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Can you Please add a setting where we can reverse position of the pads like you did on DigiStix2 you donโt have to modify the app if you donโt have a button for it just add it in the Settings app
Possibly a great app but difficult for swing rhythms
This is a very intuitive and flexible app. Itโs well laid out and has lots of great drumkit sounds for all musical tastes. As an AUV3 plug-in itโs also very easy to use.
However, there is one maddening thing. When I set the 8th note swing to 100% on a 4/4 meter, it does not produce the proper swing effect of a 12/8 meter. In the long-short pattern of a beat, the long note is slightly shorter than two thirds of the beat and the short note is slightly longer one third. I have tried resolving this by using a 6/8 time meter instead. This produces the swing effect, but the metronomeโs BPM still only measures quarter notes. I cannot find a way to make it measure the triplets. This makes the app not ideal for slower swing rhythms especially when synching with some AUV3 hosts. Will give 5 stars if the developers can offer a solution to this.
However, there is one maddening thing. When I set the 8th note swing to 100% on a 4/4 meter, it does not produce the proper swing effect of a 12/8 meter. In the long-short pattern of a beat, the long note is slightly shorter than two thirds of the beat and the short note is slightly longer one third. I have tried resolving this by using a 6/8 time meter instead. This produces the swing effect, but the metronomeโs BPM still only measures quarter notes. I cannot find a way to make it measure the triplets. This makes the app not ideal for slower swing rhythms especially when synching with some AUV3 hosts. Will give 5 stars if the developers can offer a solution to this.
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Too many defects
For one, I think the drum kits all sound like garbage. I hate that high-torque smack snare drum sound. Even when you try to tune it down, then it sounds lull flat like a snare drum you would buy at the Salvation Army, or the Goodwill. For having so many parameters and points of adjustment for tuning, there is very little flexibility. Youโre stuck with what is basically the stock drum soundโฆ you just get it in different pitches
The delay and the reverb, neither work at all. The flanger is okay, but there is no adjusting the timing, only the saturation. For creating beats and arranging them, itโs very difficult. This day and age, applications should be self-explanatory. This one is isnโt. Just when you think you have it figured you, you realize you screwed it all up
And the beats i cannot get them to save despite receiving the confirmation that it was saved. I go to open it, and nothing
Yeah, this application is highly overrated. I warned you all
The delay and the reverb, neither work at all. The flanger is okay, but there is no adjusting the timing, only the saturation. For creating beats and arranging them, itโs very difficult. This day and age, applications should be self-explanatory. This one is isnโt. Just when you think you have it figured you, you realize you screwed it all up
And the beats i cannot get them to save despite receiving the confirmation that it was saved. I go to open it, and nothing
Yeah, this application is highly overrated. I warned you all
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Not yet complete
If you play Drum-Breaks with slices you expect that you can switch between kick and snare, so that the kick stops when the snare is triggered and vice versa. This function is called โcut itselfโ in fruity loops and itโs a standard since 2005 (free version). Itโs even known from 80ies Atari/ C64-Sequencers. It is different from โretrigger sampleโ, which only works for one sample, not between all of them.
I am disappointed that an app which could be the most useful for live drumkits is stuck 20 years behind this basic playability, because if you like more realism, for example with modern breakbeat, you canโt find anything in the app-store. โCut itselfโ would bring this app to a whole new level.
A) Should we really return to hardware sequencers, if we love sliced drumbreaks?
B) Or should we wait until apps that can do it already like samplist or koala are fully compatible with DAWs?
I would give it four stars if it would be updated in version 2, even though i would like to get a refund and wouldnโt update. But if it would be added also in this version, i would give it five stars and update to version 2.
I am disappointed that an app which could be the most useful for live drumkits is stuck 20 years behind this basic playability, because if you like more realism, for example with modern breakbeat, you canโt find anything in the app-store. โCut itselfโ would bring this app to a whole new level.
