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Outside of the excellent time-division choices is the Instrument/Voice page. Thankfully, each track has its own independent set of controls. Per-track controls include volume, pan, speed, pitch, size and duration along with a standard ADSR envelope generator. Tremolo, a filter, and a bitcrusher are effects that can be turned off and bypassed with a flick of a switch. Along the bottom of the page is the global effects section with delay, reverb, independent dry/wet levels, a fixed frequency low/mid/high frequency equalizer, and a compressor. Each track can easily load in and preview a mono 44.1 kHz 16 bit sample from the factory library or from your own user library. In addition to this, Molten also supports AudioPaste from other iOS applications. So for example, I took a pattern I wrote in DM1 (see the previous review) and pasted it into its own track in Molten, and added even more drums to the loop. Simple! Going back along the bottom of the interface, we have the Settings tab. This brings up a drop-down menu list that allows you to load and write your own patterns, adjust the Pattern Grid settings like number pages and beats, Export audio and type 2 MIDI files of the patterns along with AudioCopy and Paste, adjust the MIDI port settings, assign MIDI note values to each of the voices, and gives access to the fairly well-written help section. And the best part of all? Those of you with MIDI gear will enjoy the fact that Molten supports MIDI Out with either the Camera Connection Kit or Wi-Fi. In use Overall, working with Molten was quite an easy and pleasant experience. The included drum samples are plentiful and sound terrific. My only issue was figuring out how to get Molten to work in Cubase with the Camera Connection Kit and an M-Audio Uno; setting the MIDI track’s Drum Map to GM Drums fixed my problem. This wasn’t in the instructions, so Cubase users will want to take note. One minor improvement I’d like to see is the handling of all the samples in the library. It would be nice if they could be grouped into user-creatable folders, at least to spare the endless scrolling through long lists to find a sample. Conclusion Finally, a drum machine that caters not only to sample import on the iPad, but to others who want to do patterns outside of the standard 16-step 4/4 time signature. With the ability to send audio and MIDI practically anywhere, Molten can easily be used as a sketch pad on the go or for writing tracks in your full-blown studio. The only thing it lacks is the ability to string multiple patterns into a full song. But for the low price of $2.99, Molten is undoubtedly one of the best iOS-based drum sequencers out there.
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Talkback
Recording’s 2012 Holiday Gift Guide
MOTU 4pre Hybrid Audio Interface
iOS Music Tools: Great Gift Ideas For The 2012 Holidays
James A. Abdo’s BrokenWorks Productions
A Time To Give
Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-Z
Recording Fundamentals. Chapter 12: Monitors Part 1
PreSonuSphere 2012
Readers’ Tapes
iOS Music Tools: Bang That Beat!
Plug-in Outlet: Studio Devil Amp Modeler Pro and Virtual Bass Amp Pro
For Your Bookshelf
Advertiser Index
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