Drambo 4+

Modular groovebox

BeepStreet

Designed for iPad

    • 4.7 • 101 Ratings
    • £19.99
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Drambo is an innovative modular groovebox and audio processing environment. Modular components are used to build synthesized and sample based instruments or audio effects using high-quality DSP and audio-rate modulation. Tied to a powerful sequencer, it’s an optimal music creation tool for sound design, composition, performance and experimentation.

At the heart of Drambo lies an entirely new concept that makes modular creations easy, fun and affordable. Modules are connected automatically, with no cables as you add or rearrange them. A dynamic interface creates modulation knobs when you need them. Modules may house other modules, so you can keep your patch well organized. Of course, automatic connections can be overridden. In Drambo you can focus on playing with sound and signal structure without getting lost in wires.

Use a deep and innovative sequencer to compose patterns and whole tracks, for production or live performance. Go beyond simple looping sequences with parameter locking, conditional step components, parameters automation and powerful scene morphing. Drambo works equally well as a self-contained standalone app or audio unit plugin with audio and MIDI connectivity as an AUV3 instrument, audio effect and MIDI effect. No modular experience necessary to get started playing with preset sounds and effects.

You can use Drambo as

• A complete music production and performance environment

• Endless modular playground, that allows you to build, modify and store custom instruments and effects. For instance: build a custom synth, sample and resample, build a Theremin using a gyroscope module, or turn your table into a playable surface, by processing microphone input with physical modelling modules. Get weird or make functional instruments and tools.

• MIDI sequencer, that works with hardware and AUv3 instruments (e.g. Drambo sequences other instruments in an AU host app). Moreover Drambo can generate custom MIDI CC messages or modulation signals to control modular synths via DC coupled interfaces.

• AUv3 synthesizer, effect or sequencer in other DAWs. Drambo can replace a lot of audio plugins. For instance: you may use it as a chorus, phaser, reverb, filter, equalizer, complex modular delay, decimator, frequency shifter, MIDI effect or complex modulator for other synths. You may combine, modulate and sequence them in no time.

Features:

• Polyphonic, stereo processing and audio-rate modulation. All signals are equal. Up to 16 voices per modular instrument rack.

• Unique modular concept: cable-less, drag'n'drop, color coding dynamic interface, automatic connections, and customizable compact, rack views.

• Directional flow makes Drambo routing and patching straightforward. Signal flows only left to right, so there are no instant feedback routings in Drambo. Delayed feedback is possible using certain modules.

• Simple and clean interface, that scales to every size and device orientation

• Custom modular racks that can be nested, with presets at the track, rack, and module level.

• Clip launcher / song arrager.

• 16-tracks, polyphonic sequencer with parameter locks, automation and step components. 8 dedicated step sequence editor types, piano-roll, powerful automation designer with drawing modes and cubic Bezier curves.

• Audio Units hosting ( standalone app only )

• Over 130 modules available, such as: oscillators, samplers, physical modelling modules, LFOs, envelope generators, filters, audio effects, mixers, MIDI processors, sequencers and math functions.

• Morph groups: you can morph many parameters using a single slider.

• Available as a standalone app, AUv3 instrument, effect and MIDI effect.

• MIDI, MPE and Ableton Link support

With Drambo, you are in charge. Create the music from your vision to reality.

"Drambo changes the face of iOS music apps." Cult of Mac

Visit https://patchstorage.com/platform/drambo/ for community content.

What’s New

Version 2.26

- Added: piano roll side keyboard (optional)
Fixed:
- Problems with importing some MIDI files.
- New modules were not visible under Tags section in library browser.
- MIDI mapped tap tempo wasn't working until you open tempo window.
- Crash after exporting presets on iPhone.
- Flexi sampler: Current samples folder was not preserved, when sample was removed by swipe down gesture.
- Flex samokeri: keep settings between sample load. Disable autorecognize sample.
- Waveform view: sometimes loop end marker was not visible.

Ratings and Reviews

4.7 out of 5
101 Ratings

101 Ratings

Porrohman_ ,

Amazing Sequencing system

If you like the way Elektron devices work, then this app will be heaven for you. The Octatrack was most definitely an inspiration, but Drambo goes far beyond that as it is also a full on Modular system if you want it to be. It can also load AU3s & you get up to 16 tracks to play with. Full Parameter locking is supported and it has Elektron style per step conditions but takes it a bit further as you select multiple trigger steps as opposed to just one. You can also use conditions behind the note to affect only the p-locks for example.

I’m still pretty new to it & haven’t explored the Modular side too deeply yet, but it’s a dream come true for me as I really enjoy the Elektron workflow. It’s a bargain at the price it sells for & it also works on Macs.

Kebmaster ,

Awesome!

Been using this for couple of months now, new to iOS. I tried NanoStudio first, but found it very buggy when using a lot of AU3s. But tried this and find it very stable. It reminds me of Ableton/ Bitwig in a lot of ways, so versatile and powerful. I love the fact it has a step input sequencer which Ableton doesn’t, really quick to input sequences just like a key step.

Negatives for me are mainly the piano roll. can be fiddly and needs an improved undo, often I press undo after making mistakes and it reverts back too many steps and I have to redo the whole thing, but I’m sure this will be improved.

I tried AUM as a host but find it saps up my creativity having to think about my routings just to get a sequencer and keyboard connected to a synth , while Drambo just add audio unit, choose audio unit and it’s ready to play.
Think Drambo is my portable DAW .....

tom_tm ,

Great at start, but now IAP’s??

I’ve always been a big fan of BeepStreet’s products and when Drambo was announced, this was really exciting to hear and I purchased the app straight away to take advantage of any early bird discounts as you do. But now BeepStreet are demanding an IAP to unlock their latest module, the Wavetable. Sorry guys, but where is this going? Now every time an exciting new module arrives, we may have to pay for a new update? I guess this may also be a problem for any music app that provides the ‘everything included’ approach, that one is tied in with using that app alone? However good the new module may be, I’m not going to fall for the business model so beloved by PC and Mac developers that that’s either paid updates every year or a monthly subscription. Nah. Developers need to innovate more and not get stuck in a rut of later introducing paid-for extra bolt-ons. Five star app. Two stars for this new IAP nonsense.

Developer Response ,

Waves extension IAP contains 3 modules. More modules, like Additive oscillator will be added soon for free.

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