Worth living in the 21st Century
I swear the developers of this app created something so awesomely sophisticated and beautiful that I don’t know where to begin. I’m a bit fan of loops and randomness and polyrhythms and automation and they’ve created such a perfectly designed environment for creativity and play and invention that I could kiss their feet. It’s deep and approachable and the visual design is so appealing. The cloud kit idea is so cool and wonderful. The flexibility and immediacy of access is I think unparalleled. I love working with Patterning 2 and since the first iteration of this stellar app that brings the concept of drum machine into orbit and beyond.
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Easiest, most organic beat-maker
I've tried tons of drum machines on the iPad, looking for one that made it easiest to create new beats and capture ideas. I keep coming back to this one!
The circular interface is creative, and as easy as a grid to use. But I can change subdivisions and offset the timing of individual instruments easily, which lends itself to getting a more in-the-pocket feel and adding polyrhythms.
Lastly, there's a huge selection of downloadable kits ranging from electronic and acoustic drums to traditional instruments of many kinds to provide inspiration. Love it!
The circular interface is creative, and as easy as a grid to use. But I can change subdivisions and offset the timing of individual instruments easily, which lends itself to getting a more in-the-pocket feel and adding polyrhythms.
Lastly, there's a huge selection of downloadable kits ranging from electronic and acoustic drums to traditional instruments of many kinds to provide inspiration. Love it!
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The best drum machine
One of the best drum machines out there for an app
Easy to Populate Ableton Session View
If you finish your productions in Ableton Live and like to use Ableton Session View during the songwriting phase, Patterning is an easy and intuitive way to quickly create a beat, then use that beat in Patterning to populate the foundational tracks and clips (including MIDI clips) in Ableton Session View by exporting the Patterning project to a Live Set.
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This is how I think of music
Especially for drums, the circle makes sense in my brain. I pop out beats and loops so fast in this app, and they have more soul than linear programming.
So simple to use, but so much under the hood including; probability, timeline shift, a ton of free kits and ability to dd your own sounds.
Can’t wait for AUV3 to come!
So simple to use, but so much under the hood including; probability, timeline shift, a ton of free kits and ability to dd your own sounds.
Can’t wait for AUV3 to come!
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This app is a gem
I’ve gone through a lot of software, hardware groove boxes and drum machines over many years and this one is so good. Great for subtle variations to spice things up, to full kits in the available sound packs.
Instantly Hooked
As a new iPad music creator I didn’t know of this till today. Downloaded it and some very cool kits, made 3 patterns with variations, loaded them easily into a 4 minute song…all by intuition and common sense, no how to vids needed.
Exported to AudioShare and sounds fantastic, ready for daw work and flame. Er…uh…fame.
All within 2 hours of first download. This app lives up to its promise, glad to be aboard!
Exported to AudioShare and sounds fantastic, ready for daw work and flame. Er…uh…fame.
All within 2 hours of first download. This app lives up to its promise, glad to be aboard!
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Doesn’t Fit New iPad Mini
App needs to be updated to fit the new iPad mini. UI is cut off
Edit: fixed by dev, thank you
Edit: fixed by dev, thank you
My #1 for years
… and about to become my sequencing choice for a hybrid modular setup. One feature request if possible-allow arbitrary editing of midi ‘learned’ control note assignments for pattern changes. Currently (I think) midi learning the note is the only way.
This is fine if one wants to set up patterns before a jam, but if eg you wanted to duplicate a pattern to develop it while jamming, you’d have to set up a scenario where the pattern change note could be received. If one was able to just write it in that would give more flexibility: I could duplicate a running pattern, make my edits, then assign a pattern change control note to it by typing it in, then switch to the new pattern when I’m ready to.
This is fine if one wants to set up patterns before a jam, but if eg you wanted to duplicate a pattern to develop it while jamming, you’d have to set up a scenario where the pattern change note could be received. If one was able to just write it in that would give more flexibility: I could duplicate a running pattern, make my edits, then assign a pattern change control note to it by typing it in, then switch to the new pattern when I’m ready to.
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Response from developer
Hey - I’m curious to hear more about your feature request — reach out via email or instagram so we can chat about it.
Nearly ANAZING
The fastest, most intuitive way to create beats but we need AUV3 support
Nope
I thought based on reviews this would be a good purchase for me, but now I’d rather have kept my money. Currently trying to organize a simple A-B song pattern and it seems to randomize when it chooses to play the notes I plugged in on Pattern B (and sometimes A). It’s like the app is losing the beat?
I’m finding Pattern 2 is a bit confusing. Taking into consideration that I may not be operating some features of the app correctly, I still don’t think it should be this difficult. Pattern 2 is to frustrating and to time consuming for making ideas come to life.