A) Should we really return to hardware sequencers, if we love sliced drumbreaks?
B) Or should we wait until apps that can do it already like samplist or koala are fully compatible with DAWs?
I would give it four stars if it would be updated in version 2, even though i would like to get a refund and wouldnโt update. But if it would be added also in this version, i would give it five stars and update to version 2.
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Disappointed
Lovely app with loads of hidden features. Really wish Developers could fix the song mode as buttons for repeat patterns donโt work at the mo unless I am doing something wrong..
I wrote this review but no response and still the song mode does not function properly so canโt really use it be great to have this fixed thanks !
I wrote this review but no response and still the song mode does not function properly so canโt really use it be great to have this fixed thanks !
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Response from developer
Thanks for the positive review. I wasn't aware of any issues with the empty patterns but I will take a look and get it sorted if I find a problem no worries.
Great value
An inexpensive multi sampler for my phone? Wow!
Really enjoying making layered instruments from found sound recordings and when paired with Velocity Pad i can have dynamics that rival an acoustic instrument in my pocket.
Just one little weird problem maybe you can help me understand. When loaded as an audio unit and connected to a roli lightpad the samples trigger in reverse. I have tried 3 auv3 hosts and used every midi filter in AUM to no avail. I tried another Bluetooth midi controller and it was normal
Also if i run the app in stand-alone mode the problem is gone. Thx for reading
Really enjoying making layered instruments from found sound recordings and when paired with Velocity Pad i can have dynamics that rival an acoustic instrument in my pocket.
Just one little weird problem maybe you can help me understand. When loaded as an audio unit and connected to a roli lightpad the samples trigger in reverse. I have tried 3 auv3 hosts and used every midi filter in AUM to no avail. I tried another Bluetooth midi controller and it was normal
Also if i run the app in stand-alone mode the problem is gone. Thx for reading
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Read this
As a drum machine for teaching itโs great. The sounds are also good. But it stops there. Problem 1, if your iPad goes to sleep or you use another app then return to DigiStix it plays with no sound, so you need need shut the app down and start again and reprogram beat. Problem 2, Iโve saved a few ideas and I get the same issue, it plays but with no audio.
Sound 10/10
Functionality 2/10
Sound 10/10
Functionality 2/10
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4pockets = hard working = mysupport
Iโve watched this blossom from its infancy into a superb and extremely useful ios drum app. The dev works quickly at squashing any bugs and has added a ton of useful additions, darn impressive actually. All the apps have a solid and similar design ethos. You know when you are using a quality app because you can dive in and you have some familiarity with certain features and the overall look. I really do like the app design templates, for lack of a better word, with all the 4pockets audio & effects apps. Ok time to play with the newly added auv3 multi out feature! โฎ๏ธ edit- please fix the upgrade price itโs more than just buying it outright to digistix 2
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Finally Good Drums for Garage Band
Iโm about 30 minute into this app. I always felt Garage Band drums just sucked. Maybe I donโt understand how to use them properly. This app makes it easy to get good samples and adjust their volume with its mixer. Finally I can work on some good sounding drums within GB. Hardest thing to figure out was. Slide up to get to the good stuff.
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Awesome app
I was looking all over for a app that could play custom percussion backing tracks at my shows. This app is it and more. Thanks you 4pockets fo such a great app. Just one thing to add in future updates- please let me choose the different patterns with midi control. That would be awesome if I can select patterns hands free with a midi pedal etc.
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Great Drum Machine
Powerful sample-based drum machine with a nice intuitive sequencer. I wish it was easier to map the sequencer to external drum machines, but thatโs just me.
Verification
I purchased this but itโs not suitable for my needs. I have received no receipt therefore I am unable to get a refund.
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Has promise but poor documentation
I paid for this app because it specifically states in the description that it allows for round-robin functionality. Although I found where to turn it on, there's no way (that I can find) to stack the sample layers to allow for this. And in the help section of the app, there's no mention of it. The 4pockets.com website appears to be from several years ago with absolutely nothing on there about this app. I wasted my money basically, unless someone can explain how to get round robin to work.
