I am sure that you all know the DM1 Drum Machine and I am also sure that you all know its little sister DM2 The Drum Machine… Why we all know the DM1 App? Because it was one of the first Drum Machine available in the App Store ? Sure, but a lot of Drum Machines were released since this time, and a lot of them have fallen into oblivion… no, I think that if we all know this Drum Machine it is because DM1 is the Perfect Drum Machine! Perfect, because we don’t have to think when we use it. The UI is perfect, easy to understand even for someone who never use a Drum Machine before, and it also comes with all the features needed for a Pro musician… No, I am not writing the review of the DM1 right now,.. I am writing the review of its litle sister, the DM2, but it’s exactly the same… Perfect! DM2 is a synthesizer Drum Machine : • 1 oscillator + 1 noise generator • 2 self-oscillating filters • 2 volume envelopes • Pitch modulation • Distortion per track. 6 FX (4 can be used simultaneously in a Song as Master Fx or Aux: Compressor | Overdrive | Phaser | Chorus | Delay | Reverb. 9 Tracks. The step editor allows you to work with a 1 to 32 steps pattern. A step can also play singles, duplets, triplets or quadruplets note, and the cherry on the cake: an handle allows you to set the length of each track… it means that you can create Polymetric rhythm! The song editor is so simple to use… and the Midi learn feature: Awesome! Easy-to-use and all the buttons, knobs, faders,… everything can be controlled with an external App or hardware… To conclude: I am working with Apple since 33 years now, because when I’am making music, I don’t want to do informatics… also, when I am making music, I want to go fast, I don’t want to think… A Killer App must come with a great UI, and if possible easy to understand. It also have to generate a great Sound and to come with all the features that a Pro musician need to have: IAA / Audiobus / Midi…). If all of these criteria are there, it’s a Killer App and a Must Have App also… DM2 is a Must Have, a Killer App!
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Review by Ed Review by Ed Don't be frightened by the word "modular" and don't take the leak by looking at the length of this tutaorial ... you would pass next to an extraordinary App, and the worst, super easy to use.!
An App like no other. A Synthesizer, a sequencer, and 2 random melody modes. If I stopped there, you would tell me that there are other Applications like this one in the App Store.. And you'd be right. But here, one of the two ramdom mode is quite particular .. the Life Like mode. Each time your sequence will repeat, (Step Sequencer : from 1 step to 32 steps) notes will die forever while others will survive. Others will rebirth..These notes can be all the notes of the sequence, or only those included in an area previously defined. Another thing you will not find in another App is the possibility of assigning a different midi channel for each octave of your sequence. In total, 22 octaves can be played simultaneously, and this because you have the possibility to select your scales from the Scales library menu or to create a custom one. By selecting one or more octaves on a vertical axis you will have the possibility to generate a fill at the end of your pattern for example, for all midi channels assigned to these octaves (colour).. By selecting one or more octaves on a horizontal axis, you can generate a ramdom melody for all the midi channels assigned to these octaves. (You can select a Scale from the built in library or create a custom one.) You can also use Xynthesizr for live performances... move all the notes to the left or the right, up or down, flip them horizontally or "vertically", you can change the octave, the roots'note, or transpose all your sequence with one finger tap. The built in Synthetiser is called Purle synthe: 16 voice polyphony / 2 antialiased oscillators per voice / 4 waveforms (sine, triangle, sawtooth, square) 4-pole (24 dB / oct) low-pass resonant filter / 2 ADSR envelope generators (amplitude and filter cutoff frequency) / 2 LFOs to modulate 4 selectable LFO targets (filter frequency, pitch, amplitude, second oscillator detune) / Stereo delay, reverb and randomized panner To conclude, Xynthesizr allows you to do an incredible number and different things according to your imagination. It will be also a good companion theses days when you will be lacking in inspiration. A Killer App! Audiobus / IAA / Ableton Link / Midi support Review by Ed |
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