Concentric Rhythm User Reviews

Concentric Rhythm
Concentric Rhythm
Jeff Holtzkener

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Very low subdivision , 36 seriously 🥲

It would be the best sound app ever if it has a maximum of 96 beats but i dont know the developper choosed to put a limit of 36 please upgrade it to 96 or even 64 please !

Love this tool

Helps to really see what’s happening rhythmically.

Wish it could create a notable transcription for performance.
Wish it was on my Mac.

Thanks
George

Great sound library

Just missing a ride cymbal sound to be perfect!

Much improved from a few month ago!

In my opinion this app has seen a lot of improvements since I used it a few months ago!
I launched it inside AUM, as an interapp audio device on an audio channel. In the Concentric settings, I chose midi out to AUM, and set each separate concentric "ring" output to a separate midi channel. In AUM, I set up multiple instruments, on separate audio channels. I then filtered the incoming midi signals for each of these AUM instrument channels, to match the incoming Concentric midi channel I wanted to use. Seems to work so far!

The app doesn't seem to tempo match with the AUM tempo. Can this be done??

The settings menu, and the organization of the input and control buttons, could benefit from some workflow improvements.
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Doesn’t work on iPhone 12 Pro Max

The app quits a second after you open it. Not sure why, no other apps open so can’t be memory issue.

Works on iPad, great app, and all other apps by this developer are awesome.

Revolutionary

This program will change your rhythm composition workflow forever. Elegant UI, instant gratification, deep experimentation. Highly recommended.

Amazing

It’s amazing. Full stop. Intuitive layout, great design and aesthetic, extremely functional. I can’t say enough good things.

Phenomenal

This app is truly a life saver. I’m a pianist specializing in contemporary music, and I was searching for an app that I could program some of the polyrhythms that I’ve been encountering in my repertoire. I love that I can program something like 11:13, but I’m even more blown away that I can adjust it to account for dotted rhythms and rests. Ive been sharing this with practically all of my friends and colleagues in the field. Thank you Jeff for creating this!
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About perfect.

I tried, but so far can’t find anything negative about this app. About as good as it gets as is!

It is probably mathematically possible with all the transformations, but surprisingly I did not find an easy way of converting say a 6 note rhythm into 5 or 7 note one while keeping even distribution of notes around the circle.

An “unwrap” feature could be handy, basically allowing user to convert the sequence into a more traditional rows/columns sequencer patterns (can be done by exporting MIDI into any piano roll type DAW but in app functionality would be useful).

I also wish that turning the rings in relation to the other ones was not quantized and allowed in-between positions, this could create even more interesting rhythms.

And if it was possible to divide any distance between two notes into subdivisions and create notes there...

Once again, this app is about perfect and all above is just a fantasy...

Edit: Not sure if this is a feature meant to prevent recording of IAA into an AB3 in the free version, but as soon as the AB3 is opened the app changes the sound into an echoey one and even after quitting AB3 the sound remains changed (comes back to normal if you quit the app and reload the project). IAA can be recorded in AUM without trouble which tells me the changing sound is a bug .
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Crashing a bit iOS 12

Hey Jeff
I’m just trying this on iOS 12.3 and it’s crashing a bit.
Are there any plans to make this an AUv3?

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