This is an 8 part (8 channel), 8 note polyphonic drum sequencer for creating drum sequences of lengths from 1 to 32 notes. sounds are split into categories - bass,snare,clap,rim/wood,open hat, closed hat, cymbal/ride,percussion/miscellaneous. you choose from up to 32 sounds on each part. you can adjust 32 shuffle (swing) levels, adjust each drum part's, level, pitch, pan, reverb,delay(echo), echo speed, echo feedback, plus resonant filter with setting for frequency and resonance. all effects (purple) are independent for each part. you can also key-frame effect settings for motion controlled like effects or record in real-time as it plays. you can create basic standard drum beats or extremely crazy synthetic electro loops. to use, just think of everything as a key frame -whether it be a note or effect setting. if you do not choose a place to key-frame, it will choose the first key frame . you then swipe the digital effect panel (resembling 64 divisions which appear in effect modes) controlling the amount of effect (with pan, center is middle of the slider control). to remove a key frame, select it and drag the effect control to far left (zero). top remove all keyframes, while in that edit mode or note mode, press clear. if press clear while in pattern mode it will clear the whole pattern any other settings that are not effects (like swing,tempo or sound) are set by using grid for the amount you want. these are not controlled over time. if you do not set these then they will not change when moving from a different pattern. "start" runs the sequencer. "rec" records the loop - it will wait or the beginning of the loop while playing. "stop" stops the sequencer "playloop' and "stoploop" will play or stop the recorded loop. "copyaudio" copies audio to be pasted to another app compatible with audio paste. you can even over dub the audio loop with the sequencer if you want. note on occasion, if the cpu , network or drive was busy, it may interfere a split second timing issue miscalculates by a millisecond, the loop may not be perfect. if this sounds like its not perfect, then stop the audio loop and record again. once you have your loop finalized and rendered, it can then be saved to the app's documents folder allowing access via itunes, it can also export via audio-copy to be pasted via audio-paste in various other apps. if that is not enough you can export via email. patterns can be stored just by clicking on "save" whenever you are in memory mode. you may lose your current pattern if you do not save your pattern before loading another pattern. press the red grid button in memory mode will clear the current pattern. if you do not set the sound on a pattern (key frames) then it will keep the current sound for each part of the previous pattern after loading.(handy for blending patterns but keeping settings like swing, sounds etc memory mode instantly loads your stored patterns. all sounds are set with mid-pan so you may want to position these to your liking in stereo space (just like you would sub-mixing a real drum kit) all loops are recorded at cd quality stereo. some drum categories will have less sounds to choose from but these may be added to later. using the excellent core audio and av foundation audio engines. any questions or problems email at info@beatsnbobs.com updates planned are help sections, midi soon. check out the video demo by clicking on "developer website" for a walkthrough demonstration. more demos to come plus lots of updates like midi (not available yet). demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcewhbhaew8 latest update gives ability to copy / paste patterns, clear effect sequences or notes on selected drum part or clear whole patterns, plus improvements and fixes and handy help guides.
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