Drambo

Name: Drambo
Price: 24.99 GBP
Rating: 4.7 (126 reviews)
Author: BeepStreet

Modular groovebox, synth & fx

£24.99 · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad

126 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Chart

No. 112
Music
Developer

BeepStreet
Language

EN
English
Size

148.8
MB

"Drambo changes the face of iOS music apps." Cult of Mac Drambo is your all-in-one sound laboratory that adapts to your workflow: build beats as a groovebox, design synths, or transform audio with effects, standalone or inside your favorite DAW. At the core of Drambo is a fresh approach to modular design that makes creating with modules easy, fun, and accessible. Connections happen automatically as you add or move modules, so there are no messy cables to slow you down. The interface adapts to your workflow, generating modulation controls when you need them, and even lets modules contain other modules for perfect organization. You’re always free to override the automatic connections, but most of the time, you can just dive in, experiment, and shape sounds without getting tangled 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. You can use Drambo as • A Complete Studio: Produce entire tracks and perform live in a self-contained, multitrack environment. • An 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. • An Advanced MIDI Sequencer: Control hardware or AUv3 instruments. Generate custom MIDI CC messages or send modulation signals to physical modular synths via DC-coupled interfaces. • The Ultimate AUv3 Plugin: Load Drambo inside other DAWs as an instrument, audio effect, or MIDI processor. Replace dozens of standard plugins by building your own complex modular delays, reverbs, decimators, or modulators in seconds. • A Unified Audio-Visual Studio (Drambo Visual IAP): Arts united. Step into another realm of modular visual synthesis to build complex generative video art, or seamlessly patch your audio and visual engines together for deeply integrated performances. 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 • Over 140 modules available, such as: oscillators, samplers, physical modelling modules, LFOs, envelope generators, filters, audio effects, mixers, MIDI processors, sequencers and math functions. (Includes a macro oscillator based on the famous Eurorack Plaits module, with 24 synth engines) • 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 ) • Morph groups: you can morph many parameters using a single slider. • Available as a standalone app, AUv3 instrument, effect and MIDI effect. • MIDI and Ableton Link support Drambo is all about control. Control things that other apps don’t even give you access to. Visit the BeepStreet page for help and tutorials, and Patchstorage for community content.

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

126 Ratings

Amazing Sequencing system
19/12/2022
Porrohman_
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.
Amazing Sequencing system
19/12/2022
Porrohman_

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.
Awesome!
03/09/2022
Kebmaster
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 .....
Awesome!
03/09/2022
Kebmaster

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 .....
Nothing less that outstanding.
06/04/2020
JayBee6244
Just a couple of days since I downloaded - and this thing has made a lot of my other apps completely obsolete. It’s that good. The sequencer workflow is just like my Elektron boxes - perhaps even more flexible - and Elektron’s sequencer is the best in class! I haven’t even dug into the modular machine building part in any depth - but already I’ve constructed a multi-oscillator analog synth that has real sonic punch - far quicker than I could fathom something like miRack. This is just outstanding work and it’s just the start.
Nothing less that outstanding.
06/04/2020
JayBee6244

Just a couple of days since I downloaded - and this thing has made a lot of my other apps completely obsolete. It’s that good. The sequencer workflow is just like my Elektron boxes - perhaps even more flexible - and Elektron’s sequencer is the best in class! I haven’t even dug into the modular machine building part in any depth - but already I’ve constructed a multi-oscillator analog synth that has real sonic punch - far quicker than I could fathom something like miRack. This is just outstanding work and it’s just the start.
The very antithesis of modular
30/12/2021
Rory the Border
I have Eurorack, and thought this might be fun. No, as it turns out. This is the very antithesis of modular. In modular synthesis, every module can be connected to any number of other modules. Here, one module might just possibly connect to the one immediately next to it- but very seldom does, and whatever logic dictating when connection might occasionally occur totally eludes me, despite reading the manual many times.Clearly there are those that get this, and presumably they can make it work. It has totally defeated me. Perhaps the word ‘modular’ could be omitted from the description to save others from making the mistake I did. The app has been deleted without a backward glance- except a rueful wave goodbye to its cost.
The very antithesis of modular
30/12/2021
Rory the Border

I have Eurorack, and thought this might be fun. No, as it turns out. This is the very antithesis of modular. In modular synthesis, every module can be connected to any number of other modules. Here, one module might just possibly connect to the one immediately next to it- but very seldom does, and whatever logic dictating when connection might occasionally occur totally eludes me, despite reading the manual many times.Clearly there are those that get this, and presumably they can make it work. It has totally defeated me. Perhaps the word ‘modular’ could be omitted from the description to save others from making the mistake I did. The app has been deleted without a backward glance- except a rueful wave goodbye to its cost.

Introducing Drambo Visual A new optional expansion for modular graphic synthesis, generative art and audio-reactive visuals inside Drambo. Work with video, camera input, images, 2D/3D modules, shaders and per-pixel processing, all driven by Drambo’s unique modulation system. Modulate motion, color, shape and visual effects with sequencers, LFOs, envelopes, MIDI, morphs and performance gestures. Available as an optional in-app purchase.

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Provider: Jaroslaw Jacek
Size: 148.8 MB
Category: Music
Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.6 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 12.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 4+

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