Phaedra is a 4-bus analog-style MIDI sequencer for iPads. INTRODUCTORY PRICE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY. (Note that it is a sequencer only; it doesn't make any sound on its own.)
Each bus has 32 steps maximum, and can run at several multiples of the base time. Each step has programmable note, velocity, gate time, and two MIDI CC outputs. Phaedra can either output or run from MIDI Clock.
Phaedra works with background-MIDI (OMAC) capable Apps, MIDI Network Sessions, and any CoreMidi-compatible MIDI interface. The current version of Phaedra is not compatible with the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer 1.
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9 comments:
Nice, instant buy!
Would love to see a demo video of this.
This was an insta-buy for me too, and it did not disappoint. I like how the app is not a bare-bones clone of a 70s hardware sequencer, so there are graphical interfaces for easier note and cv entry (I'm looking at you, Korg iMS20!). The app works wonderfully with other apps, background or foreground.
The four buses have all separately configurable midi channels, time divisions, sequence lengths and two cc mappings.
Marlene, if you have any use for a sequencer, you do not need a video. This is as simple and beautiful as they come. There are only two features missing I could think of: the step value bars could be color coded for active steps for still easier use, and the direction selections need a forward-reverse running mode that does not repeat first and last steps.
With these latest midi-capable apps (and MidiBridge) Apple needs to bring out iPad 3 ASAP. We want more processing power :D
Cool
How many patterns does it have.
Can patterns be switched via external midi.
How is the timing when synced to external host, ie live.
Can each step have a different gate time.
There isn't any info on the devs site, is there a manual?
Demo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzNGPKnDGMc
Demo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzNGPKnDGMc
How does this compare with Genome? (My impression: Genome is more expensive, but can sequence whole songs with multiple parts for each channel.)
@dokwok: totally different from Genome. Genome is a piano roll midi editor, Phaedra has four sequences and thats it.
@Matt: four sequence banks = four patterns at a time (there is load&save of course). Steps can have different gate time, but that makes almost no difference, as the steps are so short. It is not possible to tie steps together. The banks can be toggled on and off manually, but they are usually running together.
Take a listen to Tangerine Dream's classic Phaedra album, if you don't know how old sequencers were used. You do not do modern "beats" with them, they are more like ticking clockwork machines :)
Thanks, Sami.
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