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Brilliant App
would even shine brighter if:
- it was possible to switch patterns via Midi Program Change
(like in Digikeys)
- if you could group notes for probability (if Tom1 isnโt played, Tom2 also will not be, for example)
- it was possible to switch patterns via Midi Program Change
(like in Digikeys)
- if you could group notes for probability (if Tom1 isnโt played, Tom2 also will not be, for example)
Trรจs bon mais...
Bonjour,
Je me sert de DigiStix comme expander de mes pad Akai MPD dans le gรฉnial looper Quantiloop. Tout se passe bien, mais le mapping midi ร รฉtรฉ un peu galรจre, et surtout, je nโai toujours pas trouvรฉ comment commander les boutons transports et Time div en midi depuis ma MPD 226 Akai.
Si ces commandes existent en midi, merci ร 4pockets de les communiquer. Ce serait gรฉnial.
Je me sert de DigiStix comme expander de mes pad Akai MPD dans le gรฉnial looper Quantiloop. Tout se passe bien, mais le mapping midi ร รฉtรฉ un peu galรจre, et surtout, je nโai toujours pas trouvรฉ comment commander les boutons transports et Time div en midi depuis ma MPD 226 Akai.
Si ces commandes existent en midi, merci ร 4pockets de les communiquer. Ce serait gรฉnial.
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Almost perfect, I have a wish list...
This is great value, and has a ton of great features to bring your drum patterns to life.
After using it for a while, I canโt help but wish there were a few simple improvements and new features that would make this easily the best drum app on the market...
1. Double click on any parameter to reset to default, whether itโs the mixer, effects controllers, anything. This is becoming standard in apps now, and it really stands out that you canโt do this here. Especially as a lot of the controls are small and itโs fiddly to get them back to their original setting.
2. Add an endlessly randomising function, so that with every loop of the pattern, the selected drums randomise again. This is a game changer for me, and would create endlessly humanising and moving elements to a pattern. Just one little button could change this app into something extremely powerful (Patterning and Playbeat have this function)
3. Add chorus send for individual instruments (like youโve done with reverb and delay send)
4. EQ per instrument would be amazing!
5. Sample splicing and assign, so that you can take a drum loop sample, break it up and assign to pads without having to do each sample individually from scratch each time.
6. Add a fill button, and assign a pattern. So you hit that button, it plays the fill and immediately returns to the last pattern again.
7. Pattern switch sync mode. So that when you change patterns, it waits until the end of the pattern before switching. At the moment, it interrupts the current pattern causing messy changes. This is more of a performance mode, but still - fantastic to have.
8. Song record mode. Allows you to record manual pattern changes and build up a song that way... much more of a performance based way of creating a song, rather than programming.
A lot of these I can do with the help of other apps, leaving Digistix to handle the guts of a drum pattern. But with these features, I think Digistix could do it all.
Lots of new ideas there from a fan of this app!
Thanks
After using it for a while, I canโt help but wish there were a few simple improvements and new features that would make this easily the best drum app on the market...
1. Double click on any parameter to reset to default, whether itโs the mixer, effects controllers, anything. This is becoming standard in apps now, and it really stands out that you canโt do this here. Especially as a lot of the controls are small and itโs fiddly to get them back to their original setting.
2. Add an endlessly randomising function, so that with every loop of the pattern, the selected drums randomise again. This is a game changer for me, and would create endlessly humanising and moving elements to a pattern. Just one little button could change this app into something extremely powerful (Patterning and Playbeat have this function)
3. Add chorus send for individual instruments (like youโve done with reverb and delay send)
4. EQ per instrument would be amazing!
5. Sample splicing and assign, so that you can take a drum loop sample, break it up and assign to pads without having to do each sample individually from scratch each time.
