AUDULUS AUDIO TO ABLETON RECORDING HOW TO
AUDULUS AUDIO TO ABLETON RECORDING UPDATE

Keyboard – Just very simply allows you to play the sample in pitches across a graphical representation of a keyboard. It was upon playing with this mode that I was inspired to make my little video and this blog entry. Again the sustain (or latching) feature really comes into its own here allowing for note sequences to be played but also manipulated both in volume and note choice. There are also different arp modes – up, down, up and down, random and note order. Here you can touch various segments of your sample (as defined with the markers) and it will repeat them at the project tempo and based on the musical value ranging from whole notes (semibreves) to 32 nd notes (demisemiquavers). Arpeggiator – This is one of the new features of v1.3 and is extremely cool. Fabulous! The other sub mode, Scratch (enabled by pressing the record deck icon) lets you wickky wiccky scratch your sample!ĥ. This works with any notes that you have held with the sustain button meaning that any note or loop’s volume can be manipulated by sliding the circle up or down. This makes Samplr a very expressive instrument as you can vary the dynamics easily and logically. I should mention at this point that whichever mode you are in, the volume of the sample will depend on how high up on the sample you touch. The tape mode lets you set off the sample at different speeds either forwards or backwards. Tape and Scratch – previously these existed as separate modes and were easily my least favourite modes although they do have some cool uses so it makes sense that they are now combined into the same mode. Imagine being able to bow a sample of glass being smashed?Ĥ.

AUDULUS AUDIO TO ABLETON RECORDING HOW TO

The analogy of a violin bow is actually quite useful here in conjuring up ideas of how to approach this mode. Bow – The bow lets you touch a portion of your sample and then it loops it very quickly producing quite a smooth textured sound that as you slide around can make for great expressive instrument. There is an x next to the dots which serves as a sustain cancel, cleverly allowing each sustain to be taken off in turn.ģ. You can place three different sustains on at any time and they are represented by three coloured dots next to the recording length indicator. There is a sustain button which works in every mode and lets you lock your last touch in place. You are never in any doubt as to what they do, it is so clear to see. They appear in the different modes and I think are a strong design factor. There are these circles which are very easy to manipulate.

As I mentioned, the touch interface is amazing, it is so intuitive and fast to get stuff looping. Looper – this lets you set up to three adjustable loops within the same sample. Chords work extremely well in this mode too.Ģ. If you sample a scale played on any instrument and then place the start markers immediately before each note.

Slicer – this lets you insert any amount of markers which essentially split the sample into a bunch of triggers. It is essentially a 6 track sampler that lets you manipulate the samples by touching them directly and utilising one of the 7 different modes. Why I particularly like this app is because it really uses the multitouch idiom of the iPad really well. I was not surprised to learn about Marco as there had to be someone of significant talent to come up with this beauty. Reactable is now also available as an iPhone/iPad app though I think it has lost quite a bit of its appeal in the transition. It is a physical table that you move blocks around on, when the blocks come near to others they “react” and generate sound or affect the sound of others. This is that peculiar system that Björk made famous. He was largely responsible for the graphics and interface of the Reactable synthesiser. Marco Alonso is the Spanish developer of Samplr and he has some quite interesting history. You can see in the video that Samplr lets you do many creative things with the samples you make on it. I only used my little Yamaha Guitalele (six string ukelele tuned like a guitar but a fifth up – bottom string is a B). Here is a video I filmed today to investigate the new mode. (umm this image is of an earlier version but more or less looks like this!) This app just keeps on getting better and better!

AUDULUS AUDIO TO ABLETON RECORDING UPDATE

My favourite iPad app Samplr has just had a great new update taking it to version 1.3.

Audulus audio to ableton recording