Audiomulch has been my live and studio workhorse for years, and there are recurrently three things I constantly wish I had. they are:
1. The ability to control the arpeggiator from a MIDI device - i.e. a keyboard. If I was able to key in notes from an external device it would mean I wouldn't need to rely on mouse clicks or presets, making it an even better improv tool.
2. Hold-and-drag for SouthPole/Bassline/Arpeggiator step sequencer. It drives me nuts having to deselect every note value for these contraptions individually. If I could just hold my mouse button down and drag across the step sequencer to deselect them all, it would make working live a lot faster.
3. Data entry for Drums contraption via MIDI i.e. being able to "key in" drum notes via a drum controller or keyboard. If I could record enable a track on the contraption and then record a few notes for a loop it would, again, make improv a much more painless process. At the moment I do most live drum improv on external hardware.
Thanks for reading Ross - let me know what you think. Really excited about seeing what's in 2.1!
J
Hi J
All good ideas. Thanks for taking the time to write.
The good news is that (2) is already implemented in the AudioMulch 2.1 pattern editors.
I was just discussing something like (1) today.. using a MIDI keyboard for note entry for things like Arpeggiator, Bassline notes, 5Combs etc. I could imagine that happening, as to when I get around to it, I'm not sure -- it's probably somewhere near/behind push-through fader control and MIDI fader feedback though.
(3) is kind of un-possible (sic) right now -- it would have to be left until after the automation recording/undo re-work which will happen for AM2.2 (which will also lead to undo/cut/copy/paste in pattern editors like there is now in Automation). I can see how it might be useful though. I am wondering whether LiveLooper would offer similar functionality for live jamming though.
Ross.
After getting back into Mulch very recently, I was about to come on and suggest pretty much exactly these things!
ATM, I'm using a Bidule/AM combo - while it works, I hate the idea of running two audio processing programs at the same time.
5combs is one of my favorite contraptions.
i've never thought it was missing anything.
if you do add midi input for note selection i hope everything else about it will be unchanged.. or if you make changes maybe just make a original one available as is and make the "improved one" available as an additional contraption?