6. Add a fill button, and assign a pattern. So you hit that button, it plays the fill and immediately returns to the last pattern again.
7. Pattern switch sync mode. So that when you change patterns, it waits until the end of the pattern before switching. At the moment, it interrupts the current pattern causing messy changes. This is more of a performance mode, but still - fantastic to have.
8. Song record mode. Allows you to record manual pattern changes and build up a song that way... much more of a performance based way of creating a song, rather than programming.
A lot of these I can do with the help of other apps, leaving Digistix to handle the guts of a drum pattern. But with these features, I think Digistix could do it all.
Lots of new ideas there from a fan of this app!
Thanks
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Best drum machine app on iOS
This is most definately the best drum machine app on iOS and so easy to use.
The only thing that would make it better is if I could switch to controlling different drums on different midi channels, just linked to an incoming note or chord as a trigger.
That way I can play rhythm patterns live from the bass side of my accordion assigning different drums to single bass notes on one channel and chords on another. Ie if I hit a single bass note on say channel 2 it sounds one drum and if I hit a bass chord on channel 3 it sounds another drum or drums.
There is hardware that will do this but it costs hundreds of pounds and Iโm sure a man of your genius could put a switch in to do this Paul.
Who knows it might even open up a complete new untapped customer base for this most excellent app.
The only thing that would make it better is if I could switch to controlling different drums on different midi channels, just linked to an incoming note or chord as a trigger.
That way I can play rhythm patterns live from the bass side of my accordion assigning different drums to single bass notes on one channel and chords on another. Ie if I hit a single bass note on say channel 2 it sounds one drum and if I hit a bass chord on channel 3 it sounds another drum or drums.
There is hardware that will do this but it costs hundreds of pounds and Iโm sure a man of your genius could put a switch in to do this Paul.
Who knows it might even open up a complete new untapped customer base for this most excellent app.
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Almost there.
Special high fives for AUv3 sequence arranger for you own kits -and super special high fives for the redundancies built into how to get your samples into a pad and the option of replacing or layering sounds and how multiple layered sounds will be triggered.
I tend to default to Arturia iSpark for my staple beats with my own tweaked kits, but only because iMPC 1&2 have midi issues in most iOS DAWs, so I canโt help but compare this app to iSpark, which it immediately kills by how fast it loads. I wish it were a little more intuitively streamline - or I wish i had more time to make its UI second nature - either way Iโll have to give it more attention and get over the weird split in the interface. It is nice that the manual is right there at the bottom of the interface, but scrolling through to reach each part of the UI can be a pain in the ass - donโt know why, it just doesnโt always want to scroll down.
Compared to the other sequence arrangers out there, Iโd say 4/5 with definite potential for the full 5 just because of its AU status.
There are crashes that have been consistent and annoying, but Iโm sure like usual thereโs a fix that I havenโt found yet short of reinstalling.
I tend to default to Arturia iSpark for my staple beats with my own tweaked kits, but only because iMPC 1&2 have midi issues in most iOS DAWs, so I canโt help but compare this app to iSpark, which it immediately kills by how fast it loads. I wish it were a little more intuitively streamline - or I wish i had more time to make its UI second nature - either way Iโll have to give it more attention and get over the weird split in the interface. It is nice that the manual is right there at the bottom of the interface, but scrolling through to reach each part of the UI can be a pain in the ass - donโt know why, it just doesnโt always want to scroll down.
Compared to the other sequence arrangers out there, Iโd say 4/5 with definite potential for the full 5 just because of its AU status.
There are crashes that have been consistent and annoying, but Iโm sure like usual thereโs a fix that I havenโt found yet short of reinstalling.
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Very Nice, But
The power & precision of this beast packs a punch for your rhythm tracks itโs a must have for serious producers .Feature Request instead of just using my finger to write in triplets once hold is activated can we use the pads to trigger the triplets as we play the pattern in the workflow similar to beatmaker 3 & BeatHawk.
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