I’m a drummer not a programmer… in all fairness this might be a great app for others. It would be nice if there was a way a person could try it out BEFORE coughing up 20 bucks.
I’m finding Pattern 2 is a bit confusing. Taking into consideration that I may not be operating some features of the app correctly, I still don’t think it should be this difficult. Pattern 2 is to frustrating and to time consuming for making ideas come to life.
I’m a drummer not a programmer… in all fairness this might be a great app for others. It would be nice if there was a way a person could try it out BEFORE coughing up 20 bucks.
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Although a great concept and perfect marriage…
It seems to have lost something for me… Pattern (the first app) just appealed to me in every way. Simple on the surface and very deep once you explore. I loved the magic of that initial release, and still do. But because I have an iPad Pro I figured I would go ahead and get Pattern 2 because of landscape mode. But felt let down when basically it’s just an iPad version, of the Pattern 1. There were NO new drums or Pattern 2 exclusive drums, so a little let down.
Yes there are some extra features, as there is when buying an iPad app, and getting the free iPhone version.
If you already have the iPhone version, and you love it, maybe just stick with the free iPhone version.
***I will say I didn’t mind paying the developer for his/her work and hours spent on these apps! It was WELL worth the money!
Yes there are some extra features, as there is when buying an iPad app, and getting the free iPhone version.
If you already have the iPhone version, and you love it, maybe just stick with the free iPhone version.
***I will say I didn’t mind paying the developer for his/her work and hours spent on these apps! It was WELL worth the money!
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Amazing!
This is the best Euclidean sequencer I have ever seen, on account of the user actually being able to punch in notes. But I wish this app had a feature ing multiple circles at once (like multi-page view) like HI-RPE2 (which does not allow the user to punch in notes, in the Euclidean view) does. I would have given it five stars if it had this feature.
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Amazing but flawed app…
This is a fantastic drum machine. The way you construct beats with it is very unique and inspiring. You can easily come up with grooves that you’ve never heard before. But there’s one major featuring missing that’s driving me crazy… you can’t delete patterns once you create them! At least there is no obvious way I can see. If this single issue was fixed, I’d easily rate Patterning 5 stars.
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Response from developer
Hello! On the record and timeline screens there is an x button. Hold that and tap the pattern you’d like to delete. However, you have to be on a pattern other than the one you are deleting. Hope that helps!
Nice but needs an auv3 update
This app is fantastic for creating beats and pulling kits from a community of users. Sadly, it’s showing it’s age and desperately needs an update to stay relevant. The midi settings page is a mess and the lack of auv3 support makes this app tough to continue using. Hoping the devs see it the same way so the community of users can keep growing.
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Dope dope dope give the people hope
This app is intuitive, fun, and worth so much more than the asking price. I use it in my live setup, in the studio, and while I'm taking a dump. It's perfect for every occasion.
Best
There’s nothing that comes close to form and function for this sort of software. I have the most fantastic apps and there’s some amazingly fine gear on iOS but this is a “must have “ for all the things that it does so very well
Makes beats hard
probably work the way you get the money from you and your dad and the bank account to make sure your credit score will work up to the next couple weeks so that will help me with your schedule so that we could have the next one or a few days before I could have them for a while or if
Perfect.
Expertly filled the black hole in iPadOS between drum and daw. Has the perfect routing for the musician that wants full control over arrangements and mixes. Perfect for samples that want rock a groove real fast. I have tried a few and this worth it for the musician.
Amazing Drum Machine but .... 🧐
Fix It Plz !!! 😭
The original patterning was much faster when tapping on songs patterns , this one just lacks the speed , it shows a little outline loading after tapping the pattern. Not instantly like its predecessor.
Im talking about the - Song- Module....
After I create multiple patterns with different drum variations, i go into the - song - module to generate a drum loop for export. For some unknown reason it lingers before playing the selected song pattern, is not instantly like the original patterning.
A total train wreck !!! 😔i have to fix it in my DAW after exporting the loops , i never have to do such thing with the original patterning .
Can someone explain how to fix it ... thanks 🙏
The original patterning was much faster when tapping on songs patterns , this one just lacks the speed , it shows a little outline loading after tapping the pattern. Not instantly like its predecessor.
Im talking about the - Song- Module....
After I create multiple patterns with different drum variations, i go into the - song - module to generate a drum loop for export. For some unknown reason it lingers before playing the selected song pattern, is not instantly like the original patterning.
A total train wreck !!! 😔i have to fix it in my DAW after exporting the loops , i never have to do such thing with the original patterning .
Can someone explain how to fix it ... thanks 🙏
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Response from developer
The setting you want to change is called Pattern Launch Quantize, in the clock menu on the File screen. Set that to “off.” By default it is set to wait til the beginning of the next measure to switch patterns in Patterning 2. Hope that helps!
