#1231

Has anyone made an app that can usefully connect a Monome Grid to the iPad? What would be necessary for that to work, say as a dead simple midi note-on/note-off basis at least.

#1232

it is/was impossible to get them to talk to each other directly, there was a somewhat heated but fun debate related to this issue some time back:

i am not sure if the proposed adaptor project went anywhere in the end

#1233

Here’s a more direct link:

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#1234

my TL/DR:

it can’t be done without an active “translator” device: monome’s hardware (FTDI driver chip) and apple’s software (no userspace access to USB-serial on iOS) represent incompatible design decisions.

the translator device has to host a usb-serial device on one end (for the grid) and act as a usb-midi device on the other end (for iOS).

if monome wanted to, future monome grid editions could possibly be MIDI devices instead of / in addition to serial devices. this would require substantial hardware changes and a total firmware rewrite, and would be of no use for any user of an existing grid.

it apple wanted to, they could support USBSerialDriverKit on iOS like they do on macOS. i’m not honestly sure why they don’t, but i’d guess its a combination of increased security liability and a total dearth of commercial applications.

no. i don’t have time for it and generally don’t care about iOS. it’s sort of a fun idea in general but not quite enough for me personally. the principle is quite simple and could be hacked with two devices (like “2host”) or a single device (a number of MCUs have multiple OTG ports and can be host+device simultaneously.)

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#1235

Is it possible to turn usb serial into audio, like a modem and communicate with ios via audio ports?

#1236

“i am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything”

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#1238

Yes, exactly that.

I have to admit, I’m vastly under-using Rozeta for this kind of thing. I shall rectify that!

#1239

Anyone know if theres any AU midi seq where its possible to work like on a classic 808+101 combo?

Thinking either like a sequencer that lets you advance the sequence by incoming notes as a clock source, or if theres something that maybe lets you gate one midi signal with another midi signal?

#1240

The Rozeta suite of sequencers will advance on incoming notes of you turn auto-play off.

#1242

I don’t know if there are any Korg Gadget users here, but is there a way to record in external audio from another app, such as Ripplemaker? I have Audiobus but that doesn’t seem to connect with Gadget.

#1243

Has anyone tried using a 16n with an iOS device?

I’m wondering if it could control parameters in Aum or other apps.

#1244

Yeah, it works …

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#1245

I picked up AddStation from VirSyn on Friday (currently 50% off) and I’m really getting into it! It reminds me of the Seiko DS-202/310 in a way…you build up a few combinations of partials, and then crossfade through them with an envelope or the mod wheel. An AddStation voice can have four layers each with up to 8 different partial blocks, all moving and crossfading at different rates. Evolving pad sounds for days.

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#1246

Hainbach and Sonic Labs’ Fundamental is out for iOS. Sounds good, although the interface is pretty tiny, twitchy and fussy on the iPad. Maybe easier to operate on the jumbo iPad?

Probably the best way to get oriented is with DivKid’s video:

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#1247

I don’t believe so - your best bet would be cutting a loop out of something like Aum and then importing to Zurich. I am pretty sure Gadget is not an Audiobus destination.

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#1248

Weird, I tried to start a thread specifically about Drambo and it got dropped here, is that somehow too similar? Here’s the post below, I’d love to get thoughts on this.

Really enjoying this app! I think it’s what I tried to connect with in the Elektron gear (RYTM ll) and couldn’t get past the limited display and confusing button combos. This seems like a ton of flexible sound design options, great sound and fun sequencing all in one package. I’m noticing a few little bugs here and there, but I’m seeing there’s dedicated and engaged developers and active community involved.
Who else is using this app and what are your thoughts?
BTW, I’m brand new to this form is this the proper place for this subject?

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#1249

I haven’t been using it nearly as much as I’d like or should, to get the most out of it I’d need to host in something like Aum and then run all other AUv3’s in Aum, shooting midi from Drambo to those audio units and then recording output. I know it’s a first world problem, but I really want to keep everything inside Drambo. It is supposedly going to be an AU host in a future update, so I guess I’ll get my wish. Just so many awesome AUs I wanna use too, using Drambo in standalone just doesn’t make that possible as a “single pane” of glass

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#1250

Hope it’s ok to post this here–100% done on a 2017 iPad. Thanks to this thread for lots of ideas and inspiration over the last year. Would be happy to talk apps–I used many, but Poly 2 figured in heavily as a sequencer and everything was mixed in Auria Pro…

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#1251

If you like Poly 2, have you checked out Nodebeat? I made this one last night. Poly 2 does the mallets and bass, but the real star is Nodebeat sequencing the drums. You can easily get evolving polyrhythms out of it.

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#1252

That’s very cool- I have nodebeat from way back- fun app, never thought to use it as a midi sequencer!

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