhaps?