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[John Baker Baker]

Has anybody measured latency on the iPad? The drum stuff I’ve played with (at least using the touch screen) lagged a bit too much to use for serious performance or studio work. Just curious what the limitations are….

[John Baker Baker]

I guess I don’t understand how the samples are accessed; I just assumed Beatstation could access the unprocessed “upstream” EZX sounds, just as they do for Superior. The website description states “When using an SDX or EZX you will get a fixed mix of the microphones available for an instrument, typically without ambience.” This seems to “typically” be true: when I open a set of drums in Beatstation, for example, the overheads and room mics are off; if I opened the same drums in EZDrummer the default mixer settings might have them turned up. This is perfect, as the user can add in effects that they want to customize their sound and “room”.

I love the drums in Claustrophobic, but when I use them for recording or performance from within EZDrummer or TT Solo, I turn off the effects in the Mixer (distortion, for example is turned up pretty high by default). But when I open the Claustrophobic drums in Beatstation, it seems that MOST of the effects, room, etc are removed, but the distortion remains. Can’t Beatstation simply find and open the original unprocessed drum samples (they must exist on my hard drive), so a user can dial in the distortion they desire?

Yes, having the raw Claustrophobic samples as a soundpack would be an acceptable workaround, but I would hope that registered users (of Claustrophobic and Twisted Kit, for example) not have to pay.

[John Baker Baker]

OK, nothing wrong with requesting features and constructive critisism. And there is a downloadable demo for those that want to try before they buy.

So we have some requests:
1) assignable outputs for pads
2) velocity switching within pad samples

I’ll add a couple more
3) use the raw unprocessed drum samples from EZX, without any effects (eg in Claustrophobic, Twisted, etc)
4) provide a method/format for loading in custom velocity-sensitive, velocity layered sounds (could be the same as #2, but then it would be useful to have more than 5 samples layered)

One more note. For some uses, this application is more than a low-cost entry-level app. It really is a very flexible tool and powerful tool for certain uses. For those considering, try the demo and see if it meets your needs.

[John Baker Baker]

Why condemn a product if it has one feature you are missing? I am finding this product to be incredibly powerful and useful in its flexibiity for setting up custom kits, especially for live performance.

It was sure worth my time and money!

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