Dingsaller is out, and it is pretty neat.
The interface is pretty good (except the node menu sometimes feels like it gets in the way of the tock node). Unfortunately, the interface isn't always as responsive as it feels like it should be. I find myself sometimes having to try twice to make a connection.
The various "note" nodes are neat and can be arranged to a somewhat generative effect. However, the "pattern" node (sequencer) is really buggy. Even without the bugs, the sequencer isn't especially good.
The synth is simple but has an excellent tone. Highly musical. The flexible control scheme is very cool. The XY pad should be modified into a proper XY pad (at present it is a 2D fader in which you have to drag a point around). The sampler is very simple and I haven't really used it yet.
The developer has already communicated that he is working on audio copy/paste, which will be a very important feature for Dingsaller.
Ideas for the future:
-Make extra nodes available via in-app purchase. Specifically, a drum node would be very helpful. Even if it is a simple 4x16 switch matrix that triggers four different samples over sixteen beats (sort of like the iMS-20 drum sequencer).
-A Tenori-On node would be sweet.
For me, the app is pretty much on par with Jasuto Pro. Its interface is much better than Jasuto's, so I find it less tedious. It lacks some of the polish (for now) and depth of Jasuto Pro, but the results are much more musical and thus more appealing to me. I recommend giving Dingsaller a try.
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2 comments:
I'd like to offer a few amendments to my initial impressions:
1) A drum sequencer is probably unnecessary because of the multi-track sequencing capability of the "pattern node" which can sequence multiple sample nodes.
2) In addition to the bugs I experienced involving the pattern node, I've also found that the file manager is full of replicable bugs.
3) Both the filter node and the filter on the synth node are pretty weak. The other effects/parameters rock.
My overall impression remains that Dingsaller is about on par with Jasuto Pro. Dingsaller is more intuitive and musical but buggier and less flexible.
Anthony
To call it on par with Jasuto is kind of unrealistic imo. I have Dingsaller and i like the idea, but it's way too bugy and toish to even come close to Jasuto. But it's version 1 so hopefully we will see some more feuteres.
Though it has a long long way to go to be on par with Jasuto.
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