iZotope kicked Beatmaker's ass

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:05 am

Hmm, I'm not getting any noticeable latency at all with iDrum. Really quite fun, actually. Perhaps give your phone a good ol' restart?

Mr Mowgli · Post by **Mr Mowgli** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:17 am

It looks good, I havnt bought it yet, but being limited to their sounds is a negative...can u import your own sounds?

aqua_tek · Post by **aqua_tek** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:05 am

goddang that looks sexy!

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:36 pm

No latency here, though I don't have it with Beat Maker either. I almost always record in real time with both.

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:44 pm

I haven't really noticed too much latency either. It's better than what I get with Live in some cases.

But by all means save that $10 until some company releases the perfect uber music app.

landrvr1 · Post by **landrvr1** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:59 pm

Tarekith, beats, are you guys running a 3g or 1st gen?

I get pretty wicked latency on my 1st gen. Real time is impossible with Beatmaker.

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beats me · Post by **beats me** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:03 pm

I'm running it on a first gen.

rjbourc · Post by **rjbourc** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:24 pm

I posted this in another thread, but it might be interesting to some who missed it:

There's a post over at Create Digital Music about iDrum:

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/08/1 ... #more-3750

Comments by Art Gillespie of iZotope indicate that a soon-to-be-released iDrum update will enable "full round-trip editing of beats–including sending samples back and forth–with iDrum (desktop) for Windows/Mac"

Still no update yet, though...

Wesley · Post by **Wesley** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:09 pm

so after you've created your beats on the subway can you export them and copy them over to a workstation for use in a track?

I can't wait til' some software is released to make the iPhone a MIDI controller using the Accelerometer & touchscreen.

Have you guys see this?

http://www.touchpodium.com/2008/08/08/f ... app-store/

-Wesley

acroberts · Post by **acroberts** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:29 pm

BeatMaker user here (iPhone 3G) and it locks up on me *all* the time.

Looks like iDrum will be taking the throne as my playing-on-the-toilet app of choice...

dm_hawk · Post by **dm_hawk** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:36 pm

rjbourc wrote:I posted this in another thread, but it might be interesting to some who missed it:

There's a post over at Create Digital Music about iDrum:

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/08/1 ... #more-3750

Comments by Art Gillespie of iZotope indicate that a soon-to-be-released iDrum update will enable "full round-trip editing of beats–including sending samples back and forth–with iDrum (desktop) for Windows/Mac"

Still no update yet, though...

desktop idrum is $60, though, and not a very effective rhythm programming tool, for my purposes.

the + about beatmaker is that you can import/export for free - too bad idrum won't follow suit.

condra · Post by **condra** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:47 pm

Yeah Beatmaker has some advantages.

Still, I just bought iDrum and it is the most fun I've had in yonks. For the price of a beer, it's an absolute no brainer.

With a few improvements, I would pay 50 euro for this app, no problem.

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:50 pm

I actually like the computer version of iDrum and find it quick, useful, and the sounds are great on the expansion packs. If nothing else it swaps samples a hell of a lot quicker than Live.

condra · Post by **condra** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:12 pm

Been playing with it a bit more. The latency (on my 3G iPhone) is noticeable, but a bit better than Beatmaker.

It's serious fun to use, and might have potential for live use, ala changing patterns while the beat continues to play, soloing parts etc.

I would love a few more features but I'm just being greedy.

rjbourc · Post by **rjbourc** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:17 am

The latency on my iPod Touch seems minimal, but I mostly just like programming the step sequencer, anyway.

I happen to be a fan of the desktop iDrum app. If they ever let me load kits from my desktop to my portable iDrum, I will be one seriously happy customer.

And the interface is simply brilliant. Well done, iZotope!